EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium 2025

The 12th Annual EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium will bring together the relevant subject matter experts and solution providers from the DoD, federal government, academia, and industry to drive advancements in the field of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), counter-improvised explosive devices (C-IED) and countermine operations. The 2025 Symposium will address cutting-edge strategies and solutions that will support the detection, identification, and neutralization of increasingly sophisticated and dynamic explosive threats.

Topics to be Covered

• Enabling Warfighter Protection with Innovative Capabilities
• Mitigating The Evolving Threat: The Public Safety Bomb Technician's Role
• Understanding Energetic and Ordnance Components to Support EOD and C-IED Efforts
• Countering the Range of CBRN and EOD Threats in Multi-Domain Operations
• Developing and Implementing Mitigations to Counter the Growing Threat of IEDs and Increase Resilience Across the Homeland
• Exploring the Evolving Role of Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces in Counter-IED and Countermine Missions

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Why You Should Attend This Year's Symposium

The United States recognizes that explosive attacks are a pervasive and growing threat to the safety and security of civilians, military members and critical infrastructures. To better identify, prevent, and counter these threats, the Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies are working to improve the detection, analysis, and neutralization of increasingly sophisticated, dynamic explosive threats.

This year's EOD/ C-IED and Countermine Symposium will advance the field of EOD and C-IED by integrating strategies, technologies, and policies that improve civilian and EOD worker safety in detecting and rendering-safe explosives. Speakers will highlight the need to strengthen collaboration with allies and partners to improve training, techniques, and procedures that foster interoperability, information-sharing, and force response. This year's event will also discuss developments in advanced technologies such as autonomous systems that can neutralize bomb and mine threats from a safe distance and in expeditionary operations. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions of senior leaders across the community on the evolving nature of IED threats as well as recent advances in EOD technologies to counter, detect, and prevent explosive attacks. Join us at the 2025 EOD/C-IED and Countermine Symposium to explore ways to protect civilians, military members, and key infrastructures from enduring, hard-to-detect threats posed by unconventional explosives.

The team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Symposium's content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in the EOD/IED community as well as key policy makers across military and civilian offices. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.

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At Our Symposium You Have the Ability To

• Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the EOD/IED communities.

• Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to discover

• Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.

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Sponsors & Exhibitors

The EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.
Contact us for sponsorship information

Confirmed Speakers Include

• Colonel Vinson “Vince” Morris, USA, Project Manager, Close Combat Systems, JPEO A&A
• David Williamson, Deputy Associate Director, Office of Bombing Prevention, CISA, DHS
• LTC James Alfaro, USA, Commander, 79th EOD Battalion
• Chief Warrant Officer Jared Green, OIC, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
• Edwin Bundy, PhD, Former Program Manager, Explosive Ordnance Disposal/ Explosives Operations (EOD/ EXO)
• Assistant Chief Caroll Spriggs, Assistant Fire Chief/ Bomb Squad Commander, Prince George's County Fire/ EMS Department
• William Bagley, Associate Research Engineer– Explosives, Johns Hopkins University
• Dr. Veronica Eliasson, Director, Mines ERL, Colorado School of Mines

Venue

151 St. George
151 St. George Blvd, 20745
Oxon Hill, National Harbor, MD

Parking Details
For a list of nearby parking options, please click this link: https://www.nationalharbor.com/about/parking-2/

Nearby Hotels
Hotel rooms are available at a discounted rate at the below hotels.

*Please Note: AC Hotel National Harbor discounted partner rate will be available starting 60 days before the event begins.

THE WESTIN WASHINGTON NATIONAL HARBOR
171 Waterfront St National Harbor, Maryland 20745
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THE HYATT PLACE NATIONAL HARBOR
123 Waterfront St. National Harbor, Maryland, United States, 20745
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AC HOTEL NATIONAL HARBOR
156 Waterfront St National Harbor, Maryland 20745
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