Future Soldier Technology 2025 Conference

March 10-12, 2025 - London, United Kingdom

The World's Leading Conference Dedicated to Soldier Modernisation

Building on the enormous success of its previous ten annual meetings, Future Soldier Technology 2025 will be an excellent international gathering of senior officers and programme managers who are seeking to enhance their programmes. Additionally, this forum offers an excellent platform for programme managers within the military to interface with senior experts from within the defence industry.

Future Soldier Technology 2025 will return to London larger than ever to discuss Soldier Modernisation Programmes, and how these projects are driving infantry capabilities into the future and making the dismounted soldier more lethal, protected and ready to fight in the challenging conditions of the modern-day battlefield.

Why should you attend?

Future Soldier Technology is the leading event dedicated to dismounted soldier modernisation programmes and priorities

Listen to keynote briefings from senior UK and NATO and allied dismounted soldier programme managers
Discover the latest topics for the advancement of soldier technology, including lethality and weaponry, dismounted tactical power, protection and survivability, mobility, integrating robotics and AI, and much more
Meet and network with the key decision-makers from both military and industry to discuss modernisation and optimisation of the future dismounted soldier and their equipment

Dismounted Situational Awareness Focus Day: 10 March 2025
The conference will feature a dedicated Dismounted Situational Awareness Focus Day with updates from British and NATO allied armed forces discussing the modernisation of dismounted soldier communications and spatial awareness capabilities using existing and emerging next-generation equipment and technologies.

Main Conference: 11-12 March 2025
The two-day main conference will cover all other aspects vital to the modernisation of the future soldier. The morning of both days will feature plenary sessions, focusing on international soldier modernisation programme updates and with industry sponsor partners showcasing their solutions to the audience.

The afternoons on both days will split into parallel streams, to focus on more specifically aspects of the dismounted soldier and their equipment.

2024 Speakers Included

Brigadier General Constantin Nicolaescu, Commander of HQ Multinational Brigade South-East, Romanian Army
Colonel (Ret.) Richard Hansen, Former Program Manager, Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
Colonel Ákos Tajti, Director, Capability Development Office, Hungarian Defence Forces
Colonel Art van Beekhuizen, Project Manager Soldier Modernisation Program, Defence Materiel Organisation
Colonel Carlos Henrique Martins Rocha, Analyst, Brazilian Army General Staff
Colonel Nicolas Mueller, Head of Weapons and Ammunition, Armasuisse / Federal Office for Defence Procurement
Colonel Norbert Vetter, Manager Innovations labor System Soldat, Bundeswehr
Colonel Paul Cummings, DES Dismounted Close Combat DCC Pfo Ldr, DE&S
Colonel Peter Hofer, Head of Institute - Advanced Officer Training, Theresian Military Acadeny
Command Sergeant Niels Moelleskov, Chairman of CCIEP under LCGDSS, Danish Artillery Regiment
Dr Babak Daneshrad, CEO, Silvus Technologies
Dr Julie Greeves, Research Director, Army Health and Performance Research AHPR, UK Ministry of Defence
Dr Nathan Sharpes, Research Mechanical Engineer, US Army C5ISR Center
Dr Sebastian Gies, Project Lead Soldier System D-LBO, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Dawe, Commanding Officer Infantry Trials and Development Unit, ITDU, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Austin Banford, Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment, PM Soldier Survivability, PEO Soldier
Lieutenant Colonel Brett Grant, Director Dismounted Combat Program, Platforms Branch, Land Capability Division, Australian Army Headquarters
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Armstrong, Navy Acquisition SO1 Strike Networks, Royal Marines
Lieutenant Colonel D. Christian Hasbach, PdM Soldier Maneuver Sensors, PM IVAS, PEO Soldier
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Watzenig, Professor, Virtual Vehicle Research, Graz University of Technology
Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese, Concept Development SO1, Italian Army General Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Emanuel Sousa, Head of the Capability Development Section, Portugese Army
Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Davies, SO1 Combat Systems and Bearers, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Hanlon, SO1 Soldier Systems, SoldierWorks, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Milne, SO1 Light Forces, Ground Manoeuvre, Military Capability Plans, Army HQ, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Cocker, SO1 Morpheus, TacSys SE, New Zealand Defence Force
Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Bowman, SO1 Battlelab, Army Futures, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Will Jerrold, SO1 Command Systems, Commando Forces Programme, Royal Marines
Major Gabriel Benoit-Martin, Project Director - Integrated Soldier System, Director Land Requirement, Canadian Army
Major General Adrian Ciolponea, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Representative in Europe, NATO HQ
Major Jared Bambridge, SO2 Integrated Close Combat, ATDU
Major Magnus Hallberg, NATO LCG DSS Chairman, NATO/Swedish Armed Forces
Major Michael O'Connor, Capability Director Soldier Modernisation Office, New Zealand Defence Force
Major Nicholas Reynolds, Dismounted Close Combat Surveillance and Target Acquisition Requirements Manager, SoldierWorks, British Army
Mr Anders Palm, Project Manager, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
Mr Daan Ruhe, BD Manager & Global Product Specialist L-TAC, Government Land, Viasat
Mr Daniel Peat, Principal Power Source Scientist, DSTL, UK MoD
Mr Dave Pheasant, DE&S Future Capability Group, Strategic Command & Air Portfolio Team Leader, DE&S UK MoD
Mr Graham Ball, Deputy Director Integration - Strategic Command, UK MOD
Mr Grant Guy, UK and Ireland Business Developer – Tactical Interconnect Products, Glenair
Mr James Gavin, Head of the Future Capability Group, DE&S UK MoD
Mr Jeremy Gibson, Program Analyst, Close Combat Lethality Task Force (CCLTF)
Mr Jock Hewit, UK Sales Manager, KME
Mr John Dix, Sales Manager Land Communications, Thales
Mr John Thomas, C4ISR SME, Elbit Systems UK
Mr Jonathan Russell, Principle Scientist Platform Systems, DSTL, UK MoD
Mr Martin Krieg, Head of Department IT-Fundamentals Section, Austrian Armed Forces
Mr Matt Hunt, Head of Sales – Land Communications, Thales
Mr Matthew Duff, C4i Systems Solution Architect, Elbit Systems UK
Mr Nate Whelan, VP Europe, Marathon Targets
Mr Olivier Grégoire, Business Development for Tactical Interconnect Solutions, Glenair
Mr Qaim Jaffarson, Electronics Engineer Batteries Command Support, Communication, Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Mr Sebastian Miekley, Business Area Coordination for Digitalized Land Systems, Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH
Mr Tony White, Land Strategy Director, Ultra PCS
Mr Wilhelm Sahlen, Scientist, Department for Weapons, Protection and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency
Ms Anna Dowle, Risk Manager CEMA, British Army HQ
Ms Ilse Kroesen, System Integration Manager Individual Soldier, Dutch Armed Forces
Ms Lauren Russell, Integration Design Authority (IDA) Cyber Security Adviser, British Army HQ
Victoria Ayuso, Senior Conference Producer - Defence, SAE Media Group