Light & Medium Armoured Vehicles

Delivering Maximum Survivability, Firepower & Decision Support Capabilities for Current & Future Operations

February 2 - 6, 2009 · Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK


World Class Speaker Line Up for the Word's Leading Armoured Vehicles Event

Light and Medium Armoured Vechicles Speaker Map

See a map of where this year's speakers come from!


Keynote Speakers

ukMr. Gerald Howarth
Shadow Defence Minister
UK
caLieutenant General Andrew Leslie
Chief of Land Staff
Canadian DND
ukMajor General Tim Tyler CB (R'td)
Former Director General, Land Equipment, Defence Equipment & Support, UK MoD
ukBrigadier Simon Levey
Assistant Chief of Staff, Land Equipment, HQ Land Forces, UK MoD
saBrigadier General Chris Gildenhuys
Commanding Officer, South African Armour Formation
South African Army

Military Experts

usColonel Kevin Peterson
Project Manager, MRAP Vehicle Program
US Army
uk Colonel Crispian Beattie
Commander, Command & Control Development Centre, Land Warfare Centre, UK MoD
usColonel Robert Schumitz
Project Manager, Stryker Brigade Combat Team
US Army
nlColonel J.F.A.M. van Griensven, Branch Chief Land Forces Requirements, Directorate of Operations Policy, Requirements Plans, Royal Netherlands Army
usColonel Paul R. Lepine
Programme Manager, Heavy Brigade Combat Team
US Army
caColonel Thomas J. Temple
Director, Land Equipment Program Staff
Canadian DND
brColonel Jose Carlos Dos Santos
Deputy Programme Manager, VBTP-MR, Armoured Personnel Transport Vehicle, Brazilian Army
ukRickard Lindstrom
Strategic Specialist Combat Vehicles
FMV
esLieutenant Colonel Antonio Fragua
Project Officer, Future NATO Counter IED Centre of Excellence, Spanish Joint Staff
freLieutenant Colonel Jerome Lemaire
Land Combat Capabilities Architect, DGA
French MoD
euPatrick Rey
Assistant Director Armament Cooperation
European Defence Agency
dnMajor Steen Holm Iversen, Chief of Research and Development Branch, Danish Army Combat Centre
usMajor Innes Quiroz
Operations Officer, PMO-LAV
US Marine Corps
ukMajor Neil Unsworth
Officer Commanding, Corunna Company, 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, British Army
ukMajor Jez Hermer (R'td)
Former Officer Commanding, VIKING Training Company
Royal Marines
caMajor Alan Bolster
Deputy Project Director, Tank Replacement Project
Canadian DND
ukAndreas Zekorn
Engineering & Trials Sub Section Leader, Boxer Programme Division, OCCAR
nwDr. Einar Østevold
Chief Scientist
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
ukJonathan Richards
Study Leader, Tactical Logistic Analysis Team, DSTL
UK MoD
ukMajor Rob Todd
SO2W CSS2 (Combat Service Support)
UK MoD
ukJeremy Smith, Integrated Logistic Support & Through Life Support Lecturer, Defence College of Management & Technology, UK MoD gerColonel Graf Strachwitz
Director Army Reconnaissance Corps & ISTAR Training Unit, Bundeswehr

Industry Professionals

tencateJean Beugels
Product Manager, Vehicle Armour
Tencate
saabFhleming Christensen
Senior Vice President Land Combat Solutions
Saab AB
IBDUlf Deisenroth
Founder and CEO
IBD Deisenroth Engineering
Dr. Alessandro Pollastrini
Marketing & Sales Area Manager, Land Systems
Oto Melara
ivecoAndrew Simpson
UK Defence Advisor
Iveco
ruagMr. Marcos Cotarelo
Director Marketing & Sales
RUAG Land Systems
BAEUlf Einefors
Senior Director, Market & Business Development
BAE Systems
plasanDr. Moshe Ravid
Scientific Adviser
Plasan Sasa
amlSteve Holland
MIExpE of SJH Projects
on behalf of AML UK Ltd
kongsbergRune Werner
Vice President Marketing & Sales
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
kongsbergPal Andersen
Development Manager
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
raytheonJohn P Wiliszowski Jr.
Director for Transformational Logistics
Raytheon Technical Services Company

Chairmen

no_photoChristopher Foss
Editor
Jane's Armour & Artillery
Major General Anthony Stone (R'td)
CB FRUSI
International Defence Advi sor & Author
Brigadier Charlie Hobson (R'td)
Former Director Equipment Capability, EL&S (Expeditionary Logistics & Support)
UK MoD
Brigadier Philip Pratley (R'td)
Associate Partner
Defence Strategy & Solutions LLP