Soldier Equipment Conference: Army and Military Kit and Gear

Live Soldier Procurement Opportunities

The Soldier Technology conference is the only meeting place for national government soldier modernisation programme managers to network with the industry and resolve their challenges through smarter investments and partnerships.

Don’t miss out as over 500 government and industry delegates attend from 35+ nations to address capability development for dismounted, mounted, airborne and special operators.

Why Programme Managers are attending

With so much uncertainty about how defence budget cuts are going to impact on specific programmes, customers are telling us it is more important than ever to have the furthest possible foresight to make the right decisions for their companies.

Solider Technology is the only event that gives you the opportunity to hear from these key decision makers about where they are choosing their priorities and how they propose to overcome the challenges they are faced with.

Target Exhibitors for 2013

Based on feedback from military and industry working on active and upcoming soldier modernisation programmes, we are particularly seeking innovative vendors in the following categories to display soldier systems and equipment for the future soldier.

Can you help our audience overcome their biggest challenges?

The product and programme managers attending Solider Technology need your help to:

• Bear the cost and time of outsourcing R&D when businesses could be doing this themselves
• Identify partners willing to include end user input from the earliest stage to help them build a strong business case for investment
• Evaluate kit that is a quick fix and not necessarily interoperable with legacy systems

Who will you meet?

You will have the opportunity to hear live soldier systems and equipment procurement updates and meet programme managers face-to-face, including:

• Major Tim Forbes, Deputy Director, Battlefield Airmen, US Air Force
• Major Nasir Abbas Bangash, Infantry Liaison Officer to British Army, Pakistan Army
• Petr Snajdrarek, Programme Manager, ISR, MoD Czech Republic
• Brigadier Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Brigadier Mark Gaunt, Head, Soldier System Programmes, Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence UK
• Colonel Charlie Sykes, Assistant Director, Dismounted Close Combat, Capability Directorate Combat, Ministry of Defence UK
• Mike McCarthy, Program Manager and Director of Operations, Mission Command Complex, US Army

7 benefits to getting involved

Soldier Technology attracts the biggest audience of soldier modernisers in the world. 600 attendees with 50:50 balance between military and industry, key decision-markers all with specific interests in solider technology and equipment

1. Increase your export opportunity by accessing new geos. Meet and do business with programme managers from hard-to-penetrate nations including:

Limited Opportunities - Contact us to discuss your involvement

We have a limited number of sessions on the agenda reserved for qualified solutions providers to present their customer case studies alongside soldier modernisation programme managers from across the globe.