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.

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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

• Mr. Steve Carmel – PDF
• Dr. Rob Huebert – PDF

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:
    • Sanya
    • Danzhou
    • Tanmen (Part One)
    • Tanmen (Part Two)
    • Sansha
  • 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