Conferences

The DSEI 2015 conference and seminar programme featured over 300 speakers from the global military, industrial, academic and wider defence & security community, facilitating knowledge sharing and networking around key topics and technical areas.

The DSEI 2017 conference and seminar programme will be available to registered attendees in due course. 

The 2015 Ministerial Keynotes included: 

• The Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence
• Mr Philip Dunne MP, Minister of State for Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence

• Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB DSC ADC DL FRAeS, First Sea Lord and Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy (Naval Theatre)         
• General Sir Nicholas Carter KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (East Theatre)          
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford KCB CBE ADC, Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Air Force (Air Theatre)
• General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE ADC Gen, Commander, Joint Forces Command (Security & Special Forces Theatre)

As the global platform of choice for key government figures and influential policy makers within the Defence & Security sector, DSEI will once again feature a series of seminars, which will address the challenges, developments and future of the sector’s ever-changing landscape.

The world renowned seminar programme will be delivered across the following five theatres on the exhibition floor; each one with critical themes appropriate for the challenges addressed within them. Each theatre will host presentations from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 September 2017.

East Theatre (Land)

West Theatre (Air and Joint)

Naval Theatre

Security Theatre

Global Partnerships Theatre

►Download the 2015 Seminar Programme here

DSEI 2015 hosted the following high-level pre-event conferences focused on the future strategy of maritime defence, rotorcraft technology, front line medical services, and lessons learnt from the recent Ebola epidemic.

The First Sea Lord / RUSI international Sea Power Conference 

The Future of Military Rotorcraft: 2030 and Beyond 

Trauma Innovation Conference

Ebola Learning Exploitation 

DSEI 2017 will see the return of the pre-event Strategic Conferences which will take place on Monday 11 September 2017. Conference information will be available in due course.

►Download the 2015 Strategic Conferences Programme here