Apparently the speakers will tell us that "the UK Ministry of Defence has implemented the vast majority of the Haddon-Cave Review’s recommendations and a profoundly different UK military aviation regulatory environment is in effect".
The statement seems pretty explicit.
The MAA knows there hasn't been a huge sea change in culture, since AEMS,DAEMS kicked off. Things have 'started' to move but there is a realisation that it will take time. Are the RAeS lap dogs of the MOD ? News to me & if they are, so what. The conference is a talking shop not a rule making body.