High Level Seminar on The European Initiatives in Maritime Environment – Cyprus – 18/19 October

Brussels - 12 October 2012 European Defence Agency

The Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, together with the European Defence Agency, is hosting a High Level Seminar on The European Initiatives in Maritime Environment – Future Capabilities, Technologies and Civil-Military Synergies on the 18th and 19th of October 2012, at the Nicosia Filoxenia Conference Centre.

EDA is currently bringing together Naval Initiatives in three domains: Research & Technology (Naval Systems and their environment), Industry & Market (Naval key industrial capabilities) and Capabilities (Naval landscaping). Taking these into account, the aim of this seminar is to highlight the need to address the future capacity of Europe to act taking into account the requirement for appropriate maritime assets within the current financial climate. The seminar will examine important Capability and Research & Technology issues as well as the naval industry’s role in supporting European Capabilities.

We hope, through this seminar, to promote European defence initiatives in the maritime environment, while continuing current efforts for integrated maritime surveillance, and broader maritime issues. Discussion is expected on the need for a European approach and the identification of civil - military synergies.

The conference will be addressed by the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Demetris Eliades, and the Deputy Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, Mr Adam Sowa.

The conference will include presentations from a number of Maritime stakeholders, including European bodies, institutions and agencies, as well as governments and industry. A detailed preliminary programme, along with a concept paper for the Seminar, can be found here: Agenda-v3 (3).

Questions or requests concerning registration can be addressed to Mr. Angelodemos Koulentis, cyseminar-maritime@mod.gov.cy.