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Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon
dent and CEO, EADS North Amer ica Defense. Although he was not able to par tic i pate in the work shop
this year, Admi ral Jean Betermier, Senior Advi sor to the EADS CEO, was a vital con trib u tor to all phases
of work shop plan ning.
Thales. Senior Vice Pres i dent Edgar Buckley, whose work shop par tic i pa tion and address we appre ci -
ate, brought to the work shop dis cus sions his expe ri ence not only at Thales but as a for mer NATO Assis -
tant Secretary General.
AFCEA. Thanks to the con tin ued inter est and sup port of Mr. Kent Schnei der, AFCEA joined the
work shop for the first time this year as a major spon sor. We appre ci ate Mr. Schnei der’s workshop partici -
pa tion and address, as well as the par tic i pa tion of his col leagues, Lieu ten ant Gen eral John Dubia and Ms.
Becky Nolan.
MITRE Cor po ra tion. We would like to thank MITRE for its spon sor ship of the work shop over the last
two decades, and also appre ci ate the par tic i pa tion of Mr. Ray mond Haller, Mr. Wil liam Knickerbocker,
and Mr. Peter Sherlock at this year’s event.
Work shop Patrons, Advi sors, and Participants
Work shop Patrons and Hon or ary Chair men. We deeply appre ci ate the encour age ment and sup port we
received from our work shop patrons and gen eral chair men:
His Excel lency Ignazio La Russa, Min is ter of Defense of Italy (Work shop Patron and Key note Speaker, 2008)
His Excel lency Hervé Morin, Min is ter of Defense of France (Work shop Patron, 2007)
His Excel lency Franz Josef Jung, Min is ter of Defense of Ger many (Work shop Patron and Key note Speaker, 2006)
Her Excel lency Michèle Alliot-Marie, Min is ter of Defense of France (Patron, 2005, 2007; Key note Speaker, 2005)
His Excel lency Peter Struck, MdB, Min is ter of Defense of Ger many (Key note Speaker, 2004)
His Excel lency Rudolf Scharping, Min is ter of Defense of Ger many (Patron and Key note Speaker, 2000, 2002)
His Excel lency Aleksander Kwaniewski, Pres i dent of Poland (Patron, 1996; Key note Speaker, 1996–98, 2000, 2002)
His Excel lency Václav Havel, Pres i dent of the Czech Repub lic (Patron, 1997; Key note Speaker, 1996, 1997)
His Excel lency Arpád Göncz, Pres i dent of Hun gary (Work shop Patron and Key note Speaker, 1999)
His Excel lency Jan Trøjborg, Min is ter of Defense of Den mark (Work shop Patron, 2001)
His Excel lency Dr. Werner Fasslabend, Min is ter of Defense of Aus tria (Patron and Key note Speaker, 1998)
His Excel lency Volker Rühe, Min is ter of Defense of Ger many (Work shop Patron, 1995)
Gen eral George Joulwan, for mer Supreme Allied Com mander, Europe (Hon or ary Gen eral Chair man, 1994–1997)
Admi ral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chair man of NATO Mil i tary Com mit tee (Hon or ary Chair , Key note Speaker, 2008)
Gen eral Vincenzo Camporini, Chief of Gen eral Staff of Italy (Hon or ary Chair man, Key note Speaker, 2008)
Gen eral James Jones, Supreme Allied Com mander Europe (Key note Speaker, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Gen eral Henri Bentegeat, Chair man of the EU Mil i tary Com mit tee, for mer Chief of Gen eral Staff of France
(Key note Speaker, 2007)
Gen eral John Shalikashvili, Supreme Allied Com mander Europe (Key note Speaker, 1993)
Advisory Board. For help ing to shape the work shop agenda with their guid ance and ideas, our Board of
Advi sors deserves warm thanks. Our advi sors are:
His Excel lency Valdas Adamkus, Pres i dent of Lith u a nia