2023 Taiwan-U.S. Defense Industry Forum

James C.F. Huang, Chairman, Taiwan External Trade Development Council 外貿協會黃志芳董事長
Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US-Taiwan Business Council 美台商業協會韓儒伯會長

Session 1

Moderator:
Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US-Taiwan Business Council

Speakers:
Ming-Shih Shen, Acting Deputy CEO, Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) 國防安全研究院沈明室所長兼副執行長
Zheng-Fang Lo, Chairman, GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology Inc. 經緯航太股份有限公司羅正方董事長
Colby Ferland, Director of Programs, The Project 2049 Institute

Topics:
– Taking US-Taiwan Defense Industrial Cooperation to the next level
– How defense businesses can collaborate now and in the future to help support Taiwan’s national security needs in the face of geopolitical risk
面對地緣政治風險，臺美國防企業之間的合作和夥伴關係的機會
– How Taiwan businesses should position themselves to demonstrate that they can be both capable and dependable partners to U.S. companies
臺灣企業應如何定位自己，以證明他們能成為美國企業可靠的合作夥伴

Session 2

Moderator:
Shih-Ying Tsai, Coordinator, Foreign and National Defense Committee, Legislative Yuan 蔡適應立法委員(立法院外交國防委員會召集委員)

Speakers:
Kai-Hung Hu, Chairman, The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) 漢翔航空工業股份有限公司 胡開宏董事長
Robert Moss, Senior Director, Sales & Business Development, Asia Pacific Teledyne FLIR Defense, Teledyne FLIR, LLC

Topics:
– The latest developments in Taiwan’s defense industry
臺灣國防產業發展現況
– Opportunities for co-production
臺美雙邊合作機會
– Obstacles to Taiwan businesses acting as reliable suppliers to American contractors, and ways to address them
臺商成為美國企業承包商之障礙及解決方法
– Potential adjustments that would make it possible to more effectively integrate Taiwan’s industrial capabilities into the global defense supply chain
臺商如何有效地將產業實力整合至全球國防供應鏈中