Benefits of Attending
Defence IQ's flagship Future Artillery conference annually welcomes over 200 leading artillery personnel and industry experts from 25+ countries to London. Now in its 10th anniversary year, it is widely regarded as the most influential indirect fires conference in the world, providing an unrivalled platform for Heads of Artillery, Programme Managers and Industry experts to engage in candid debate on the latest technological developments, operational feedback and future vision across the in-direct fires community.
Top 10 reasons not to miss Future Artillery 2012:
- Widely known as the annual must-attend for a valuable two-way information exchange between artillery end users, Programme Mangers and industry, giving you an unrivalled view of the future direction of the artillery
- Take away strategic analysis of the evolving threat spectrum to evaluate potential capability gaps and ensure you are investing resources effectively to meet immediate and long-term requirements
- Engage with fellow artillery experts, build new partnerships and gain useful contacts to accelerate and drive innovation into your programmes
- Benefit from 3 days dedicated specifically to indirect fires for an exclusive and intimate networking experience enabling you to nurture old and new relationships alike
- Capitalise on brand new round-table discussions to engage in candid debate and get to the heart of key issues impacting the artillery, whilst informally networking with international delegations
- Interact with a truly international delegation of leading artillery figures drawn from 30+ nations including UK, US, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Philippines, Chile, South Africa
- Receive first-hand insight into the latest lessons learned in operations to assess how Artillery Leaders are likely to structure their modernisation priorities over the immediate, medium and long-term future
- Benefit from a balanced agenda with limited vendor presentations to ensure you maximise your time spent at the conference with senior International Artillery Officers
- Discover the latest technological solutions for indirect fires weapons, munitions, targeting systems and radars enabling you to be certain you are providing your troops with the highest level of affordable capability
- Hear from decision makers on their future strategy for artillery modernisation 2022+ alongside specialist briefings on Forward Observers, Joint Fires, ISTAR, Precision Munitions and Future Lightweight Firepower
What’s new for the 10th anniversary Future Artillery?
- G6 Industry Leaders Global Strategy Debate: the opportunity to find out first-hand the strategies shaping the future of artillery from the industry’s key decision makers and thought leaders
- New Streams: focusing on the fundamental requirement for lightweight in-direct fire systems and a potential 105mm resurgence, plus a special look at the future of the artillery 2022+
- New Forward Observer Focus Day: hosting in-depth discussions on this top priority issue of managing the pressures on FOs. We will explore key equipment requirements as well as Tactics, Training and Procedure challenges being tackled across artillery forces
- Debut Addresses from Nations including: Chile, Philippines, Indonesia, South Africa, Slovakia, Czech Republic to enable you the opportunity to widen your network
- New Venue: The Radisson Blu Portman Hotel is located in the heart of central London with excellent links to major transport hubs and near several major attractions, including Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace