Galle Dialogue - 2023

• Research Papers

   
  INAUGURAL SESSION

  

  “Welcome Remarks”

  Vice Admiral UVMP Perera, RSP**, USP, ndu, psc, MMaritimePol, MSc(DS)Mgt, MSc (MS & NSSS), BA(DS) Hons, PWO
  Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy

  Paper

  

  “Keynote Address”

  His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe
  President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

  Paper
   
  SESSION 1 - "MARITIME SECURITY CONCERNS"

  

  ‘POWERPLAY IN THE IOR – IMPLICATIONS FOR SECURITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY’

  Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, AVSM, VSM
  Deputy Chief of Naval Staff- Indian Navy

  Paper

  

  ‘EMERGING SECURITY CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR COLLABORATION’

  Rear Admiral Eric Ruttenberg
  Reserve Director Maritime Operations, United States Pacific Fleet

  Curriculum Vitae Paper

  

  ‘STRENGTH NAVY-TO-NAVY COOPERATION AND JOIN HANDS IN MAINTAINING MARITIME SECURITY’

  Rear Admiral Li Pengcheng
  Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chinese PLA Navy

  PaperPresentation

   

   
  SESSION II "MARITIME SYNERGY TO FOSTER BLUE ECONOMY"

  

  ‘THE OCEANS ECONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR MARITIME NATIONS’

  Rear Admiral Nobuyuki Takenaka,
  Director General, Operations and Plans Department, M SO

  Curriculum VitaePaper Presentation

  

  ‘REVIEWING POLICY COHERENCE AND COORDINATION IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN’

  VICE ADMIRAL RAJA RAB NAWAZ HI (M)
  COMCOAST at Karachi

  Curriculum VitaePaper

  

  ‘CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME TRANSPORT IN THE CONTEXT OF BLUE ECONOMY’

  Commodore Simon Kelly
  Deputy Commander UK Strike Force

  Curriculum VitaePaper

  

  ‘DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL MARITIME HUBS: MALDIVES PERSPECTIVE’

  Brigadier General Ibrahim Hilmy
  Commandant, Coast Guard, Maldives National Defence Force

  Curriculum VitaePaper

   
  SESSION III "MARITIME ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FOR COLLABORATIVE MARITIME PROSPERITY"

  

  ‘NEXUS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MARITIME SECURITY IN SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ISLAND STATES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION’

  REAR ADMIRAL RAPP RATHNAYAKE RWP, RSP & Bar, USP, ndu, psc, MMaritimePol, MSc (MS & NSSS)
  DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OPERATIONS OF SRI LANKA NAVY

  Curriculum Vitae Paper

  

  'Contributing to Global Efforts to Curb Non-Traditional Maritime Threats in Indian Ocean; An Analysis by French Navy based on its Experiences in Last Ten Years’

  Rear Admiral (retd.) Md. Khurshed Alam Mphil., ndc, psc, BN
  Secretary, Head of Maritime Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

  Paper

  

  ‘Incidents at Sea and the Readiness of Coastal States to Prevent Maritime Environmental Disasters and Post Recovery ’

  Ms. Sarah Lou Y. ARRIOLA
  Regional Director for Asia and the Pasific – IOM

  Paper

  

  ‘Shared Prosperity Through Preserving & Protecting Underwater Maritime Heritage ’

  Admiral Piyal De Silva, WWV & Bar, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, ndu (Retd)
  Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy and the former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Afghanistan

  Presentation

   

   
  SESSION IV "MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS"

  

  ‘STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF TRANSNATIONAL MARITIME SECURITY ISSUES OTHER THAN TERRORISM ’

  Ms. Siji Song
  Programme Coordinator, Indian Ocean East Team of the Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP)/ UNODC

  Curriculum Vitae PaperPresentation

  

  'DARK SHIPPING : COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS FOR INFORMATION FUSION’

  Vice admiral Emmanuel Slaars
  Joint Commander of the French Forces deployed in the Indian Ocean & Joint Commander of the French Forces stationed in the United Arab Emirates

  Curriculum Vitae Paper
  
  
  
  SESSION V - "COLLABORATIVE ENFORCEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE OCEAN GOVERNANCE"

  

  ‘ROLE OF UNCLOS FOR THE RESOLUTION OF GREY ZONE MARITIME CONFLICTS)’

  Dr. Vijay Sakhuja
  Director, The School of Integrated Coastal and Maritime Security Studies at Rashtriya Raksha University

  Curriculum Vitae Paper

  

  ‘COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA’

  First Admiral Dr Tay Yap Leong
  Senior Director Comprehensive Defence and Security Research Centre, Malaysian Institute of Defence and Security (MiDAS)

  Curriculum Vitae Paper

  

  ‘REGIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLE OCEAN GOVERNANCE: IORA, SAARC, BIMSTEC’

  Mrs. Shanika Dissanayake
  Additional Secretary, Environment & Climate Change, & Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  Curriculum Vitae Paper

   

   

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