6th Annual Defeating IEDs Training Workshops & Technology Exhibition

Many regions in the world will be in persistent conflict for generations and the adaptive IED challenge will remain a potential threat across the full range of Alliance operations. We must contain the spread of IEDs as a global weapon of choice by making them too costly to produce and too risky to employ by Attacking the Network that emplace IEDs, and by training our forces on effective CIED operations.

As the war in Afghanistan winds down U.S. and allied forces will likely face a higher threat from IEDs as international troops begin the process of leaving their bases and pulling out of the country. Such attacks are likely to continue against both international and Afghan forces and are likely to escalate at what is being viewed as a defining time in the handover process.

The domestic IED threat from both homegrown extremists and global threat networks is real, and presents a significant security challenge for allied nations. Securing the borders and protecting Critical infrastructure and key assets from non-conventional attacks, such as suicide attacks with improvised explosive device represents a greater challenge in the era of open borders.

The 6^th Annual Defeating IEDs Training workshops will feature highly interactive training workshops conducted by a diverse group of Senior Experts from Military & Industry. 

Workshop 1
DtD, Force Protection C-IED Technologies in NATO Operations
- Entry Control Points (X-Ray jammers, MMW technology
- Jammers (RC-IED ISAF, Watermarking)
- Route Clearance (NATO RC Demo, X-Ray/SAR detectors)
- Biometrics (HUMINT) 

Dr. Cristian COMAN
Capability Development, JISR
NATO Communications and Information Agency

Workshop 2
CBRN forensics and attribution and relation to C-IED
- CBRN Forensics
- Exploitation
- SIBCRA trial – comparison between SIBCRA mission and exploitation one – results from the trial at NFI in Hague, Sep 2012

Colonel Vratislav OSVALD (CZE Army)
Director Training, Exercises and Education Department
Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence

Workshop 3
European Defence Agency - EDA
This workshop will focus on the EDA Resilient Threat Management 2013, CIED Post ISAF and the latest technology development in Detection and Exploitation.

European Defence Agency (EDA)
Speakers TBA 

Workshop 4
Sharing intelligence between Law Enforcement and Military to tackle terrorist networks + protection of critical infrastructure: The Belgian experience with the EU & NATO
- Sharing intelligence between law enforcement and military to tackle terrorist networks
-  External versus internal threats; the importance of intelligence on overseas events and groups
- Exercising based on realistic scenarios
- From threat and risk analysis to the execution of protective measures
- Protection of National Assets, the Belgian experience: Critical infrastructure such as EU & NATO

Dt. Superintendent Joris De Baerdemaeker
Deputy Head Counter-Terrorism Division
Federal Judicial Police Belgium

Workshop 5
Bomb Scene Investigation: Collecting Forensic and Biometric Evidence in Pre-Blast & Post-Blast environments
Through the analysis of case-studies from around the World, this interactive workshop will discuss the key considerations for the collection of forensic and biometric evidence in Pre and Post-Blast environments. 

Major (Ret,) Chris Hunter
QGM (Author and former British Armed Forces - Ammunition Technical Officer)
MKDS Training

Workshop 6
Countering the Threat of IEDs and protecting critical national infrastructure assets (Including the IED response to Mass transit incidents)
National infrastructure is defined as: “those facilities, systems, sites and networks necessary for the functioning of the country and the delivery of the essential services upon which daily life depends”. Through the analysis of case-studies from around the World, this interactive workshop will identify the IED threats to nine areas of critical national infrastructure, and will discuss some of the more practical approaches to protecting them.

Major (Ret,) Chris Hunter
QGM (Author and former British Armed Forces - Ammunition Technical Officer)
MKDS Training

Workshop 7
Current Global Trends in the Use of IEDs
This workshop will provide a detailed analysis of the global IED trends outside Iraq and Afghanistan in order to assist planners in predicting future threats to the homeland. 

Major (Ret,) Chris Hunter
QGM (Author and former British Armed Forces - Ammunition Technical Officer)
MKDS Training

*Additional workshops TBA

INDUSTRY DAY
Defeating IEDs 2013 edition will offer a platform to few Exhibitors leading the way in technology pursuits, to enhance and expedite the capability of the Warfighter and First Responders to counter the ever-changing threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). 

Our Exhibitors and Sponsors are invited to demonstrate their Capabilities during the Event.

* Registrations are subject for approval.