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2005 Speaker Agenda

 
THE 4TH IISS SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE
FRIDAY 3 - SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2005
AGENDA

All events will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel
22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350
Tel: +65 6737 3644; Fax: +65 6737 3257 and +65 6733 1029
except for dinner on Saturday night, which will be held at the Istana
The Plenary Sessions (presentations and discussion) will be on-the-record
The Break Out Groups will be strictly off-the-record
FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2005
All day
08:30
09:00
Delegates anive in Singapore; registration
Conference office opens
Registration desk opens
All dayBILATERAL MEETINGS BETWEEN DEFENCE MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS
19:00
19:50
OPENING RECEPTION - ISLAND FOYER
Guests to be seated prior to arrival of the Prime Minister
20:00-22:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND OPENING DINNER - ISLAND BALLROOM

Opening Remarks:
Dr John Chipman
IISS Director

Keynote Address:
Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong
 
 
SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2005
08:45 - 09:00OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE - ISLAND BALLROOM
Dr John Chipman
IISS Director
09:00 - 10:00FIRST PLENARY SESSION - ISLAND BALLROOM
THE US AND ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY BEYOND THE
WAR ON TERRORISM
The Hon Donald Rumsfeld
US Secretary of Defense
10:00 - 10:15Coffee break - Island Foyer
10:15 - 11:15
SECOND PLENARY SESSION - ISLAND BALLROOM
ASIAN EXPERIENCES OF PKO AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
Mr Zahid Hamid
Minister of State for Defence, Pakistan
General Endriartono Sutarto
Commander-in-Chief, Indonesian National Defense Forces
11:15 - 11:30Coffee break - Island Foyer
11:30 - 13:00THIRD PLENARY SESSION - ISLAND BALLROOM
RESPONDING TO WMD CHALLENGES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC:
DIPLOMACY AND DETERRENCE
H.E. Yoshinori Ohno
Minister of State for Defense, Japan
H.E. Yoon Kwang Ung
Minister for National Defense, ROK
13:00 - 15:00
 
13:00 - 15:00
MINISTERIAL LUNCH
Hosted by Mr Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
LUNCH FOR ALL OTHER DELEGATES - KATONG ROOM
15:30 - 17:30SIMULTANEOUS BREAK OUT GROUPS - TOWER BALLROOM
Group  1:   


 
 
DEFENCE WHITE PAPERS, TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE.BUILDING
(Chair) Mr Ralph Cossa
President, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Hon Mark Burton MP
Minister of Defence, New Zealand
Major General (ret) Dr Ahn Kwang Chang
Deputy Minister for Policy, Ministry of National Defense, ROK
Mr Cui Tiankai
Director General, Asian Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
Group 2: 

NEW ROLES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC ARMED FORCES: PEACEKEEPING AND DISASTER RELIEF
(Chair) Lieutenant General Robert Fry
UK Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Commitments)
Lieutenant General Ng Yat Chung
Chief of Singapore Defence Force
Mr Richard Smith
Secretary of Defence, Australia
M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra
Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Group 3: 
 


DEVELOPING DEFENCE INDUSTRIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
(Chair) Secretary William Cohen
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, The Cohen Group; former US Secretary of Defense
Ambassador Robert Blackwill
President, Barbour, Griffith and Rogers International; former Deputy National Security Advisor; US Ambassador to India
Mr Christian Duhain
Senior Vice President, International Operations, South Asia / Pacific, EADS International
Dr Tim Huxley
Corresponding Director, IISS-Asia
20:00 -22:30RECEPTION AND DINNER -THE ISTANA
Hosted by the Acting President of Singapore Mr Sim Kee Boon
 
SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2005
09:30 - 11:00
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION - ISLAND BALLROOM
ASIA-PACIFIC ARMED FORCES AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
Senator The Hon Robert Hill
Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Defence, Australia
Mr Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr
Secretary of National Defense, Philippines
11:00 - 11:30Coffee break - Island Foyer
11:30 - 13:00
FIFTH PLENARY SESSION - ISLAND BALLROOM
ENHANCING MARITIME SECURITY COOPERATION
Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Haji Abd Razak
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Malaysia
Admiral William Fallon, USN
Commander, US Pacific Command
ENVOI - ISLAND BALLROOM
Dr John Chipman
Director, The lnternational Institute for Strategic Studies
13:15 - 14:45CLOSING MINISTERIAL LUNCH
Hosted by Mr Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
13:15 - 14:45CLOSING LUNCH FOR ALL OTHER DELEGATES - KATONG ROOM
Rest of afternoonFurther meetings between defence ministers
and officials