MSC16
Speaker and poster presentations from MSC16 are available below in order in which they were presented, and are saved in minimized PDF format.
If you wish to have a full PPT version of the presentation, please contact the speaker directly.
Keynote Address
- RAdm. Art McDonald – PDF
Special Presentation – Where the Land Meets the Sea
- Ms. Kerry Lynn Nankivell – PDF
Panel 1 – Challenges in the Regional Maritime Environment
- Commander Jonathon Odum – Lawfare and Geopolitics
- Major General A.N.M. Muniruzzaman – Climate Change and the Maritime Environment
- Mr. Roger Baker – The Geopolitics of Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated Fishing
Panel 2 – Creating a Comprehensive Maritime Strategy
- Captain Peter Haynes (Ret’d) – Grand Strategy: Myth or Reality
- Captain Kitagawa Keizo – Japan’s Strategic Maritime Challenges
- Mr. Andrew Forbes – Australia’s Maritime Strategy: Fumbling in the Dark
Lunch Presentation – Political Will and Naval Renewal
- Dr. Alessio Patalano – Not available, please contact speaker
Panel 3 – Challenges in Renewing Maritime Capabilities
- Senior Captain Zhang Junshe – Modernization of People’s Liberation Army Navy: Personnel and Training Challenges
- Prof. Harsh Pant – Not available, please contact speaker
- Prof. Carl Thayer – Building Capacities in Emerging Navies
Panel 4 – Game Changers – Technical Advancements in the Maritime Realm
- Mr. David Hazen – Space Systems: Linking the Celestial and Terrestrial
- Captain (Ret’d) George Galdorisi – The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles Presentation / Companion Paper
- Prof. Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix – Understanding Russia’s Behaviour – A Pacific Spoiler?
Debate: The Future of Maritime Activity in the Arctic
Special Presentation – Maritime Militia, the unofficial maritime agency
- Mr. Conor Kennedy – PDF
- For further information on Maritime Militias please see the links below:
- Click here for a paper presented at the Center for Naval Analyses China as a Maritime Power Conference that provides a detailed and comprehensive review of China’s Maritime Militia.
- Center for International Maritime Security Series on Hainan’s Key Maritime Militia units:
- Click here for an article in the National Interest providing insight into how to deal with the challenges China’s Maritime Militia present.
Lunch Presentation – US Policy in the Asia-Pacific at a Crossroads of a New White House
- Ms. Bonnie Glaser – Not available, please contact speaker
Special Presentation – Pulling Back the Curtain on the North Korean Navy
- Mr. Joseph Bermudez, Jr. – Not available, please contact speaker
Panel 5 – Prospects for Maritime Security Cooperation
- Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Ah – The Perspective from Vietnam
- RAdm. Datuk Mior Rosdi Jaafar – Not available, please contact speaker
- Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso – ASEAN and Maritime Disputes
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