{"id":13096,"date":"2020-10-02T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/a-letter-from-the-dean-67th-anciens-conference-seminar\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:30:19","slug":"a-letter-from-the-dean-67th-anciens-conference-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/a-letter-from-the-dean-67th-anciens-conference-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"A letter from the Dean &#8211; 67th Anciens&#8217; Conference &#038; Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>Dear Senior Course Anciens,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to your arrival here in Rome for the 67th Annual Anciens Conference and Seminar, and for those Anciens unable to join us in person, we hope you\u2019ll participate virtually using the Anciens Portal. We made a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T_wvLLlVPcg\" target=\"_blank\">short video<\/a> where Ms. Claudia Vitiello explains the program and the new Commandant, LtGen Olivier Rittimann, (SERC 2) introduces himself.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_wvLLlVPcg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>We will broadcast the Deputy Secretary General\u2019s key note speech, panel presentations, Q&#038;A sessions, and the Annual General Assembly on the Portal. If the technology functions properly, we hope to take questions from Anciens at the College as well as from on-line participants. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">I would also like to introduce Mr. Martin Molloy, (SC 136; the soon-to-be-famous \u201cCOVID Class\u201d) who agreed to serve as the interim Executive Secretary of the Anciens Association as Captain Helge Tonning, (SC 110) steps down and until Ms. Nancy Vellone, (SC 111), assumes duty after this year\u2019s Seminar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Finally, we are about to publish the <em><strong>Vox Collegi<\/strong><\/em> with the newly structured \u201cSpotlight\u201d section and will send you a link shortly. A hard copy will be provided to Anciens joining the Seminar in Rome. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Until then, stay healthy and safe. See you here in Rome or on the screen!<br \/>\nBest Regards,<br \/>\nStephen<br \/>\n(MSC 103-1)<br \/><\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Stephen J. Mariano, Ph.D.<br \/>\nDean, NATO Defense College <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Senior Course Anciens, We\u2019re looking forward to your arrival here in Rome for the 67th Annual Anciens<\/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-13096","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 6 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 2, 2020","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 2, 2020 13:41","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:30"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13096","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=13096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13096"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}