ICRIER-CSIS Track 1.5 Conference on India-US Security Relations
Conference Hall – II
India International Centre (IIC) Main Building
September 10, 2015
09.00 – 09.15: Registration
09.15 – 10.00: Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks : H.K. Singh, Kathleen Hicks
Inaugural Remarks : Lalit Mansingh, Rajat Kathuria
Keynote Address : Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary
10.00-10.15 Coffee Break
10.15-13.30 Part I: Strengthening the Strategic Partnership
10.15—11.45
Panel 1: Global and Regional Security Cooperation
[Asian power balance, Af-Pak and China-Pak challenges, Cooperative Security Framework in the Indo-Pacific (Joint Strategic Vision), Rule-based Regional Security Order (EAS)]
Chair: Lalit Mansingh
Speakers
US: Peter Lavoy (NSC), General John Campbell, Nikhil Khanna (Raytheon)
India: Shyam Saran, H.K. Singh, K.C. Singh
Comment
Amandeep S. Gill (MEA)
11.45—1200 Coffee Break
12.00—13.30
Panel 2: Defence Cooperation and Trade
[2015 Defence Framework Agreement: Joint Operations, Joint Exercises, HA/DR, Academic Cooperation between War Colleges, UN Peacekeeping]; [Export Controls, Technology Control, DTTI, Commercial Transactions]
Chair: Kathleen Hicks
Speakers
US: Dave Shear (DOD), Ingrid Henick (Cohen Group)
India: Adm. Arun Prakash (Retd.), Brig. Arun Sahgal (Retd.)
Comment
Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.), Vinay Kwatra (MEA)
13.30—14.30 Lunch
14.30—17.00 Part II: Emerging Dimensions of Security Cooperation
14.30—15.45
Panel 3: Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism Cooperation
Chair: Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee
Speakers
US: Dr. Rita Sue Guenther (NAS), Mark Tesone (US Embassy)
India: Rana Banerji, Vinay Kwatra (MEA)
15.45—16.00 Coffee Break
16.00—17.00
Panel 4: Global Commons
[Outer Space, Oceans, Atmosphere, Cyber]
Chair: Rick Rossow
Speakers
US: Rahul Madhavan (USIBC), Gen. James Cartwright (CSIS)
India: Dr. Arvind Gupta (Dy. NSA), Santosh Jha (MEA)
17.00—18.00 Closing Session
17.00-17.15
Summary of take-aways/recommendations
Sanjay Pulipaka and John Henry Schaus
17.15-18.00
Interaction with Shri Ajit Doval, K.C., NSA
Vote of Thanks: H.K. Singh, Rick Rossow
18.00—19.00: Free Time
18.00-19.00 Walk in Lodhi Garden (Recommended)
Concluding Dinner
19.00-20.30 Dinner (all participants) at Terrace Pergola, adjacent to Conference Hall-II, 2nd Floor, IIC