49TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
'After Iraq - a new Transatlantic Consensus? NATO at a Crossroads!'
4th - 8th NOVEMBER 2003
EDINBURGH

NATO Military and political leaders will be in Edinburgh next week, for the 49th General Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Association – the political wing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to attend discussions on the future of NATO at the EICC – the Edinburgh International Conference Centre..
Events will also include a Royal reception at Holyrood Palace, an evening on the Royal Yacht Britannia, a trip to see the Scottish Crown Jewels and a visit to Stirling Castle

AMONG the people attending will be:
Supreme Allied Commander of Europe: General James L Jones (USA)
Geoff Hoon, MP Secretary of State for Defence (United Kingdom)
US Ambassador to the UK: Ambassador Nicholas Burns
Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, PC, Secretary General, NATO
Russian Ambassador to the UK: Ambassador Yuri B. Kashlev

AND representatives of some of the largest arms manufacturers in the world including:
Steve Mogford, Chief Operating Officer, BAE Systems plc
Jack Cronin, MD and President, Raytheon Systems Ltd.
John Howe, Vice Chairman, Thales UK
Joe Baynes Vice President, Lockheed Martin UK, Business Development

A brief timetable is copied below:

Tuesday 4th November: Council members arrive
Wednesday 5th November:
08.30-16.30 Council Meeting
17.00-19.00 Official opening & Plenary Session 2: 'NATO's Military Transformation'
SACEUR - General James L Jones

Thursday 6th November:
08.30 hrs - 10.00 hrs - Plenary Session 3: 'A New Role for NATO?' Ambassador Nicholas Burns (US)
10.30 hrs - 12.00 hrs - Plenary Session 4: 'Bridging the Technology Gap - Can it be done?' Steve Mogford Chief Operating Officer, BAE Systems plc-
14.00 hrs - 15.30 hrs - Plenary Session 5 Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, MP Secretary of State for Defence
16.00 hrs - 16.45 hrs – Plenary Session 6 'NATO's Public Diplomacy Policy – ‘today & tomorrow'
16.45 hrs - 17.30 hrs - Plenary Session 7 'Creating a democratic policy in a changing world'

Fri 7th Nov
08.00 hrs - 10.00 hrs - Plenary Session 8: Statutory Plenary Session
10.00 hrs - 10.45 hrs - Plenary Session 9: ‘After PASS and Bucharest - the way forward'
Speaker: Dr Jamie Shea NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
11.15 hrs - 12.15 hrs - Plenary Session 10: Round Table on 'After Iraq - a new transatlantic consensus? NATO at a crossroads!' Ambassador Robert Hunter (US) (Rand Corporation)
12.15 hrs - 13.15 hrs - Plenary Session 11: Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, PC, Secretary General, NATO
14.30 hrs - 15.30 hrs - Plenary Session 12:'NATO - Russia Relations'
16.00 hrs - 17.00 hrs - Plenary Session 13: 'European Foreign and Security Policy'
17.00 hrs - 17.30 hrs - Plenary Session 14:
17.30 - 18.00 - Closing Ceremony