Past event: International Dismounted Soldier 2025 Conference

Dismounted Operations In Today's Euro-Atlantic Security Enviornment

The Changing Character Of Conflict
The International Dismounted Soldier returns at a crucial time for the Euro-Atlantic alliance.

The dynamics of complex modern conflict are changing. A new kind of asymmetric warfare can be observed across modern conflicts, and an ever more transparent battlefield where enemy forces can potentially track and detect all communication and movement on the battlefield opens up a whole new host of challenges for today’s dismounted soldier. As a result, key questions have arisen: how are nations increasing their asymmetric warfare capabilities and exploiting enemy weaknesses? How is the Euro-Atlantic alliance training and preparing today’s dismounted soldier for a transparent battlefield? Today's dismounted soldiers are required to operate in a variety of different environments and terrains (including littoral, cold weather, urban, desert and jungle) for which they need to be trained and equipped with the right technology on their physical person and externally to aid in their missions. With more modern conflicts taking place in urban environments, requiring close and more frequent contact with civilians, how are nations equipping their forces the complexities of such operations in this era of urban conflict? This event will provide the platform the thorough interrogation of these pressing questions and concerns.

Future Soldier Modernisation
With this changing face of conflict, technological advancement must match the pace of change to ensure dismounted soldiers are appropriately equipped for modern and future battlefields. Nations are actively engaging with industry towards the goals of future modernisation, focusing on solutions and technologies aiding in increasing soldier lethality, enhancing dismounted situational awareness, enabling tactical communications in complex environments, shaping the global security environment, maintaining sovereignty and deterring and defending the Euro-Atlantic.

Recognising this pace of change, this year’s event adopts a new format, with strategic day focusing on the themes of interoperability, the changing character of conflict, building combat-ready forces and the current Euro-Atlantic security environment. The second day takes a tactical focus with three dedicated streams on: a) increasing soldier lethality, b) innovating soldier systems and enhancing performance, and c) training, simulation and wargaming for the modern & future battlefields.

Join us in London for tactical and strategic level briefings, networking sessions, and discussions!

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What's New in 2025?

• 30+ new speakers from across the globe, including representation from US, UK, Canada, Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway
• Expanded exhibition space in a brand new location, featuring more industry leaders than before
• Brand new format featuring a strategic day and an Implementation day with three dedicated streams
• More networking opportunities for building connections with fellow military, government, and industry colleagues

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Benefits of Attending

• Hear from infantry and marine corps leaders on how they are training the next generation of dismounted soldiers for combat in a transparent battlefield.
• Get an overview of all the latest technology and equipment on the current market and being developed on the horizon being used to aid the dismounted soldier in their mission.
• Join the two-day event to hear a variety of perspectives from the strategic, top-down perspective of the commanders and chiefs of armed forces who will set the tone and establish the context within which the dismounted soldier is operating to the tactical and technical viewpoints of the sergeant majors, commanding officers, and regimental soldiers working with this technology.
• Get updates on how technological advancements and developments (including the switch from 5.56 to 6.8mm caliber rifles) is changing the face of combat as we know it.
• Listen to senior military and industry leaders as they engage in collaborative discussion on how to streamline the procurement process.
• 30+ Military, industry, and academic leaders within the dismounted soldier space delivering everything from high-level strategic briefings to tactical, boots on the ground presentations with perspectives from the lived experience of the dismounted soldier.

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Themes for this Year Include:

• Advancing Lethality & Survivability
• Soldier Modernisation & Technological Advancements in Soldier Systems
• Training & Preparing the Dismounted Soldier for the modern and future battlefield
• Alleviating Physical, Psychological & Cognitive Burden on the dismounted soldier