The 6th IISS Asia Security Summit
The Shangri-La Dialogue
Singapore
Agenda
The Plenary Sessions (presentations and discussion) will be on-the-record
The Break Out Groups will be strictly off-the-record
Friday 1 June
All day Bilateral meetings between defence ministers and officials
19:00 Opening Reception – Island Foyer
20:00 – 22:00 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
Saturday 2 June 2007
08:45 – 09:50 First Plenary Session – Island ballroom
THE UNITED STATES AND ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY
Dr Robert M Gates
Secretary of Defense, USA
10:00 – 11:00 Second Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
INDIA AND CHINA: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL STABILITY
A K Antony
Minister of Defence, India
Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, China
11:30 – 13:00 Third Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
NUCLEAR CHALLENGES
Fumio Kyuma
Minister of Defense, Japan
Kim Jang-Soo
Minister of National Defense, Republic of Korea
Dr Brendan Nelson
Minister for Defence, Australia
13:15 – 15:00 Ministerial Lunch – Pink & White Azalea Rooms
Hosted by Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
Lunch for all other delegates: Pavilion, Garden & Waterfall Terraces
15:30 – 17:30 Simultaneous Break Out Groups – Tower Ballroom
Group 1: INTERVENING IN FRAGILE STATES
Chair: Professor François Heisbourg
IISS Chairman; former IISS Director
Peter Ho Hak Ean
Permanent Secretary, National Security Coordination Secretariat, Singapore
Yuriko Koike
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs, Japan
General Moeen U Ahmed
Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh
Delivered by Lieutenant General Zahirul Alam
Special Representative of the Chief of Army Staff;
Commandant, National Defence College
Group 2: NEW CHALLENGES FOR SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
Chair: Ambassador Yukio Satoh
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Dr Dino Patti Djalal
Special Staff of the President for International Affairs &
Presidential Spokesperson, Indonesia
Dr Jeon Jei Guk
Deputy Minister for Policy and Public Affairs, Republic of Korea
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston
Chief of Defence Force, Australia
Group 3: PROGRESS IN COUNTER-TERRORISM
Chair: Richard L Armitage
President, Armitage International
General Hermogenes C Esperon, Jr
Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
Ward Elcock
Deputy Minister of National Defence, Canada
General Ehsan-ul-Haq
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan
20:00 – 22:30 Reception and dinner – The Istana
Hosted by
Mr S. R. Nathan, President of Singapore
Sunday 3 June 2007
09:30 – 11:00 Fourth Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
SECURING REGIONAL WATERS: HOW MUCH PROGRESS?
Professor Juwono Sudarsono
Minister for Defence, Indonesia
Hermogenes E Ebdane Jr
Secretary of National Defense, The Philippines
Rohitha Bogollagama
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break – Island Foyer
11:30 – 13:00 Fifth Plenary Session – Island Ballroom
SECURITY COOPERATION IN ASIA:
MANAGING ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS
Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
Phil Goff
Minister of Defence, New Zealand
Dr Franz-Josef Jung
Minister of Defence, Germany
Envoi – Island Ballroom
Dr John Chipman
IISS Director-General
13:15 – 14:45 Closing Ministerial Lunch – Pink & White Azalea Rooms
Hosted by Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Defence, Singapore
13:15 – 14:45 Closing lunch for all other delegates: Pavilion, Garden & Waterfall Terraces
Rest of afternoon Further meetings between defence ministers and officials
