CONFERENCE DAY 3 | THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2026

PRE-CONFERENCE | MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2026 CONFERENCE DAY 1 | TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2026 CONFERENCE DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2026 CONFERENCE DAY 3 | THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2026

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8:00 - 8:55 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

8:55 - 9:00 CO-CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS

Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) Mark Chappell, Former Senior British Military Advisor to US CENTCOM and Former Typhoon Force Commander, Royal Air Force

MAINTAINING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN CONTESTED AND DENIED ENVIRONMENTS

9:00 - 9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

TRANSFORMING SPANISH AIR AND SPACE POWER: READINESS TODAY, CAPABILITY FOR TOMORROW

General Francisco Braco Carbó, Chief of Air Staff, Spanish Air and Space Force

9:30 - 10:00 NATO AIR POWER IN TRANSITION: PREPARING FOR THE CONTESTED AIRSPACE

Air Commodore Howard Edwards, DCOS, Force Preparedness, HQ AIRCOM - NATO

10:00 - 10:30 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

INCREASING TRAINING CAPACITY

10:30 - 11:00 PREPARING AIRCREW AND STRENGTHENING READINESS

Major General Marco Lant, Commander, Combat Forces Command, Italian Air Force

11:00 - 11:30 TRANSFORMING FIGHTER TRAINING WITH LIVE AND SIMULATED SCENARIOS

Colonel Rafael Ichaso Franco, Commandant, Tactical Leadership Programme

11:30 - 12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION

DELIVERING COMBAT-READY AIRCREW FOR TODAY’S CONFLICTS AND TOMORROW’S SYSTEMS

Moderator: General (Ret’d) James Hecker, Former Commander, Allied Air Command and USAFE-AFAFRICA

Panellists:

Colonel Rafael Ichaso Franco, Commandant, Tactical Leadership Programme

Colonel Daniel Wynn, Commander, 85th Fighter Group, US Air Force

Colonel Nick Suppa, Deputy Commander, 80th Flying Training Wing, US Air Force

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK

FIGHTING ACROSS DOMAINS

13:30 - 14:00 EVOLVING SPANISH AIR POWER: DELIVERING CAPABILITY ACROSS AIR AND SPACE DOMAINS

Brigadier General José María Alonso, Director of Operations, Spanish Air Combat Command

14:00 - 14:45 AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM: A STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR NATO

Colonel Vito Cracas, Assistant Director, JAPCC

Lieutenant Colonel Harrison Garlick, Combat Air Branch Head, JAPCC

14:45 - 15:00 CLOSING REMARKS

General (Ret’d) James Hecker, Former Commander, Allied Air Command and USAFE-AFAFRICA