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Souda Air Base, Chania, 73100

3rd IAMD-COE Conference

Conference Information

During Our Third Annual Conference, we intend to build a picture of the current geostrategic military situation for Euro-Atlantic Allies and Partners. This will lead us to discuss the new era of Challenges, focusing on Emerging Threats, Hypersonic Weapons, and developments in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), how NATO will respond to IAMD’s current and future challenges, Integration and Interoperability, Effectiveness and Sustainability, as well as on Innovation, Experimentation and Wargaming.

Conference sessions

a.  How the current Global Security Environment affects the evolution of IAMD in NATO

b. Challenges in Current & Future Operational Environment Arena

c. Strategies for Operational Advantage in IAMD

d. Advanced Technologies in IAMD

 

We are looking forward to an interesting and productive event, and to welcoming you to the picturesque and historical city of Chania.

Early registrations will be highly appreciated to support our scheduling.

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3rd IAMD COE Annual Conference (19-20 Jun 2024)

Provisional Overall Agenda

 

Overall Agenda

a. Tue, 18 Jun 24:                                   Travel Day

b. Wed, 19 Jun 24:                                 Opening Session Annual Conference Day 1

                                                                       Ice-breaker event

c. Thu, 20 Jun 24:                                    Annual Conference Day 2

 

d. Fri, 21 Jun 24:                                     Travel Day

 

For the detailed provisional agenda click here

 

Conference Moderators

Wg Cdr (Retd) Rob Munday

SG-288  & 290 Rapporteur

Conference Lecturers

Keynote Speakers (By alphabetical order)

Colonel Stuart HAY

Commander of 7th Air Defence Group, British Army

 

Colonel Christopher HILL

Project Manager Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC), Program Executive Office – Missiles and Space (PEO-MS), US Army

 

Speakers (By alphabetical order)

Mr. Emmanuel D’ALMEIDA

NSPA Modular GBAD Principal Project Officer

 

Mr. Sean BITTICK

NATO HQ, C-UAS WG Secretary

 

Mrs. Wendi O. Brown

US Army Reserve

 

Dr. Joao CAETANO

Project Officer on UAS Programmes, European Defence Agency

 

Lieutenant Col Josef CASARJ

Deputy Head of Air Defence Department, Czech University of Defence

 

Mr. Niclas COLLIANDER

METREA Managing Director of Simulations

 

PhD Viktoriya FEDORCHAK

Lecturer in War Studies Air Operations Division Swedish Defence Univercity

 

Brig. Gen (Ret.) Mr. Donald FRYC

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

 

Mr. Richard GOODMAN

EMEA Defence Lead, Government, Transportation & Defence Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division, HEXAGON

 

PhD Konstantinos IFANTIS

Professor of International Relations Panteion University

 

Mr. Shawn JOHNSON

USAFE Combat Training School

 

Mr. Brig. Gen (Ret) Mr. Fotios KAMPIOTIS

Vice President & COO of SAS Technology S.A.

 

Dr. Sidharth KAUSHAL

Research Fellow, Sea Power   Military Sciences, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)​​​​

 

Mr.  Angelos KLOTHAKIS

P.h.D Candidate in Technical University of Crete (TUC)

 

Mr.  Trevor LENT

METREA Mission Data Solution Development Head

 

Cpt (Ret) Mr. Sozon A. LEVENTOPOULOS

Former IAMD CoE SME, ZONOS – SYSTEMS Managing Director

 

Mr. Wade MIZE

NORTHROP GRUMMAN Chief Engineer

 

PhD Ioannis NIKOLOS

Director of the Turbomachines & Fluid Dynamics Laboratory School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete (TUC)

 

PhD Charalampos PAPASOTIRIOU

Professor of International Relations Panteion University

Member of the Board of Directors of Institute of International Relations (IDIS)

 

Lt. Col Arturo ARRIBAS SANTIAGO ESP AF

European Union Military Staff (EUMS)

 

Mr. Blake STONE

Civ US NATO HQ National Delegation (US JCO)

 

PhD Vassilios THEOFILIS

Faculty of Aeronautics and Space Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

 

Mr. Iain THOMSON

UK JCO Scientific Advisor

 

PhD George TZAGKARAKIS

Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Signal Processing Laboratory (SPL)

 

PhD Dimitrios TSAKIRIS

Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Computer Science (ICS)

 

Mr. Strauss WILL

RAYTHEON Technology Director for the Short and Medium Range Ground Based Air Defense (SMGBAD)

Accommodation

List Of Recommended Hotels In Chania

Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodation.
For your convenience, we have compiled a list of recommended hotels in Chania.
Should you require guidance or assistance, the IAMD COE is available to assist upon request.
We highly recommend selecting hotels near the Chania city centre for ease of transportation (shuttle bus to be provided). Special prices are available exclusively to participants who book directly with each hotel manager via email.

“Reserve your seats for this year’s Conference”