REGISTER BY JULY 17TH FOR A £400 DISCOUNT • REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR A £200 DISCOUNT • REGISTER BY OCTOBER 30TH FOR A £100 DISCOUNT SMi proudly presents... 23RD - 24TH NOV 2015 LONDON Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK Maximising Force Protection for Mechanised Personnel The only Armoured Vehicles Conference Harnessing the Expertise of both Military and Industry Technical Programme Managers Leading Military Experts: Major General Aguiar Santos, Pandur Mechanised Brigade Commander, Portuguese Army, Portugal Brigadier General Roberto Soria Martinez, Head of Land Systems, Spanish Army, Spain Brigadier Martin Wijnen, Commander of 43 Mechanized Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director of Armament and Procurement, Austrian MoD, Austria Brigadier Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS, UK Colonel Egbert Teeuw, Head of Ground Based Weapon Systems Division, Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation, Netherlands Lieutenant Colonel Henk Ouwehand, Commander of the 45th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands Major Claus Heesakker Johansen, Armoured Vehicles Study and Development Branch, Danish Army Combat Benefits of attending: and Fire Support Centre, Denmark (sfc) • Cutting edge technology presented by those at Leading Industry Experts: the forefront of industry, including BAE Systems, Mr Dan Lindell, Platform Manager, Combat Vehicles, BAE General Dynamics Land Systems, Systems Hägglunds, Sweden Rheinmetall/KMW and Lockheed Martin UK Mr Stefan Lischka, Managing Director, ARTEC GMBH, Krauss Maffei & Rheinmetall, Germany • Senior military representation from those leading Mr Bryan Vaughan, Head of Materials, Lockheed Martin, UK procurement in Europe, including Spain, Mr Gary Hines, Head of Protected Vehicles, Thales, Portugal, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands Australia Mr Mark Dean, Head of Survivability and Mechanical System • Gain an insight into the work of internationally Design, General Dynamics Land Systems, UK respected researchers and military programme Sponsorship is now open managers For further information, please contact Justin Predescu via [email protected] or +44 207 8276130 PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Wednesday 25th November, Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK Countering IED Threats: Understanding the Operational Environment and Developing Proactive Solutions Sponsored by www.favsurvivability.com Register online or fax your registration to +44 (0) 870 9090 712 or call +44 (0) 870 9090 711 MILITARY, GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR RATES AVAILABLE @SMiGroupDefence #avsurvive Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2015 www.favsurvivability.com Dear Colleagues, Senior Representatives from both the Military and Industry It is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2015, taking place from the 23rd to the 24th of November in London. Major General Aguiar Santos,Pandur Mechanised Brigade Commander, Portuguese Army, Portugal As an imperative asset within any land force, the armoured Brigadier General Roberto Soria Martinez, vehicle is relied upon to provide mobility, fire support and Head of Land Systems, Spanish Army, Spain protection to personnel. However, as the operational environment has proven time and time again, these assets Brigadier Martin Wijnen, Commander of 43 have proven vulnerable to an array of threats, such threats Mechanized Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands are constantly adapting. It is therefore the aim of our forth coming conference to meet these challenges head on, Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director of providing a platform for leading armoured vehicle Armament and Procurement, Austrian MoD, Austria operators, respected research institutions as well as cutting Brigadier Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, edge industry to convene and develop proactive solutions. IISS, UK I would ask you to pay particular attention to our Colonel Egbert Teeuw, Head of Ground Based conference agenda, which has been put together with Weapon Systems Division, Netherlands Defence great care to ensure the very best opportunities to bench Materiel Organisation, Netherlands mark and learn from subject matter experts, dealing with Major Claus Heesakker Johansen, Armoured the technologies and operational doctrines at the heart of Vehicles Study and Development Branch, Danish the armoured vehicle. Army Combat and Fire Support Centre, Denmark (sfc) Only through learning and networking with our peers can Mr Dan Lindell, Platform Manager, Combat Vehicles, BAE Systems Hägglunds, Sweden we enhance and improve our ideas and execution of military projects. I urge you to join us in November 2015, Mr Stefan Lischka, Managing Director, ARTEC GMBH, alongside an array of likeminded individuals to ensure that Krauss Maffei & Rheinmetall, Germany you too can benefit from this unique forum. Mr Bryan Vaughan, Head of Materials, Lockheed Martin, UK Yours Sincerely, Mr Gary Hines, Head of Protected Vehicles, Thales, Australia Mr Robert Shaw, Mr Mark Dean, Head of Survivability and Mechanical C-IED Advisor, UNMAS, Department of System Design, General Dynamics Land Systems, UK Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLES SURVIVABILITY 2015: POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Countering IED Threats: Understanding the Operational Environment and Developing Proactive Solutions Hosted by: Mr Robert Shaw, C-IED Advisor, UNMAS, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations 9.00 - 12.30 Wednesday 25th November 2015, Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London Regardless of a noticeable drawdown in the direct use of land forces, the Topics covered will include: IED still offers a potentially devastating threat to mechanised forces within • Lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, many strategically important regions. Led by an international leader in the understanding the threat as a starting point field, Countering IED Threats shall seek to draw on a wealth of operational experience, identifying and understanding the threat as a starting point, • How research and industry can develop then proactively providing solutions through requirements for material technical solutions through comprehensive assets, advanced operational strategies and tactful training solutions. understanding of the threat • Key areas for investment in the research Allowing ground forces to effectively plan for future operations where and development field forces may once again be exposed to the debilitating and lethal threat • Future requirements for solution providers of IEDs. Register online at: www.favsurvivability.com • Alternatively fax y Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2015 Day One | Monday 23rd November 2015 8.15 Day 1 - Conference Registration and Informal Introductions 13.45 How Experience from Previous Operations and the Emergence of New Threats will Shape Armoured Vehicle Doctrines and 8.45 Chairman’s Opening Address Technology • An overview of lessons learned from counter insurgency operations 9.00 Spanish Survivability Requirements for Its Planned 8x8 IFV • A discussion of threats experienced • Operational requirements that have driven procurement • Current advances in IED capability and the proliferation of • The capability gaps within the existing BMR 6X6 vehicle advanced anti-armour weapons amongst non-state actors • Survivability requirements for the Spanish Land Forces, how the • How land forces and solution providers can overcome these BMR's replacement can deliver these challenges Brigadier General Roberto Soria Martinez, Head of Land Systems, Major General Aguiar Santos, Pandur Mechanised Brigade Spanish Army, Spain Commander, Portuguese Army, Portugal Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director of Armament and 9.30 Promoting Enhanced Force Protection through Interoperability Procurement, Austrian MoD, Austria amongst Defence Forces Brigadier General Roberto Soria Martinez, Head of Land Systems, • A case study of Dutch and German joint-cooperation within their respective armoured vehicle fleet Spanish Army, Spain • Survivability and force protection capability gaps, how joint Brigadier Martin Wijnen, Commander of 43 Mechanized force cooperation can fill these requirement’s Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands • Challenges with co-operation in this domain, how these might Brigadier Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS, UK be mitigated and a net-centric approach created for future operations 14.30 An Overview of ABBS’s Active Mine Protection Systems Brigadier Martin Wijnen, Commander of 43 Mechanized • The VGAM system: For the elimination of vehicle global Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army, Netherlands acceleration • How ABBS’s Vehicle Active Floor & Seat (VAFS) system can 10.00 Austria's Approach to Armoured Vehicle Modernisation and protect occupants by drastically reducing Floor Shock and Procurement Gross Deformation effects, providing an Active Seat • Austria´s view concerning Armoured Vehicles mechanism • A progress report on Austria’s introduction of enhanced • Drehtainer’s Zero Shock® system and its ability to completely capability within the Pandur I platform eliminate the Floor Shock threat • An overview of these upgrades and how they have Mr Roger Sloman, Managing Director, Advanced Blast and enhanced force protection Ballistic Systems, UK • The potential for defence forces to co-operate in this important area 15.00 BAE Systems CV90: Increasing Vehicle Survivability through the Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director