Email from November 12th Click here to view the Alert on the MDAA website Follow and Support MDAA   MDAA Alert: Air and Missile Defense Technology Conference The Missile Defense Agency's Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on June 22, 2014. Dear Members and Friends, MDAA will be in London this week for the 8th Air and Missile Defense Technology Conference. The conference will provide access to those at the forefront of GBAD, Ballistic, Cruise and Hypersonic Missile Defense, Directed Energy, C-UAS, Integrated and Networked Radar systems, and developing coherent international strategies. This conference provides a great opportunity to build support for the future of missile defense and the continued advancement of multilateral defense to make the world a safer place. We have a thrilling conference ahead of us, here is what the next few days will look like. Lastly, MDAA will release a recap of the conference in the coming days. Event Details: [link removed] Air and Missile Defense Technology 13th - 14th November 2024 Hilton London Kensington, London, United Kingdom Day One - 13th November 2024 7.30 Registration & Coffee 8.20 Chairman's Opening Remarks Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 8.30 IAMD Lessons Learned from Ukraine over the past year - MDAA Panel Discussion Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Professor Alexy Boyarsky, Chief Technology Advisor to the Air Defense Office of the Land Force Command of the UAF, Ministry of Digital transformation, Vice-PM M.Fedorov and the Deputy Commander of Ukrainian Armed, Forces General Moisyuk. Chief Coordinator of the newly established Ukraine Technology Working Group Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Former Deputy Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy (J5) at U. S. European Command, MDAA Board Member Moderator – Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, MDAA 9.15 IAMD - The Aiming Mark Air Commodore Andrew Martin, Deputy Director Capability & Programmes, Royal Air Force 9.45 Integration and Synchronized Capabilities Across U.S. Missile Defense Programs Colonel Christopher Hill, Project Manager, Integrated Fires Mission Command, PEO Missiles and Space, US Army 10.15 Air & Missile Defense in Large Scale Conflict Colonel (Ret’d) Peter Szilagyi, Business Development IAI/ELTA Air Defense Radar Division, IAI ELTA Systems Ltd. 10.45 Morning Coffee - Sponsored by IAI ELTA Systems 11.15 Session Reserved for Lead Sponsor - IAI Mr. Eili Behar, Senior AMD Specialist, IAI 11.45 Steps into the Future; the UK GBAD Formation's plan to ensure it remains 'fit to fight' in the future operating environment Wing Commander Andy Bates, Deputy Commander, 7th Air Defense Group, British Army 12.15 Maritime IAMD — Evolving for the Broader Threat Set Commander Ian Guild, Above Water Battlespace AWB - IAMD Capability Sponsor, Develop Directorate, Royal Navy 12.45 Networking Lunch 1.45 The Way Towards an European IAMD Mr. Daniel Schepelmann, Head of Marketing and Sales GBAD, Diehl Defense 2.15 The 10th AAMDC's Role in European Air Defense: Facing the Threat Colonel Steven Rachamin, ACOS G3, 10th AAMDC, US Army 2.45 Building an IAMD Network for Poland Colonel Przemyslaw Jaworski, Integrated Air & Missile Defense Division Chief, Polish Armament Agency 3.15 RIwP — The Case for Reconfigurable Weapon Systems Mr. Richard Allen-Miles, EMEA Capture Lead, MOOG Space & Defense Group 3.45 Applications of IAMD Lessons Learned over past year into NATO - MDAA Panel Discussion Mr. Tom Goffus, Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Former Deputy Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy (J5) at U. S. European Command, MDAA Board Member Moderator – Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, MDAA 4.30 Afternoon Tea 5.00 Developing Novel Air and Missile Defense Capabilities — To Control Costs and Counter Emerging Threats Group Captain Rory McLaren, Deputy Head Complex Weapons, Strategic Programmes/MOD 5.30 Adapting IAMD Training Landscape for the Future: Confronting UAS and Hypersonic Challenges Lieutenant Colonel Kim Vogt, IAMD Subject Matter Expert, Joint Air Power Competency Centre (JAPCC) 6.00 Enhancing the USMC with a Medium-Range Intercept Capability Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Beck, Product Manager AMANPADS/MRIC, US Marine Corps 6.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Day Two - 14th November 2024 8.00 Registration & Coffee 8.20 Chairman's Opening Remarks Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 8.30 Train as you fight reinvented. Synthetic Environment Exploitation to Enhance NATO IAMD Capabilities - The Integrated Air and Missile Defense Centre of Excellence (IAMD COE) Brigadier General Nikolaos Makrygiannis, Director, NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Centre of Excellence (IAMD COE) 9.00 Reinforcement of the Czech Air Defense System and New Trends in Passive Sensors Integration Brigadier General Jaroslav Mika, Deputy Division Director, Force Development Division, Ministry of Defense, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces 9.30 IAMD: Challenges and the Way Ahead from a NATO Air Command Perspective Colonel Michael French, Integrated Air & Missile Defense & Offensive Operations Branch Head, NATO Air Command 10.00 Integrated Air and Missile Defense Architecture Development Mr. Steve Lambitt, Technical Director for Land Warfare & AD, Raytheon an RTX Business 10.30 IAMD New Innovations - MDAA Panel Discussion Colonel Przemysław Jaworski, Integrated Air & Missile Defense Division Chief, Polish Armament Agency (Poland) Professor Alexy Boyarsky, Chief Technology Advisor to the Air Defence Office of the Land Force Command of the UAF, Ministry of Digital transformation, Vice-PM M.Fedorov and the Deputy Commander of Ukrainian Armed, Forces General Moisyuk. Chief Coordinator of the newly established Ukraine Technology Working Group Lieutenant Colonel John Ferko, OUSD R&E Moderator – Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Former Deputy Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy (J5) at U. S. European Command, MDAA Board Member 11.15 Morning Coffee 11.45 Shield Master - Missile Defense Analysis Tool Dr Jacopo Diamanti, Head of Engineering, GMSPAZIO srl 12.15 Integration of European Allies Into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) + Jordan Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Network Colonel Nicklaus Walker, Commander, AFCENT Air Warfare Centre, US Air Force 12.45 Astral Knight 2024 - The Importance of IAMD and ABAD Mr. James B. "Barney" Shaw, Deputy Chief IAMD Division, USAFE 1.15 Talking Missiles: Enabling Collaboration and Co-Operation Mr. Andrew Stewart, Regional Sales Manager, TUALCOM 1.45 Networking Lunch 2.45 Enhancing Swedish Air Defense Capabilities While Integrating into the Wider NATO IAMD Network Ms. Therese Ravik, Head of Ground Based Air Defense, FMV 3.15 Enabling C2 of Air Operations Across NATO Airspace to Ensure Effective Air and Missile Defense Mr. John Booth, Chief Air Command & Control, NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) 3.45 Afternoon Tea 4.15 Call to Action — The Way Forward for Integrated Missile Defense for NATO - MDAA Panel Discussion Major General Paul Moga, Commander, Third Air Force, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) (United States of America) Brigadier General Volker Samanns, Head, Joint Air Power and Space Staff Element, JAPSSE, NATO International Military Staff (Germany) Mr. Kostyantyn Tymonkin, Ukraine Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Former Deputy Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy (J5) at U. S. European Command, MDAA Board Member Moderator – Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, MDAA 5.00 NATO's Integrated Air Missile Defense: Policy Framework Dr. Marc Muehlberg, Policy Officer, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, NATO 5.30 Enhancing NATO's frontier with an Air and Missile Defense Rotational Model: The Case of Lithuania Lieutenant Colonel Ovidijus PIlitauskas, Commander, Air Defense Battalion , Lithuanian Air Force 6.00 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Mr. Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance Fight On! Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance   Click Here to Join MDAA _____________________________________________________________________ MDAA is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organization. Our mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States and its allies against missile threats. 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