About The Organisers

WBR Defence – Part of World Wide Business Research

Worldwide Business Research (WBR) has an 11-year relationship with the defence industry on both sides of the Atlantic, through its WBR Defence series of events in Europe and the US. Conferences such as Defence Logistics, Soldier Technology, Homeland Security and Defence Partnerships are annual reference points for MoDs across the world and are key to influencing policy and strategy in the defence industry.

Founded in 1996 and with offices in New York, London, Singapore and Toronto, WBR has a truly global reach and employs over 150 conference professionals. Each year, approximately 10,000 senior executives from Fortune 1,000 companies and leading government organisations attend the company's 60 annual conferences - a true "who's who" of today's corporate world.

Support Of Key Defence Organisations

The success of WBR Defence is based on building close relationships with MoDs and multinational organisations such as NATO and the EU Military Staff. Our commitment to meeting their needs is why our conferences are well supported by key defence organisations. DGI – one of our flagship events – is the only international conference attended annually by 25 representatives of the US National Geospatial Agency and 60 UK MoD personnel.

A Programme Based On Continuous Research With Defence Leaders

We do not just attract the senior budget holders as speakers, we also spend over 6 months researching with them on a 1-to-1 basis beforehand in order to develop a program that specifically meets the needs of the defence industry. Every major challenge they face is addressed by the agenda, and the key opportunities they are looking at are examined in detail.

In the last 12 months alone our events have attracted MoD budget holders from France, Germany, Russia, Canada, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Singapore, Belgium, Turkey, the Netherlands, South Africa, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Macedonia as well as multinational organisations such as NATO, the European Space Agency, EU Military Staff, the UN and EU Satellite Centre.

Breakdown Of The Audience:

Each conference attracts a minimum of 300 senior budget holders and decision makers from MoDs, system integrators, security agencies and solution providers from across the globe.