The World's Premier Conference for the Armoured Vehicles Community!
The International Armoured Vehicles Conference annually attracts 1000 delegates from over 50 nations, with conference attendance spanning the full armoured vehicles ecosystem. Representatives from military and government leadership join senior industry solution providers from both the major vehicles OEMS and the supply chain involved in producing the state-of-the-art technologies for the vehicles of the future, in order to address the key question: "how will we fight in the future?"
At a time when many in defence are spread thin and working overtime, we are committed to ensuring that attending IAVC2025 is valuable and productive. The 2025 conference will feature a packed agenda of plenary presentations, focused panel discussions, themed conference streams. The hugely-successful workshop sessions that were launched in 2024 will be returning to the event in order to facilitate dedicated conversations around the most pressing topics for the armoured vehicles community. These allow attendees to select topics that align with their professional interests, and to benefit from richer conversations with peers working in similar areas.
What's new for 2025:
Our new location at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre will feature an expanded exhibition hall with more opportunities to meet with key providers and decision-makers, and to view the latest armoured vehicles integrated into an interactive exhibition.
The new 3-day agenda offers more content than before to ensure full coverage of the most pressing issues relating to the armoured vehicle community, and provides additional opportunities for deep discussions with peers to tackle your current challenges.
Increased choice of topics for tailored workshops, including additive manufacturing for maintenance and active protection systems, which allow a broader range of topics to discuss with peers and colleagues to address operational challenges.
Join more nations and organisations than ever before at the event to foster new relationships with the armoured community and hear updates from their latest programmes in order create opportunities for future collaboration.
All conference attendees are invited to join us as our guests for a range of international food and drink options at the end of day 2. This additional social activity offers more time to continue the conversations started during the main proceedings, and is an excellent opportunity to come together in a relaxed environment after a full day of learning.
Conference Highlights
100 Speakers
50+ Nations
150+ Industry Organisations
1400+ Attendees
Why People Attend IAVs:
To develop and share their organisation's capability, knowledge and project management expertise at the world's largest annual international gathering of armoured mobility experts
To engage with their customers, targeted prospective partners, and supply chains to solve common challenges and accelerate modernisation and development agendas
To explore the future threat environment and participate in unbiased debate and discussion with the armour community's thought leaders, policy makers and innovators
This conference with over 1000 visitors 47 nation attending is the world's leading conference on armoured vehicles, I cannot think of a more relevant location or more important event to come to
The International Armoured Vehicles Conference was a superb opportunity to engage with our international and industry partners and have open and honest discussions about the future
Conference Chairmen
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, DL, DSACEUR (Mar 2014 - Mar 2017), Conference Chair
General (Ret.) David G. Perkins, 15th Commander of US Army TRADOC (2014-2018), Chairman, Situational Awareness & RAS Sessions
Brigadier (Retd.) Nick Cowey MBE, Head of Military Capability Delivery, British Army (2020-2023), Chairman, Sustainment Sessions
Early Confirmed Speakers
General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, British Army
General Hertz Pires Do Nascimento, Commander of the Southern Military Command, Brazilian Army
Lieutenant General David Eastman MBE, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, British Army
Lieutenant General Mike Elviss CB MBE, Commander Field Army, British Army
Lieutenant General Shakir Ullah Khattak, Chairman Heavy Industry Taxila, Pakistan Army
Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Vice Chief of the German Army and Commander Basic Military Organisation, Bundeswehr
Lieutenant General Carmine Masiello, Chief of Staff, Italian Army
Lieutenant General Satoru Ohashi, Director General of Ground Systems, ALTA - Japan MoD
Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Wooddisse KCB CBE MC, Commander, NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
Andy Start (subject to final confirmation), Chief Executive Officer, DE&S
Major General Olly Brown, General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division, British Army
Major General Alfonso Castilla Berea, Deputy Director for Weapon Systems, Spanish Army
Major General Glenn Dean, PEO, Ground Combat Systems (GCS), US Army
Major General Gerry Ewart-Brookes, Director of Plans, NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command
Major General Lizzie Faithfull-Davies CBE, Director Land Equipment, DE&S
Major General Jonny Lindfors, Commander, Swedish Army
Major General Indrek Sirel, Commander, Estonian Division, Estonian Defence Force
Major General Jon Swift, Director Programmes, British Army
Major General Colin Tuley, Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence, US Army
Major General Matthew van Wagenen, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, NATO SHAPE
Major General Harald Vodosek, National Armaments Director, Austrian Armed Forces
Brigadier General Yves Gächter, Commander of the Tank and Artillery Training Unit, Swiss Armed Forces
Brigadier General Trond Haande, Commander, Land Warfare Centre, Norwegian Armed Forces
Brigadier General (CAN) Eric Landry, Deputy Commanding General – Operations, I Corps and Executive Director, Stryker Warfighters Forum, US Army
Brigadier Tobias Lambert, Head, Land Industrial Strategy, British Army
Brigadier Matt Wilkinson MBE, Team Leader, Vehicle Support Team, DE&S
Dr Raymond O'Toole, Principal Deputy Director, Department of Operational Test & Evaulation, Department of Defense
Colonel Armin Dirks, Head of Operations, Combined Project Team of Main Ground Combat System, Federal Office of Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support - Bundeswehr
Colonel Andy Elliott, DACOS Equipment Through Life Support, Field Army, British Army
Colonel Jan Mazal PhD, Head of the Military Robotics Department, Faculty of Military Technology, Czech Defense University
Colonel James Modlin, Deputy Commandant, Armor School, US Army
Colonel Hen Ouwehand, Project manager Mid Life Update CV90, Dutch Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT)
Colonel Toby Till, Commander, Experimentation and Trials Group, British Army
Colonel Miroslav Vybihal, Director, Department of Ground Forces Development, Czech Armed Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Lovelock, SO1 Equipment Support, Futures Directorate, British Army
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