presents the 17th Annual... @IAVehicles #IAVevent THE WORLD’S PREMIER ARMOURED VEHICLES FORUM MRO & UPGRADES FOCUS DAY MAIN CONFERENCE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES WORKSHOP 23rd January 2017 24th-25th January 2017 26th January 2017 ICE-BREAKING COCKTAIL RECEPTION EVENING GALA DINNER VENUE 23rd January 2017 24th January 2017 Twickenham Stadium, London, UK EXAMINING THE ROLE OF ARMOUR IN CONFRONTING FUTURE THREATS “I was very privileged to be able to General speak here today. But, the true value Dennis Via, is in the personal relations…. To be Commanding able to talk with industry to see what General, US capabilities are here and what they Army Materiel Command, 2016 are promising for the future.” Keynote Speaker Lead Partner: Conference Partners: Associate Partners: www.iavevent.com | +44 (0)207 036 1300 | [email protected] THE WORLD’S PREMIER ARMOURED VEHICLES FORUM @IAVehicles Dear Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to invite you to join me and so many others from across the globe at next year’s International Armoured Vehicles Conference to be held at the Twickenham Marriot Hotel, London, 23- 26 January 2017. Now in its 17th year, the Conference will bring together practitioners, providers and wider stakeholders to take an in-depth, contemporary look at armoured vehicles in the Defence and Security context. IAV 16 featured 30 outstanding speakers from 6 continents, exposing challenges, issues, risks, novel and not so novel solutions, extensive product and service ranges, comprehensive programmes, mature and immature requirements and even the odd gleam in the soldier’s eye. Some enduring themes continued to resonate: the need for better dialogue; despite resource challenges – a reasonably healthy industry, responsive to requirements; an emphasis on realistic, pragmatic and Lieutenant simple requirements; modularity, scalability and future proofing enabled by an Open System General (Rtd) Architecture (OSA); exchange of lessons and requirements between nations and partners can Sir Gary Coward deliver real benefits, and; the suggestion that the tank is dead still appears to be premature! KBE CB, Former Quartermaster IAV 17 promises to reprise these issues and more. General, From these shores, 2016 has been dominated by the referendum to leave the European DE&S, UK MoD Union and the uncertainty that has flowed from that momentous decision. By the time Gary spent his early career in of the Conference, we may know more about what this actually means for the UK and the Royal Artillery, serving in Europe. We will certainly know the outcome of the US Presidential Election by the time Germany and Northern Ireland. we meet again – the new incumbent’s inauguration will have just taken place 3 days prior, He trained as a helicopter pilot in but we will still be in relatively uncharted waters. New relationships, notably with Russia 1978 and continued at regimental and China, as well as with and within Europe will be required. And then there has been duty in the UK, Germany, Hong no let-up in the uncertainty and instability caused by global terrorism, especially in Kong and Brunei, transferring mainland Europe where unprecedented migration has heightened the severe security to the Army Air Corps in 1983. challenge. On the staff, Gary has held posts in the UISA, UK and Bosnia. He Within this broad strategic context, conventional tensions and conflicts across the commanded C Flight in Brunei, 656 world also claim our attention. In Europe NATO is routinely deploying armoured Squadron in the UK and 1 Regiment formations in Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States to deter any further Russian AAC in Germany and the Balkans. More recently, Gary has served in the MOD, inspired instability or aggression. Throughout North and West Africa and the Joint Helicopter Command and the the Middle East, conventional forces are pitted against asymmetric threats Permanent Joint Headquarters. In his and terrorism, stimulated, for the most part, by Islamic Fundamentalism. final tour in the Army he was both Chief of Significant casualties continue to result from wars in Mexico, Somalia, South Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster General. Sudan and Yemen. Such conflicts highlight the roles armoured vehicles play He was appointed OBE in 1996, CB in 2008 in protecting people, delivering mobility and lethality, but also expose their and KBE in 2012. Since retiring from the Army vulnerabilities and the challenges in training and sustainability. at the end of 2012, Gary has established a portfolio of non-executive and charitable roles. The list of confirmed international speakers for IAV 17 is already He maintains links with the Army through being impressive and I am confident that other significant players will add even a Trustee of the Sandhurst Trust, President of greater diversity and insight. This conference offers an unparalleled both the AOP Officers’ Association and the AAC opportunity to share these varied experiences in this vital field, at a Veterans’ Association and is a Deputy Colonel venue that offers the space to exhibit, confer and network with a wide Commandant of the AAC. variety of international colleagues on one site. Whether you are a military practitioner, acquisition staffer, decision maker, programme manager, technical expert, industrial supplier or strategic leader, I believe you will all benefit considerably from attending and look forward to welcoming you to Twickenham early next year. Best Wishes, Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CB Chairman International Armoured Vehicles Conference 2017 www.iavevent.com | +44 (0)207 036 1300 | [email protected] THE WORLD’S PREMIER ARMOURED VEHICLES FORUM @IAVehicles Keynote Speakers Speakers Include General David G. Perkins, Commanding General, General Robert B. Neller, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Commandant of the Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters Lieutenant General Ajax Porto Pinheiro (Brazil), Force Commander, MINUSTAH Neller is the 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. Prior to his current Major General Robert Talbot-Rice, assignment, he served as the Commander of Marine Forces Command (2014-2015) Director Land Equipment, Defence Equipment and Support – UK MoD and Marine Forces Central Command (2012-2014). He has served as an infantry officer at all levels, including command of Marine Security Force Company Panama during Major-General Vakhtang kapanadze, Operations JUST CAUSE and PROMOTE LIBERTY; 3d Light Armored Infantry Battalion Chief of General Staff, during Operation RESTORE HOPE; 6th Marine Regiment; and 3d Marine Division. He Georgian Armed Forces also served as Deputy Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Major General Idriss M Alkali, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2005-2007); Assistant Division Commander Commander Armoured Corps, for 1st and 2d Marine Divisions; and President of Marine Corps University. His Joint Nigerian Army assignments include service in the Policy Division of Supreme Headquarters Allied Brigadier General Andrés Chapa Huidor, Powers Europe, and as the Director of Operations of the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. Commander, Calvary Brigade “Castillejos, He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Advanced Course, Marine Corps Command and Spanish Army Staff College, NATO Defense College, and the Armed Forces Staff College. Brigadier General Chris Mills, Director General, Army Modernization, Australian Army General Robert Abrams, Brigadier-General D.A. Macaulay, Commanding General, CD, Chief of Staff Army Strategy, U.S. Army Forces Command Canadian Army Brigadier General Roger Turner, Director, Capabilities Development General Robert B. “Abe” Abrams assumed duties as the 22nd Commander of Directorate, United States Army Forces Command August 10, 2015. He is a 1982 graduate U.S. Marine Corps of the U.S. Military Academy where he was commissioned as an armor officer. Brigadier General Charles Beaudouin, During his 34 years of service he has served in command and staff positions Director Technical Section, across the Army, Joint and Department of Defense community in Germany, the French Army United States, and Southwest Asia. His tours of duty with warfighting units include Brigadier General Norbert Huber, 3rd Armored Division; 1st Cavalry Division (three tours); the 3rd Infantry Division; Director Armament and Procurement, and 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. His joint experience includes serving as a MoD Austria strategic war planner for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, with responsibility for Brigadier General Bernhard Liechtenauer, CENTCOM Area of Operations; and as Director of the Joint Center of Excellence Chief of Staff and Deputy Director, ACCDC, for Improvised Explosive Device Defeat/ Deputy Director for Training for Joint IED German Army Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). He also commanded the Army’s National Training Brigadier General Fahd Faleh Al Dhamen, Center at Fort Irwin, California and prior to his current command, he was the 3rd Division Commander, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Jordan Armed Forces Brigadier General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, Chief Staff Officer, Ghana Army HQ Lieutenant General Paul Jaques, Chief of Materiel (Land), Brigadier General Ovidiu Uifaleanu, Defence Equipment and Support – UK MoD Commander, Multinational Division South-East (MND-SE) Brigadier General Gabor Horvath, Jaques was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Acting Chief of Land Forces, on 6 August 1983. He became commander of 101st Logistic Brigade in Hungarian