Conference Day Two
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration and Welcome Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am Chairman's Opening Remarks
9:10 am - 9:50 am PREPARING FOR “THE MOST LIKELY AND MOST DANGEROUS”
· Increasing accuracy of indirect fire technology for a controlled engagement outcome
· Adapting to hybrid warfare in a peer advisory context
· Defining the British Army’s modernisation agenda and the future structure of British Infantry Forces
9:50 am - 10:20 am INDUSTRY PRESENTATION - HIRTENBERGER
10:20 am - 11:00 am REVIVING AND REINTRODUCING MORTAR SYSTEMS INTO THE CANADIAN ARMY’S INFANTRY
· Focusing on 81mm mortar systems using existing stocks in our inventory
· The necessity of mortar platoons within the Infantry Corps, Light Infantry Bns, and Reserve Infantry units
· Developments in mortar training and capability for the NLT 2020 project
11:00 am - 11:30 am Morning Coffee and Networking
11:30 am - 12:10 pm EVOLUTION OF FORCE STRUCTURE TO MEET THE PEER THREAT
· Insight on modifications of the force structure to address the peer threat
· Pushing combat decision-making to battalion level and below
· Implications for organic firepower in a manoeuvre force
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm INDUSTRY PANEL: SUPPORTING ONGOING WEAPON TRANSFORMATION
· What is the industry’s understanding of their customers’ key operational priorities when it comes to mortar systems and soldier lethality, firepower and survivability in general?
· What technologies and manufacturing processes need to mature in order to support these future priorities?
· What is industry’s reading of the future operational scenario, and which requirements are there to ensured strategic dominance?
· How specifically are solutions being modified and enhanced to meet these operational requirements?
1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Lunch and Networking
2:10 pm - 2:50 pm STRATEGICALLY PLANNING FOR A SUCCESSFUL BREACH
· Operational feedback: current challenges
· The mortar system capability in the Guardian motorized brigade
· How Croatia is adapting to changing mission demands
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm DEVELOPING INFANTRY POWER CAPABILITY
· Update on 81mm procurement programme: replacing the L16A2
· Reinforcement of the connection between people and technology
· Investment in long-range engagements and urban operations
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Cofee & Networking
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm INNOVATING WEAPON SYSTEMS AND TRAINING FOR SMALL COMBAT UNITS
· Defining the current modernisation agenda for training of mobile mortar units
· How will mortars and indirect fire capabilities be integrated into the Strike concept
· Planning how to counter the challenges ahead for the networked dismounted soldier