Speaker Agenda
2006 Shangri-La Dialogue
All events will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel
22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350
Tel: +65 6737 3644; Fax: +65 6737 3257
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 2 June 2006
All day Delegates arrive in Singapore; registration
All day Bilateral meetings between defence ministers and officials
19:00 Opening Reception – Island Foyer
20:00 Keynote Address and Opening Dinner – Island ballroom
Opening Remarks – Dr John Chipman, IISS Director-General
Keynote Address – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister
and Minister for Finance, Singapore
20:45 Dinner to be served
22:00 Dinner concludes
Saturday 3 June 2006
08:45 – 08:50 Opening of the conference – Island Ballroom
Dr John Chipman, IISS Director-General
08:50 – 09:50 First Plenary Session – Island ballroom
THE UNITED STATES AND ASIA’S EMERGING SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
The Hon Donald Rumsfeld
US Secretary of Defense
10:00 – 10:45 Second Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
INDIA: A RISING GLOBAL PLAYER
Pranab Mukherjee
Minister of Defence, India
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break – Island Foyer
11:15 – 13:00 Third Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
DEPLOYING FORCES FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Fukushiro Nukaga
Minister of State for Defence, Japan
HE Yoon Kwang Ung
Minister of National Defense, Republic of Korea
Rt Hon Adam Ingram
Minister of State for the Armed Forces, UK
13:00 – 15:00 Ministerial Lunch
Hosted by Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
Lunch for all other delegates – Katong Room
15:30 – 17:30 Simultaneous Break Out Groups – Tower Ballroom
Group 1: ADVANCING MARITIME SECURITY COOPERATION
Chair: Professor Tommy Koh
Chairman, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore
Admiral Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Anwar bin Hj Mohd Nor
Chief of Defence Force, Malaysia
Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto
Commander in Chief, National Defence Forces, Indonesia
Admiral William J. Fallon
Commander, United States Pacific Command, US
Group 2: THE CHALLENGES OF FORCE MODERNISATION
Chair: Richard L. Armitage
President, Armitage International, US
General Ng Yat Chung
Chief of Defence Force, Singapore
Richard Smith, AO
Secretary of Defence, Australia
Kwon An Do
Assistant Minister for Policy & Public Affairs,
Republic of Korea
Group 3: COUNTER-INSURGENCY IN
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Chair: Professor François Heisbourg
IISS Chairman; former IISS Director
General Generoso S Senga
Chief of Staff, Philippines
Lieutenant General Naraset Israngura
Deputy Director-General,
Office of Policy and Planning, MoD, Thailand
Dino Patti Djalal
Special Staff of the President for International Affairs
and Presidential Spokesperson, Indonesia
20:00 – 22:30 Reception and dinner – The Istana
Hosted by President of Singapore Mr S. R. Nathan
Sunday 4 June 2006
09:30 – 11:00 Fourth Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
SETTING NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES
Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
General Ehsan-ul-Haq
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan
Avelino Cruz Jr
Secretary of National Defense, The Philippines
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break – Island Foyer
11:30 – 13:00 Fifth Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
CONSTRUCTING A REGIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY
Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Hj Abdul Razak
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Malaysia
HE Professor Juwono Sudarsono
Minister of Defence, Indonesia
The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson
Minister of Defence, Australia
Envoi – Island Ballroom
Dr John Chipman
IISS Director-General
13:15 – 14:45 Closing Ministerial Lunch
Hosted by Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
13:15 – 14:45 Closing lunch for all other delegates – Katong Room
Rest of afternoon Further meetings between defence ministers and officials
