Henri Boshoff
Military Analyst: African Security Analysis Programme
Institute for Security Studies, South Africa

Keynote address

08:45 Logistics in Africa  

• Promoting efficient logistics as the key to support for African militaries
• Ensuring co-operation to maximise current logistics developments
• Implementing effective budget planning for up-to-date logistic strategies
• What is South Africa’s role in logistics across the continent?
  

            Honourable Mluleki George
            Deputy Minister
            Department of Defence, South Africa

Keynote address
09:15 A comprehensive logistics strategy

• Examining the new developments within the logistics divisions
• Building a level of trust within partnering relationships
• Interoperability, information transparency and visibility in supply chain management
• What direction is the SANDF moving in and why?
  

            Lieutenant General S. Z. Binda 
            Chief of Joint Support 
            South African National Defence Force, South Africa

10:15 Morning refreshments
 

Keynote address

10:45 Can South Africa boost logistic efficiency in Africa?

• What is Africa’s current logistic base?
• How can we improve on the lack of logistical capabilities?
• Reviewing optimal logistics procedures for equipping a mission
• Has South Africa developed it’s own logistics strategies?  
  

            Major General T. A. Ntsibande
            Chief of Logistics
            South African National Defence Force, South Africa

11:15 Panel discussion: Examining the growth possibilities in logistics and equipment support

• Can equipment be supported efficiently throughout its life span?
•  Ensuring procedures are in place for surge requirements and increased support needs
• Support equipment from end to end
• Improving on delivery and transformation strategies
• Should we simply leave things the way they are?
  

            Major General T. A. Ntsibande
            Chief of Logistics
            South African National Defence Force, South Africa

            Lieutenant General F. W. Robbertze 
            Chief Director - Joint Support Management 
            South African National Defence Force, South Africa

            Torsten Bernstrom
            Head of SCM - Programmes
            FMW, Sweden

12:15 Networking luncheon

13:15 Case study: UNAMSIL

• A success story in UN peacekeeping
• Logistics: what is involved in redeployment after a mission evacuation?
• The challenges of support in civil war
• Evaluating the strategy of a gradual handover of security to the new government
• Analysing procedures for commencing the UN-founded Special Court of Sierra Leone for war crimes trials
  

            Ambassador Daudi Mwakawago
            Special representative of the Secretary General
            United Nations - UNAMSIL, Sierra Leone

13:45 The military as the most efficient supply chain in the world

Dr. Voortman will explore military supply chain excellence (and flops) and lessons learned from the corporate business world. The focus of this session will be on lessons that we can learn as supply chain managers, transporters and logistics professionals. This will be a fun and yet practical illustration.
Dr. Craig Voortman
Co-Chairman – Department of Transportation and Supply Chain Management
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

14:45 The use of SCOR in the military

Mrs. Colonel Streidom
The Military Academy
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

15:15 Speed meeting
Speed networking is an exciting, quick and non-pressured way to meet fellow conference delegates and industry peers in one 30-minute session. This is where long-lasting and profitable business relationships begin.

• Exciting, quick, no pressure
• Meet … move on … meet … move on … meet … etc
• Form long-lasting and profitable business relationships
• Exchange business cards with fellow conference delegates and industry peers

15:30 Afternoon refreshments

16:00 Panel discussion: Supply costs: identifying where we can cut down

• Personnel: calculating the right amount of staff to ensure accurate costs
• Road versus air: which is more cost effective relative to the amount of equipment being used?
• Evaluating maintenance procedures and the costs of sustaining a mission
•  Comparing the necessity and costs of maintaining equipment spares and medical supplies to that of ammunition
  

            Ambassador Daudi Mwakawago 
            Special Representative of the Secretary General 
            United Nations - UNAMSIL, Sierra Leone

            Colonel Michael Craig 
            SSO Stores Administration Management - Chief Logistics
            Department of Defence, South Africa

            Lieutenant General F. W. Robbertze 
            Chief Director - Joint Support Management 
            South African National Defence Force, South Africa

            Joao Ndlovu
            Head – Political, Defence and Security Affairs  
            SADC Secretariat, Botswana

17:00 Closing remarks by the chairperson and close of day one

17:15 Official cocktail function

        International perspective
        08:45 Adapting to a transforming environment

• Expeditionary logistics
• Forward stocking
• Transforming inventory management
• Distribution controls 

        Speaker to be advised

        International perspective
        09:15 Aligning supply chain management with overall transformation  initiatives of the armed forces

• Treating SCM as a strategic business decision – what direction are you moving in and why?
• Determining what has to be in-house and what has to be sourced or purchased
• Creating an end-to-end logistic structure and adopting an appropriate information architecture
• Interoperability, information transparency and visibility in SCM and creating a strong driver for standardisation
• Creating an active cooperation with competent suppliers encouraging them to take a larger part of the value chain
• What can Africa learn from the international community?

            Anders Brunnberg
            Director Logistics
            FMW, Sweden

        International perspective
        09:45 Performing logistic operations with coalition partners

• Analysing the interoperability of logistics processes
• An all round review on systems between nations
• Assessing the performance of logistic systems during peace as well as contingency operations
• Command and control of logistic processes during peace and contingency operations
  

            Colonel Dennis L. D’Angelo
            Chief, EUCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center
            United States European Command (EUCOM), Germany

10:15 Morning refreshments

        11:00 RFID Solutions For DOD Suppliers

• Initiatives that will leverage RFID
• Hierarchy of a proposed RFID business solution
• Creating your RFID road map
• Case study synopsis and conclusion

        Bruce Jacquemard
        Executive Vice-President/General Manager Dedicated Networks
        Savi Technology, United Kingdom

        11:30 Product tracking through cataloguing systems and product codification

• The benefits of codifying items in identifying of duplication and standardisation exercises
• Enhancing the ability to 'talk' to one's allies even though the national language may be different from your own
• Using a standard data format
• Future methods and the way forward
  

        Colonel M. E. Mondlane 
        Senior Staff Officer 
        Department of Defence, National Codification Bureau, South Africa

12:00 Networking luncheon

        13:30 South Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Overcoming obstacles to ensure stability for country elections
• How will Africa benefit from peace in the region?
• Analysing maintenance and support policies for the mission
• Logistics: what was implemented and how?
  

        General Ngwenya
        Chief of the South African National Defence Force
        South African National Defence Force, South Africa

        14:00 Defence logistics management: a public financial management perspective

•  Models for resource management, governance, transparency and accountability
• Statutory requirements for supply chain management
• Emergent accounting standards for migrating cash to accrual
• Financial management challenges for logistic managers
• Typical actions required for compliance
  

        Colonel Michael Criag
        SSO Stores Administration Mnagament - Chief Logistics
        Department of Defence, South Africa

        14:30 Logistics in Africa – a chief officers point of view

• Integrating logistics into the operations plan
• The issue of implementation of new logistics procedures into the force
• Assessing logistics in front line support during conflicts
• New steps for the Uganda Defence Force
  

        Brigadier Benon B. Biraro
        Assistant Chief of Staff
        Uganda People’s Defence Force, Uganda

        15:00 Afternoon refreshments

        15:30 The age of information and logistics

• Technology and its role in future logistics
• Information as the key to success
• Precision through reliable information networks and speed of information
• Relying on efficient and fast information to improve logistics
• Overcoming technological challenges to ensure focused logistics and precise mission deployment
• Achieving mission success via information management
• Infrastructure as the key to successful information for logistics issues
  

            Jeff McKaughan
            Editor
            Special Operations Technology, United States of America

        16:00 Panel discussion: Efficiency through a virtual supply chain

• Analysing the financial and humanitarian benefits of a virtual logistics system
• Using focused logistics for decreased time delays
• Can technology decrease the requirement for asset storage and management?
• Ensuring efficient transportation and rapid deployment to the critical demand point
  

            Jeff McKaughan
            Editor
            Special Operations Technology, United States of America

            Brigadier Benon B. Biraro
            Assistant Chief of Staff
            Uganda People’s Defence Force, Uganda

            Colonel M. E. Mondlane 
            Senior Staff Officer 
            Department of Defence, National Codification Bureau, South Africa

17:00 Close of conference