Kutse

24 - 25 June 2025

The Copthorne Tara London Kensington,

London, UK

Augmenting Coast Guard Capabilities Through Enhanced Cooperation and Technology Adoption

Draft Agenda

WELCOME FROM THE CHAIRMAN

WELCOME TO COAST GUARD CAPABILITY 2025 Dear Colleague, It is with great pleasure that we extend a warm welcome to you for the upcoming Coast Guard Capability Conference, scheduled to take place on 24 and 25 June 2025 at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, in London. This year’s conference promises to offer significant insights and prospects, as it brings together dedicated professionals from across the maritime spectrum to deliberate on the critical theme of “Augmenting coast guard capabilities through enhanced cooperation and technology adoption.” Last year’s conference considered an evolving world where challenges to maritime safety, security, and environmental protection were becoming increasingly complex, in which the role of coast guards in delivering maritime security, was becoming ever more critical to ensuring freedom of navigation, maritime trade, food security and the development of sustainable blue economies. This year’s conference is strategically designed to build on the outcomes of Coast Guard Capability 2024 and to address the challenges, opportunities and ways forward identified. Participating subject-matter experts will consider how to achieve effective interagency cooperation, coordination, and communication; identify and develop best practices; and consider how best to leverage affordable and effective technological and human resources to meet challenges and profit from opportunities. The conference will delve into an array of specific issues that are of paramount importance in today’s maritime landscape. These include great power competition, increasing asymmetric treats to merchant shipping, combatting organised crime at sea; and creating the conditions that enable the development of a sustainable blue economy. Central to our discussions will be the core beliefs that:

• Maritime safety and security require a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary and whole of government

approach, both nationally and internationally

• Maritime safety and security underpins economic development and generates wider stability

• Maritime security must be wider than just countering piracy and terrorism

• The importance of the role of coast guards and other agencies implementing coast guard functions

cannot be overstated.

We are excited to welcome distinguished experts, practitioners, and thought leaders from coast guard organisations, government agencies, academia, and industry. Together, we will engage in insightful discussions, share experiences, and forge connections that will drive us toward practical outcomes and impactful strategies. Warm regards, Chris Trelawny IPM, Deputy Secretary General, International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police (INTERPORTPOLICE)

2025 SPEAKERS

o Admiral Guillermo José Giménez Pérez, Commandant, Prefectura Naval Argentina

o Rear Admiral (UH) Valentino Rinaldi, Operation Commander, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI

o Mr. Alexandru Oae, Police Chief Commissioner, Head of Romanian Coast Guard, Romanian Coast Guard

o Commander Robert Scotland, Commandant, Cayman Islands Coast Guard

o Aija Kalnaja, Deputy Executive Director for Capabilities (DED-CAP), FRONTEX

o Pat McCuen, Deputy, Office of Shore Forces (CG-741), U.S. Coast Guard

o Captain Ali H. Ashour, Senior Engineering Officer, KCG - Ministry of Interior - State of Kuwait

o Mr. Martin Cauchi-Inglott, Project Director, CRIMARIO II

o Tony Long, CEO, Global Fishing Watch

o Chris Reynolds, Former Head of Irish Coast Guard and of European Union Capability Development in Somalia, EUCAP

o Francis Zachariae, Secretary-General, International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)

o Caroline Jupe, CEO, International Maritime Rescue Federation

o Crawford Allan, Vice President of Nature Crimes and Policy Advocacy, Wildlife Conservation, WWF- US

o Mr Chris Stockdale, President, CIMSEC (Centre for International Maritime Security)

o Anne-Marie Weeden, Senior Research Fellow, Organised Crime and Policing Research Group, RUSI

DAY ONE, TUESDAY 24 JUNE

0800 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

0845

DEFENCE iQ WELCOME

Blessing Aroboto, Senior Conference Producer, Defence iQ

0850

CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)

UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE COAST GUARD AND THE NEW THREAT ENVIORNMENT

0900

ICEBREAKER

AUDIENCE ICEBREAKER DISCUSSION: FROM A PURELY CIVILIAN FUNCTION TO A QUASI-MILITARY AGENCY Nominate someone from your table to act as facilitator and spokesperson. Activity for 20 minutes:

On your tables you will see a whiteboard and pen, use these to provide answers to the questions:

• In what ways are international coast guards changing in their roles? What are the new expectations of coast guards?

• What is the impact of the new threat of attacks on underwater cables and critical infrastructure on the work of coast guards?

• What do coast guards need to be able to effectively carry out their traditional tasks as well as new ones?

• Solutions: what solutions are key to the success of the work of coast guards? Activity for 10 minutes: Each table’s spokesperson will feedback to the wider group.

• Closing thoughts, comments, or questions from the audience

Moderator: Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)

0930

RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: ARCTIC CAPABLE SHIPS FOR ENHANCING COAST GUARD CAPABILITIES

1000

ASSERTING ARGENTINA’S SOVEREIGNTY AT SEA AND ENSURING MARITIME SECURITY

• Updates on Argentina’s Operation Griffon XVII in South Atlantic waters and the work of Argentine Naval Prefecture in preventing and controlling IUU fishing by enemy states

• Navigational Safety: Response tactics of Argentine Naval Prefecture for navigation incidents and casualties as a result of pollution of vessels

• Understanding the SAR strategies of the ANP

Admiral Guillermo José Giménez Pérez, Commandant, Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Naval Prefecture)

1030 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

1100

SECURING THE EXTERNAL BORDERS OF ROMANIA AND JOINING THE SCHENGEN AREA

• Updates on Romania joining the border- free Schengen Area and navigating the lift on checks on persons at the internal land borders

• Securing the external borders of Romania, the Schengen area and other EU nations

• Implementation of surveillance techniques and patrol trucks for securing external borders

Mr. Alexandru Oae, Police Chief Commissioner& Head of Romanian Coast Guard

1130 RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

1200

THE EVOLVING FIGHT AGAINST BORDER CRIME

• Adapting to the new threat landscape through greater border management

• SAR operations as a vehicle for countering illegal immigration

• FRONTEX’s work to effectively counter instances of a combination of criminal activities including drug smuggling and illegal immigration through one vessel

• Overcoming the challenge of lack of personnel through advanced technologies

• The necessity for advanced technologies for adapting to new criminal techniques in border crime

Aija Kalnaja, Deputy Executive Director for Capabilities (DED-CAP), FRONTEX

1300 NETWORKING LUNCH

UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT AND CHANGING THREAT ENVIORNMENT FOR COAST GUARDS

1400

UPGRADING KUWAIT’S NATIONAL MARINE AND COAST GUARD CAPABILITIES

• Strategies for modernising Kuwait’s Coast Guard fleet

• Updates on Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior’s contracts with EDGE and SRT Marine systems for enhancing coast guard capabilities

• Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior’s future plans and priorities for technology acquisition

Captain Ali H. Ashour, Senior Engineering Officer, KCG - Ministry of Interior - State of Kuwait

1430

RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

1500

GFW AND ROYAL NAVY STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING, DETERRING, AND ELIMINATING IUU FISHING

• Updates on the recent collaboration between Global Fishing Watch, Joint Analytic Cell (JAC), and the Royal Navy to tackle IUU fishing in the Indo-Pacific region

• Tools for effective cross-agency collaboration for tackling IUU Fishing

• Advanced technologies to aid the fight against IUU fishing

Tony Long, CEO, Global Fishing Watch

1530 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK

1600

THE RISE OF DRONES AND MASS FOR ENHANCING COAST GUARD SAR MISSIONS

• Overview of the work of the International Maritime Rescue Federation in enhancing SAR missions

• How to effectively utilise drones for success in SAR missions

• The role of maritime autonomous surface ships into help overcome challenging SAR missions

Caroline Jupe, CEO, International Maritime Rescue Federation

1630

WWF-US’ STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING

• Why the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking matters: understanding the negative economic, environmental, and social impact of the illegal wildlife trade

• What are the causes of the illegal wildlife trade and how do we close the gaps in protection against it?

• What is the role of governments and by extension coast guards in combatting poaching?

• Success strategies for improving the work of governments and coast guards in tackling poaching

Crawford Allan, Vice President of Nature Crimes and Policy Advocacy, Wildlife Conservation, WWF- US

1700

CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS

Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)

END OF DAY ONE

DAY TWO, WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE

0830 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

0855

CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)

0900

OVERVIEW OF OPERATION EUNAVFOR MED IRINI AND ITS IMPACT ON MARITIME SECURITY

• Overview of the work of Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI

• Combatting illegal arms trafficking and supporting the implementation of the arms embargo on Libya

• Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI work alongside FRONTEX and national authorities to disrupt illegal migrant smuggling operations

• Collaboration with Libyan institutions to improve law enforcement at sea and SAR missions

Rear Admiral (UH) Valentino Rinaldi, Operation Commander, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI

0930

RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROTECTING HARBOURS AND PORTS AGAINST UNDERWATER ATTACKS

1000

RE-IMAGINING THE COAST GUARD AS AN ENABLER FOR YOUR NATION’S BLUE ECONOMY

• Understanding the impact of the work of Coast Guard organisations on each nation’s blue economy. What coast guard functions directly impact the blue economy?

• How can Coast Guard organisations improve the blue economies of their nations today?

• Strategies for securing additional funding towards the enhancement of coast guard capabilities.

• How can we market the importance of enhancing coast guard to decision makers in government?

Moderator: Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)

1030 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

1100

COUNTERING DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATIONS ON THE CARIBBEAN SEAS

• Strategies for successful patrol missions at sea

• Effective cooperation between Cayman Islands Coast Guard and other organisations in combatting drug smuggling on the Caribbean seas

• Understanding the tactics of drug smuggling organisations at sea and how coast guards can effectively combat these operations

Commander Robert Scotland, Commandant, Cayman Islands Coast Guard

1130 THE U.S. COAST GUARD APPROACH TO MAINTAINING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS AND SECURITY

• Hear updates on the latest U.S. Coast Guard acquisition in surveillance systems and technologies

• Strategies for enhancing maritime partnerships for securing maritime domain awareness

and security

• U.S. Coast Guard strategies for maintaining maritime domain awareness and what other coast guards can learn

Pat McCuen, Deputy, Office of Shore Forces (CG-741), U.S. Coast Guard

1200

ENHANCING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS THROUGH CROSS-AGENCY COLLABORATION

• Updates on CRIMARIO II’s work to enhance maritime domain awareness in the West Indian Ocean through training and capacity-building activities including IORIS training, for improving secure communication, information sharing, and interagency collaboration

• Strategies for successful cross-agency collaboration for enhancing maritime domain awareness

• CRIMARIO II future plans and strategies for enhancing and maintaining maritime domain awareness in the West Indian Ocean

Mr. Martin Cauchi-Inglott, Project Director, CRIMARIO II

1230 NETWORKING LUNCH

1330

NEUTRALISING ATTACKS ON UNDERWATER CABLES, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CYBER SECURITY

• Updates on the key challenges Coast Guards are facing worldwide, and the solutions being considered or implemented

• Combatting threats to underwater cables and critical infrastructure

• Adapting to the new techniques being used to facilitate illegal immigration and IUU fishing

Chris Reynolds, Former Head of Irish Coast Guard, Head of European Union Capability Development in Somalia, EUCAP

1400

IMPROVING NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY AS A PART OF WIDER MARITIME SECURITY

• IALA’s work to improve navigational safety at sea

• Updates on IALA’s transition from non-governmental agency to an intergovernmental organisation and how it will affect our work

• IALA’s work to implement standards to ensure the consistency of Marine Aids to Navigation across all member states

Francis Zachariae, Secretary-General, International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)

1500 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK

1530

DISRUPTING THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIES OF ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE AND IUU FISHING

• The convergence of illegal wildlife trade and IUU fishing with other crimes facilitated at sea, including implications for enforcement actors in the maritime domain

• The role of Coast Guards and other maritime enforcement actors in countering the illegal wildlife trade

• Key threats driven by the complex interaction between crimes at sea and climate change impacts, and the accompanying need to evolve the response

Anne-Marie Weeden, Senior Research Fellow, Organised Crime and Policing Research Group, RUSI

1600 THE WORK OF COAST GUARDS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DISASTER RELIEF

• Understanding the current role of coast guards in aiding HADR efforts

• How coast guards can improve their HADR operations in providing food, water, shelter, health care, and other critical aid

• Strategies for successful humanitarian assistance disaster relief Mr Chris Stockdale, President, CIMSEC (Centre for International Maritime Security)

1630 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS

Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)

1635 END OF CONFERENCE

VIP Guest Invitation | Coast Guard Capability Conference 24th – 25th June 2025, The Copthorne Tara Hotel, London

1st April

TO: Estonian Border Guard

VIP GUEST INVITATION

11th ANNUAL COAST GUARD CAPABILITY CONFERENCE

1. Bringing together the most influential stakeholders from the global Coast Guard community,

the Coast Guard Capability Conference 2025 will delve into the evolving role of coast guards,

emerging threats, and the importance of interagency collaboration. Attracting over 150

attendees worldwide, the 2025 agenda will examine critical topics relevant to modern Coast

Guard operations, including new technology, threats to underwater infrastructure, and

enhancing interoperability.

2. As Military & Government Liaison, I am pleased to formally invite you to contribute to these

discussions by attending the conference in person as our honoured guest. Additionally, we

would like to extend this invitation (to attend as our guests on a non-payment basis) to up to

five (5) officers/senior staff accompanying you in your delegation. Ideally, these would be

procurement professionals currently working on Coast Guard equipment programs,

requirements setters and capability development officers focused on next-generation platform

capability, senior leaders from operational commands that may benefit from collaboration and

information exchange with their peers from other nations, and officers leading relevant R&D

and S&T programs.

3. Taking place over two days our conference will provide a unique opportunity for the Coast

Guard community to engage in productive, face-to-face discussions with allied, partner, and

friendly nations. The event is a chance to get together to hear presentations from those

deploying systems in varied operations around the world and to learn about and see some of

the latest platforms and technology.

4. The role of the Coast Guard is expanding beyond civilian efforts to a more quasi-military

function, as well as a key part of boosting a nation’s blue economy. This forum is necessary

for facilitating an environment where this ‘whole of government’ approach can be worked

out. It is particularly important for newer coast guards to attend, as they can learn valuable

lessons from the more experienced and established coast guards worldwide.

5. As my distinguished guest, there is no registration fee associated with your attendance at this

conference for your delegation of up to five (5) officers/senior staff. Travel and

accommodation expenses remain the responsibility of the participating organisation.

6. I will remain your direct point of contact. Please contact me via email at

[email protected] or via telephone at +44 (0) 207 036 1373. For our planning

purposes, it would be much appreciated if your staff could indicate your early intent to

participate by Friday 25h April 2025.

Yours sincerely,

Amrik Ruprai, Military Liaison, Defence IQ