UAE Advanced Defence & Security Technology Summit
27-28 April 2009, Dubai, UAE
Summit Agenda - Day 2*

Tuesday 28 April 2009

Registration - 08.00 - 09.00

09.00 - 10.00     Internal Security
Chairman: Dr Mustafa Alani, Director, Security & Terrorism Studies, Gulf Research Center

• Dr Mohammed Al-Ahbari, Chief Advisor to Chief of Staff, UAE Armed Forces
• General Abdulameer Abaas Ali, Assistant Deputy for Infrastructure Affairs, Iraq Ministry of Interior

10.00 - 11.00     Maritime Security
Chairman: James Baxter, Director Middle East, Aegis

• Commander Ranjit B. Rai, Former Director of Indian Naval Operations; Vice President, Indian Maritime Foundation
• Vice Admiral Jacques Mazars, Marine Nationale

11.00 - 11.15     Morning Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.30     GCC Defence Strategy – Panel Discussion
Chairman: Dr Sami Al-Faraj, Chairman, Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies

• Dr Mohammed Al-Ahbari, Chief Advisor to the Chief of Staff, UAE Armed Forces
• Ahmed Al-Uztath, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
• Colonel Pilot Ahmed Bin Naser Al Thani, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence and Security, Qatari Armed Forces
• Brigadier General Hamed Nasir Al-Swaji, Commander of C4I, Kuwaiti Armed Forces
• Mazen Madooh, Managing Director, Kuwait Offset

12.30 - 14.00     Lunch Break

14.00 - 18.00  Roundtable Bilateral Meetings
Further afternoon sessions will be devoted to private consultations between global defence policy makers and leading defence technology operators. The summit will close at 18.00.