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 Use of Battlefield Helicopters in Support of Land Operations

25 March 2010 RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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

The Eleventh RUSI Ballistic Missile Conference

26-27 May 2010 RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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 will be 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 is a must for policy makers, analysts and independent observers.

Land Warfare Conference 2010

8-9 June 2010 Honourable Artillery Company, London, EC1Y 2BQ

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

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

7-8 July 2010 RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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.

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