{"id":12873,"date":"2019-06-03T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/48th-conference-of-commandants\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:26:38","slug":"48th-conference-of-commandants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/48th-conference-of-commandants\/","title":{"rendered":"48th Conference of Commandants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/134-2019-48th_CoC_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Participants to the 48th Conference of Commandants at the Italian Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD)\" \/><figcaption>Participants to the 48th Conference of Commandants at the Italian Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The 48th NATO Conference of Commandants (CoC) was held at the Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) in Rome, from Tuesday, 28 to Thursday, 30 May 2019.  Entitled <strong>&#x201C;Leadership in NATO &#8211; Challenges for the Future&#x201D;<\/strong>, the Conference explored the educational requirements of future military leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The programme for CoC 2019 focused on further development of Professional Military Education (PME) for tomorrow&#x2019;s leaders, addressing the following issue: <i>&#x201C;How do we link the future security environment with the next generation of <strong>leaders<\/strong>, in order to enable them to <strong>think strategically, innovatively and effectively<\/strong>, empowering them to operate within the future security environment?&#x201D;<\/i>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">For almost five decades, the historical mission of the NATO CoC has remained as relevant as ever. With growing involvement of Partners in the CoC&#x2019;s efforts to further develop PME, the event serves increasingly as a valued forum to foster the exchange of information and ideas. It contributes to the improvement of curricula and educational methods, while fostering mutual understanding; and it also enables participating institutions to give each other assistance and support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Conference was co-chaired by NDC Commandant Lieutenant-General Chris Whitecross and by Lieutenant General Massimiliano Del Casale of CASD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">After an opening panel entitled &#x2018;NATO at 70: what future challenges for the Alliance?&#x2019;, the focus shifted to the perspective of senior leaders on strategy and innovation. Particular attention was given to &#x2018;Thinking the UnthinkableTM&#x2019;, a concept which is changing the leadership context and shaped much of the thinking at the Conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The rapidly evolving security environment was examined from the viewpoints of global demographic trends and disruptive technologies. Against this background, the second day of the Conference began with a NATO Science and Technology Organization Leadership case study. After this, leadership was examined from a historical perspective, as well as in terms of future challenges &#x2013; including planning-related issues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\nDuring the second afternoon, three syndicates were formed to discuss questions related to postmodern PME, particularly the imperative for change and inclusive leadership strategies; educational methods in preparation for non-normative events; and curriculum design.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants to the 48th Conference of Commandants at the Italian Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) The<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-12873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 7 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juin 3, 2019","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juin 3, 2019 12:00","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:26"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12873"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}