This document provides information about an upcoming conference and exhibition on soldier modernization to be held from June 7-10, 2011 in London. It highlights some of the key speaker presentations and focus sessions that will address topics like power, weight, C4i, and test feedback. Attendees will have opportunities to meet with over 50 speakers from militaries and organizations involved in programs from countries like the UK, US, France, Germany, Sweden, and more. The event aims to help businesses develop opportunities by connecting them with modernization customers, integrators, innovative manufacturers, and service providers.

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technologies and assess military advancements
in various countries It is the right forum to
“…we come back to Soldier Technology each express the country’s requirements as well as
year because all the right people attend…” show case our capabilites to the world ”
Helmet Huegle, Head of Army Programmes, Cassidian Chief Liaison Officer, Indian Army
Your 2011 pass will allow you to meet more soldier modernisation programme managers, more “ To keep me in touch with tactical challenges
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UK Army Leadership and UK Subject Matter Experts on the Future of Soldier Modernisation!
Get the clearest picture possible of what the UK MoD is doing to modernize equipment and capability for the soldier and
marine from over 10 speakers in 2011! Meet and learn from Brigadier General Carew Wilks, Head, Individual Capability Group,
Integrated Soldier System Executive, Defence Equipment and Support, UK MoD plus his team of decision makers including
Colonel Bill Pointing, Colonel Peter Rafferty, Marcus Bruton and Lt Colonel Martyn Wills! Additional briefings will be given by
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Army Programme Leaders from Prime Contractors on Challenges and Opportunities!
Find out what Prime Contractors for soldier modernization programmes need and aim to achieve in 2011 from influential
figures in the defence industry today including Helmet Huegle, Head of Army Programmes, Cassidian as well as his
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Advanced Soldier Modernisation Programme Leaders Reveal their Strategies and New Plans
To truly gauge where soldier modernization is heading in each country Soldier Technology will deliver the facts. Register
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focusing on today including Dr Karl-Heinz Rippert, IdZ, Brigadier General Dominique Luzeaux, Scorpion and FELIN, Gabi
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Introductions To New Programme Managers And Their Teams
Use Soldier Technology to gain introductions to shapers of national soldier modernisation programmes including new
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Make sure you book for all 4 days to discover why Power, Weight, C4i and Test Feedback are so important for soldier
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50+ toP sPeakers You Will meet and learn from include:
Brigadier General Carew Wilks, Head, Individual Colonel Erich Weissenbock, Head of Precision Colonel John Zavarelli, Program Manager,
Capability Group, Defence Equipment and Engagement, European Defence Agency Handheld and Small Form Fit Factor, JPEO Joint
Support, UK MoD Tactical Radio Systems, US Army
Mark Richter, Programme Manager, Marine
Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director, Force Expeditionary Rifle Squad, US Marine Corps Lt Colonel Staffan Lundmark, Soldier Section,
Development, Austrian MoD New Results from NATO’s Weapons and Swedish Land Warfare Centre
Sensors Working Group Tests and Trials to
Dave Hadfield, DES SE LST - Portable Power, Increase Soldier Lethality Major Magnus Hallberg, Soldier Section,
DE&S, UK MoD Swedish Land Warfare Centre
Per Arvidsson, Chairman, Weapons and
Brigadier General Dominique Luzeaux, Director, Sensors Working Group, NATO Land Capability Luc de Beer, Project Director, VOSS,
Land System Procurement, DGA, French MoD Group 1 Dismounted Soldier Dutch MoD
Marcus Bruton, Team Leader, FIST, Defence Professor Karen Carr, Head of Centre for Gabi Dubresco, Head of Robotic Branch, Israeli
Equipment and Support, UK MoD Human Systems, Defence Academy, Cranfield Defence Forces
University
Colonel Peter Rafferty, Team Leader, FIST, Colonel Marisa A. Tanner, Division Chief,
Defence, Equipment and Support, UK MoD Major Matti Honkela, Programme Manager, Mission Command Capabilities Division, Future
Warrior 2020, Finnish Armed Forces Force Integration Directorate, US Army
Lt Colonel Laurent Barraco, Programme
Manager, FELIN, DGA Dr Karl-Heinz Rippert, Project Leader U42 Jason Blain, Director Integrated Soldier
Soldier Equipment, Federal Office of Defense Systems, Development Directorate, Defence
Colonel (ret’d) Vincent Goulding, Director, Technology and Procurement, German MoD Materiel Organisation, Department of Defence,
Experimental Division, US Marine Corps Australian Government
Warfighting Laboratory Lt Colonel Jacques Levesque, Project Manager,
Integrated Soldier System Project, Canadian
Major Andrea Candian, Programme Manager, DND
Soldado Futuro, Italian MoD
Lt Colonel Kenneth Tapper, Director, Soldier
Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Chairman, NATO Land Modernisation Programmes, Swedish Army
Capability Group 1, Dismounted Soldier
Major Arne Lamberth, Programme Manager,
Helmet Huegle, Head of Army Programmes, MARKUS, Swedish Army
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Rune Lausund, R&D Programme Manager,
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June 8 – 9 agenda-at-a glance
June 8th, 2011
Main Conference Day 1 – National Soldier Modernisation Programme Updates and Survivability, Lethality and Human Capability Development
0800 Registration and Coffee 1145 How France Plans to Modernize Land Capabilities Programme Manager, Combatiente Brasiliero,
0830 Chairman’s Welcome Address through the Billion-Euro Scorpion Project Brazilian Army
0845 Integrating Equipment for Dismounted Close Combat in Brigadier General Dominique Luzeaux, Director, 1500 Soldier Modernisation Under the Umbrella of the
an Era of Persistent Conflict Land System Procurement, DGA, French MoD European Defence Agency
Brigadier General Carew Wilks, Head, Individual 1215 Networking Capabilities with the FELIN Soldiers Colonel Erich Weissenbock, Head of Precision
Capability Group, Defence Equipment and Support, Deployment at the Platoon Level and Above Engagement, European Defence Agency
UK MoD Patrick Curlier, Vice President, Business 1530 Commercial Sector Involvement in Future Soldier
0915 NATO Land Capability Group 1 Dismounted Soldier Development, Optronics and Defence Division, Systems
Update Sagem, SAFRAN Group Colonel Marisa A. Tanner, Division Chief, Mission
Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Chairman, NATO Land Command Capabilities Division, Future Force
1245 Introducing the Jordanian Future Soldier Programme Integration Directorate, US Army
Capability Group 1, Dismounted Soldier (Invited)
Development Strategy Michael T. McCarthy, Director of Operations, Future
0945 IMESS Switzerland: How an Advanced Concept Has Been Colonel Yousef Al-Etan, Programmes Department
Transformed into an Operational Reality Force Integration Directorate, Mission Command
Manager, King Abdullah Design and Development Complex, US Army
Helmet Huegle, Head of Army Programmes, Bureau, Jordanian Armed Forces
Casidian Colonel (ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project
1315 Lunch and Networking Manager, Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
1015 A Commander’s Observations from Afghanistan
Lt Colonel Paul James, Commanding Officer, 40 1600 Afternoon Coffee and Networking
Commando, UK Royal Marines (Tentative) 1430 Moving From Concept to Research and Development
1045 Early Morning Coffee And Networking Phase in the Brazilian Future Soldier Program
Stream A – New Strategies to Improve Survivability for the Stream B – Enhancing Soldier Lethality through Advanced Stream C – Human Capability Development Workshop
Soldier and Marine Weapons and Sensors
1645 How the US Marine Corps is Lightening the Load 1645 HYDRA and CERBORUS - Infantry Weapons Providing 1645 UK Human Capability Development Strategies for Soldier
While Increasing Protection for the Squad and 40mm Medium and Low Velocity Air-Burst Firepower System Integrators
Individual Marine Karstern Stern, Project Manager, Special Projects, Product
Mark Richter, Programme Manager, Marine • Measuring and Leveraging Human Capability
Division Infantry, Rheinmetall Weapon Munition
Expeditionary Rifle Squad, US Marine Corps • Human Factors as Part of Equipment Design and
Development
1715 New Results from NATO’s Weapons and Sensors Working
1715 A Holistic Approach to Threats, Weight, and Cost Group Tests and Tirals to Increase Lethality • Human System Integration
Toivo Horvei, Director Business Development, Per Arvidsson, Chairman, Weapons and Sensors Working
NFM Group Group, NATO Land Capability Group 1, Dismounted Professor Karen Carr, Head of Centre for Human
Soldier Systems, Defence Academy, Cranfield University
Emma Sparks, Lecturer, Centre for Human Systems
1745 Assessing Developments in Survivability and Weight at the Defence Academy College of Management and
Management in the Finnish Warrior 2020 Programme 1745 Consolidating the Power Source for Rifle Accesories Technology, Cranfield University, Shrivenham
Major Matti Honkela, Programme Manager, Carl Wallace, CEO, T.Worx Ventures
Warrior 2020, Finnish Armed Forces
1815 Drinks reception and networking in the Exhibition Hall
1900 10th Anniversary Networking Awards Dinner at Chiswick House with Senior Military Guest Speaker TBC – Visit www.soldiertechnology.com for more details
Outstanding Military Speaker TBC
June 9th, 2011
Main Conference Day 2 – National Soldier Modernisation Programme Updates and Sustainability, Networking and Integration
0800 Registration and Coffee Battle Management/Ground Combat Systems, 1230 How NORMANS is Being Updated in Line with NATO
0825 Chairman’s Welcome Address Northrop Grumman Information Systems Recommendations
0830 Soldier Modernisation in Austria 1030 Early Morning Coffee And Networking Rune Lausund, R&D Programme Manager,
Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director, Force 1130 Canada’s Integrated Soldier System Project Update - NORMANS, Norwegian Research Agency, FFI
Development, Austrian MoD Procuring COTS/MOTS Technologies 1300 Lunch and Networking
0900 The Future in Sight – Perspectives on Optical Sight Lt Colonel Jacques Levesque, Project Manager, 1430 New Developments in Israel’s ANOG Programme
Systems Integrated Soldier System Project, Canadian DND Gabi Dubresco, Head of Robotic Branch, Israeli
Lennart Ljungfelt, President, Aimpoint Major Jon Herbert, Project Director, Integrated Defence Forces
0930 IdZ 2 - Results from Recent User Trials and Plans For Soldier System Project, Canadian DND 1500 Australian Defence Force Approach to Developing
Future Developments 1200 System Plan For The Future Swedish Soldier Integrated Soldiers Systems Solutions
Dr Karl-Heinz Rippert, Project Leader U42 Soldier Lt Colonel Kenneth Tapper, Director, Soldier Colonel Jason Blain, Director Integrated Soldier
Equipment, Federal Office of Defense Technology Modernisation Programmes, Swedish Army Systems, Development Directorate, Defence Materiel
and Procurement, German MoD Major Arne Lamberth, Programme Manager, Organisation, Department of Defence, Australian
1000 Introducing the Integrated Battle Management System (iBMS) MARKUS, Swedish Army Government
Bill Clingempeel, Capture and Technology Lead, 1530 Afternoon Coffee and Networking
Stream A – Networking and Sustaining the Future Soldier Stream B – Interactive Roundtable Discussions Stream C – Masterclass on Interface Integration
1600 Assessing New Dutch Plans to Deliver Energy to the 1600 Why Interoperability is the Key to the Future Soldier 1600 How to Develop and Integrate Effective Interfaces for New
Soldier System System Soldier Systems
Luc de Beer, Project Director, VOSS, Dutch MoD NATO Land Capability Group 1 – Dismounted
Soldier Dr Elizabeth Redden, Chief, Army Research Laboratory
1630 How Italy Rapidly Developed Sophisticated
-HRED Field Element, US Army Infantry Center
Communications Capabilities for the Soldado Futuro
Program
Why is Connectivity so Important to the Soldier • Application for unmanned controllers
Lt Colonel Angelo Assorati, Project Director, C4i,
Soldado Futuro, Italian MoD System Integrator?
Defence, Equipment and Support, UK MoD • Integrating advanced worn displays
Current versus Projected Energy and Power
Requirements for the Future Slovenian Soldier
Ales Lebar, Programme Manager, 21st Century How Can Industry Play More of a Role in the • Operating at night
Soldier, Slovenian MoD Reduction of Weight?
1700 Panel Discussion – How to Extend Range and Mission Norwegian Army Procurement Office
Time for the Dismounted Soldier and Small Unit
Ales Lebar, Programme Manager, 21st Century
Soldier, Slovenian MoD Game Changing Technologies to Enhance Networking
Luc de Beer, Project Director, VOSS, Dutch MoD for the Dismounted Soldier
Lt Colonel Angelo Assorati, Project Director, C4i, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
Soldado Futuro, Italian MoD
1730 End of Conference Sessions
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June 7th, 2011 AM June 7th, 2011 PM
Power, Energy and Connectivity Weight, Size and Integration
0800 Registration and Coffee 1300 Registration and Coffee
0830 Chairman’s Welcome Address 1330 Chairman’s Welcome Address
0840 Managing the Power Demand for the Future Integrated Soldier 1345 How the British Army Will Be Reducing Weight to Give the Dismounted Soldier Greater
Marcus Bruton, Team Leader, FIST, Defence Equipment and Support, UK MoD Mobility
Colonel Peter Rafferty, Team Leader, FIST, Defence, Equipment and Support, UK
MoD
0910 ABSL Power Solutions – Power Management to reduce burden on Soldier
Colonel (Retd) Peter Barry CBE, Business Development Manager,
ABSL Power Solutions Ltd 1415 Assessing How France Developed, Fielded and Continues to Deploy Lightweight, Future
Mr David Goodwin, Business Development Manager, ABSL Power Solutions Ltd Soldier Systems
Lt Colonel Laurent Barraco, Programme Manager, FELIN, DGA
0940 Marine Corps Approaches to Powering the Expeditionary Squad
Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, US Marine Corps 1445 How the US Marine Corps Approaches Experimental Modernization to Generate Game
Changing Results
Colonel (ret’d) Vincent Goulding, Director, Experimental Division, US Marine
1010 Mid - Morning Coffee and Networking
Corps Warfighting Laboratory
1040 Adaptive Power for the Canadian Future Soldier
1515 Mid - Afternoon Coffee and Networking
Ed Andrukaitis, Project Manager, Adaptive Power Source Program, Defence
Research and Development Canada
1600 Lessons Learned by the Soldado Futuro System Integration Team When Reducing Weight
Major Andrea Candian, Programme Manager, Soldado Futuro, Italian MoD
1110 Weight Reduction, Interoperability and Adaptation
Dave Hadfield, DES SE LST - Portable Power, DE&S, UK MoD
1630 Weight Management Strategies for Romania’s Individual Fighting System to Develop a
Lighter Load for the Future Soldier
1140 Reducing the Burden of Power Sources
Major Tiberius Tomoiaga, Programme Manager, Romania’s Individual Fighting
Darren Browning, Power Sources Team, Physical Sciences Department, DSTL
System, Romanian MoD
1210 Assessing the Imperative of Common Connectivity to Resolve the Power Challenge for the
1700 What NATO Nations are Doing to Reduce Size and Weight to Disencumber the Future
Soldier
Soldier
Ed Andrukaitis, Project Manager, Adaptive Power Source Programme, Defence
Moderator - Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Chairman, NATO Land Capability Group 1,
Research and Development Canada
Dismounted Soldier
Dave Hadfield, DES SE LST - Portable Power, DE&S, UK MoD
Colonel Peter Rafferty, Team Leader, FIST, Defence Equipment and Support, UK MoD
Darren Browning, Power Sources Team, Physical Sciences Department, DSTL
Major Andrea Candian, Programme Manager, Soldado Futuro, Italian MoD
Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, US Marine Corps
Major Tiberius Tomoiaga, Programme Manager, Romania’s Individual Fighting
Luc de Beer, Project Director, VOSS, Dutch MoD
System, Romanian MoD
Marcus Bruton, Team Leader, FIST, Defence Equipment and Support, UK MoD
1730 End of Conference Day
1300 Lunch and Networking
June 10th, 2011 AM June 10th, 2011 PM
Delivering C4i Down to the Soldier Level R&D, Tests and User Feedback
0800 Registration and Coffee 1300 Registration and Coffee
0830 Chairman’s Welcome Address 1345 Chairman’s Welcome Address
0900 UK Approach to Developing Soldier System Architecture for Greater Interoperability 1400 How the UK is Focusing on Improving Interoperability and Interchangeability of New
Colonel Bill Pointing, Team Leader, FIST, Individual Capability Group, Defence, Equipment for End Users
Equipment and Support, UK MoD HQ Infantry, UK MoD
0930 Joint Tactical Radio Systems for the US Army 1430 Results of Canada’s SSTRM Development Phase
Colonel John Zavarelli, Program Manager, Handheld and Small Form Fit Factor, Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Director Science & Technology (Land) 2, Defence R&D
JPEO Joint Tactical Radio Systems, US Army Canada (DRDC), Canadian DnD
1000 How ANOG Integrates the Most Advanced C4i Capabilities to Empower the Future Soldier 1500 End User Feedback from Swedish Trials of the MARKUS Soldier System
Nir Israeli, Head of Urban Warfare, Israeli MoD Major Magnus Hallberg, Soldier Section, Swedish Land Warfare Centre
1030 Mid - Morning Coffee and Networking 1530 Performance-based Specifications - A Procurement Approach for Canada’s Integrated
Soldier System Project
Patrick Comtois, Chief Engineer, Integrated Soldier System Project, Canadian DND
1100 Maintaining the Data Link Between Soldiers Sean Burke, Procurement and Finance Manager, Integrated Soldier System Project,
Jean-Michel Petitjean, Battlefield Management Systems Expert, DGA/DT/ETAS, Canadian DND
French MoD
1600 Mid - Afternoon Coffee and Networking
1130 UK Lessons Learned During Communications Integration for Future Soldier Systems
Professor Bob Madahar, IMD Technologist, DSTL, UK MoD
1630 Assessing the Utility of an Integrated Test and Evaluation Approach to Trials of the
Norwegian Future Soldier Programme
1230 Soldier Modernisation Experts on Strategies to Improve Data Sharing to Ensure the Right Keith Cook, Leader, Test and Evaluation, NORMANS, FFI
Information Reaches the Right Soldier at the Right Time
Lt Colonel Angelo Assorati, Project Director, C4i, Soldado Futuro, Italian MoD
Professor Bob Madahar, IMD Technologist, DSTL, UK MoD 1700 Lies, Damn Lies and Ballistics – The Art of Testing Body Armour
Nir Israeli, Head of Urban Warfare, Israeli MoD Mark Helliker, Team Leader, Physical Protection Group, DSTL
Pat Comtois, Chief System Engineer, Integrated Soldier System Project, Canadian
DnD 1730 Analysing Lessons Learned to Improve Interoperability for the Future End User
Jean-Michel Petitjean, Battlefield Management Systems Expert, DGA/DT/ETAS, Moderator - Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Chairman, NATO Land Capability Group 1,
French MoD Dismounted Soldier
Major Magnus Hallberg, Chief of Trials, MARKUS, Swedish MoD
1300 Lunch and Networking HQ Infantry, UK MoD
Major Torstein Johnson, Chief of Trials, NORMANS, Norwegian Army Office
1800 End of Conference Day
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1045 Early Morning Coffee And Networking
June 8tH, 2011 am
main conference daY 1 – national soldier 1145 Transformation of the French Land Systems
Brigadier General Dominique Luzeaux, Dr. Hab., Director, Land System
modernisation Programme uPdates and survivabilitY, Procurement, Direction Générale de l’Armement, French MoD
letHalitY and Human caPabilitY develoPment In France today many systems are currently being renovated or replaced. However this is not
done on a one-to-one basis, but fits into a general systemic strategy that aims at transforming the
Army and the Land systems in order to provide increased operational efficiency, while optimizing
0800 Registration and Coffee global cost and taking advantage of modern technologies. An outstanding orator, one of the top
decision makers in the French MoD today and a shaper of global trends in soldier modernisation,
0830 Chairman’s Welcome Address join Brigadier General Luzeaux to discover:
• Current status of programs to transform land capabilities for France
0845 Integrating Equipment for Dismounted Close Combat in an
• Research and technology activities in land systems and rationale for investments
Era of Persistent Conflict
• Focus of future activities and lessons learned since 2010
Brigadier General Carew Wilks, Head, Individual Capability Group, Defence
Equipment and Support, UK MoD 1215 Networking Capabilities with the FELIN Soldiers
No one better could set the scene for soldier modernization than Brigadier General Carew Wilks, Deployment at the Platoon Level and Above
leader of the team that procures new equipment for the future soldier and the most relevant figure Patrick Curlier, Vice President, Business Development, Optronics and Defence
in UK soldier modernization today. To find out about the Future Integrated Soldier Technology Division, Sagem, SAFRAN Group
project, related activities and procurement initiatives as well as the key focus areas for the
Individual Capability Group at the Defence Equipment and Support agency, which procures all A first FELIN battalion has been delivered in 2010 to the French Army and is planned
equipment for the soldier, make sure you have your main conference pass and are seated early: to be deployed at a rate of 4 battalions per year till 2015. The FELIN soldier has been
• Assessing the current fight – what does the dismounted close combatant really need? designed first to enhance individual capability in all domains of the close dismounted
• Future Integrated Soldier Technology update combat. However, FELIN functions as part of a team rather than alone on the battlefield
• News and developments from related UK soldier system modernization initiatives
and already demonstrated through field experimentation NEC during the conduct of
operation at the platoon level and above. FELIN as for the other platforms shall maintain
0915 NATO Land Capability Group 1 Dismounted Soldier Update a comprehensive understanding of the situation with automated, fast and accurate
Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Chairman, NATO Land Capability Group 1, information shared between combat team members. These information must stay abreast
Dismounted Soldier (Invited) of the important elements; where am I, where are my teammates and where is the
enemy. This presentation will detail the collaborative capability at the low tactical level
If you are new to Soldier Technology you simply can’t miss the NATO update on international
soldier modernisation from Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, perhaps one of the most well known
(platoon and Inter - Arms company) used by dismounted leaders in their conduct of
figures in the community today. Having led the group in NATO responsible for coordinating operation and expected to be implemented in the Army before 2015.
the advancement of soldier systems and capabilities for over 4 years, Lt Colonel Bodner has
accumulated a vast amount of knowledge and experience the he will share with you, including:
1245 Introducing the Jordanian Future Soldier Programme
• Organisation and mission of NATO Land Capability Group 1, Dismounted Soldier
Development Strategy
• The imperative of cooperation for development of soldier systems to be fielded in coalition Colonel Yousef Al-Etan, Programmes Department Manager, King Abdullah
operations Design and Development Bureau, Jordanian Armed Forces
• Freedoms and capabilities delivered to the soldier through soldier modernization over the past Soldier modernization in the Middle East is of great interest at the moment because of the
5 years vast wealth of many of the nations in the region but also because they have taken their time to
• A whirlwind tour of international soldier modernization today – who’s who and which nations discover from other countries what is working and what is not. We are delighted to welcome
are investing? this year as a guest speaker Colonel Al-Etan, a figure well known in Jordan but new to the
international soldier modernization community – this is his first presentation at Soldier
0945 IMESS Switzerland: How an Advanced Concept Has Been Technology. Make sure you attend this session where Colonel Al-Etan will reveal:
Transformed into an Operational Reality • Future soldier program phase I
Helmet Huegle, Head of Army Programmes, Cassidian • Futuer soldier program phase II
Make sure you join this session to get an exclusive perspective on one of the most • Comparison between future soldier items - capability, weight and cost
exciting soldier modernisation projects in Europe! Mr Huegle, a key figure in global soldier
modernisation, will give you fresh insight into how Cassidian has transformed capabilities for the 1315 Lunch and Networking
Swiss Army through the IMESS project. During this session, one of the conference highlights,
1430 Moving From Concept to Research and Development
you’ll learn about:
• Field trials and lesson learned
Phase in Brazil’s Combatiente Brasiliero
• Body equipment: overcome the diliemma of functionality vs. weight Programme Manager, Combatiente Brasiliero, Brazilian Army
• Extending missions through advanced vehicle integration If you missed last year’s introduction to the Brazilian future soldier programme – COBRA
• Industialisation: how to ramp up soldier systems to equip platoons – make sure you join this session to discover why Brazil views soldier modernization as a
• Way ahead and future extensions strategic investment. Even if you did catch the briefing in 2010 you’ll need to be here because
the programme manager has changed so you must introduce yourself! During this fresh
1015 A Commander’s Observations from Afghanistan presentation you’ll learn about:
Lt Colonel Paul James, Commanding Officer, 40 Commando, UK Royal • The organization, processes and timescale of developments to understand what it takes to
partner with Brazil on its’ future soldier project
Marines (Tentative)
• The rationale for Brazil’s determination to develop a fuller capability set for its future soldiers
Lt Colonel James is a warfighter. Let him give you an accurate and frank account of the real
• The key investment areas for Brazil’s future soldier system
challenges and requirements a Royal Marine Commando unit faces on a daily basis in Sangin,
Helmand Province, Afghanistan. A place where some of the fiercest fights were won and suicide 1500 Soldier Modernisation Under the Umbrella of the European
bombs a daily threat, the information and detail that you simply don’t get anywhere else, is what
you will receive during this highly informative briefing from a leading figure in the UK Royal
Defence Agency
Marines. This presentation will assist you to understand your customers and crucially to spend Colonel Erich Weissenbock, Head of Precision Engagement, European
time on the real needs of the warfighter today. Defence Agency
• The operational environment – some truths If you haven’t already met Colonel Weissenbock he is a key figure in European soldier
• Where technology is helping, and where it currently does not modernization, taking an active role in the coordination and progress of groups such as the
• Strategic and tactical decision making in theatre – what assisted? Combat Equipment of Dismounted Soldiers (CDA), a 9-nation effort to affordably harmonise
the capability requirements for the next generation of soldier’s equipment. New projects and
focus areas for the EDA include Force Protection so make sure you join this insightful and
updated presentation to find out about the:
• Current status of programmes that the European Defence Agency is pursuing
• Research and technology activities in force protection
• Focus of future activities for the soldier
1530 Commercial Sector Involvement in Future Soldier Systems
Colonel Marisa A. Tanner, Division Chief, Mission Command Capabilities
Division, Future Force Integration Directorate, US Army
Michael T. McCarthy, Director of Operations, Future Force Integration
Directorate, Mission Command Complex, US Army
Colonel (ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager, Soldier Warrior,
PEO Soldier, US Army
If you have every wondered when commercial sector technologies like the I-Pad and I-Phone
will be integrated into military spec systems you’ll truly value this exclusive briefing from the
US Army! We are delighted to give you the chance to find out why the US Army is investing
After the first focus sessions get ready for the national in mainstream technologies to achieve greater effect, reduce weight and rapidly advanced
capabilities for the dismounted soldier directly from two of the most important figures working
updates on June 8! this key issue today! Join Colonel Tanner and Mr McCarthy, the two decision makers on future
how to register today: t: +44 (0) 207 368 9465
e: SoldierTechnology@wbr.co.uk w: www.soldiertechnology.com

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force integration for the US Army to learn about: Soldier Weapons, and with end-user input from active and Guard soldiers, the T.Worx Ventures
• What the US Army is doing to leverage mainstream R&D for the benefit of the dismounted team has designed the ARC-PT system to be a user-friendly, drop-in replacement on existing
soldier M4 carbines. The system is backwards compatible with existing legacy accessories, while
• Which commercially available technology sets are of most interest to the US Army today also providing the platform for the next generation of lighter accessories with expanded
• How the US Army plans to overcome the clear security and integration issues of using capabilities. During this briefing you will learn how the ARCPT:
publicly available technology in austere and life-threatening environments • Simplifies power management
• Reduces the overall weight of the weapon
• Balances the weapon and improves handling
stream a – neW strategies to imProve •
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Provides a central control pad for all weapon-mounted accessories
Opens up opportunities for next generation accessories
survivabilitY for tHe soldier and marine
1645 How the US Marine Corps is Lightening the Load While
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Increasing Protection for the Squad and Individual Marine
Mark Richter, Programme Manager, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, US
Human caPabilitY develoPment WorksHoP
Marine Corps
Make sure you join Mark Richter for this exclusive interview on Marine requirements for new 1645 UK Human Capability Development Strategies for Soldier
protection. Drawing on his vast record of Marine feedback from Iraq and Afghanistan Mr Richter System Integrators
will give you the data and insight you need to rapidly improve the protection levels and weight
Professor Karen Carr, Head of Centre for Human Systems, Defence Academy,
and acceptance of your product or system. Join this unmissable briefing to discover:
Cranfield University
• Marine feedback on current armour
• New requirements for survivability coming out of Afghanistan Emma Sparks, Lecturer, Centre for Human Systems at the Defence Academy
College of Management and Technology, Cranfield University, Shrivenham
• How the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad has contributed to the development of lighter,
more survivable kit for the Marine Find out from two of the world’s leading thinkers in the field of Human System Integration how
• Advice on the new drivers for protection to increase acceptance of your soldier products and systems during this exclusive workshop!
Before joining Cranfield University at Shrivenham, Professor Carr spent 21 years in defence
1715 A Holistic Approach to Threats, Weight, and Cost industry, initially carrying out human factors research and providing consultancy support in
Toivo Horvei, Director Business Development, NFM Group the areas such as Human-Machine Interface, information management, design processes
and tools, and synthetic environments. Customers included BAe Systems, Lockheed Martin,
The modern soldier is dealing with a variety of missions, climates and threats. All of them
Northrop Grumman, Airbus, Boeing, MoD and DoD. Karen became Head of the Human Factors
are adding to his battle weight and the amount of kit that he must carry in combat. “Soldier
department in BAE Systems before moving into the company’s Head Office to take on a more
survivability” is a phrase where armour is a key element, but there is so much more to
strategic role as Director of Capability.
consider. Join experts from one of the world’s market leaders in protective capability to learn
about: In November 2006 Karen took up her present role to develop the Centre for Human
• Lightening the total soldier system Systems at the Defence Academy. She teaches a range of behavioural topics on courses
covering Through Life Capability Management, Engineering, Acquisition and Leadership. She
• How and where to attack the problem.
is currently leading an MoD research programme to take a pan-DLOD approach to supporting
• Mitigating non ballistic threats too Cognitive Capability in Defence.
• Lightening the load but reducing cost. is that possible?
Dr Sparks is a Systems Engineer specialising in human systems. Formerly a consultant
to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in Adelaide where Emma worked
1745 Assessing Developments in Survivability and Weight
extensively over the last three years to help progress Project Land 125, the Australian Soldier
Management in the Finnish Warrior 2020 Programme Modernisation Programme.
Major Matti Honkela, Programme Manager, Warrior 2020, Finnish Armed In September 2005 Emma Joined Cranfield University, specialising in systems thinking,
Forces enterprise architecture and more recently Human Factors Integration.
Warrior 2020 sets out to radically improve capabilities for the dismounted soldier in the
Finnish Army and part of this will be the enhancement of the survivability and protection and
weight aspects of the system. Join Major Honkela who looks after the programme to discover: 1815 Exhibition Drinks Reception
• Drivers for modernisation of soldier systems in Finland Relax and unwind with customers and potential partners
• Why survivability is a priority during this informal drinks reception in the centre of
• How Warrior 2020 will reduce weight the exhibition. With sessions over you’ll find that your
• Other key areas of focus for Warrior 2020 customers are ready to discuss the needs of their end
users with you over a glass of beer or wine!
Remember to bring
lots of business cards!
stream b – enHancing soldier letHalitY 1845 10th Anniversary Networking Awards Dinner at Chiswick
House with Senior Military Guest Speaker TBC –
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nniver sar y ceremony with 5 NEW awards in 2011, a Vision Speech from a senior
Weapon and Munition military leader soon to be confirmed and plenty of time to relax and
unwind with the world’s soldier modernisation decision makers! All this
Rheinmetall is well known for its innovative infantry weapons MP 38, Fallschirmjägergewehr will take place at Chiswick House, an exciting new venue for 2011!
42, MG 42 and Sturmgewehr 44. After 6 decades of abscense in the field of infantry weapons
Rheinemtall Weapon Munitions returns with the GLM/ UGL CERBORUS and AGL HYDRA. These
combine the innovative ammunition family 40mm LV and MV with state of the art weapons
engineering.
1715 New Results from NATO’s Weapons and Sensors Working
Group to Increase Soldier Lethality
Per Arvidsson, Chairman, Weapons and Sensors Working Group, NATO Land
Capability Group 1 Dismounted Soldier
We are pleased to give you the chance to spend time with Mr Arvidsson once again after a two
year hiatus. Not only is Mr Arvidsson a procurement leader in the Swedish FMV organization,
he is also a crucial figure in the NATO soldier modernization community as the head of the
weapons and sensors group for Land Capability Group 1, Dismounted Soldier. During this
briefing you’ll learn about:
• Progress being made by NATO on standards for weapons and sensors
• The importance of training versus new capability development
• How Sweden is planning to procure and develop sensor networks
1745 Consolidating the Power Source for Rifle Accesories
Carl Wallace, CEO, T.Worx Ventures
Find out who the winners will be in 5 NEW award categories
T.Worx Ventures developed the Accessory Rail Communication and Power Transfer system
(ARC-PT) through US Army SBIR Phase I and Phase II funding. Under the guidance of PM
at the annual networking and awards dinner on June 8!
how to register today: t: +44 (0) 207 368 9465
e: SoldierTechnology@wbr.co.uk w: www.soldiertechnology.com