Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, we have taken the decision to postpone the Air Integration Summit 2020.
The event is postponed until 2021, and we will update you again when the future dates are finalised. We apologise for any inconvenience caused however we will be back in 2021 to deliver a quality event and thank you for your support.
Leveraging the Air for the Future Joint Fight
Previously the Close Air Support conference,
Air Integration Summit 2020 will widen the scope of discussions and build meaningful consensus around solving shared challenges on integration of the Air domain within Joint combat operations. Within this single domain, multi-user context the re-formatted conference will discuss the most challenging issues at the 'business end' of air power and discuss the means by which attack capability can be delivered rapidly from the air in the most precise way.
Fresh light attack programmes, the growing focus on precise Joint effects and a NATO focus on greater interoperability for contested and multi-domain environments suggests an urgent need for development. As such we are pleased to host this summit to give leaders at the joint and coalition levels an opportunity to talk through their most critical challenges and share some insight into the design of their attack mission set as well as participate in the discussions that will allow them to seize and exploit the initiative.
Discussion Topics Include:
- Analysis of the most effective platforms to rapidly deliver precise attack capability including Light Attack and Unmanned Systems
- Overcoming Air-Land and Air-Maritime integration challenges in order to increase the contribution made to Joint operations
- How the integration of new air-centric technologies can best be applied within a fully networked, multi-domain Joint Force
- Advancements in Comms, Sensors and other critical elements of target acquisition and information relay
- Enhancing the lethality, precision and scalability of a range of effectors for use in Air-to-Surface combat
"Good variety of nationalities and expertise allowing for excellent networking opportunities"
Marketing Director, Thales
"This event allows great awareness on the ideas and development of CAS"
Fire Support Officer, Singapore MOD
"Valuable conference."
Technical Consultant, Norconsult Telematics
"Great opportunity to network with leadership from both industry and militaries from around the world and hear about the issues impacting each of them"
USAF Attendee
2020 Conference chairman
- Air Marshal (retd.) Sir Christopher Harper, Former Director General, NATO International Military Staff
Early Confirmed 2020 Speakers
- Colonel General Sergii Drozdov, Commander, Ukrainian Air Force
- Lieutenant General Brian Beaudreault, Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force, US Marine Corps
- Dr Richard Joseph, Chief Scientist, US Air Force
- Major General Frederic Parisot, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programmes, French Air Force
- Brigadier General David Abba, Director, F-35 Integration Office, US Air Force
- Brigadier General Riccardo Rinaldi, Commander, Joint Air Operations School, Italian Armed Forces
- Colonel Dainus Guzas, Commander, Lithuanian Air Force
- Colonel Mete Kus, Head of Training Department, Turkish Air Force Headquarters
- Confirmed representative, -, German Air Force
- Wing Commander Judith Graham, Programme Manager, Reaper and Protector, Royal Air Force
- Lieutenant Colonel William Church, NATO Defence Planner (Air Expert), Defence Planning, Targets and Review Branch, NATO Allied Command Transformation
- Squadron Leader Michael Lyddon, Commander, Air Support Operations Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Major Marianne Sparklin, Company Air Officer, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, US Marine Corps
- Major Cristiano Refi, Chief JTAC Evaluator, Italian Army
- Ross McKenzie, UAS Staff Officer, Aerospace Capabilities Section, NATO HQ
- Justin Bronk, Research Fellow / Editor, RUSI Defence Systems
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Venue
Hilton London Canary Wharf
Marsh Wall South Quay Square, E14 9SH
London, UK
Accommodation:
Travel and accommodation are not included in the conference fee; however we have put together a HotelMap that displays discounted accommodation for hotels in the area near to Close Air Support 2019. The map displays live availability and allows you to book directly with each hotel:
https://www.HotelMap.com/pro/MFV98 Please note: We will never recommend, approve or appoint any third party rooming service to act on our behalf. Please be extremely wary if you are approached by any such companies; regrettably a number of our speakers and sponsors have recently been targeted by companies claiming to beat the prices offered but this is simply a fraudulent attempt to secure your credit card details.
