SAFEGUARDING TOMORROW, EXPLORING INNOVATION TODAY: GLOBAL SYNERGY IN EOD OPERATIONS FOR A SECURE FUTURESeptember 24-25, 2024 I Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington
Agenda Day 1
Group 1
8:00 am - 8:45 am
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
8:50 am - 9:00 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Mark Wickham -
Chairman,
Counter-Explosive Threat and Demining
9:00 am - 9:30 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: OUTLINING EMERGENT EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE THREATS ACROSS THE GLOBE
Colonel Brian Howard -
Commander of 29 EOD & Search Group,
British Army
- Strategy for the location and removal of conventional and improvised explosive threats
- Bridging capability gaps: working with industry
- Training and Operations: supporting Ukraine
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9:30 am - 10:00 am
CURRENT THREAT LANDSCAPE IN C-IED OPERATIONS
Colonel Christopher Bartos -
Deputy Director,
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) Centre of Excellence (COE)
- Overcoming the challenges of IED and reducing emergent threats
- Assuring the common security of NATO allies through enhanced awareness and resilience
- Enhanced awareness and training
Colonel Christopher Bartos
Deputy DirectorCounter-Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) Centre of Excellence (COE)
10:00 am - 10:30 am
HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAMMES
Armen Harutyunyan -
Head of Standards and Operations,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
- Strategies to reduce the risk from EO
- Keeping operators and communities safe
- Enhanced awareness and training, using up-to-date standards and guidelines
Armen Harutyunyan
Head of Standards and OperationsGeneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:00 am - 11:30 am
SMALL NATION APPROACH TO EOD, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
Master Sergeant Chris Taarneby Maukeng -
National Senior NCO Ammunition & EOD,
Norwegian Armed Forces
- Strategies in Explosive Ordnance Operations
- Risk Mitigation in removing UXO and ERW
- Future Prospects: Norway’s engagement in operations in EOD
Master Sergeant Chris Taarneby Maukeng
National Senior NCO Ammunition & EODNorwegian Armed Forces
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
FRENCH GLOBAL EOD OPERATIONS
- External and internal EOD operations
- Case Study: counter-IED activities North Africa
- Lesson’s Identified in tackling ERW
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
MAG’s STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2024-2028
Bob Gravett -
Standards & Training Advisor,
Mines Advisory Group International (MAG)
Stephen Ingram - Technical Advisor, Mines Advisory Group International (MAG)
- Defining MAG Strategic objectives for the next 5 years
- Training capabilities, using up-to-date practices
- Strategies to reduce the risk from munitions and keeping operators and communities safe
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
ENHANCING UNITED STATES TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES FOR COUNTER TERRORISM
Sean Haglund -
Associate Director,
Office for Bombing Prevention, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Building up capability securities across the United States
- Operational activities in bomb prevention
- What industry can do to assist CISA in counter-IED efforts
Sean Haglund
Associate DirectorOffice for Bombing Prevention, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: TRAINING FOR UKRAINE
- · Tackling the knowledge gap
- Challenges in collaboration with the private sector: cross-disciplinary exercises to enhance communication and coordination between military, humanitarian and local organisations involved in demining efforts
- How to avoid negative training; do virtual simulations successfully reflect real life scenarios in demining and bomb disposal?.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
UPDATE ON UKRAINE'S DEMINING ACTIVITIES
- Implementing cutting-edge technologies and processes
- Collaboration with international partners and local stakeholders to address the continuous threat of new mine contamination
- What innovations need to be done to ensure the acquisition of effective equipment for C-IED
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF DSE IN EOD ACTIVITIES
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Teeton -
Military Advisor Counter-Explosive Ordnance & CBRN,
UK Defence and Security Exports
- Analysing contemporary security challenges
- Factors influencing C-IED and EOD demand and the implications on UK companies
- Future Outlook: supporting and sustaining EOD and C-IED capability
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Teeton
Military Advisor Counter-Explosive Ordnance & CBRNUK Defence and Security Exports
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
ASSISTING IN SAVING LIFE
Colonel Lajos Zsolt Szilagyi -
Chief of Staff,
EOD Centre of Excellence
- Overcoming the challenges of EOD and reducing emergent threats in allied nations
- Assuring the common security of NATO allies through enhanced awareness and resilience
- NATOs activities in explosive ordnance disposal
