This is a roundup of maritime security and national security events that our readers and members might find interesting. As CIMSEC has a global presence, our events list reflects events from around the world. Inclusion does not equal endorsement – those bolded are most apparently related to maritime security. See one we missed? Email our Director of Operations at operations@cimsec.org.
CIMSEC May 18th Meet-up at Archipelago
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9-14 May 2016 Maritime Security Events
09 May 2016 – Philippines Presidential Election
10 May 2016 – Washington, DC – CSIS – “The State of Defense Acquisition”
10 May 2016 – Canberra, Australia – ANU – “Is the Taiwan Strait still a flash point?”
11 May 2016 – Washington, DC – The Heritage Foundation – “The National Security Implications of Rapid Access to Space”
11-12 May 2016 – Singapore – ACI – “Maritime Security Management”
11-15 May 2016 – Portland, Maine – “Maritime History Conference”
11-20 May 2016 – New York – UN IMO Maritime Safety Committee Meeting
12 May 2016 – Washington, DC – The Heritage Foundation – “Helping Secure Asia’s Future through Enhanced U.S.-India Defense Partnership”
13 May 2016 – Washington, DC – Defense Entrepreneurs Forum – “DEFxDC”
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Long-Range Maritime Security Events
16-18 May 2016 – Washington, DC – Navy League – “Sea, Air, Space Symposium”
20 May 2016 – Taiwan’s Presidential Inauguration
24-27 May 2016 – Vientiane – ASEAN – 10th ADMM
26-27 May 2016 – Ise-Shima, Japan – G7 Summit
June-July 2016 – Hawaii – Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Naval Exercise
June 2016 – Baltic Sea – BALTOPS Naval Exercise
03-05 June 2016 – Singapore – IISS – “Shangri-La Dialogue”
06-07 June 2016 – Lisbon – G7++ Friends of Gulf of Guinea Meeting
13-15 June 2016 – Ontario, Canada – Queens University – “Engagement Between Peace and War:
How Soldiers and Military Institutions Adapt”
13-15 June 2016 – Newport, RI – USNWC – “Naval Strategist Forum and Current Strategy Forum”
19-24 June 2016 – Hawaii – U of Hawaii– “International Coral Reef Symposium”
20-22 June 2016 – Gdansk, Poland – “BaltMilitary Expo”
21 June 2016 – Kiel, Germany – “Maritime Security Challenges and the High North”
23 June – 02 July 2016 – Aspen, CO – Aspen – “Aspen Ideas Festival”
23 June 2016 – Washington, DC – Booze Allen/CSBA – “Directed Energy Summit 2016”
27-28 June 2016 – New York City – ICAS/UVA/UN – “Legal Order in the World’s Oceans: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea”
5-7 July 2016 – Norfolk, VA – NATO C2COE – “C2 in Emerging Warfare – Challenges to the Alliance and Coalitions”
July 2016 – Yaounde Meeting and Operationalization of Interregional Coordination Center (ICC) for Maritime Safety and Security in Central and West Africa
27-30 July – 02 July 2016 – Aspen, CO – Aspen – “Aspen Security Forum”
01-04 Aug 2016 – Aspen, CO – Aspen – “Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence”
02-04 Aug 2016 – Everett, WA – Maritime Security West 2016
08-09 Aug 2016 – Venice, Italy – WASET – “International Conference on Port and Maritime Security”
09-12 Aug 2016 – Hawaii – East-West Center – “North Pacific Arctic Conference on Arctic Futures”
Sep 2016 – Thailand – ASEAN – ADMM-Plus Military Medicine and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise (AM-HEx)
Sep 2016 – Panama – UNITAS Naval Exercise
Sep 2016 – Newport, RI – USNWC – International “Seapower Symposium”
06-09 Sep 2016 – Hamburg, Germany – SMM – “International Conference on Maritime Security and Defense”
07 Sep – Micronesia – Pacific Islands Forum
15-16 Sep 2016 – Washington, DC – State Dept. – “Our Ocean Conference 2016”
25-28 Sep 2016 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – International Sociological Association – “Transformations of the Military Profession”
Oct 2016 – Southeast Asia – U.S. Navy – SEACAT Naval Exercise
Oct 2016 – Indian Navy, U.S. Navy, JMSDF – Malabar Naval Exercise
03-06 Oct 2016 – Vancouver, Canada – Navy League of Canada – “Maritime Security Challenges 2016”
15 Oct 2016 – Lome, Togo – AU – “AU Regional Conference: Maritime Security and Development in Africa“
17-21 Oct 2016 – Paris, France – “EuroNaval 2016”
01-02 Nov 2016 – Kuala Lampur, Indonesia- “13th Annual Maritime Security and Coastal Surveillance Conference”
02-05 Nov 2016 – Jakarta, Indonesia – “IndoDefense Expo 2016”
13-16 Nov 2016 – Auckland, NZ – ASEAN – ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Exercise: Exercise Mahi Tangaroa
21-25 Nov 2016 – New York – UN IMO Maritime Safety Committee Meeting
29 Nov-02 Dec 2016 – Vino del Mar, Chile – “ExpoNaval 2016”
Dec 2016 – Expiration of EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta and NATO’s Operationa Ocean Shield Counter-Piracy Mandates
14-15 Jan 2017 – New York City – SMM – “2017 TELOS Conference: Asymmetrical Warfare – The Centrality of the Political to the Strategic” (Call for Papers Deadline: 31 July 2016)
03-05 Oct 2017 – Mumbai, India – SMM – “INMEX“