The Mortar Systems Conference is the leading unclassified forum for Mortar Systems in Europe. Now in its 16th year the conference brings together all the leading Mortar user and manufacturing organisations around the world. The conference will develop the themes discussed in the last 16 years with a series of presentations covering the whole subject area from a military practitioner and an industry technological point of view. Like previous conferences the speakers will be a range of international military and industry subject matter experts.
By locating the Mortar Systems Conference within the Future Indirect Fires Conference and DSET we are better able to address other linked contemporary Indirect Fires challenges. The role of Mortars in close combat remains undiminished and the technical and operational boundaries between traditional Artillery & Infantry indirect fires roles are increasingly blurred. Also, individual, crew and collective training are serious challenges within the world of Joint & Indirect Fires. By collocating these three events we are providing attendees access to both the Fires end user operational needs and the synthetic training solutions to those needs.
There will be three lecture theatres to host each stream and a common exhibition and catering area. Attendees to any event will have full access to the other two streams within the ticket price and may pick & choose which presentations they attend.
The 2020 agenda is still work in progress. At this stage the following speakers and topics are confirmed:
Chairman
Christopher F Foss, Contributing Editor to IHS Jane's Defence Review and Jane's Land Consultant.
The Historic, Current & Emerging Role of Mortars in Land Warfare
Col John Musgrave, DACOS Empowerment, British Army
UK Mortars Update
Major Darren Szymanski, Chief Instructor, Mortar Division, Specialist Weapons School, British Army
Muzzle velocity radars for heavy mortar systems – is it necessary?
Mr Lars Krogh Vammen, Director of Business Development, Weibel
Indirect Fire in the Infantry: Current Tasks and Future Development
Capt Oliver Gawrylowicz, Heavy Infantry Development, Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Centre
Industry – Hirtenberger
Use of Mortars in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine – Lessons Learned
Lt Col Petro Koliennikov, Senior Lecturer, Department of Artillery & Rocket Forces, Ukrainian Land Forces
US Army Mortar Programmes
Lt Col Pat Farrell, Product Manager - Precision Fires & Mortars (PdM PFM), Project Manager - Combat Ammunition Systems (PM CAS), Joint Program Executive Office - Armaments & Ammunition (JPEO A&A)
Mortar Gunnery in a threat environment
Mr Matt Terrault, Chief, Mortar Systems Branch, FCDD-ACM-MM, Picatinny Arsenal
CV90 Mortar, the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle
Mr Jonas Waltari, Head of Indirect Fires, Army Systems Division, FMV-Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
120mm mortar system in French Artillery
Capt Pierre CLAUDEL, Direction of Studies & Prospective Artillery, French Army
Industry Delegate - £1450.00 + VAT
Mil/Govt Delegate - £170.00 + VAT
Discounts:
3 or more attendees = 10%