Day 1 agenda
Registration and morning coffee
Chairman’s welcome and a look at the day ahead
Opening Keynote: Military engineering in 2020
How force structure is likely to develop to encompass the changing requirement for military engineers
The changing geo-political situation and its impact on the military engineering community
- What is the future operational context for the military engineering community likely to look like?
- What considerations must be taken onboard when planning future engineering operations?
- What unexpected challenges may we face? -What does technology offer, or threaten?
The NATO initiative: “Building capability through multi-national approaches” – The engineer input/contribution
- New future engineer roles
- Sharing and pooling thoughts
- Cooperation with non NATO members
Bridging the gap: Response Forces Operations Command Joint Engineer
Challenges of planning successful engineer operations within diverse theatres and levels
- Role of the Chief Engineer (principal advisor) in joint operations
- Possible military engineering contribution to a “comprehensive approach” in EU led operations and its limits
- Engineer capabiltities in future operations (combat support vs force support engineering)
Morning coffee break
The Military Engineering Centre of Excellence and its role in developing the alliance’s military engineers
Since it conception, how has the Military Engineering Centre of Excellence enhanced NATO’s engineering capability around the globe?
Gaining insight into the current status of the CoE
The programme of work for 2012
The Royal Engineers: Evolving training and structure to meet rapid requirement change
Current training programmes: From basic to specialist training
- Structural changes since 2001
- Are we fielding an appropriate skill set in Afghanistan and how far are these capabilities appropriate for future engineering operations?
- The Combat Support Capability Directorate: What is it and how will it work?
Lunch and networking
The US Army engineer school: Providing specialist troops for challenging tasks
- The current structure of the US Army engineers
- Lessons identified from recent operations and their implementation into current training practices
- The future look of the US Army engineers
The future of military engineering and future structure: A USMC case study
- Lessons from recent conflict areas
- Future operational capabilities of the USMC
- What will the USMC combat engineer of the future look like?
The Swiss Armed Forces’ contribution to humanitarian aid in the case of earthquakes
- Swiss Rescue – 8 partners and 1 team
- The Armed Forces’ contribution
- Sumatran earthquake as an example
- Summary and recommendations
German/Netherlands HQ comprehensive planning in a HADR scenario
- German & Netherlands Ministries of Foreign Affairs lead role in an exercise. Lessons noted.
- HADR in a comprehensive approach
- Civil thoughts on working with a military HQ
- Further work for the HQ
Engineering systems of KMW
- Military Bridges (products, different carrier vehicles, different operation scenarios like out of area mission or civil use)
- Folding Roadway System
- MUNGO NC Recce
- DINGO NC Recce
- DINGO with manipulator arm (EOD)
- DINGO with PEARSON Mine roller
- FENNEK Engineering Vehicle
Afternoon refreshments and networking
Commencement of roundtable discussions: “What are going to be the biggest challenges in the military engineering community over the next decade and how can we evolve to embrace them?”
The audience will split into several roundtables and discuss this question. At the end of the allocated time a group appointed chairman from each table will deliver a short presentation on the group’s discussion and their conclusions.
