We are delighted to announce that the
Future Armoured Vehicles Central & Eastern Europe conference will return to Prague for its 11th year between the 19-20 May 2025.
The
Future Armoured Vehicles Central and Eastern Europe conference is the premier meeting for armoured vehicle programme managers and military commanders from within the Central and Eastern European region.
In response to the ever-increasing digitalisation of the modern battlefield, and the emergence of new near-peer adversaries, there is a continuing requirement for the modernisation of armoured vehicle systems across the region.
A world class event focused on military vehicles based in Europe, assisting with the continued learning and development of armoured vehicle programme managers and practitioners through briefings, panel sessions and focused discussion groups.
Who should attend:
National militaries:- Military armoured vehicle specialists and commanding officers
- Military Land Forces representatives
- Government personnel working in the development and procurement of armoured vehicle capabilities in the CEE region
Industry:
- Businesses looking to break into the regional market to demonstrate their products to the only regionally focussed armoured vehicle event
- Established players in the regional market who wish to strengthen their brand
- Developers and innovators in military technology
Here's why you can't miss this event:
Unlike the rest of the Future Armoured Vehicles portfolio,
Future Armoured Vehicles Central & Eastern Europe conference focusses on all aspects of armoured vehicle development, including situational awareness, weapons systems or lethality, and armoured protection or survivability.
Key focusses include standards of interoperability for armoured systems with NATO allies, training and operational standards for armoured units, the sustainment of armoured vehicle fleets and modernisation/procurement plans for future armoured vehicle fleets.
2025 Speakers
- Brigadier General Aleksander Pando, Commander, Support Command, Albanian Armed Forces
- Brigadier General Zdenek Mikula, Commander, 7th Mechanized Brigade, Land Forces, Army of the Czech Republic
- Colonel Antonio Llorens Perez, PM Pizarro, Spanish Army
- Colonel Niklas Edelsvard, Deputy Senior National Representative Army, Swedish FMV
- Colonel Peter Cowell, Senior Army Advisor, UK Defence Security & Exports, UK Defence and Security Exports
- Colonel Vadym Slyusar, Chief of R&D Group, Central Research Institute of Armaments and Military Equipment, Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Colonel Yevhen SHAMATALIUK, Brigade Deputy Commander, Lithuanian Polish Ukrainian Brigade
- Colonel Zsolt Szabo, Deputy Office Director, Hungarian Defence Forces
- Lieutenant Frank Lobitz, Project manager of the German LEOPARD 2 fleet and Chairman of the LEOBEN working group in-service use / technic, Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr
- Lieutenant Riku Rantakari, Senior Staff Officer, FDF
- Major (Ret'd) Kamil Balwar, Desk Officer - Project Manager MBT, Czech Armed Forces
- Major Angel Cea, Techincal Responsible Pizarro Program, DGAM
- Major General Adrian Ciolponea, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Representative in Europe, NATO
- Matthew West, OCCAR-EA
- Mr Cesar Pousa, Senior Project Officer, Land Combat Vehicles - Tactical Land Systems, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
- Mr Miha Matek, Head of Project Management Section, Armament Division, Slovenian Ministry of Defence
- Mr Tugrul Apa, Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems, SSB
- Ms Matilda Agren, Scientist, FOI
- Senior Representative, Lithuanian Polish Ukrainian Brigade
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Venue
Vienna House Andel's Prague
Stroupeznickeho 21, 15000
Prague, Czech Republic
