Conferences

The Land Warfare Studies Centre maintains several conference programs. These conferences allow the LWSC to reach a broader audience than would otherwise be possible with the LWSC's seminar series. The broader participation base allows the Centre to fulfil its chartered goal of public land warfare advocacy as well as improving the quality of the Army's professional debate.

Sir Vernon Sturdee Seminar Series

The Sir Vernon Sturdee Seminar Series is a biennial event held in conjunction with the Lowy Institute for International Policy, where issues pertinent to national security, defence policy and strategy are presented. Since 2005, we have had the pleasure of hosting senior practitioners and leading thinkers from government, academia, industry and the media.

Chief of Army's Conference Series

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The Chief of Army's Conference (previously the Army Land Warfare Conference) is held biennially, and has been designed as an opportunity to solicit broad community input into issues of great importance facing the Army. This allows the LWSC access to as wide a range of input into the Army's professional debate as possible, and enables those across disciplinary or institutional borders to contribute.


Chief of Army's Conference 2007:	No Chief of Army's Conference was held due to Australia's hosting of the PACC/PAMS conferences.
Chief of Army's Conference 2005:	Facing Complexity: New Dimensions in Strategy and Warfighting in the 21st Century. The 2005 Chief of Army's Conference drew many important speakers and delegates. These included Major General Jonathan Bailey, Dr Stephen Biddle, Professor Robyn Lim, and Colonel Thomas X Hammes. The Conference dinner speaker was His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery. The conference proceedings are published as Asymmetry and Complexity.
Chief of Army's Conference 2003:	Land Forces, Ways in Warfare and Future Coalition Operations. The 2003 Chief of Army's Conference, the first held under the new name, examined Land Forces, Ways in Warfare and Future Coalition Operations. Speakers included LTGEN Paul Van Riper (USMC), Dr Christopher Coker (LSE), Professor Williamson Murray (Institute of Defense Analysis), Professor Anthony Cordesman, MAJGEN Robin Brims (UK MoD), and LTCOL Antulio Echevarria II (US Army War College). No proceedings were produced.

Army Land Warfare Conference Series

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Army Land Warfare Conference 2001:	The 2001 Land Warfare Conference was another resounding success, taking as its theme Future Armies, Future Challenges: Land Warfare in the Information Age. Conducted in early October, just a few weeks after the September 11 tragedy, it was extremely well attended, with an impressive ensemble of international and Australian presenters. The conference proceedings are published as Future Armies, Future Challenges: Land Warfare in the Information Age.
Army Land Warfare Conference 1999:	The theme of the 1999 Land Warfare Conference was The Human Face of Warfare: Past, Present and Future, and culminated in the publication of a monograph titled The Human Face of Warfare: Killing, Fear and Chaos in Battle.

Army Land Warfare Conference 2001:

The 2001 Land Warfare Conference was another resounding success, taking as its theme Future Armies, Future Challenges: Land Warfare in the Information Age. Conducted in early October, just a few weeks after the September 11 tragedy, it was extremely well attended, with an impressive ensemble of international and Australian presenters. The conference proceedings are published as Future Armies, Future Challenges: Land Warfare in the Information Age.

Army Land Warfare Conference 1999:

The theme of the 1999 Land Warfare Conference was The Human Face of Warfare: Past, Present and Future, and culminated in the publication of a monograph titled The Human Face of Warfare: Killing, Fear and Chaos in Battle.