24- 25 June 2025
| Copthorne Tara London Kensington, London, UK
Augmenting Coast Guard Capabilities through Enhanced Cooperation & Technology Adoption
The battle against illegal smuggling of drugs, weapons, wildlife, illegal immigration and human trafficking rages on and the importance of a nation’s coast guard in boosting its blue economy cannot be overstated. The rise of illegal fishing threatens the potential maritime prosperity of nations. In this current maritime landscape, the role of the coast guard is actively being re-defined to be more than just civilian and more quasi- military in nature. Governments need to understand the coast guard as a key asset in maintaining maritime security and boosting maritime prosperity.
With newer threats to maritime infrastructure and security emerging (including the attack on underwater cables, drone attacks) Coast Guards must be aware of the latest technologies being used to counter these threats. With the key challenges of tight budgets, limited human resource, training difficulties, and interagency competition and lack of collaboration- it is more important now than it has ever been that Coast Guards have a forum where the biggest challenges are tackled head on.
In response to this great, Defence IQ’s Coast Guard Capability 2025 brings together coast guards from across all continents of the globe in collaborative forum, designed to aid in addressing each nation’s coastal needs. At this, coast guard collaboration is at the center- both interagency and international collaboration.
2025 SPEAKERS LEADING THE EVENT
Admiral Guillermo José Giménez Pérez
Commandant
Prefectura Naval Argentina
Rear Admiral (UH) Valentino Rinaldi
Operation Commander
EUNAVFORMED IRINI
Mr. Alexandru Oae
Head & Police Chief Commisisoner
Romanian Border Police
Francis Zachariae
Secretary-General
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
WHY ATTEND IN 2025?
Receive updates on how Coast Guards across the world are actively implementing new and cutting-edge technology to aid in maintaining domain awareness through surveillance and protect ports and harbors from underwater attacks.
Hear how coast guards are working to effectively communicate and collaborate with agencies in the shared goal of ensuring maritime security.
Learn how coast guards are navigating the complexity of training personnel and the tools for successfully combatting lack of maritime expertise and building up a well-trained maritime workforce.
Hear from established Coast Guards from around the world on how they accomplish their missions in combatting illegal activities and what younger Coast Guards in this phase of their development can learn.
Learn what techniques Coast Guards are enlisting to ensure maritime security through search & rescue (SAR) missions.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:
Better Managing the Seas: Martin Cauch-Inglott Interview
In this exclusive interview with Mr. Martin Cauch-Inglott, we delve into the EU maritime capacity building project, CRIMARIO. Along with covering the philosophy behind the system, he also covers the basics of the tool.
Securing the Coastline: Christopher Trelawny Interview
In this exclusive interview with Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General for INTERPOLICE, we explore the dynamics of sustainable maritime development and uncover promising avenues for growth.
Coast Guard News
Round-Up 2023
This News Round-Up summarises the latest on coast guard activities in terms of procurement, A must read to stay abreast on the latest developments.
This conference is a one-of-a-kind event, providing a holistic approach to improving nations' coast guard forces. A must attend event for anyone requiring a better way of improving operations in a fiscally constrained and personnel constrained operating environment.
This is a very good event covering a wide range of topics related with coast guard capabilities. One has the opportunity to listen to the current developments from high profile speakers in the area.
Coast Guard Capability Conference 2024 provided the environment for diverse subject-matter experts to exchange ideas and identify and explore the best practices and innovative approaches to develop comprehensive, effective, and whole of government strategies for executing coast guard functions at national and regional levels.
Excellent interchange on the challenges facing the maritime law enforcement and safety organizations of the world.
An excellent opportunity to learn about the different models to Coast Guarding and the opportunities of AI and UAV, USVs and other unmanned technology.
Very pleased with the event - plan to attend many more.
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