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

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Speakers |Countering Explosive Threat & Demining

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

Brigadier General Jihad Al Bechelany
Director
Lebanese Mine Action Centre (LMAC)

Colonel Darren Fisher
Commander
29 EOD & Search Regiment

Brian Howard
Chief
Counter Explosive Ordnance Defence Engagement (CEDE)

Colonel Ruslan Berehulia
Head of Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Defense & Environmental Security
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Helen Maguire MP
Chair
APPG Explosive Threats and Their Impact

Lee Moroney
Director, Physical Security Stockpile Management (Pssm) & Regional Director (Eur
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation

Major Mark Fetters
Future Counter-Explosive Ordnance Capability Lead
British Army

Mr. Elnur Gasimov
Head of the Quality Control Department
Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA)

Armen Harutyunyan
Head of Standards and Operations
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Lieutenant Commander Matthew Irwin
EOD/C-IED Branch Chief
U.S. Africa Command

Alan Chapman MBA
Deputy Head of Defence EOD Trials and Information Section
Defence EOD and Search Branch

Georgina Darlow
Advisor, Research, Innovation, Standards and Operations (RISO)
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Professor Tony Peyton
Professor of Electromagnetic Tomography Engineering
University of Manchester

Stephen Ingram
Technical Advisor
Mines Advisory Group International (MAG)

Senior Representative
NATO Accredited
C-IED Centre of Excellence

Dana Bogard
C-IED Branch Chief
U.S. SETAF-AF

Luke Irving
Chief Mine Action Programme
UNMAS oPt

Andrew Griffiths
Head of Demining Team
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Adam Jasinski
Director of Capability
The Halo Trust

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Teeton
Military Advisor Counter-Explosive Ordnance & CBRN
UK Defence and Security Exports

Charles Frisby
Senior Humanitarian Mine Action Adviser
UNOPS

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