Major Conferences at RUSI

Each year the Royal United Services Institute hosts several major policy conferences reflecting our commitment to the specialist interest of the defence and security community.

As the leading independent forum at the heart of Whitehall these conferences bring together academics, business, policy makers and officials allowing delegates to have the opportunity to assess and engage with these key opinion formers and help shape the defence and security landscape.

These conferences include:

The Future of Critical National Infrastructure - The View to 2015

13-14 October 2010 RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

In the last four years, amid rapidly growing interest in the subject, the most senior officials from across government, and the most influential leaders from the private sector, have all recognised RUSI’s CNI conferences as the most important forum for public discussion of the subject.

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The Future Maritime Operations Conference 2010 - The Royal Navy’s Contribution to Future British Defence and Security

Click here to view details of this year's conference, held of 7-8 July 2010

Considering the Royal Navy’s enduring contribution to the future of British defence and security, this conferences will be opened by the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope.

Speakers include

Nick Harvey MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Air Marshal Sir Stu Peach KCB CBE
Rear Admiral Philip Jones

Defence Information Superiority (formerly the RUSI C4ISTAR Conference)

Click here to view details of this year's conference, held on 29-30 June 2010

Outlining the importance of Defence Information Superiority not just to the military but also to the wider security community, and asking how the UK can continue to harness new technologies to ensure domestic and international security in an information-rich era.

Land Warfare Conference 2010

Click here to view details of this year's conference, held on 8-9 June 2010

Organised with the full support of the British Army and in partnership with AUSA, this conference created a forum for the leading practitioners and thinkers in the land forces community, represented at the very highest levels, and set the course of the debate for the 12 months following the start of the Defence Review and the General Election. The conference considered the role of land forces and defence as a whole as an instrument of national influence and debated how the Army must transform to meet the demands placed upon it in a complex global environment. For the first time, the conference was accompanied by an open-air land systems exhibition, showcasing the latest technological advancements from industry.

General David H Petraeus, the current Commander of US Central Command, spoke of the enduring relationship between British and US Armed forces.

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The Future Use of Battlefield Helicopters in Support of Land Operations

Click here to view details of this year's conference, held on 25 March 2010 >

Part of the RUSI Air Power Series, this conference looked at current operational successes and lessons identified, future operational concepts and took a sounding from industry on their input to future technological capabilities.

The Eleventh RUSI Ballistic Missile Conference

Click here to view details of this year's conference, held on 26-27 May 2010 >

The Obama Administration’s major shift in United States policy by cancelling the decision to proceed with the ‘Third Site’ missiles and radar plans for Poland and the Czech Republic was an integral theme at the Eleventh RUSI Ballistic Missile Conference. With authoritative presentations addressing the policies, capabilities and initiatives surrounding the key issues that now face Europe, the BMD conference was a must for policy makers, analysts and independent observers.

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