Description
The Chief of the Air Staff’s Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference 2024 brings together global leaders in Air and Space Power with captains of industry and technology, enhanced by experts from international academia.
The conference explores the strategic challenges facing the Royal Air Force and Whole Force partners as well as international partners and global allies through a combination of keynote speakers, presentations and diverse panels formed of military, academic, industrial and other scientific and practitioner experts. The conference annually attracts 550 senior military and business personnel, including over 50 chiefs of the air and space forces and other force commands. It leads into the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. Held at the Institution of Engineering & Technology, Savoy Place, London, the Global Air and Space Chiefs’ Conference features conference, networking areas and displays and an exclusive reception on the evening of Day One. The conference is also broadcast for virtual attendees.
This year’s Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference 2024 will be based around the theme of Deterrence, with a focus on the role of Interoperability and Integration in deterring our adversaries and the threats we face. It will explore how our Air and Space Forces can work together seamlessly to counter the future threats facing us all, and how we can use emerging technologies to ensure our capabilities remain at the cutting edge.
The Conference will comprise the following:
Wednesday 17 July
Contemporary Air and Space Power: This opening session will examine air and space power lessons from current conflicts around the world.
One Team, One Fight: This session will see the Royal Air Force Director Capability and a panel of technology and industry leaders explore how industry will help us to Fly, Fight & Win.
Session 1: Deterrence Theory and Practice: This first session will examine the meaning of modern deterrence and ways to deter the current and future threats we face.
Session 2: Space Deterrence & Integrated Deterrence: This session will see General B C Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, US Space Force, provide a Keynote on the evolution of space into a warfighting domain and the criticality of effective deterrence. He will then be joined by Space leaders from Australia and the UK for a Q&A exploring the importance of integrating space operations into effective multi-domain deterrence.
Session 3: Integration and Interoperability – Air Perspectives: This session will see Air chiefs provide operational perspectives on integration and interoperability in Air and Space Power.
Thursday 18 July
Keynote Session: Day Two opens with Keynote speeches from a senior UK Government minister, the Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, United States Air Force, General David W. Allvin.
Session 4: Technology & Deterrence: This session will see technology and capability experts tackle the complexity of Integration and Interoperability with a focus on a future that will be AI-Assisted, Augmented, Autonomous and Robotic.
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Strategy), Air Vice-Marshal Simon S. Edwards
‘As ever, we are very much looking forward to CAS Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference. It has never been more important to come together and share perspectives and thinking on how best to employ and develop air and space power. This matters as we seek to safeguard our collective security and prosperity against the spectrum of strategic threats which face us all.’
