18th - 19th September, 2024
UTAC Millbrook, Bedfordshire
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| DAY ONE – MAIN PLENARY | |
| 09:40 – 10:20 | Advanced Manufacturing in Defence. Director Joint Support, Major General Phil Prosser UKStratCom |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Opening Address. Min DPI. – Panel Session. Min DPI, CGS and DGLand |
| 11:20 – 12:20 | Land Mobility Programme and Material Distribution Land: • Mr Rob Vining. Senior Responsible Owner for LMP and MDL. AHQ • Miss Rachel Clark. Project Director Land Mobility Programme. AHQ • Colonel Jez Johnson. Assistant Head Protected Mobility. DE&S • Mr David Stevenson. Project Director MDL. AHQ • Mr Keith Atkins. Assistant Head Armoured and Logistic Vehicles DE&S |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Transforming the army to achieve war winning readiness, US Brig Gen Troy Denomy |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Army Rapid Acquisition, Col Stu Nassé AH Military Capability Delivery AHQ |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Meeting the imperative to improve pace in Defence Acquisition, Caroline Boughton DAPD Dir |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Women in Defence Challenge Interview, Angela Owen WiD |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Women in Defence Panel Session, Angela Owen WiD |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | DE&S Operation Model Air Cdre Rob Woods DE&S ‘System Integration’ Implementation Lead and Mr Vikash Patel Director Commissioning, DE&S Gateway |
| 16:30 – Closed for Visitors | |
| DAY ONE – PRESENTATION DOME | |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Broadcast of Opening Address. Min DPI. – Panel Session. Min DPI, CGS and DGLand |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | RiwP – The Case for Reconfigurable Weapons Systems, Richard Allen-Miles MEA Capture Lead |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Doing Business within the Land Enterprise – Challenges and Opportunities, Mike Beard LEOC Commercial Hd DE&S |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Inculcating lessons learnt from operations back into training, Col James Thurstan LWC AHQ |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | The shift towards Prototype Warfare: Uncrewed Lessons Learned from Ukraine and the impact on future MOD demand signals James Gavin, FCI Hd DE&S |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | DASA working with the Army Hannah Platts and Vicki Savage |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Innovation in Defence, John Ridge Dir Def Innovation |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | AI Edge computing and increasing performance (per watt) DefenceX |
| 15:00- 15:20 | Integrated Smart Manufacturing Jacobs |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Army Digital Transformation, Col Pete Brunton AH IS & LETacCIS Programme Manager AHQ |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Operation under Airborne and ATGM Threats – RADA’s insight from current conflicts. Alon Amitay, Leonardo DRS VP Business Development |
| 16:30 – Closed for Visitors | |
| DAY TWO – MAIN PLENARY | |
| 09:20 – 9:40 | Safeguarding Capability and Supporting UK Supply Chain Resilience: Bridging the gap between SMEs and Large Corporates. James Kempston, CEO, NP Aerospace |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | International Cooperation and BOXER Programme Delivery through OCCAR-EA, OCCAR Alexandra Alonzi |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | NATO NSPA – Boxer Fotios Elmaliotis |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | The British Army’s Mechanised Infantry [Boxer] Programme – Progress so far, Martyn Williams (SRO Mechanised Infantry Programme & Director Boxer Strategic Pipeline) and Col Iain Fake (Programme Director Mechanised Infantry Programme) AHQ |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | The British Army’s Boxer Strategic Pipeline – An Overview and What the Future Holds, Martyn Williams (SRO Mechanised Infantry Programme & Director Boxer Strategic Pipeline) and Tina Waggott (Deputy Head Boxer Strategic Pipeline) AHQ |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Boxer Q&A Panel, Marc Nuijten, Alexandra Alonzi, Dave Russell, Martyn Williams, Iain Fake, Tina Waggott |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Future Advantage Through Evaluation, Freddie Martin, Programme Director T&E Transformation, UK MOD |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Development of Robotic and Autonomous Systems to Support Future Land Forces, Mr Luke Gallantree |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Accelerating innovations into service: John Stretton, Director of Aerospace, Defence & Security Sector, MTC and Gareth Drew, Chief Engineer – Aerospace, Defence & Security Sector, MTC |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Ajax into the future, Simon Pearson Hd Ajax DE&S |
| 13:40 – 14:10 | Army Futures – ‘Battle winning ideas’ Hd Mil Cap Plans AHQ |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | The Importance of Data Management in Supply Chain Resilience Rebecca Ryan, Procurement Director TVS Supply Chain Solutions |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | How UK Defence & Security Exports (UKDSE) Supports SMEs to Export: David Woodbridge, SME Engagement Team Leader, UKDSE and Maj Harriet Chapman RA, Officer Commanding, Export Support Team, UKDSE |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | CT40. The British Armies most Powerful and Versatile medium calibre weapon system, CTA-International |
| 16:00 – Closed for Visitors | |
| DAY TWO – PRESENTATION DOME | |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | Delivering a more Modern, more Lethal and Productive Army – Horstman/RENK Support Bertie Williams Business Development Director |
| 9:50 – 10:50 | Land Industrial Strategy next steps, driving industrial resilience and security. LIS team |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Exploiting Innovation Through the Land Open Systems Architecture Approach – Why It’s More Important Than Ever – Tom Young – Chief Engineer LOSA (DE&S) and Lisa Hunter-Yeats – Head of Business Delivery Land Solutions (Qinetiq) |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Pulling climate change into the present for a resilient, adaptable modern Army, Brig Tim Symonds, Climate Change and Sustainability |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | The Land Certification Authority Team – Introducing the new requirements for Land Certification Defence Standards, Defence Safety Authority |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Increasing Lethality of Existing Fleets – Tom Newman, Babcock |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Combat Engineering in a Remote and Autonomous World – Pearson Engineering ltd |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Fighting At Night from Military Technology – Aaron Hewit UK Sales Manager KME ltd |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Mixed Reality Collaboration: Supporting Operations at Reach. Duncan McSporran – Kognitiv Spark |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | From Edge to Corps – The Technology Gap – Nick Garland CDW ltd |
| 16:00 – Closed for Visitors | |