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UDT ASIA 2016 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME<br />

??? DAY TWO – WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY<br />

8:00 Registration and Coffee<br />

INDIGENIZATION AND HOME GROWN MODERNIZATION<br />

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair<br />

9:05 Keynote Address: Realizing the dream of ‘Make in India’ and the<br />

pursuit of homemade submarines<br />

• Insights into the Indian Naval Indigenisation Plan<br />

• Harnessing cutting edge technologies to ensure self-reliance<br />

• Working with the Indian Navy to achieve national security objectives<br />

9:40 Submarine indigenisation – the challenge within: Creating an<br />

industrial eco- system and attaining critical mass to sustain it over<br />

the long term.<br />

• The importance of submarines in the emerging maritime security<br />

construct in the Indo-Pacific<br />

• Cheap acquisitions through import versus indigenous capability –<br />

a perspective on cost effectiveness and strategic vulnerability<br />

• The impact on strategic autonomy and combat capability<br />

• The challenge of indigenisation – creating an industrial eco-system<br />

and attaining critical mass to sustain it over the long term<br />

• The Australian and Indian models of indigenisation with particular<br />

reference to the latter. A brief case study on the Indian SSBN, SSN<br />

and SSK programmes<br />

Commodore Anil Jai Singh, Indian Navy (Retired), Vice President,<br />

Indian Maritime Foundation and former Deputy Assistant Chief<br />

(Maritime), Integrated Defence Staff (MoD), India<br />

10:15 Panel discussion: Is the indigenous approach the only way<br />

to genuinely meet operational needs of navies?<br />

• Are the challenges too great in meeting each individual country’s<br />

unique operational needs via external providers?<br />

• What impact does making changes to another country’s submarines<br />

have on risk and cost?<br />

• To what degree does the broader strategic issues associated<br />

specifically within the Asia-Pacific impact the on the capability<br />

requirements of submarines?<br />

11:00 Morning Tea<br />

INNOVATION IN UNDERWATER WARFARE<br />

11:30 Case study: The role of the Littoral Combat Ship and its impact<br />

on naval operations in the Asia Pacific<br />

• Achieving flexibility, speed and capability<br />

• The Mine Warfare Mission Package<br />

Rear Admiral Charles Williams, Commander, Logistics Group, Western<br />

Pacific and Commander, Task Force Seven Three, United States Navy<br />

*Conference Programme is subject to change. Please see the website for the most up to date version.<br />

Register for UDT Asia on www.udt-asia.com or contact the team at team@udt-asia.com

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