Catherine Ashton, Head of the European Defence Agency, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy & Vice-President of the European Commission, keynote speech focused again on the outcomes of December’s European Council. She reinforced the calls for the implementation of the four key capabilities given to the European Defence Agency and emphasised that European Defence needs to be underpinned by the right capabilities. Please find the full speech here. More information News "European Defence Matters: Free Debate on Role of EDA" (28 Mar 2014) News "European Defence Matters: Speech by Dimitris Avramopoulos" (28 Mar 2014) News "European Defence Matters: Speech by Pieter de Crem" (27 Mar 2014) News "European Defence Matters: Securing the Future Through Research and Innovation" (27 Mar 2014) News "European Defence Matters: How to Move Defence Cooperation Further and Faster" (27 Mar 2014) News "European Defence Matters: Turning Political will into Practical Implementation" (27 Mar 2014) News "Debating European Cooperation on Defence Capabilities" (27 Mar 2014) News "EDA Annual Conference Update: Roundtables on Capabilities & Defence Industry" (11 Mar 2014) News "EDA Annual Conference: European Defence Matters" (3 Feb 2014) Pictures of the Annual Conference are available on Flickr EDA Annual Conference webpage