BSC
Berlin
Security Conference
1 4 th C o n g r e s s o n E u r o p e a n S e c u r i t y a n d D e f e n c e
Euro-Atlantic Partnership –
firm anchor in a turbulent
world
About the Congress
17–18 November 2015
• One of the largest events on European Security and Defence
• Meeting place for up to 1 000 participants from more than 50 countries
andel’s Hotel & Convention
Center Berlin
• International forum for members of parliament and other politicians, and
representatives of the armed forces, security organisations and industry
• Partner in 2015: the United States, with high-ranking speakers
Landsberger Allee 106
D-10369 Berlin
• Supported by an Advisory Board composed of distinguished
international personalities
• Exhibitions with companies from Germany, Europe and the US
www.euro-defence.eu
• Organised by the Behörden Spiegel – Germany’s leading independent
Newspaper for the Civil and Military Services
Advisory Board
Industrial Cooperation Partner
Sponsors
Ambassador Jir̆ í S̆edivý
Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO, former
Minister of Defence, Congress President BSC 2015
Platinum
Gold
Wolfgang Hellmich
MP, Chairman of the
Defence Committee,
German Bundestag
Prof. Ioan Mircea Paşcu
MEP, Vice-President of
the European Parliament, former Defence
Minister of Romania
Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering
President of the Konrad
Adenauer Stiftung and
former President of the
European Parliament
Michael Roth MP
Minister of State for
Europe, Commissioner
for Franco-German
Cooperation, German
Federal Foreign Office
Dr. Karl von Wogau
Secretary General of
the Kangaroo Group,
Congress President
BSC 2001 – 2011
Robert Walter
Vice-President of the
Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe,
President European Security
and Defence Association
(ESDA), Congress President
BSC 2012 – 2014
Silver
Bronze
Programme Partner
Supported by
congress languages: English / German
plus French for the main programme
Media Partner
AND DEFENCE
EUROPEAN SECURITYu (“The European”)
THE MAGAZINE FOR
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Main Programme
Top Speakers 2015
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
08.00
08.45
Opening of the Exhibition / Registration
Welcome to the Congress
» R. Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel
» Ambassador Jir̆í S̆edivý, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO,
former Minister of Defence, Congress President BSC 2015
09.00
OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Opening Ceremony
» Dr Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
» Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs, U.S. Department of State
» Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and
former President of the European Parliament
Dr Lubomír Zaorálek
Assistant Secretary of
State for European
and Eurasian Affairs,
U.S. Department of
State
OPENING
Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Czech
Republic
Ambassador
Victoria Nuland
10.15
11.45
Deputy Secretary-General
of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
12.00
Aleksey Meshkov
HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE
Ambassador
Douglas E. Lute
United States Permanent
Representative
to NATO
Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Russian
Federation
13.30
15.00
16.30
17.00
Peter Watkins
Director General for
Security Policy, Ministry
of Defence, United
Kingdom
17.20
17.40
OSCE Secretary General
Terry Halvorsen
Chief Information Officer, US Department of
Defense
FORUM INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
18.00
Ambassador
Lamberto Zannier
19.30
21.30
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The order of speakers may change.
10.45
11.15
Ambassador
Alexander Vershbow
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Innovation through Euro-Atlantic Partnership
» William Schmieder, President, Raytheon International Inc. Europe
Coffee Break
The key role of satellites for global connectivity
» Karim Michel Sabbagh, President & CEO, SES
Euro-Atlantic Security – responsibilities and lead
» Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary-General of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE
Euro-Atlantic Security: Washington – Brussels – Moscow – how to meet the new challenges?
Chair:
» Prof Ioan Mircea Pasçu MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, former

Defence Minister of Romania
Panellists:
» Michael Gahler MEP, EPP Group Spokesman on Security and Defence, European

Parliament
» Ambassador Dr Hans-Dieter Lucas, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic 
of Germany to NATO
» Ambassador Douglas E. Lute, United States Permanent Representative to NATO
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» Aleksey Meshkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
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» Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary-General of NATO
» Peter Watkins, Director General for Security Policy, Ministry of Defence, United

Kingdom
» Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General
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Luncheon / Buffet
PANEL SESSION > Panels A1 – A5
Coffee Break
ICT as a firm anchor for Defence and Security in a turbulent world
» Lieutenant General (ret) Jo Godderij, Executive Advisor, Atos Public Sector
Keynote Speech
» Ambassador John B. Emerson, Embassy of the United States Berlin
Best Procurement Practice for major Military Projects
» Mathias Oberndörfer, Head of Public Sector, KPMG Germany
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FORUM INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
TTIP – what may be the implications for transatlantic defence and armament cooperation?
Chair:
» Robert Walter, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 
President European Security and Defence Association (ESDA)
Introduction:
» Dr Christian Mölling, Senior Resident Fellow, Security Policy, The German Marshall

Fund of the United States
Panellists:
» Dr Christina Balis, Principal and Director of European Operations, Avascent Europe
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» Prof Dr John L. Clarke, Director of Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for

Security Studies
» Terry Halvorsen, Chief Information Officer, US Department of Defense
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» Michael J. Lyden, General Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
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» Prof Dr Vasile Secǎreş, President, NATO Partnership Studies Center, SNSPA
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Buffet / Networking
End of the first day
Main Programme
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Top Speakers 2015
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
08.00
08.30
Opening of the Exhibition
Welcome to 2nd Conference Day
08.40
OPENING OF THE 2ND CONFERENCE DAY
» Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg, holding
the Presidency of the European Union 2/2015
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09.00
Industrial Perspective of European and Transatlantic Armament Cooperation
» Thomas Homberg, Managing Director, MBDA Deutschland GmbH
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09.20
HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW
The new challenges – how to re-establish confidence as security partners
Werner Sonne, German TV Correspondent, speaking with
» Michèle Alliot-Marie MEP, former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister
of Justice, Minister of the Interior, French Republic
» Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg
» Ambassador Alexander V. Grushko, Russian Federation Permanent Representative
to NATO
INTERVIEW
OPENING
Jean Asselborn
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
13.00
14.15
14.20
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14.50
Land based Robotics for security purposes – an industrial view
» Philipp von Saldern, Director Business Development and Director International Sales, 
RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defence
15.00
15.00
HYBRID WARFARE – LESSONS LEARNED
Keynote Speech
» Besik Loladze, Deputy Defence Minister, Parliamentary Secretary to the Defence
Minister, Ministry of Defense, Georgia
Keynote Speech
» Ihor Dolhov, Deputy Defense Minister for European Integration, Ministry of Defence,
Ukraine
15.15
HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM
15.30
CLOSING
16.30
16.45
HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM
Hybrid Warfare – the new challenge – creating the right capabilities!
Chair:
» Lieutenant General Heinrich Brauss, Assistant Secretary General Defence Policy and
Planning (DPP), International Staff, NATO HQ
Panellists:
» Lieutenant General James Everard, Commander Land Forces, British Army
» Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commanding General U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)
» General Gratien Maire, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, État-Major des Armées, France
» Lieutenant General (ret) Dr Klaus Olshausen, former President Clausewitz Association
CLOSING REMARKS
» Ambassador Jir̆í S̆edivý, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO,
former Minister of Defence, Congress President BSC 2015
Michèle Alliot-Marie
MEP, former Minister of
Foreign and European
Affairs, French Republic
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Secure Collaboration across Nations
» Brett Wahlin, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), HP
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Ceremony – European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence
» presented by Ambassador Jir̆í S̆edivý, President of the Berlin Security Conference 2015 
» and Jacques Tissier, President of CiDAN (Association Civisme, Défense, Armée, Nation) 
Coffee Break
PANEL SESSION > Panel B1 – B5
Luncheon / Buffet
US MILITARY PERSPECTIVES
Strong Europe
» Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commanding General U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)
Minister of Foreign and
European Affairs, Luxembourg, holding the Presidency
of the European Union 2/2015
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Ambassador
Alexander V. Grushko
Russian Federation
Permanent Representative
to NATO
Lieutenant General
Ben Hodges
Commanding
General U.S. Army
Europe (USAREUR)
Lieutenant General
Heinrich Brauss
Assistant Secretary
General Defence Policy and
Planning (DPP), International Staff, NATO HQ
Lieutenant General
James Everard
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Commander Land Forces,
British Army
General Gratien Maire
Vice Chief of Defence
Staff, État-Major des
Armées, France
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End of the Congress
Conference Chairman: Brigadier General (ret) Reimar Scherz, Behörden Spiegel
Ambassador
Jir̆í S̆edivý
Permanent Representative
of the Czech Republic to
NATO, Congress President
BSC 2015
www.euro-defence.eu
Panel Programme
Top Speakers 2015
17 November 2015
Panel A1
Major General
Ludwig Leinhos
Director, NATO HQ
Consultation, Command &
Control Staff
Prof Dr-Ing.
Joachim H.G. Ender
Director, Fraunhofer
Institute for High
Frequency Physics and
Radar Techniques FHR
Lieutenant General
Joachim Wundrak
Commander German Air Operations Command,
Commander Combined Air
Operations Centre
Uedem, Executive Director
Joint Air Power
Competence Centre
C5ISR – for a combined and joint
operational environment
Chair:
» Major General Ludwig Leinhos, Director, 
NATO HQ Consultation, Command & Control Staff
Introduction:
» Dr Rainer Baumgart, Chairman of the

Board, secunet Security Networks AG
Panellists:
» Rear Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, former

Director IT Directorate, BAAINBw, designated
Chief of Staff, NATO Communications and
Information Agency
» Dr Helke Karen Hesse, Head of Research 
& Development, Assistant to the Managing
Director, Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG
» Colonel Heinrich Krispler, Branch Chief,

Policy & Requirements Branch, EUMS CIS
Directorate, EEAS
» Dr Lothar Mackert, Vice President, Industry 
Unit Public Sector, IBM Germany
» Dirk Moede, Senior Key Account Manager 
Bundeswehr, Computacenter
» Dr. Timo Unger, Key Account Manager for 
military business in Germany and Austria,
Panasonic Marketing Europe
General (ret)
Harald Kujat
former Chairman
NATO Military Committee
Panel A2 (organized by the Fraunhofer FHR)
Protection of Space Infrastructure
Michael Gahler
Chair and Introduction:
» Prof Dr-Ing. Joachim H.G. Ender, Director, 
Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency
Physics and Radar Techniques FHR
Panellists:
» Dr Reinhold Ewald, Astronaut/Cosmonaut, 
European Astronaut Centre, ESA
» Dr Holger Krag, Head of the Space Debris 
Office, European Space Agency – ESA/ESOC
» Dr-Ing. Ludger Leushacke, Head of Radar 
for Space Observation, Fraunhofer FHR
» Eckard Settelmeyer, Director Earth

Observation, Navigation and Science, Airbus
Defence and Space, Head of Site Friedrichshafen
» Lieutenant General Joachim Wundrak,

Commander German Air Operations Command, Commander Combined Air Operations
Centre Uedem, Executive Director Joint Air
Power Competence Centre
» Dr Stefano Zatti, ESA Security Office
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Manager, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati
MEP, EPP Group
Spokesman on Security
and Defence, European
Parliament
Panel A3
Major General
Dr Ansgar Rieks
Director General, German
National Military Aviation
Authority
Lieutenant General
Francesco Langella
General Directorate of Air
Armaments, Ministry of
Defence, Italy
Peter Round,
Director Capability,
Armament & Technology,
European Defence
Agency (EDA)
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Integrated Air and Missile Defence –
task sharing Europe-USA
Chair:
» General (ret) Harald Kujat, former

Chairman NATO Military Committee
Introduction:
» William Blair, Vice President of Business 
Development, Air and Missile Defense Systems,
Raytheon Missile Systems
Panellists:
» Siegfried Bücheler, Vice President

Programs and Supply Chain Management,
Member of the Board, MBDA Germany
» Martin J. Coyne, Director Domestic AMD
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Business Development and Deputy Air and
Missile Defense Programs, Lockheed Martin
Missiles and Fire Control
» Major General Bernhard Fürst, Deputy

Chairman Air and Missile Defence Committee
(AMDC), NATO HQ
» Colonel (GS) Volker Samanns, Branch

Chief, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
» Mike Ziemke, Office of Policy and Regional 
Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, United States Department of State
Panel A4
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems
(RPAS) – more opportunities than
challenges
Chair:
» Major General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Director

General, German National Military Aviation
Authority
Introduction:
» Dr. Reiner Stemme, CEO, REINER STEMME 
Utility Air-Systems GmbH
Panellists:
» James E. Edge, General Manager, NATO

Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS)
Management Agency
» Brigadier General Günter Katz, Assistant 
Chief of Staff Operations, German Air Force
Headquarters
» Colonel (GS) Dr Jan Kuebart, Branch Chief, 
Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
» Lieutenant General Francesco Langella,

Directorate for Air Armaments and
Airworthiness, Ministry of Defence, Italy
» Wilfried Schulze, Deputy Director Flight

Standards, European Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA)
Panel A5
Satellites – for secure communications,
surveillance and detection
Chair:
» Michael Gahler MEP, EPP Group

Spokesman on Security and Defence,
European Parliament
Introduction:
» Nicole Robinson, Corporate Vice President, 
Government SES Government Solutions,
McLean/USA
Panellists:
» Patrick Biewer, Chief Executive Officer,

LuxGovSat
» Colonel (GS) Jörg Dronia, Branch Chief,

Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
» Pascal Legai, Director, European Union
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Satellite Centre
» Dr Natalia Maslakova-Clauberg,
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Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the
Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation,
Institute of International Relations
» Peter Round, Director Capability,

Armament & Technology, European Defence
Agency (EDA)
» Brigadier General (AF) Jean-Daniel Testé, 
Commander Joint Space Command, France
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Top Speakers 2015
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Panel B1
Cyber Security – lessons learned and
conclusions
Chair:
» Prof Dr Peter Martini, Director,
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Fraunhofer FKIE
Introduction:
» Brett Wahlin, Vice President and Chief

Information Security Officer (CISO), HP
Panellists:
» Colonel Rizwan Ali, US Air Force, Branch 
Head, Cyber Defence, Team Leader, Task Force Cyber SHAPE CIS & CD Directorate, SHAPE
» Helko Kögel, Head of Cyber Security &

Intelligence, ESG Elektroniksystem- und
Logistik-GmbH
» François Rivasseau, European Special

Envoy for Space, Head of Division Security
Policy, Counter Terrorism and Space Policy,
European External Action Service (EEAS)
» Michael Sieber, Head of Unit Information 
Superiority, European Defence Agency (EDA)
» Lieutenant Colonel Jens van Laak, Deputy 
Director and Chief of Staff, NATO Cooperative
Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Tallinn
» Dr Markus A. Zoller, CEO Division Defence, 
RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defence
Panel B2
Smart Energy – a new approach for
energy supply in NATO and in the EU
Chair:
» Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Assistant

Secretary General for Emerging Security
Challenges, NATO HQ
Introduction:
» Martin Schuster, Senior Advisor to the

Board, Pfisterer Holding
Panellists:
» Sharon McManus, Project Officer Energy, 
European Defence Agency
» Dr Matthias Möseler, Chairman of the

Board, steep GmbH
» Dr Artũras Petkus, Head of Strategic

Analysis and Research Division, NATO Energy
Security Centre of Excellence
» Alexander Zotos, Product Manager Hybrid 
Systems, Marketing IDE – INTRACOM Defense
Electronics
Panel B3
High-Readiness Task Forces of NATO
and the EU – procuring new capabilities
Chair and Introduction:
» Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe, 
Director General, EU Military Staff, EEAS
Panellists:
» Major General Christian Badia, Commander 
European Air Transport Command
» Lieutenant General James Everard,

Commander Land Forces, British Army
» Lieutenant General Volker R. Halbauer,

Commander 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps,
Münster
» Bernhard Kuhn, Dipl.-Ing., Senior Sales
Manager, OMNINET GmbH
» Général de Corps d’Armée Eric Margail,
Corps de Réaction Rapide-France, Lille
» Lieutenant General Alfredo Ramírez
Fernández, Commanding General
Headquarters Eurocorps (COMEC)
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Prof Dr Peter Martini
Director, Fraunhofer FKIE
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Panel B4
Allied Air Power – The Proper
Answer to evolving European Military
Challenges?
Chair:
» Major General Helmut Schütz, Commander 
Flying Forces, GAF Force Command
Introduction:
» Wing Commander (ret) Andrew Jeffrey,

Business Development Manager, UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), UK
Panellists:
» Lieutenant General Dominique de Longvilliers, 
Deputy Commander NATO Allied Air
Command
» Lieutenant General Timothy M. Ray,

Commander 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force, U.S. Air Forces Europe
» Air Vice Marshal Gary Martin Waterfall,

Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group,
Air Command, Royal Air Force
» Lieutenant General Joachim Wundrak,

Commander German Air Operations Command, Commander Combined Air Operations
Centre Uedem, Executive Director Joint Air
Power Competence Centre
Panel B5
Services & Training – mandatory for
procurement
Chair:
» Tim Rowntree, Director OCCAR-EA

Introduction:
» Lutz Kampmann, Senior Vice President,

Marketing & Sales, RUAG Schweiz AG,
RUAG Defence
Panellists:
» Colonel (ret) Roman Dufek, former Director 
Multinational Logistics Coordination
Centre (MLCC), Prague
» Emmanuel Jacob, President, EUROMIL

» Peter Scaruppe, Director of Acquisition,

NATO Communications and Information
Agency (NCIA)
» Major General Erich Staudacher, Deputy

Director, Bundeswehr Planning Office
» Major General Klaus Veit, Deputy Director- 
General, Federal Office of Bundeswehr
Equipment, Information Technology and InService-Support (BAAINBw)
Ambassador
Sorin Ducaru
Assistant Secretary
General for Emerging
Security Challenges,
NATO HQ
Lieutenant General
Wolfgang Wosolsobe
Director General, EU Military
Staff, EEAS
Lieutenant General
Alfredo Ramírez
Fernández,
Commanding General
Headquarters
Eurocorps (COMEC)
Major General
Helmut Schütz
Commander Flying Forces,
GAF Force Command
Lieutenant General
Dominique de
Longvilliers
Deputy Commander NATO
Allied Air Command
Lieutenant General
Timothy M. Ray
Commander 3rd Air Force
and 17th Expeditionary Air
Force, U.S. Air Forces
Europe
Tim Rowntree
Director OCCAR-EA
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