THE ONLY CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CENTRAL COMPONeNT of MILITARY CAPABILITY
29 September - 01 October, 2025
| Hilton Syon Park hotel, London
Agenda Day 2
MANAGING THE DIVERSITY OF CHALLENGES ON THE DEFENCE ESTATE
8:50 am - 9:00 am
CHAIR'S OPENING REMARKS
Air Commodore (Retd.) James Savage -
Former Head of Infrastructure,
UK RAF
9:00 am - 9:30 am
KEYNOTE BRIEFING : ADVANCING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF ESTATE INFRASTRUCTURE
• Managing the diversity of challenges at three UK defence estates
• Leconfield’s investment into single living accommodation
• Thinking nationally, instead of regionally for the future of the defence estate
9:30 am - 10:00 am
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: CREATING A MODERN DEFENCE ESTATE
- Ensuring the ability of our Armed Forces to keep nations safe and prosperous through a defence estate that enhances military capability
- Creating a defence estate that better supports our military capability, is better quality, and more efficient: planning, operations, maintenance, and modernisation of fixed installations and facilities
- Meeting the needs of Joint Force 2025, whilst continuing to drive down the cost of operating the estate
10:00 am - 10:30 am
NSPA’S STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME
Sébastien Seguin -
Chief of Division, Infrastructure, Facilities and Support Services,,
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) *subject to final confirmation
- Delivering a coherent strategy to ensure the necessary reform of its whole estate and to manage all related estate initiatives
- The planning and delivery of major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment within an active secure campus.
- Next steps for the redevelopment of Capellen and the challenges of office space management in a hybrid working environment
Sébastien Seguin
Chief of Division, Infrastructure, Facilities and Support Services,NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) *subject to final confirmation
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
UK RAF COLLABORATION WITH USAF TO FORWARD CLIMATE INITIATIVES FOR THE DEFENCE ESTATE
11:00 am - 11:30 am
ENERGY RESILIENCE AND POWER ON THE DEFENCE ESTATE
- Collaboration with the UK DIO on 6 UK RAF bases
- Identifying specific resiliency gaps and targeting solutions
- Supply chain challenges
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: THE FUTURE OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY
- Portable nuclear microreactor that replaces diesel generators
- Aligning geopolitical policy with ambition
- The rapidly evolving energy landscape
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
BOLSTERING CLIMATE RESILIENCE ON RAF ESTATES
- Path to NetZero by 2050: The UK as a global leader in climate change resilience
- Re-thinking energy and waste management
- Ensuring climate resilience without decreasing defence capabilities
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
ENERGY EFFICIENT AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
PROJECT PELE: THE US DOD’S MICROREACTOR PLANS
- Replacing diesel generators
- Energy resiliency for military forces
- Energy innovation
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: CHALLENGES FACING CLIMATE RESILEINCE INITATIATIVES
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
THE MODIFICATION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
THE ARMY’S VIRTUAL LEARNING TRAINING ENBALERS
SSG Sherndale Hinton -
Water Traeatment Instructor, Petroleum and Water Department,
US Army
William Qiumbayoglen - Supervisory Training Instructor, US Army
- Use of AI in a blended learning environment to train soldiers on the defence estate
- Adaption of infrastructure accordingly
- Implications for energy and cost efficiency
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
MAINTAINING AND RENEWING NATIONAL DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
- Building new housing and rehabilitating existing housing
- Asset maintenance to improve military facilities
- Increasing civilian specialises in priority areas to accelerate the improvement of infrastructure
