Speakers Include:

Lt Gen Thomas F. Metz

Director

Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

Maj Gen Van Loon

Chief of Staff

Allied Land Component Command (ALCC)

Minister Ali A. Jalali

Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Centre for Strategic Studies,
National Defence University & Former Interior Minister,

Government of Afghanistan

Col (Rtd) Thomas X. Hammes

Author of “The Sling and the Stone”

United States Marine Corps

Vehicle Survivability Summit 2008
Increasing armour strength and reducing the IED threat in combat theatres

29th September – 1st October 2008 | Dorint Hotel Sanssouci Berlin, Germany

The Vehicle Survivability Summit 2008 will provide a range of solutions to current threats and risks, ranging from near term technology available for Urgent Operational Requirements to future technologies designed to improve on current vehicle capabilities.

Why Attend

By attending Vehicle Survivability 2008, you will build on your current knowledge base of survivability technology, doctrine and practice. Mixing with peers and technology experts in a series of unique one-to-one meetings and round table discussions, each delegate will be able to outline the risks posed by the following threats;

• Explosively Formed Penetrators
• IEDs
• RPGs
• Small Arms Fire
• Changes to enemy tactics and procedures

In plenary and stream sessions, you will establish the key solutions that match your particular needs. The main solution threads to be included;

• Doctrine and Policy
• Training
• Threat analysis and evaluation
• Counter IED technology
• Technology streams including;
  
  • MRAP Vehicles
  • Vehicle Ballistic Protection
  • Increase survivability through lethality
  • Situational awareness
  • Future solutions