21 - 24 January, 2019
Twickenham Stadium, London, United Kingdom
THE WORLD’S PREMIER ARMOURED VEHICLES FORUM
Over 650 armoured vehicles professionals – including over 250 industry experts and 400 military leaders - will gather for what is The World’s Largest Dedicated Armoured Vehicles Conference.
Reflecting on the eighteen years since our first amoured vehicles event in 2001, we’ve seen the rapid evolution of land power doctrine. 2001 was the start of an extended period of counter-insurgency and counter-terror fighting, leading to the rapid acquisition of armoured vehicles, innovation in counter-IED technology and the proliferation of unmanned aerial systems. Now in 2018, we see the emergence of multi-domain concepts of operation, a reorientation towards high-end peer conflict and the aggressive pursuit of disruptive technologies in AI and Robotics, which are sure to revolutionise and re-energise debate within the land forces community – not least, the armoured vehicles market.
International Armoured Vehicles is the foremost annual meeting that drives this debate – providing a comprehensive dialogue on everything armoured vehicle related from the geostrategic issues shaping doctrine, to the challenges of MRO, lifecycle management and active procurement programmes, through to the next generation of ‘optionally manned’ combat vehicles. Put simply, over four days, military practitioners, research & development leaders, acquistion specialists and partners from industry will meet to discuss the full range of emerging technologies and changing CONOPS impacting the sector, and how to prepare for challenges to 2035 and beyond.
A truly unique experience for the armour community, welcome to the world’s Premier Armoured Vehicles Forum.
2019 Speakers Include:
Commanding General
US Army Futures Command
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Commander
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO
Inspector General
Norwegian Army
Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence
U.S. Army
Commander, Land Component
Belgian Armed Forces
Commander
Army of Sweden
Chief of Staff
Romanian Land Forces
Chief of the Army Staff
Defence Command Denmark
Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans & Programs
French Ministry of Defence
Director, Next Generation Combat Vehicle
U.S. Army
Director General Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Australian Army
Commander
Hungarian Ground Forces
GOC Armour Formation
South African Army
Commander of the Cavalry School and Inspector of the Cavalry
Italian Army
Commander of Armoured Forces
Uganda People's Defence Force
Commander, “Brigada Guzman el Bueno” X
Spanish Army
70+
Speakers
50+
Nations
60+
Sponsors
300+
Senior Military Attendees
We Welcome You to Join us at IAV to:
Re-join the largest, annual and international gathering of armoured mobility experts to develop and share your organisation's capability, knowledge and project management expertise within the largest group of targeted prospective partners, anywhere in the world
Engage with your customers and supply chains in conference and at the exhibition in order to solve common challenges and to bring forward your modernisation and development agendas
Explore the future threat environment with the community's thought leaders, policy makers and innovators and support the community's ability to defeat the enemy by demonstrating your armoured capability
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Hear what others are saying:
“One of the advantages of this seminar is that the military get to describe our challenges... and then our industry partners can give us an idea of what is in the realm of the possible – what technologies are out there - and then as we give them requirements, they can give us possible solutions”
“What I always take away is that there is a lot of thing out there that, quite often, I didn’t know so I go away already more aware and knowledgeable. It also brings me to the conclusion that we generals, seniors, need to be more in closer contact with each other and ask ‘why did you take this decision?’ We can learn from each other and have, lets say, interoperability of minds so we can be ahead of the development of a possible opponent.”
“It (IAV) brings a whole bunch of experience from across the globe into one location, with the opportunity to discuss the key challenges, problems and opportunities. The threats that face most of the nations represented at this conference are far greater than any one of us to be able to deal with successfully. The key to success in the future is in coalition’s collaboration- to ensure that we get the best capabilities and collectively we can meet the threats that exist today and those that will exist in the future. It’s a great opportunity.”
“I was very privileged to be able to speak here today. But, the true value is in the personal relations to be able to have those types of side bar discussions. To be able to talk with industry to see what capabilities are here and what they are promising for the future.”
“This is the main rendezvous for me to discuss Armoured Vehicles. If I can retain only one rendezvous in the year it is here at IAVs”
“IAVs gives the possibility for interaction with colleagues and industry and also there are good panel discussions, and excellent presentations.”
“It has been interesting to interact with our international partners; our allies, our colleague, both in uniform and in industry, and see that we all are looking at similar problem sets.”
“This is a really important conference for the Ministry of Defence, it provides land command for the British Army to set out its priorities for equipment capability setting.”
“Having the opportunity to come together for a couple of days with the leading minds in this business is really valuable. That’s what I’ve taken out of it.”
“The conference provides a chance to reinforce the bonds between the nation's that make up the most successful alliance in the history of the world.”
“It is very important for us to come here to see the trends in mechanization. By attending we can see the trend is towards wheeled vehicles… today we are looking for partnerships with industry and enterprises.”
“It’s always good to get our suppliers together, our analysts, friends and colleagues from other armed forces, to compare notes on the evolution of armoured vehicles.”
“Its tremendous being together with many of my colleagues who I’ve served with in Afghanistan and in NATO. We can engage in the kind of dialogue that helps to advance the profession and our understanding of what’s being done… we can sit down as a group and share ideas, concepts and enhance our understanding of the state-of-the-art”
