Oceanographic Survey Vessels is the world's first conference dedicated purely to the employment of hydrographic survey vessels in the broader defence and security context. This event was created as a result of increased demand from the international naval community for a meeting which broke away from the traditional scientific and purely civil focus of other hydrographic conferences and trade shows, focusing instead on the employment of assets...

The only symposium dedicated exclusively to discuss new approaches to modularity, interoperability and new combat systems for all future navies. The Naval Combat Systems 2016 conference has been designed to enable end-users and industry to further the discussion around modernisation, modularity, interoperability, and the acquisition and integration of new combat systems. For instance, is it possible to achieve effective modularity for systems...

The Gathering of the World's Air Defence Community Air and missile defence has grown in importance for nations around the world: as the threats to national security and infrastructure have increased dramatically in recent years. The exacerbation of potential flashpoints around the world, from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and beyond have seen nations move swiftly to upgrade legacy systems and to increase the potency of their current defenc...

The Airborne ISR & C2 Battle Management summit is the global intelligence community’s Annual General Meeting. The event brings together over 180 Chiefs of Staff, Commanders of ISR, National Intelligence Leaders, Program Executive Officers and Industry Directors from across the globe to discuss the challenges and success shaping Airborne ISR and C2 Battle Management for the current dynamic world of conflict and into the future. The co...

Unconventional, irregular and hybrid warfare carried out by both state and non-state actors continues to be a critical feature of current and potential operating scenarios faced by armies around the world. Russia’s annexation of Crimea was shockingly effective and demonstrated the renewed need for NATO to be able to move Armour in volume and at speed across Europe to meet future threats. Across swathes of Syria and Iraq, Daesh have conti...

Each conference has been developed alongside our senior advisory board and speaker faculty, covering Information Security for Financial Services, Insurance & Risk, Cyber for General Counsel and Human Factors & Digital Skills. Brought to you by the team behind the hugely successful InfoSec FS, discussion will focus on the latest technology, threats and challenges facing banks, retailers, transport & logistics and enterprise. Combini...

2015 has seen a sharp increase in challenges to the security of national and regional borders. With Hungary constructing physical barriers to stem the flow of migrants from the Middle East into their country, and the eu-LISA program trialling 'smart' technologies at European borders, to both facilitate and secure crossings, the concern over the security of national borders is reaching fever pitch. It is due to this concern that senior Home Aff...

With Military operations in Afghanistan having drawn to a close at the end of 2014, Medical evacuation services are now increasingly operating in austere environments and facing new medical and logistical challenges. Such challenges include a lack of quality, local medical facilities and the consequent impact has on evacuation procedures, a need to execute complex medical procedures in flight whilst repatriating patients, and the absence of st...

European utilities' generation assets have lost value due to the volatile markets, tougher operating conditions and regulatory pressures of the past two years - do you agree? At the Big Data and Analytics for Utilities Summit taking place October in London, learn how to maximise your data assets to enhance operational capabilities through analytics and smart innovations. Examine how utilities are using big data insights to expand the lifecycle...

Across the globe, city governance and emergency services are struggling to cope with the challenges faced by high levels of urban crime, threats to critical national infrastructure and of course terrorism. With decreasing physical and economical resources available, city security systems are being stretched to the limit and are looking to smart policing technologies to provide the surveillance, information management and communication systems...