Day 1 Programme
11:00 - 12:00 Registration
12:00 - 12:30 Session 1: Welcome and CGS Opening Keynote
Rachel Ellehuus, Director-General, RUSI
General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO, Chief of the General Staff, British Army
12:30 - 13:40 Session 2: The Strategic Context
Chair: Rosalind Roberts, Director of Research, RUSI
Speakers:
Stephen Covington
Ambassador Angus Lapsley CMG, Permanent Representative, British Delegation to NATO
Elie Tenenbaum, Director, Security Studies Centre, IFRI
Liubov Tsybulska, Director, Join Ukraine
13:40 - 14:10 Break
14:10 - 15:20 Session 3: Readiness to Deter
Chair: Keir Giles, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Speakers:
Lieutenant General Mike Elviss CB MBE, Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
Major General Jonny Lindfors, Commander, Swedish Army
Brigadier General Jyri Raitasalo, Chief of Logistics, Finnish Defence Command
15:20 - 15:50 Break
15:50 - 17:00 Session 4: Force Design for a Competitive Future
Chair: Professor Michael Clarke, Distinguished Fellow, RUSI
Speakers:
Lieutenant General Simon Hamilton CBE, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, British Army
Lieutenant General Michael Wright CMM MMV MSM CD, Commander, Canadian Army
Lieutenant General Dr Christian Freuding, Commander, German Army
17:00 - 17:30 Session 5: Ministerial Keynote
Chair: Dr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director, RUSI
Keynote Speaker: Rt Hon John Healey MP, Minister of Defence, His Majesty's Government
17:30 - 19:00 Drinks Reception