International Dismounted Soldier

31 October - 1 November 2023 | Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK

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Meet the Speakers

Colonel (Retd) Andy Hadfield
Former Commandant of UK School of Infantry
IDS 2023 Conference Chairman

Major General Chris Barry CBE
Director Land Warfare
British Army

Major General Veiko-Vello Palm
Commander of the Estonian Division
Estonian Land Forces

Brigadier Matt Birch
Head of Military Capability Delivery
British Army

Brigadier General Eugenio Dessi
Infantry School Commander
Italian Army

Brigadier General Jonas Lotsne
Director of Land Systems
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)

Brigadier General Anders Svensson
Deputy Commander
Swedish Army

Colonel Paul Cummings
Dismounted Close Combat Portfolio Leader, STSP
DE&S - UK MoD

Colonel Stuart Nasse
Assistant Head Military Capability Delivery
British Army

Colonel Thomas Putnam
Director, Close Combat Lethality Task Force
US DoD

Colonel Juhana Skyttä
Infantry Inspector
Finnish Army

Colonel Harm van der Have
Commander Manoeuvre Education and Training Center
Royal Dutch Army

Tim Gramp
Chief Engineer
US Marine Corps

Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Brooks
Commandant, Infantry School
Canadian Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Dawe
Commanding Officer, Infantry Trials and Development Unit
British Army

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Gerlach
G3 Staff Officer, Infantry Branch
ACCDC - German Army

Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Hanlon
SO1 Soldier Systems, SoldierWorks
British Army

Major Michael O'Connor
Capability Director Soldier Modernisation Office
New Zealand Defence Force

Major Donatas Palavenis
Chief Specialist
Training and Doctrine Command of the Lithuanian Armed Forces

Major Ali Raju
Commanding Officer
Canadian Army Trials and Evaluations Unit

Stuart Lyle
Urban Operations Research Lead, Land Analysis Group
DSTL - UK MoD

Anders Palm
Project Manager, Optronics System Section
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)

Mark Pickering
Principal Scientist, Land Guided Weapons
DSTL – UK MoD

Jonathan Russell
Technical lead Land Systems Programme Dismounted Protection Project
DSTL - UK MoD

Tom Van Beneden
Ammunition Support Partnership
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

Lieutenant General (Retd) John Deedrick
Consultant
SIG Sauer

Rob Taylor
Managing Director & Founder
4GD

Nate Whelan
VP Europe Programs
Marathon Targets GmbH

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