FOU, Alm.del - 2011-12 - Bilag 153: Invitation til seminaret After Afghanistan: Austerity, Allies and Opportunities for the Army, den 29. august 2012, fra Center for Militære Studier

After Afghanistan: Austerity, Allies and Opportunities for the ArmyThe Centre for Military Studies has the pleasure of inviting you to the semi-nar “After Afghanistan: Austerity, Allies and Opportunities for the Army”which will take place on August 29 from 09.00 to 12.30.The purpose of the seminar is to enable a discussion of the future of theDanish army after Afghanistan. In order to facilitate such a discussion we atthe Centre for Military Studies believe it is necessary to create a forum fordiscussion for the appropriate actors in which we can also consult allies ontheir experiences.In line with this we believe it is appropriate and helpful to get the Britishperspective from Army 2020 and how Great Britain have addressed thesame challenges that the Danish army is now facing.The seminar will take place at the University of Copenhagen on the 29th ofAugust and the theme will be the future challenges and possibilities for theDanish army after Afghanistan.The seminar will take place under the Chatham House Rule.

Program for the seminar “After Afghanistan: Austerity, Allies and Opportu-nities for the Army”:09:00-09:15:Welcome and Introduction by head of the Centre for MilitaryStudies, Professor Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen09:15-09:25:Introduction to Major General Kevin Abraham

09:25-10:00:Presentation on Army 2020 and British experiences by MajorGeneral Kevin Abraham (Director General, Army Reform)10:00-10:30:Q&A with Major General Kevin Abraham, moderator Profes-sor Vedby Rasmussen10:30-11:00:Coffee11:00-12:30:Panel on Opportunities for the Danish ArmyChair: Dr. Lars Bangert Struwe, Centre for Military StudiesMajor General Kevin Abraham, Director General, Army Re-formBrigadier H.C Mathiesen, Chief of Staff, Army OperationalCommand Denmark12:30:End of Program

The seminar will take place in room 1.1.18 at Center for Sundhed og Sam-fund, Øster Farimagsgade 5, opgang E, 1353 København K.To register for the seminar please contact research assistant Jacob Petersenat [email protected] no later than end of business August 24.The Danish Centre for Military Studies (CMS) was established on 1 April2010. CMS carries out strategic research and provides research-based publicsector services with a focus on topical military and defence and security pol-icy issues and provides an organisational framework for interdisciplinary re-search cooperation between the University of Copenhagen, other researchinstitutions and other relevant parties.