XV 26th - 29th JANUARY TWICKENHAM STADIUM LONDON, UK WWW.INTERNATIONALARMOUREDVEHICLES.COM EVENT GUIDE 2015 THE WORLD’S PREMIER NETWORKING FORUM DEDICATED TO THE ARMOURED VEHICLES COMMUNITY @IAVehicles ABOUT THE ORGANISERS MEET THE TEAM Welcome From The Chairman Defence IQ is an authoritative news source for high Pete Andersen quality and exclusive commentary and analysis Dear Colleagues, on global defence and military-related topics. IAV XV Director It gives me great pleasure to welcome you and so many others from across the globe to the Sourcing interviews and insights directly from senior Amar Karia 15th Annual International Armoured Vehicles conference. military and industry professionals on air defence, cyber warfare, armoured vehicles, naval defence, Sales Director - Head of Armoured Vehicles I learned much from last year’s event at Farnborough, not least in how to moderate a session land defence and many more topics, Defence IQ Elizabeth Crawley fed, at the last minute, by a video link from USAREUR HQ in Germany! The organisers have is a unique multimedia platform to discuss and learned from delegates too, refocusing the Conference into a new, versatile venue, much learn about the latest developments within the Senior Operations Manager closer to the centre of London. Rugby fans will benefit too from being at ‘HQ’ for almost a defence sector. So join almost 70,000 defence Phoebe Walker week! professionals today to access all the exclusive video interviews, podcasts, articles and whitepapers Operations Manager By the time we meet, NATO will have withdrawn from combat operations in Afghanistan that are available and updated on a daily basis at and many governments have indicated an aversion to ‘boots on the ground’. But during a www.defenceiq.com – and all for free. Nishkala Thiru year when the threat from ISIS/ISIL/IS has become manifest and the conflict in Ukraine Senior Marketing Manager begs international attention, many have suggested that boots on the ground are almost COMING IN 2015 always necessary to stabilise and ultimately resolve such issues. With boots comes John Geenty the need for firepower, mobility, protection and information, best provided by a Managing Director combination of aerial platforms and armoured vehicles. This conference provides April a unique opportunity to focus on this ubiquitous capability and learn, within the 2015 constraints of security, how to make the best of the capability in hand and how to CONTENTS focus future requirements. Attending the Main Conference Any effective military capability requires an industrial hinterland to sustain existing platforms and to develop even more capable successors. Those who Welcome From The Chairman 2 attended last year’s conference in Farnborough will recall that a number of June IQPC Staff 3 nations had embarked upon programmes to prolong and enhance venerable 2015 AFVs and that a few farsighted nations had launched comprehensive, Main Conference Agenda Day 1 4 internationally partnered programmes to develop home-grown capability and revitalise indigenous industry. Drinks Reception / Gala DInner 5 I hope to hear this year how these programmes are progressing and how August Speaker Biographies Day 1 6 others have embarked on similar initiatives. We should also be able to 2015 hear how technological advances and novel solutions can drive down Main Conference Agenda Day 2 8 costs, improve the operator experience, raise standards through better Speaker Biographies Day 2 9 training and drive up overall capability. Pre-Conference Focus Day Agenda 10 Whether you are a military practitioner, acquisition staffer, decision maker, programme manager, technical expert, industrial supplier September Pre Conference Speaker Biographies 11 or strategic leader, I believe you will all benefit considerably from 2015 attending and look forward to welcoming you to Twickenham. In Post Conference Workshop 12 the margins, we should also be able to rekindle old friendships, embark on new relationships and hopefully share some of the Exhibitors & Sponsors Guide 13 pitfalls that colleagues might wish to avoid! Floorplan 14-15 October Exhibitor Profiles 16-22 2015 Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward International Armoured Vehicles 2016 23 KBE CB Chairman, Media Partners 24 IAVs Conference 2015 2015 Event Calendar 25-27 2 3 MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE: 27TH JANUARY 07:15 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS DRINKS RECEPTION WELCOME FROM DEFENCE IQ AND CHAIRMANS OPENING REMARKS 08:15 Pete Andersen, IAV XV Director, Defence IQ & Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CB, Former Chief of Materiel (Land) & 27th January Quartermaster General HOST NATION KEYNOTE MINISTERIAL PRESENTATION Rose Suite, RUAG Defence’s Stand 08:30 Philip Dunne MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support & Technology, British Government THE FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLE MARKET: BEING SHAPED MORE FROM THE OUTSIDE THAN FROM THE INSIDE 18.40 - 19.40 09:00 Kevin J. Kennedy, Vice President, International Business Development, Textron Systems Corporation US DoD KEYNOTE ADDRESS 09:30 Lieutenant General Michael Williamson, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, US Department of Defense Join RUAG Defence at their stand for networking drinks CLOSING THE CAPABILITY GAP: PAYLOAD, PERFORMANCE AND PROTECTION FOR THE JLTV accompanied by Raclette and Cherry Schnapps. It’s 10:00 Colonel John Cavedo, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Joint Program Office Manager,US Army been coined a staple of wintertime in Switzerland and MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK SPONSORED BY TEXTRON SYSTEMS 10:30 with the tradition originating there, Raclette, the meal, COMBAT VEHICLE CAPABILITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 11:10 Per Samuelsson, Deputy Director, Business Development, BAE SYSTEMS HAGGLUNDS is one of Switzerland’s best loved national dishes and PANEL DISCUSSION: G6 INDUSTRY SHOWCASE is very popular in other parts of Europe. This panel discussion invites OEMs and key industry players to debate the topics pushing currently driving the community. Panel Participants: 11:40 TEXTRON SYSTEMS | BAE SYSTEMS HAGGLUNDS | NEXTER SYSTEMS | MILSPRAY Military Technologies | GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM | RUAG Defence 12:40 NETWORKING LUNCH FIREPOWER STREAM PROTECTION STREAM Chaired by Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward Chaired by Alan Bolster Elgar Suite Live Room 14:00 HOW THE BRITISH ARMY PLANS TO SHAPE ITS MOUNTED CLOSE WHAT ARE THE REAL PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE ARMOUR COMBAT CAPABILITY IN THE FUTURE SYSTEMS? Colonel Johnny Biggart, Assistant Director Mounted Close Combat, Professor Bryn James, Head - Armour & Protection Science & Combat Capability Directorate, British Army HQ Technology Centre, Dstl WEAPONS SYSTEMS: A NEW PARADIGM PROTECTION OF THE FUTURE: INDEPENDENT AND COMPLETE 14:30 Patrick Langlois, VP Marketing Eurasia, CMI Defence Dr Markus A. Zoller, CEO, RUAG Defence INNOVATION AT THE GROUND FORCES COMMAND WEAPON MECHANISED FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTED DEPARTMENT 15:00 CAPABILITY Major Yanay Ish am, Weapons Development Department, Armored Colonel Erich Weissenboeck, Director of Plans, Austrian MoD Branch, Israel Defence Force MODULAR APPROACH OF REMOTE WEAPON STATIONS: HOW TO PROVIDE END USERS AND OEMS WITH RWS CONFIGURABLE ARMOURED TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT DECADE 15:30 WITH ARMOURED VEHICLES MISSIONS AND THREATS? Ulf Deisenroth, President, IBD Deisenroth Engineering Christophe Héron, Head of Systems Marketing, FN Herstal GALA DINNER 16:00 AFTERNOON TEA & NETWORKING SPONSORED BY IBD Deisenroth Engineering 27th January US ARMY COMBAT VEHICLE MODERNIZATION: CURRENT LIGHT WEIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE PROTECTION STRATEGY, THE FUTURE AND BEYOND 2025 16:30 Mike Sandercott, Lead Engineer for Special Projects & Anthony Moran, Spirit of Rugby, West Stand Colonel Glenn A. Dean, Emerging Capabilities Office Director,U.S. Army Lead Engineer for Armour Systems, Morgan Advanced Materials Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center 19.40 til late CANADIAN R&D PROGRAMME FOR ARMOURED FIGHTING 40MM CTA: AN OPERATIONAL REALITY VEHICLES: REQUIREMENTS/TECHNICAL TRENDS AND THE 17:00 Mike Duckworth, Executive VP International Affairs, Nexter Systems PROCESS Alan Bolster, Manager, Alan Bolster Consulting Inc ASPECTS OF MODERNISATION & CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT Take your day’s conversations into an informal setting LIGHT-WEIGHT PROTECTION TO INCREASE MOBILITY, OPTIMIZE OF FIREPOWER 17:30 PAYLOAD AND REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT with a three course dinner and live music. Sponsored Colonel Klaus Schiefenbusch, Chief of Combat Division, Concepts and Dirk Louwers, Marketing Director Life Protection EMEA, DSM Capabilities Development Centre, Bundeswehr DYNEEMA by IAV XV lead partner Textron Systems. If you have All return to the LIVE Room registered for the gala dinner please go to the meeting CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS 18:00 point in the exhibition area at 19.40 and a member of Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commanding General, US Army Europe the International Armoured Vehicles XV team will guide IAVs 2015 AWARDS 18:20 you to the venue. CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS 18:30 Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CB, Former Chief of Materiel (Land) & Quartermaster General END OF DAY ONE AND START OF DRINKS RECEPTION SPONSORED BY RUAG Defence 18:40 in the Rose Suite GALA DINNER SPONSORED BY TEXTRON SYSTEMS 19:40 in the Spirit of Rugby Suite, West Stand, Twickenham Stadium 4 5 SELECTED SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES 27TH JANUARY 2015 Rubber Track Systems and Components Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CB, Former Chief