Pre-Event Workshop
Pre-event Workshop – Tuesday 25th January
0830 - Registration and refreshments
0900 – Chairperson’s welcome address and a look at the workshop ahead
• An outline of the interactive elements of the workshop
• What are the desired outcomes and how will the audience be involved?
Colonel Neil Greet, Military Advisor, Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence, Australia
Colonel Hans Jürgen Kasselmann, Director, Civil-Military Co-Operation Centre of Excellence, Netherlands
0910 – How to develop and maintain long term Civil-Military cooperation (CIMIC) on operations
• Handling Future Contingencies in an increasingly civilian environment
• Understanding civilian perspectives and managing civil affairs
• How to combine the effectiveness of active and reserve units
Brigadier General Jimmie Jaye Wells, Commanding General, 7th Civil Support Command and Deputy Commanding General 21st Theater Sustainment Command, USA
Commencement of morning working groups
0940 – CIMIC Operations
Round table discussions will now take place headed by group leaders in the following areas:
• How deployments of the future will be ‘high impact and low footprint’ in nature and the effect this will have on the ground
• What is being done to accelerate infrastructure development on current operations and how are the military and civilians working together?
• How are military engineers the link between stabilisation operations and development operations?
1050 – Morning refreshments followed by presentations by the individual working groups to the workshop
1200 - Partnerships to enhance capability: An African perspective to supporting stability and construction operations
• Finding ‘African solutions to African problems’
• How has US Army Africa developed effective partnerships across 53 countries?
• Understanding regional and cultural differences to enhance support
Colonel Robert Kaiser, Command Engineer, US Army Africa, USA
1230 – Lunch and networking
1330 - How are civilian organisations supporting mine clearance?
• Case study: The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) approach
• Cross over experience and learning lessons between military and civilian practitioners
• How to enhance legacy mine detection and technology
• Developing standards for mechanical demining across organizations and countries
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Abel, Mechanical Studies Specialist, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), Switzerland
Commencement of afternoon working groups
1350 – Working with civilian organisations
Round table discussions will now take place headed by group leaders in the following areas:
• Gaining insight into effective contractor support to overseas deployments
• What barriers still exist in employing and tasking civilians on operations?
• What lessons have been learned in current theatres and how can we better integrate them into future contingency and stability operations?
1500 – Afternoon refreshments followed by presentations by the individual working groups to the workshop
1610 - Operational feedback: US Military support to the 2010 Haiti earthquake disaster
• Understanding the US response and the strategic engineering decision process
• Infrastructure development: Airport and harbour reconstruction to aid reconstruction
• Insight into United Nations liaison support and operations
• Working with NGOs - How successful was the Military-Civilian partnership?
Colonel Norberto Cintron, Command Engineer, USSOUTHCOM, USA
1640 – Leading Expert Panel: What can be done to ensure CIMIC operations work more effectively?
• Can CIMIC operations truly affect economics, governance, humanitarian assistance, infrastructure and security in one deployment?
• Understanding the importance of culture and local knowledge in achieving successful CIMIC operations
Led by: Colonel Neil Greet, Military Advisor, Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence, Australia
1710 – End of Workshop
26th January - Conference Day 1
