Conference Day One: Tuesday 29th May
07.15 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
08.00 WELCOMING ADDRESS
08.05 CHAIRMAN'S OPENING ADDRESS
Brigadier (Retired) Tim Allen
Royal Armoured Corps
British Army
08.15 Keynote Address: ANALYSING THE UAE’S PREFERRED ARMOURED VEHICLE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY
Brigadier Rashed Al Kaabi
Deputy Director, Maintenance Corps
UAE Armed Forces GHQ
08.45 OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE UAE’S CURRENT ARMOURED VEHICLES TO DETERMINE AREAS FOR FUTURE OPTIMISATION
Brigadier Hassan Mohammed Sultan Bani-Hamad
Commander, 5th Armoured Brigade
UAE Ground Force
09.15 INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLES, WHERE SHOULD THE CAPABILITY FOCUS BE PLACED
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Lieutenant General Gianfranco Giglio
Head of Land Procurement Agency
Italian Army
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Brigadier Kyösti Halonen
Chief, Army Materiel Command
Finnish Armed Forces
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Guerman Goutorov
Chief Executive Officer
Streit Group
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10.00 OFFICIAL TOUR OF VEHICLE EXHIBITION
Featured Vehicle: Spartan, Streit Group
10.30 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK
11.00 ASSESSING THE ITALIAN ARMYS LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE CAPABILITIES, UPGRADES AND NETWORK INTEGRATION
Lieutenant General Gianfranco Giglio
Head of Land Procurement Agency
Italian Army
11.30 PROTECTED MOBILITY: RESTORING THE BALANCE IN THE IRON TRIANGLE
Mr Ulrich Fischer
General Manager
DCD Protected Mobility
12.00 LUNCH, DHUHR PRAYER AND NETWORKING BREAK
13.00 OFFICIAL TOUR OF VEHICLE TENT
Featured Vehicle: NIMR, NIMR Automotive
13.30 OUTLINE OF THE LIBYAN ARMY’S CURRENT AND FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS
Colonel Aref Elshaeri
Director of Vehicle Management
Libyan Army
14.00 UPCOMING ADVANCES IN HVAC FOR VEHICLE APPLICATION
Mr Nagarajan Sridharan
CEO
Fedders Lloyd
14.15 ACHIEVING PROCUREMENT SUCCESS THROUGH THE COMPARISON OF DESIRED REQUIREMENTS AND FUTURE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Brigadier General JB Simms
Director General Land Capability Development, Chief of Staff Land Strategy
Canadian Army
14.45 CHAIRMANS CLOSING REMARKS & AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAK