09:00 Chair’s Welcome

09:10 Opening Keynote: The Strategic Importance Of Partnerships And Alliances In Obtaining Value And Advancing Capability

• Identifying relationships as the defining factor in modern defence contracts
• Understanding the motivating factors and requirements of partners
• Investigating the benefits gained from a long-term relationship

Staff Major General Obaid Al Ketbi
Deputy Director-General, Abu Dhabi Police
Chairman, IDEX 2009
Member of the Executive Council Of Abu Dhabi

09:50 The Changing Face Of Defence Financing

Grant Rogan
Chairman and CEO
Blenheim Capital Services

11:00 Achieving Complex Programme Integration Through Collaborative Working

• Adding value through collaboration
• Building a ‘one team’ mindset
• Understanding the challenges of strategic partnering and alliancing to conventional policy and processes
• Aligning business, organisational, process and relationship change

Roger Powell
Senior Advisor, Associated Ideas Ltd
Former Sea King IPT Leader, UK MoD

11:40 Utilising Standards To Meet The Challenges Of Collaborative Programmes

Whilst the concept of partnering has been generally accepted to underpin Through Life Capability Management (TLCM), the challenge is embedding parting principles in complex contracts. The British Standards Institute in association with PSL has published the world’s first collaborative relationship standard and launched a company assessment programme. The principles of which the UK MoD has adopted to support future collaborative programmes. This presentation will highlight how adoption of the standard can help to meet the challenges.

• Background and benefits of the standard
• Update on Certification programme (including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & VT Group)
• Integration into defence acquisition processes
• Case study on integration of the standard for the UK Military Flight Training System

David Hawkins
Operations Director
Partnership Sourcing Ltd.

13:30 Maintaining Successful Partnering Relationships In The Face Of External Commercial Pressures

• Evaluating the pressures that the defence industry is currently facing and what impact external factors have on partnering agreements
• Drawing in experiences learned from outside of the defence industry
• How Complex Systems principles can be applied to develop successful partnerships
• Applying the theory to real-life defence programmes (Jenny works with senior leaders from MOD and Industry on, Future Carrier, MOD/AgustaWestland SPA and the recently signed General Munitions partnering arrangement)

Jenny Charteris
Managing Director
CPCR

14:10 Developing Partnerships To Provide Maintenance, Repair, And Overhaul (MRO) Services: Al Taif’s Experiences And Capabilities

• An overview of Al Taif’s mission and key capabilities
• Analysing Al Taif’s partnerships
• Successes of Al Taif’s model: streamlined capability, lower operating costs, enhanced performance and optimum readiness

Ahmed Bin Adi
Senior Representative
Al Taif Technical Services

15:20 UAE Case Study: Naval Support Services Partnerships

• Outsourcing a naval base
• Shipyard and service-provider expertise
• Co-operating with the end user

Joseph E. Flynn
Vice President Naval Support Services
Abu Dhabi Ship Building

16:00 Interactive Roundtable Discussion: The Responsible Use Of Assets As A National Asset

• Debating the level of capacity that should be retained internally by the Armed Forces
• The impact of technology on relationships
• Adapting relationships in deployment situations

Roundtable Host:

Grant Rogan
CEO
Blenheim Capital Services

16:40 End Of Conference Day One