International Conference INCIPE-RIE: The future of EU-NATO cooperation
November 22, 2007
PROGRAM
9:30 – 10:00 Conference inauguration and key remarks
– José Lladó, President of INCIPE
– Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, President of the Real Instituto Elcano
– Luis Cuesta, Secretary General of Defence Policy, Spanish Ministry of Defence
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee-Break
10:15 – 12:00 Panel I: “EU-NATO Relations: Competition, Complementarity and Synergies”
Chairman: Luis Solana, President of the European Observatory of Security and Defence (OESD).
Member of the INCIPE Board
– Aurelia Bouchez, Deputy Assitant Secretary General for Regional Affairs and Mediterranean Dialogue, NATO HQ
– Elena Gómez Castro,Administrator–Seconded National Expert, EU-NATO Relations, DGE VIII, Defence Issues,
General Secretariat, Council of the EU
– MGen Benito Raggio, General Director for Defence Policy, Spanish Ministry of Defence
12:00 – 12:15 Coffee-Break
12:15 – 14:00 Panel II: “Lessons Learned from the Cooperation and the Way Ahead”
Chairman: ViceAdm Fernando del Pozo, Real Instituto Elcano
– GD Jürgen Bornemann, Assistant Director for Plans and Policy, International Military Staff (IMS), NATO HQ
– BG Reinhard Trischak, Chief of Policy and Plans, EU Military Staff, General Secretariat, Council of the EU
– MGen José Manuel García Sieiro, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans and Policy Division, Defence Staff,
Spanish Ministry of Defence
16:30 – 18:15 Panel III: “Issues of Common Interest”
Chairman: Lt. Gen (ret.) Luis Feliú, Former Spanish Military Representative (MILREP) to NATO
– William H. Duncan, Political Counselor, Embassy of the United States of America in Spain
– Colonel Torsten Squarr, Branch Chief, European Union Branch at the German Military Representation
to NATO and the EU, Brussels
– Necdet Pamir, Professor, Bilkent University,Ankara. Former General Coordinator at the Eurasia
Strategic Studies Center (ASAM),Ankara
18:15 – 18:30 Coffee-Break
18:30 – 19:30 Closing session and final remarks
Chairman: Vicente Garrido, Director of INCIPE and Félix Arteaga, Senior Analyst,
Security and Defence Area, Real Instituto Elcano
– General Félix Sanz Roldán, Chief of Defence, Spanish Ministry of Defence
