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Agenda

 
DAY 1 Tuesday 17 February 09
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Registration and welcome tea
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
Keynote Ministerial Address
9.10
Australias evolutionary Defence policy
The Hon Warren Snowdon, MP, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
Keynote Address
9.30
Going to the next levelthe Mortimer review and beyond

Building greater efficiency and commerciality in Defence procurement and sustainment

The Hon Greg Combet AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement
10.00
Exploring the process and outcomes of the Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review
  • Capability planning strategy and needs analysis and requirements definition
  • Capability acquisition
  • Capability sustainment and disposal
  • Driving cultural change in the DMO
David Mortimer AO, Chair of the Defence Procurement Advisory Board
10.30
Morning refreshment sponsor address Defence Reserves Support
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10.40
Morning refreshments and networking break
sponsored by Defence Reserves Support
11.10
Defining Australias Defence capability requirements
  • Developing the Defence Capability Plan (DCP)
  • Ensuring capability to satisfy the high operational tempo of the ADF
  • Recommendations stemming from the Mortimer review re: Capability Planning
  • Dealing with rapidly emerging conventional and asymmetric challenges
Vice Admiral, Matt Tripovich AM, Chief, Capability Development Group
11.40
The future of the DMO and Defence procurement
  • Proposed changes to standard procurement, rapid acquisition, sustainment
  • Potential impacts of independence in DMO governance
  • Strengthening the project management focus on procurement combating schedule slippage and budget overruns
  • Streamlining processes and procedures whilst ensuring probity
  • Maintaining positive relationships with external stakeholders ADF and industry
Dr Stephen Gumley, Chief Executive Officer, Defence Materiel Organisation
12.15
2009-2010 Defence budget predictions
  • Potential impacts of the global recession on Defence and industry
  • Exploring budget estimates and impacts on capability
  • Examining progress toward implementing $1 billion annual savings
  • Analysing the proposed 60-70% Defence spend in Australia where will it go?
Dr Mark Thomson, Program Director, Budget and Management Program, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
12.50
Luncheon sponsor address Northrop Grumman
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1.00
Luncheon
sponsored by Northrop Grumman
2.00
Keeping to schedule avoiding budget overruns and schedule slippage
  • Avoiding the conspiracy of optimism ensuring realistic cost/ schedule forecasts
  • Managing delays in project approval or contract formation
  • Handling difficulties in integrating systems into platforms
  • Impacts of a litigious approach to scope creep
  • Exploring contract models which reward behaviours leading to project success
Warren King, General Manager Programs, Defence Materiel Organisation
2.30
Developing a local industry strategy
  • Procuring capability rather than projects
  • Examining the impacts of a healthy Defence industry on Australias national security, skill base, and economic development.
  • Working in harmony with competition
Christine Zeitz, Director of Company Strategy and Business Development, BAE Systems Australia
3.00
Afternoon refreshments and networking
3.30
Developing Local Industry Capability
  • Understanding the importance of industry specialisation specialising in priority technologies or excelling in none
  • Deciding between local and international procurement Which work do you keep in Australia? Which work do you send overseas?
  • Linking Defence industry capabilities with the national interest
  • Aligning priority capabilities with our Defence Capability Plan
Kerry Clarke, Head Industry Division, Defence Materiel Organisation
Panel Discussion
4.00
Building SME capability
  • Resolving cashflow challenges
  • Upgrading outdated production platforms
  • Overcoming the 8th day dilemmabenchmarking and training to build capacity
  • Providing opportunities for SMEs to gain work in major programs
  • Balancing the trade-off between collaboration and competition
Glenn Keys, Managing Director, Aspen Medical
Jim Whalley, Chief Executive Officer, Nova Defence
Tony Quick, Director & General Manager, GKN Aerospace Engineering Services
Stewart Rendall, Managing Director, Compucat Research
5.00
Flattening the cyclical Defence industry workload
  • Winning new work to deploy workforces after projects finish
  • Examining the importance of certainty and regularity of work in maintaining skilled staff
  • Easing the build -> stop->build scenario
  • The role of the global supply chain on continuity of contracts
Peter Nicholls, Managing Director, Production Parts
5.30
End of day one
7.00
4th Annual ADM Awards Dinner at the National Press Club of Australia
 
Day 2 Wednesday 18 February 09
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Coffee and networking
8.50
Opening remarks from the Chair
9.00
Examining programs promoting Defence innovation
  • The Defence Future Capability Technology Centre (DFCTC)
  • Defence Science Access Network (DSAN)
  • The Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program (CTD)
  • The Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE)
Andrew Arnold, Director, Capability and Technology Demonstrator (CTD) Program Office
David Welch, General Manager, Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE)
10.00
Team Australia creating export opportunities for Australian technology
  • Examining the importance of economies of scale provided by export to our industrys growth and stability
  • Understanding the role of the CDG and DMO in strategic export planning
  • Developing relevant, world-class products that can compete in the international Defence market
  • Globalisation and international treaties surrounding Defence cooperation
  • Exploring security implications and costs involved with exporting
Terry Whelan, Head, Defence Export Unit, Defence Materiel Organisation
10.40
Morning refreshments and networking break
Panel discussion
11.10
Expanding our international supply chain
  • Breaking down barriers to export markets through industry partnerships
  • Successes and challenges faced by primes introducing SMEs to their global supply chains
Paul Johnson, MD, Lockheed Martin Australia
Ron Fisher, Managing Director, Raytheon Australia
John Duddy, Managing Director, Boeing Defence Australia
12.00
Promoting innovation in Australias Defence Industry
Professor Robert Clark, Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
12.30
Luncheon
1.40
Access to technical data and international collaboration
  • Issues surrounding Australias access to foreign sourced technical data for defence materiel
  • Implications of the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
  • Progress toward ratification of the US-Australia Treaty on Defence Trade Cooperation
Steve Hyland, Principal, US Trade and Export Control Services
2.20
Challenges to systems integration
  • Minimising the biggest source of risk in Defence projects
  • Promoting realistic forecasting of the core time and monetary cost of integration
  • Handling restrictions on foreign IP
  • Focusing technologies on meeting stakeholders needs.
Chris Jenkins, Managing Director, Thales Australia
3.00
Best practice Defence project management
  • Benchmarking strategies for effective project management in:
    • Complex program management
    • Rapid acquisition
    • Sustainment work
  • Avoiding scope creep
  • Closing out key programs
Bruce Ferguson, Chairman, Helmsman Institute
3.40
Closing remarks from the chair
Afternoon refreshments
End of the ADM Congress
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