The Only Conference Bringing Together Military, Humanitarian Groups, and Industry Leaders to Discuss and Improve Operations in EOD and Demining

23 - 24 September, 2025 | Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK

Speakers |Countering Explosive Threat & Demining

OUR 2025 CHAIRMAN


Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Mark Wickham
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Mark Wickham
Chairman
Counter-Explosive Threat and Demining

2025 SPEAKERS


Brigadier General Jihad Al Bechelany
Brigadier General Jihad Al Bechelany
Director
Lebanese Mine Action Centre (LMAC)
Colonel Darren Fisher
Colonel Darren Fisher
Commander
29 EOD & Search Regiment
Brian Howard
Brian Howard
Chief
Counter Explosive Ordnance Defence Engagement (CEDE)
Colonel Ruslan Berehulia
Colonel Ruslan Berehulia
Head of Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Defense & Environmental Security
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Lee Moroney
Lee Moroney
Director, Physical Security Stockpile Management (Pssm) & Regional Director (Eur
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
Major Mark Fetters
Major Mark Fetters
Future Counter-Explosive Ordnance Capability Lead
British Army
Mr. Elnur Gasimov
Mr. Elnur Gasimov
Head of the Quality Control Department
Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA)
Armen Harutyunyan
Armen Harutyunyan
Head of Standards and Operations
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Lieutenant Commander Matthew Irwin
Lieutenant Commander Matthew Irwin
EOD/C-IED Branch Chief
U.S. Africa Command
Alan Chapman MBA
Alan Chapman MBA
Deputy Head of Defence EOD Trials and Information Section
Defence EOD and Search Branch
Professor Tony Peyton
Professor Tony Peyton
Professor of Electromagnetic Tomography Engineering
University of Manchester
Stephen Ingram
Stephen Ingram
Technical Advisor
Mines Advisory Group International (MAG)
Senior Representative
Senior Representative
NATO Accredited
C-IED Centre of Excellence
Georgina Darlow
Georgina Darlow
Advisor, Research, Innovation, Standards and Operations (RISO)
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Dana Bogard
Dana Bogard
C-IED Branch Chief
U.S. SETAF-AF
Luke Irving
Luke Irving
Chief Mine Action Programme
UNMAS oPt
Andrew Griffiths
Andrew Griffiths
Head of Demining Team
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Adam Jasinski
Adam Jasinski
Director of Capability
The Halo Trust
Helen Maguire MP
Helen Maguire MP
Chair
APPG Explosive Threats and Their Impact