Past event: Armoured Vehicle Survivability Conference

Armoured Vehicle Survivability is a specialist event for survivability experts within the armoured vehicles market place. Featuring senior level speakers from armed forces and vehicle manufacturers this conference debates the latest developments in survivability and their success in operations.

The exhibition showcases survivability technology and provides a perfect platform to meet suppliers and new customers. All serving military officers can attend free of charge. Make sure you’re in attendance to be at the cutting edge of armoured vehicle survivability.

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Pre Conference Workshop 15th January 2012

14:00 Registration and Coffee

14:20 Chairman’s Opening Remarks  Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bolster (Ret’d), Former Director of Land Requirements, Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems, Department of National Defence

14:30 Modelling and Simulation to Provide Effective Survivability

Workshop Leader - Major Tom Mouat MBE, Directing Staff Modelling and Simulation, Department Center for Defence Acquisition and Training, The Defence Academy of the UK

This will be an interactive workshop seeking active participation from delegates and will look at the following areas:

• Promoting Survivability in equipment procurement through the use of simulation in support of decision making/acquisition support
• Promoting an educational understanding of the trade-offs in Survivability as part of Armoured Vehicle Design
• Promoting Survivability through the use of simulation to support training
  

17:00 End of pre conference workshop

Day One Conference, 16th January 2013

08:00 Registration and welcoming coffee

08:50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bolster (Ret’d), Former Director of Land Requirements, Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems, Department of National Defence

09:00 Crew Survivability for the HQ 1 German/Netherlands Corps Lt Gen Van Loon, Commander, HQ 1 German/Netherlands*

09:45 TenCate

10:30 Networking Coffee

11:00 Update of the BOXER Vehicle – future survivability solutions
Marc Nuijten, Technical Section Leader, BOXER Programme, OCCAR

11:45 Georgian Armed Forces
Colonel Lasha Beridze, Deputy Chief of Joint Staff, Ministry of Defence of Georgia

12:30 Networking Lunch

14:00 CZ Research and Technology activities in protection against mines and IEDs
Associate Professor Stanislav Rolc, Chief Scientist, Material Engineering, Military Research Institute VVU, s.p., Brno
Dr Josef Kratky, CEO, BOGGES, spol. s. r. o

14:45 Industry Focused Panel Session – The future of Armoured Vehicles
This panel session will feature an expert line up of senior engineers from leading vehicle manufacturers and will discuss the next generation of survivability issues and armour requirements. 

15:30 Networking Coffee

16:00 Improved seating for greater blast protection for the Mastiff II
Ian Elgy, Physical Armour Scientist, Physical Protection Group Mines Team, DSTL*

16:30 Lessons learned from operational experiences of the Leopard Tank
Guenter Rettinger, Department Manager Systems Engineering,
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

17:00 Future AFV survivability - Vision and Thoughts
Awaiting Abstract
Confirmed Israeli MOD expert

17:30 Reserved for Conference Sponsor

17:45 Chairman’s Closing Remarks

18:00 Networking Drinks Reception

Day Two Conference, 17th January 2013

08:00 Registration and welcoming coffee

08:50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bolster (Ret’d), Former Director of Land Requirements, Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems, Department of National Defence

09:00 UK Armoured Vehicle Programme for 2020 and Beyond
Colonel HRD Fullerton OBE, Assistant Director Mounted Close Combat, Capability Directorate Combat, Army Headquarters, MOD, UK

09:45 Reserved for Conference Sponsor

10:30 Networking Coffee

11:00 Abrams Tank System - Past, Present and Future Survivability
John Rowe, Survivability Engineer, PM Abrams Tank System, PM Armored Brigade Combat Team, US Army 

11:45 Reserved for Conference Sponsor

12:30 Networking Lunch

14:00 Titanium Carbide and Used Aramide in Improved Add-on Armour
Marius Kuningas, PHD, Armouring Consultant, Tech Consult Ltd

14:45 Reserved for Conference Sponsor

15:30 Networking Coffee

16:00 MBT Survivability Systems with Special Emphasis on Active Protection System
Mr. Levent SENEL, Department Head of Land Platforms, Land Vehicles Department, Turkish MoD (SSM)

16:45 Reserved for Conference Sponsor

17:30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks

*pending MOD

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