| NORFOLK, 
      Va. – 
      Alliance leaders, including 
      the Secretary General, North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the Chairman of NATOÂ’s 
      Military Committee (MC) meet in 
      Copenhagen, Oct. 15-16, 2008, for the 
      Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) 
      Seminar.   The Seminar will provide the NAC and the MC with 
      a platform for strategic debate about the long term security challenges, 
      risks and threats facing the European and North American populations.  The basis for this discussion is 
      SACTÂ’s Multiple Futures Project (MFP). The aim of the 
      MFP is to explore what the future could possibly look like 10-25 years 
      from now, and create a framework that allows military planners to consider 
      the implications of those possible futures.  The MFP encourages strategic 
      dialogue as a vehicle for developing common, long-term strategic insight 
      across the Alliance. These 
      insights allow SACT to provide its best military advice to strategic 
      decision makers in the 
      Alliance and its nations. The 
      Alliance has agreed processes 
      in place for defence planning and capability development. The MFP will not 
      replace these more technically focussed processes, but it can inform them. 
      The military advice generated through the MFP will support strategic 
      decision makers in their consideration of policy options and their 
      subsequent guidance to defense planning and capability development 
      processes.  NOTE TO MEDIA:  There will be a media availability 
      conducted in English with the Danish Minister of Defense H.E. Søren Gade, NATO Chairman 
      of the Military Committee Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola and SACT Gen. 
      James Mattis, at 17:30 (CEST), Oct 15, at the conference 
      site in the Marriott Hotel, Copenhagen.  Prior to the availability, 
      interested media may also attend a background briefing on the Multiple 
      Futures Project at 16:30 (CEST).  Media wishing to cover these 
      events must register no later than 18:00 (CEST), 14 Oct, with SACT Public 
      Affairs, U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer 
      Priscilla Kirsh, at priscilla.kirsh@act.nato.int 
      There is more information on the MFP at: 
      http://transnet.act.nato.int/WISE/Multiplefu/FSE |