Provisional Program for CMAC 2012

1. Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012
Peace and Stabilisation Operations
Learning from the past to meet
tomorrow’s challenges
28 & 29 May 2012
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (The Q)
Queanbeyan, Australia

2. Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the past to meet tomorrow’s challenges
highlights the key successes and challenges from stabilisation operations in Asia and the
Pacific. Drawing on these lessons the conference identifies key considerations for effective
stabilisation operations and examines practical and innovative solutions to improve these
missions in practice.
OBJECTIVES
The conference will:
• Explore key lessons from stabilisation operations in Asia, the Pacific and Africa;
• Identify factors for effective stabilisation operations, including the challenges of civil-
military collaboration;
• Highlight new initiatives and capability developments improving international
community-approaches to stabilisation operations; and
• Advance practical, innovative solutions to improve stabilisation operations in practice.
THEMES
The five over-arching themes of the conference are:
1) Addressing the successes and challenges identified in the case studies in stabilisation
missions;
2) National and multilateral approaches to building civilian capacity for interventions;
3) The role of women in building peace and security;
4) The impact of stabilisation operations on humanitarian action and; and
5) Practical approaches to strengthening local ownership.
FOCUS AREAS
Across each theme, four broad areas are considered:
1) Building stability: what are the approaches, preparedness requirements and other
practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation successful and what are the
key challenges to success?
2) Civil-military capability: What institutional practices and reforms will help the
international community meet future demands?
3) Lessons in practice: what lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and
how can we leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions?
4) Capacity building: what new capabilities and approaches are required for future
stabilisation operations and how are these challenges being addressed?

3. * Invited
Sunday 27 May
4.00pm Conference registration opens
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.00pm Reception drinks
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.30pm Welcome
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
‘Introducing Same Space, Different Mandate’
Monday 28 May
8.00am Conference registration
Tea and coffee on arrival
8.30am Welcome and administrative announcements
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
8.45am Keynote Address
The Honourable Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence
[Focus: Australia’s whole-of-government approach to stabilisation operations
and the implications of state fragility for national security]
SESSION 1: PEACE & STABILISATION MISSIONS IN REVIEW: SUCCESS AND
CHALLENGES
FOCUS: What lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and how can we
leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions? What are the approaches,
preparedness requirements and other practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation
successful and what are the key challenges to success?
Session 1A – Peace & Stabilisation Missions in the Asia-Pacific
9.15am *Chair: MAJGEN Rick Burr, Commander Headquarters 1st Division,
Australian Defence Force, Australia
Jim Della-Giacoma, Project Director South East Asia, International Crisis
Group,
James Batley, Deputy Director General Asia Pacific and Program Enabling
Group, Australian Agency for International Development, Australia

4. John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and
Founder of the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National
University, Australia
10.20am Panel Discussion
10.50am Morning Tea
Session 1B – Civil-Military Collaboration in Afghanistan
11.20 pm Chair: Mr Bernard Philip, Former Head Provincial Reconstruction Team,
Uruzgan Province, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Professor William Maley, AM, Foundation Director, Asia-Pacific College of
Diplomacy, Australian National University, Australia
Frédéric Grare, Policy Planning Section, Ministry of Defence, France
Barbara Stapleton, Senior Political Advisor and former Deputy to the
European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan
12.25pm Panel Discussion
1.00pm Lunch
SESSION 2: HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND STABILISATION OPERATIONS
FOCUS: What challenges do stabilisation operations pose for the humanitarian community
and will new institutional practices and reforms help the international community address
these challenges?
2.30pm Chair: Susan Harris Rimmer, Manager, Advocacy and Development
Practice, Australian Council for International Development and Visiting
Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australia
Michael Marx, Senior Civil-Military Coordination Advisor,
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York
2.55pm Afternoon Tea
3.25pm Larry Maybee, Regional Delegate to Armed & Security Forces, International
Committee of the Red Cross, Kuala Lumpur

5. Jules Frost, Senior Advisor, Civil-Military and Police Relations, World
Vision International, Geneva
4.05pm Panel Discussion
4.30pm End of day
6.30pm ANNUAL CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE DINNER
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
Host: The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for
Defence
Dinner Speaker
Tom Parks, Regional Director for Conflict and Governance, Asia
Foundation, Thailand
Tuesday 29 May
8.30am Tea and coffee on arrival
8.45am Administrative announcements
SESSION 3: DEVELOPING CIVILIAN CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTIONS
FOCUS: What new capabilities and approaches are required for future stabilisation
operations and how are these challenges being addressed to build and develop effective
civilian capacity?
9.00am Chair: Sharon Wiharta, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute
*TBC, United Nations, Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict Review
Hideaki Shinoda, Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilding Centre, Japan
9.45pm Panel Discussion
10.05am Morning Tea
10.35am *Dr Amut Wieland-Karimi, Director, Center for International Peace
Operations (ZIF), Germany

6. Cheryl Johnson, Assistant Director General Australian Civilian Corps,
Australian Agency for International Development, Australia
Ambassador Robert Loftis, Interagency Professional in Residence, United
States Institute of Peace and former Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction
and Stabilization, Department of State, United States
11.35pm Panel Discussion
12.00pm Lunch
SESSION 4: WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
FOCUS: What practices and new approaches are required to address the impact of conflict
on women and ensure their crucial role in building peace and security is considered as a core
element of any missions?
1.30 pm Chair: Penny Williams, Australian Global Ambassador for Women and
Girls, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Joy Kere, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade,
Solomon Islands
*Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Director, Conflict, Security and Development Group,
King’s College, London
Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam Australia, Australia
2.35pm Panel Discussion
3.00 pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5: ENABLING LOCAL OWNERSHIP
FOCUS: What are the key challenges to building successful partnerships between the
affected community and international actors? What new capabilities and approaches are
required to enable local ownership in practice?
3.30pm Chair: Assistant Commissioner Mandy Newton APM, National Manager
International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police, Australia
H.E Ambassador Nasir Ahmed Andisha, Ambassador Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan

7. *Dr David Connolly, Research Fellow, Post-war Reconstruction and
Development Unit, University of York, United Kingdom
Roselyne Kenneth, A/Senior Program Manager Bougainville, AusAID,
Bougainville
4.35pm Panel Discussion
4.55pm Concluding Remarks
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
5.15pm CONFERENCE END

8. Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012
Peace and Stabilisation Operations
Learning from the past to meet
tomorrow’s challenges
28 & 29 May 2012
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (The Q)
Queanbeyan, Australia

9. Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the past to meet tomorrow’s challenges
highlights the key successes and challenges from stabilisation operations in Asia and the
Pacific. Drawing on these lessons the conference identifies key considerations for effective
stabilisation operations and examines practical and innovative solutions to improve these
missions in practice.
OBJECTIVES
The conference will:
• Explore key lessons from stabilisation operations in Asia, the Pacific and Africa;
• Identify factors for effective stabilisation operations, including the challenges of civil-
military collaboration;
• Highlight new initiatives and capability developments improving international
community-approaches to stabilisation operations; and
• Advance practical, innovative solutions to improve stabilisation operations in practice.
THEMES
The five over-arching themes of the conference are:
1) Addressing the successes and challenges identified in the case studies in stabilisation
missions;
2) National and multilateral approaches to building civilian capacity for interventions;
3) The role of women in building peace and security;
4) The impact of stabilisation operations on humanitarian action and; and
5) Practical approaches to strengthening local ownership.
FOCUS AREAS
Across each theme, four broad areas are considered:
1) Building stability: what are the approaches, preparedness requirements and other
practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation successful and what are the
key challenges to success?
2) Civil-military capability: What institutional practices and reforms will help the
international community meet future demands?
3) Lessons in practice: what lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and
how can we leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions?
4) Capacity building: what new capabilities and approaches are required for future
stabilisation operations and how are these challenges being addressed?

10. * Invited
Sunday 27 May
4.00pm Conference registration opens
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.00pm Reception drinks
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.30pm Welcome
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
‘Introducing Same Space, Different Mandate’
Monday 28 May
8.00am Conference registration
Tea and coffee on arrival
8.30am Welcome and administrative announcements
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
8.45am Keynote Address
The Honourable Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence
[Focus: Australia’s whole-of-government approach to stabilisation operations
and the implications of state fragility for national security]
SESSION 1: PEACE & STABILISATION MISSIONS IN REVIEW: SUCCESS AND
CHALLENGES
FOCUS: What lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and how can we
leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions? What are the approaches,
preparedness requirements and other practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation
successful and what are the key challenges to success?
Session 1A – Peace & Stabilisation Missions in the Asia-Pacific
9.15am *Chair: MAJGEN Rick Burr, Commander Headquarters 1st Division,
Australian Defence Force, Australia
Jim Della-Giacoma, Project Director South East Asia, International Crisis
Group,
James Batley, Deputy Director General Asia Pacific and Program Enabling
Group, Australian Agency for International Development, Australia

11. John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and
Founder of the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National
University, Australia
10.20am Panel Discussion
10.50am Morning Tea
Session 1B – Civil-Military Collaboration in Afghanistan
11.20 pm Chair: Mr Bernard Philip, Former Head Provincial Reconstruction Team,
Uruzgan Province, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Professor William Maley, AM, Foundation Director, Asia-Pacific College of
Diplomacy, Australian National University, Australia
Frédéric Grare, Policy Planning Section, Ministry of Defence, France
Barbara Stapleton, Senior Political Advisor and former Deputy to the
European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan
12.25pm Panel Discussion
1.00pm Lunch
SESSION 2: HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND STABILISATION OPERATIONS
FOCUS: What challenges do stabilisation operations pose for the humanitarian community
and will new institutional practices and reforms help the international community address
these challenges?
2.30pm Chair: Susan Harris Rimmer, Manager, Advocacy and Development
Practice, Australian Council for International Development and Visiting
Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australia
Michael Marx, Senior Civil-Military Coordination Advisor,
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York
2.55pm Afternoon Tea
3.25pm Larry Maybee, Regional Delegate to Armed & Security Forces, International
Committee of the Red Cross, Kuala Lumpur

12. Jules Frost, Senior Advisor, Civil-Military and Police Relations, World
Vision International, Geneva
4.05pm Panel Discussion
4.30pm End of day
6.30pm ANNUAL CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE DINNER
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
Host: The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for
Defence
Dinner Speaker
Tom Parks, Regional Director for Conflict and Governance, Asia
Foundation, Thailand
Tuesday 29 May
8.30am Tea and coffee on arrival
8.45am Administrative announcements
SESSION 3: DEVELOPING CIVILIAN CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTIONS
FOCUS: What new capabilities and approaches are required for future stabilisation
operations and how are these challenges being addressed to build and develop effective
civilian capacity?
9.00am Chair: Sharon Wiharta, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute
*TBC, United Nations, Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict Review
Hideaki Shinoda, Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilding Centre, Japan
9.45pm Panel Discussion
10.05am Morning Tea
10.35am *Dr Amut Wieland-Karimi, Director, Center for International Peace
Operations (ZIF), Germany

13. Cheryl Johnson, Assistant Director General Australian Civilian Corps,
Australian Agency for International Development, Australia
Ambassador Robert Loftis, Interagency Professional in Residence, United
States Institute of Peace and former Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction
and Stabilization, Department of State, United States
11.35pm Panel Discussion
12.00pm Lunch
SESSION 4: WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
FOCUS: What practices and new approaches are required to address the impact of conflict
on women and ensure their crucial role in building peace and security is considered as a core
element of any missions?
1.30 pm Chair: Penny Williams, Australian Global Ambassador for Women and
Girls, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Joy Kere, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade,
Solomon Islands
*Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Director, Conflict, Security and Development Group,
King’s College, London
Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam Australia, Australia
2.35pm Panel Discussion
3.00 pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5: ENABLING LOCAL OWNERSHIP
FOCUS: What are the key challenges to building successful partnerships between the
affected community and international actors? What new capabilities and approaches are
required to enable local ownership in practice?
3.30pm Chair: Assistant Commissioner Mandy Newton APM, National Manager
International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police, Australia
H.E Ambassador Nasir Ahmed Andisha, Ambassador Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan

14. *Dr David Connolly, Research Fellow, Post-war Reconstruction and
Development Unit, University of York, United Kingdom
Roselyne Kenneth, A/Senior Program Manager Bougainville, AusAID,
Bougainville
4.35pm Panel Discussion
4.55pm Concluding Remarks
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
5.15pm CONFERENCE END

15. Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012
Peace and Stabilisation Operations
Learning from the past to meet
tomorrow’s challenges
28 & 29 May 2012
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (The Q)
Queanbeyan, Australia

16. Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the past to meet tomorrow’s challenges
highlights the key successes and challenges from stabilisation operations in Asia and the
Pacific. Drawing on these lessons the conference identifies key considerations for effective
stabilisation operations and examines practical and innovative solutions to improve these
missions in practice.
OBJECTIVES
The conference will:
• Explore key lessons from stabilisation operations in Asia, the Pacific and Africa;
• Identify factors for effective stabilisation operations, including the challenges of civil-
military collaboration;
• Highlight new initiatives and capability developments improving international
community-approaches to stabilisation operations; and
• Advance practical, innovative solutions to improve stabilisation operations in practice.
THEMES
The five over-arching themes of the conference are:
1) Addressing the successes and challenges identified in the case studies in stabilisation
missions;
2) National and multilateral approaches to building civilian capacity for interventions;
3) The role of women in building peace and security;
4) The impact of stabilisation operations on humanitarian action and; and
5) Practical approaches to strengthening local ownership.
FOCUS AREAS
Across each theme, four broad areas are considered:
1) Building stability: what are the approaches, preparedness requirements and other
practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation successful and what are the
key challenges to success?
2) Civil-military capability: What institutional practices and reforms will help the
international community meet future demands?
3) Lessons in practice: what lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and
how can we leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions?
4) Capacity building: what new capabilities and approaches are required for future
stabilisation operations and how are these challenges being addressed?

17. * Invited
Sunday 27 May
4.00pm Conference registration opens
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.00pm Reception drinks
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.30pm Welcome
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
‘Introducing Same Space, Different Mandate’
Monday 28 May
8.00am Conference registration
Tea and coffee on arrival
8.30am Welcome and administrative announcements
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
8.45am Keynote Address
The Honourable Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence
[Focus: Australia’s whole-of-government approach to stabilisation operations
and the implications of state fragility for national security]
SESSION 1: PEACE & STABILISATION MISSIONS IN REVIEW: SUCCESS AND
CHALLENGES
FOCUS: What lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and how can we
leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions? What are the approaches,
preparedness requirements and other practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation
successful and what are the key challenges to success?
Session 1A – Peace & Stabilisation Missions in the Asia-Pacific
9.15am *Chair: MAJGEN Rick Burr, Commander Headquarters 1st Division,
Australian Defence Force, Australia
Jim Della-Giacoma, Project Director South East Asia, International Crisis
Group,
James Batley, Deputy Director General Asia Pacific and Program Enabling
Group, Australian Agency for International Development, Australia

18. John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and
Founder of the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National
University, Australia
10.20am Panel Discussion
10.50am Morning Tea
Session 1B – Civil-Military Collaboration in Afghanistan
11.20 pm Chair: Mr Bernard Philip, Former Head Provincial Reconstruction Team,
Uruzgan Province, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Professor William Maley, AM, Foundation Director, Asia-Pacific College of
Diplomacy, Australian National University, Australia
Frédéric Grare, Policy Planning Section, Ministry of Defence, France
Barbara Stapleton, Senior Political Advisor and former Deputy to the
European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan
12.25pm Panel Discussion
1.00pm Lunch
SESSION 2: HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND STABILISATION OPERATIONS
FOCUS: What challenges do stabilisation operations pose for the humanitarian community
and will new institutional practices and reforms help the international community address
these challenges?
2.30pm Chair: Susan Harris Rimmer, Manager, Advocacy and Development
Practice, Australian Council for International Development and Visiting
Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australia
Michael Marx, Senior Civil-Military Coordination Advisor,
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York
2.55pm Afternoon Tea
3.25pm Larry Maybee, Regional Delegate to Armed & Security Forces, International
Committee of the Red Cross, Kuala Lumpur

19. Jules Frost, Senior Advisor, Civil-Military and Police Relations, World
Vision International, Geneva
4.05pm Panel Discussion
4.30pm End of day
6.30pm ANNUAL CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE DINNER
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
Host: The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for
Defence
Dinner Speaker
Tom Parks, Regional Director for Conflict and Governance, Asia
Foundation, Thailand
Tuesday 29 May
8.30am Tea and coffee on arrival
8.45am Administrative announcements
SESSION 3: DEVELOPING CIVILIAN CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTIONS
FOCUS: What new capabilities and approaches are required for future stabilisation
operations and how are these challenges being addressed to build and develop effective
civilian capacity?
9.00am Chair: Sharon Wiharta, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute
*TBC, United Nations, Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict Review
Hideaki Shinoda, Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilding Centre, Japan
9.45pm Panel Discussion
10.05am Morning Tea
10.35am *Dr Amut Wieland-Karimi, Director, Center for International Peace
Operations (ZIF), Germany

20. Cheryl Johnson, Assistant Director General Australian Civilian Corps,
Australian Agency for International Development, Australia
Ambassador Robert Loftis, Interagency Professional in Residence, United
States Institute of Peace and former Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction
and Stabilization, Department of State, United States
11.35pm Panel Discussion
12.00pm Lunch
SESSION 4: WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
FOCUS: What practices and new approaches are required to address the impact of conflict
on women and ensure their crucial role in building peace and security is considered as a core
element of any missions?
1.30 pm Chair: Penny Williams, Australian Global Ambassador for Women and
Girls, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Joy Kere, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade,
Solomon Islands
*Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Director, Conflict, Security and Development Group,
King’s College, London
Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam Australia, Australia
2.35pm Panel Discussion
3.00 pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5: ENABLING LOCAL OWNERSHIP
FOCUS: What are the key challenges to building successful partnerships between the
affected community and international actors? What new capabilities and approaches are
required to enable local ownership in practice?
3.30pm Chair: Assistant Commissioner Mandy Newton APM, National Manager
International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police, Australia
H.E Ambassador Nasir Ahmed Andisha, Ambassador Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan

21. *Dr David Connolly, Research Fellow, Post-war Reconstruction and
Development Unit, University of York, United Kingdom
Roselyne Kenneth, A/Senior Program Manager Bougainville, AusAID,
Bougainville
4.35pm Panel Discussion
4.55pm Concluding Remarks
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
5.15pm CONFERENCE END

22. Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012
Peace and Stabilisation Operations
Learning from the past to meet
tomorrow’s challenges
28 & 29 May 2012
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (The Q)
Queanbeyan, Australia

23. Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the past to meet tomorrow’s challenges
highlights the key successes and challenges from stabilisation operations in Asia and the
Pacific. Drawing on these lessons the conference identifies key considerations for effective
stabilisation operations and examines practical and innovative solutions to improve these
missions in practice.
OBJECTIVES
The conference will:
• Explore key lessons from stabilisation operations in Asia, the Pacific and Africa;
• Identify factors for effective stabilisation operations, including the challenges of civil-
military collaboration;
• Highlight new initiatives and capability developments improving international
community-approaches to stabilisation operations; and
• Advance practical, innovative solutions to improve stabilisation operations in practice.
THEMES
The five over-arching themes of the conference are:
1) Addressing the successes and challenges identified in the case studies in stabilisation
missions;
2) National and multilateral approaches to building civilian capacity for interventions;
3) The role of women in building peace and security;
4) The impact of stabilisation operations on humanitarian action and; and
5) Practical approaches to strengthening local ownership.
FOCUS AREAS
Across each theme, four broad areas are considered:
1) Building stability: what are the approaches, preparedness requirements and other
practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation successful and what are the
key challenges to success?
2) Civil-military capability: What institutional practices and reforms will help the
international community meet future demands?
3) Lessons in practice: what lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and
how can we leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions?
4) Capacity building: what new capabilities and approaches are required for future
stabilisation operations and how are these challenges being addressed?

24. * Invited
Sunday 27 May
4.00pm Conference registration opens
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.00pm Reception drinks
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.30pm Welcome
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
‘Introducing Same Space, Different Mandate’
Monday 28 May
8.00am Conference registration
Tea and coffee on arrival
8.30am Welcome and administrative announcements
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
8.45am Keynote Address
The Honourable Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence
[Focus: Australia’s whole-of-government approach to stabilisation operations
and the implications of state fragility for national security]
SESSION 1: PEACE & STABILISATION MISSIONS IN REVIEW: SUCCESS AND
CHALLENGES
FOCUS: What lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and how can we
leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions? What are the approaches,
preparedness requirements and other practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation
successful and what are the key challenges to success?
Session 1A – Peace & Stabilisation Missions in the Asia-Pacific
9.15am *Chair: MAJGEN Rick Burr, Commander Headquarters 1st Division,
Australian Defence Force, Australia
Jim Della-Giacoma, Project Director South East Asia, International Crisis
Group,
James Batley, Deputy Director General Asia Pacific and Program Enabling
Group, Australian Agency for International Development, Australia

25. John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and
Founder of the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National
University, Australia
10.20am Panel Discussion
10.50am Morning Tea
Session 1B – Civil-Military Collaboration in Afghanistan
11.20 pm Chair: Mr Bernard Philip, Former Head Provincial Reconstruction Team,
Uruzgan Province, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Professor William Maley, AM, Foundation Director, Asia-Pacific College of
Diplomacy, Australian National University, Australia
Frédéric Grare, Policy Planning Section, Ministry of Defence, France
Barbara Stapleton, Senior Political Advisor and former Deputy to the
European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan
12.25pm Panel Discussion
1.00pm Lunch
SESSION 2: HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND STABILISATION OPERATIONS
FOCUS: What challenges do stabilisation operations pose for the humanitarian community
and will new institutional practices and reforms help the international community address
these challenges?
2.30pm Chair: Susan Harris Rimmer, Manager, Advocacy and Development
Practice, Australian Council for International Development and Visiting
Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australia
Michael Marx, Senior Civil-Military Coordination Advisor,
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York
2.55pm Afternoon Tea
3.25pm Larry Maybee, Regional Delegate to Armed & Security Forces, International
Committee of the Red Cross, Kuala Lumpur

26. Jules Frost, Senior Advisor, Civil-Military and Police Relations, World
Vision International, Geneva
4.05pm Panel Discussion
4.30pm End of day
6.30pm ANNUAL CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE DINNER
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
Host: The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for
Defence
Dinner Speaker
Tom Parks, Regional Director for Conflict and Governance, Asia
Foundation, Thailand
Tuesday 29 May
8.30am Tea and coffee on arrival
8.45am Administrative announcements
SESSION 3: DEVELOPING CIVILIAN CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTIONS
FOCUS: What new capabilities and approaches are required for future stabilisation
operations and how are these challenges being addressed to build and develop effective
civilian capacity?
9.00am Chair: Sharon Wiharta, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute
*TBC, United Nations, Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict Review
Hideaki Shinoda, Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilding Centre, Japan
9.45pm Panel Discussion
10.05am Morning Tea
10.35am *Dr Amut Wieland-Karimi, Director, Center for International Peace
Operations (ZIF), Germany

27. Cheryl Johnson, Assistant Director General Australian Civilian Corps,
Australian Agency for International Development, Australia
Ambassador Robert Loftis, Interagency Professional in Residence, United
States Institute of Peace and former Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction
and Stabilization, Department of State, United States
11.35pm Panel Discussion
12.00pm Lunch
SESSION 4: WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
FOCUS: What practices and new approaches are required to address the impact of conflict
on women and ensure their crucial role in building peace and security is considered as a core
element of any missions?
1.30 pm Chair: Penny Williams, Australian Global Ambassador for Women and
Girls, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Joy Kere, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade,
Solomon Islands
*Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Director, Conflict, Security and Development Group,
King’s College, London
Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam Australia, Australia
2.35pm Panel Discussion
3.00 pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5: ENABLING LOCAL OWNERSHIP
FOCUS: What are the key challenges to building successful partnerships between the
affected community and international actors? What new capabilities and approaches are
required to enable local ownership in practice?
3.30pm Chair: Assistant Commissioner Mandy Newton APM, National Manager
International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police, Australia
H.E Ambassador Nasir Ahmed Andisha, Ambassador Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan

28. *Dr David Connolly, Research Fellow, Post-war Reconstruction and
Development Unit, University of York, United Kingdom
Roselyne Kenneth, A/Senior Program Manager Bougainville, AusAID,
Bougainville
4.35pm Panel Discussion
4.55pm Concluding Remarks
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
5.15pm CONFERENCE END

29. Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012
Peace and Stabilisation Operations
Learning from the past to meet
tomorrow’s challenges
28 & 29 May 2012
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (The Q)
Queanbeyan, Australia

30. Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the past to meet tomorrow’s challenges
highlights the key successes and challenges from stabilisation operations in Asia and the
Pacific. Drawing on these lessons the conference identifies key considerations for effective
stabilisation operations and examines practical and innovative solutions to improve these
missions in practice.
OBJECTIVES
The conference will:
• Explore key lessons from stabilisation operations in Asia, the Pacific and Africa;
• Identify factors for effective stabilisation operations, including the challenges of civil-
military collaboration;
• Highlight new initiatives and capability developments improving international
community-approaches to stabilisation operations; and
• Advance practical, innovative solutions to improve stabilisation operations in practice.
THEMES
The five over-arching themes of the conference are:
1) Addressing the successes and challenges identified in the case studies in stabilisation
missions;
2) National and multilateral approaches to building civilian capacity for interventions;
3) The role of women in building peace and security;
4) The impact of stabilisation operations on humanitarian action and; and
5) Practical approaches to strengthening local ownership.
FOCUS AREAS
Across each theme, four broad areas are considered:
1) Building stability: what are the approaches, preparedness requirements and other
practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation successful and what are the
key challenges to success?
2) Civil-military capability: What institutional practices and reforms will help the
international community meet future demands?
3) Lessons in practice: what lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and
how can we leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions?
4) Capacity building: what new capabilities and approaches are required for future
stabilisation operations and how are these challenges being addressed?

31. * Invited
Sunday 27 May
4.00pm Conference registration opens
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.00pm Reception drinks
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6.30pm Welcome
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
‘Introducing Same Space, Different Mandate’
Monday 28 May
8.00am Conference registration
Tea and coffee on arrival
8.30am Welcome and administrative announcements
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
8.45am Keynote Address
The Honourable Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence
[Focus: Australia’s whole-of-government approach to stabilisation operations
and the implications of state fragility for national security]
SESSION 1: PEACE & STABILISATION MISSIONS IN REVIEW: SUCCESS AND
CHALLENGES
FOCUS: What lessons can we learn from past stabilisation missions and how can we
leverage these lessons to inform future post-conflict interventions? What are the approaches,
preparedness requirements and other practical mechanisms that make a stabilisation operation
successful and what are the key challenges to success?
Session 1A – Peace & Stabilisation Missions in the Asia-Pacific
9.15am *Chair: MAJGEN Rick Burr, Commander Headquarters 1st Division,
Australian Defence Force, Australia
Jim Della-Giacoma, Project Director South East Asia, International Crisis
Group,
James Batley, Deputy Director General Asia Pacific and Program Enabling
Group, Australian Agency for International Development, Australia

32. John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and
Founder of the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National
University, Australia
10.20am Panel Discussion
10.50am Morning Tea
Session 1B – Civil-Military Collaboration in Afghanistan
11.20 pm Chair: Mr Bernard Philip, Former Head Provincial Reconstruction Team,
Uruzgan Province, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Professor William Maley, AM, Foundation Director, Asia-Pacific College of
Diplomacy, Australian National University, Australia
Frédéric Grare, Policy Planning Section, Ministry of Defence, France
Barbara Stapleton, Senior Political Advisor and former Deputy to the
European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan
12.25pm Panel Discussion
1.00pm Lunch
SESSION 2: HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND STABILISATION OPERATIONS
FOCUS: What challenges do stabilisation operations pose for the humanitarian community
and will new institutional practices and reforms help the international community address
these challenges?
2.30pm Chair: Susan Harris Rimmer, Manager, Advocacy and Development
Practice, Australian Council for International Development and Visiting
Fellow, Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australia
Michael Marx, Senior Civil-Military Coordination Advisor,
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York
2.55pm Afternoon Tea
3.25pm Larry Maybee, Regional Delegate to Armed & Security Forces, International
Committee of the Red Cross, Kuala Lumpur

33. Jules Frost, Senior Advisor, Civil-Military and Police Relations, World
Vision International, Geneva
4.05pm Panel Discussion
4.30pm End of day
6.30pm ANNUAL CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE DINNER
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
Host: The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for
Defence
Dinner Speaker
Tom Parks, Regional Director for Conflict and Governance, Asia
Foundation, Thailand
Tuesday 29 May
8.30am Tea and coffee on arrival
8.45am Administrative announcements
SESSION 3: DEVELOPING CIVILIAN CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTIONS
FOCUS: What new capabilities and approaches are required for future stabilisation
operations and how are these challenges being addressed to build and develop effective
civilian capacity?
9.00am Chair: Sharon Wiharta, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute
*TBC, United Nations, Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict Review
Hideaki Shinoda, Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilding Centre, Japan
9.45pm Panel Discussion
10.05am Morning Tea
10.35am *Dr Amut Wieland-Karimi, Director, Center for International Peace
Operations (ZIF), Germany

34. Cheryl Johnson, Assistant Director General Australian Civilian Corps,
Australian Agency for International Development, Australia
Ambassador Robert Loftis, Interagency Professional in Residence, United
States Institute of Peace and former Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction
and Stabilization, Department of State, United States
11.35pm Panel Discussion
12.00pm Lunch
SESSION 4: WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
FOCUS: What practices and new approaches are required to address the impact of conflict
on women and ensure their crucial role in building peace and security is considered as a core
element of any missions?
1.30 pm Chair: Penny Williams, Australian Global Ambassador for Women and
Girls, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Joy Kere, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade,
Solomon Islands
*Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Director, Conflict, Security and Development Group,
King’s College, London
Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam Australia, Australia
2.35pm Panel Discussion
3.00 pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5: ENABLING LOCAL OWNERSHIP
FOCUS: What are the key challenges to building successful partnerships between the
affected community and international actors? What new capabilities and approaches are
required to enable local ownership in practice?
3.30pm Chair: Assistant Commissioner Mandy Newton APM, National Manager
International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police, Australia
H.E Ambassador Nasir Ahmed Andisha, Ambassador Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan

35. *Dr David Connolly, Research Fellow, Post-war Reconstruction and
Development Unit, University of York, United Kingdom
Roselyne Kenneth, A/Senior Program Manager Bougainville, AusAID,
Bougainville
4.35pm Panel Discussion
4.55pm Concluding Remarks
Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
5.15pm CONFERENCE END