Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, will address the defence community at the European Defence Agency’s annual conference on 21 March 2013. The conference speaker lineup promises a varied and interesting debate. Among others EDA Head of Agency, Catherine Ashton, President of the European Parliament Mr. Schulz, EADS CEO Mr. Enders, NATO SACT’s Gen. Palomeros, Belgian Minister of Defence Mr. De Crem, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Mladenov and Dassault Aviation CEO Mr. Trappier will take the floor.
The overarching topic of the EDA’s conference is long term pooling & sharing approach. While the first panel looks at lessons learnt from cooperation examples, the second panel sets the longer-term goals of defence cooperation. The third and final panel of the day will discuss concrete projects of the following year. As a special intervention, the winner of the EDA Egmont PhD Prize is invited to present the outcome of his/her thesis to the distinguished guests.
The EDA wishes for an open and stimulating dialogue between panelists and audience. So far, registered participants include several Ministers of Defence, National Armament Directors, Policy Directors, Chiefs of Defence, CEOs, national and European Parliament representatives, think tanks, press etc.
While access to the event is strictly on invitation only, audiovisual summaries of the conference will be made available on the EDA website afterwards.
For more information:
- You can access the draft agenda here (updated 27 Feb 2013)
- Video summaries of the annual conference will be made available shortly after the event.
- The event will be covered on social media, using #defencematters.