Augmenting Capabilities through Enhanced Cooperation & Technology Adoption

Defence iQ's Coast Guard Capability returns in 2025, providing coastguards with a platform to share best practices and solutions in their primary tasks of coordinating search and rescue operations, monitoring shipping organising pollution clean ups around the coastline. 

The role of coastguards is expansive and requires that they work alongside other agencies to tackle illegal smuggling of drugs, weapons, wildlife, and human beings, illegal immigration, IUU fishing and more. The importance of a nation’s coast guard in boosting its blue economy also cannot be overstated. With representation from across coast guards, navies, interagency bodies, border forces, police and maritime security agencies and an international speaker line up speaking to the biggest challenges and concerns, the 2025 edition of this event promises to explore how these bodies are working together to achieve the shared goal of maritime security.
 
With newer threats to maritime infrastructure and security emerging (including attacks on underwater cables, the use of drones for nefarious activities). It is important be aware of the latest technologies being used to counter these threats. With the key challenges of tight budgets, limited human resource, training difficulties, and interagency competition and lack of collaboration, it is more important now than it has ever been for these organisations have a forum where the biggest challenges are tackled head on.  
 
Coast Guard Capability 2025 brings together stakeholders from across the maritime security ecosystem from across all continents of the globe in a collaborative forum, designed to aid in addressing each nation’s specific coastal needs and help foster interagency and international collaboration.  

The Defence iQ team looks forward to welcoming you to London for what is sure to be a truly impactful event!

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2025 SPEAKERS LEADING THE EVENT
With REPRESENTATION FROM THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD, ROMANIAN BORDER POLICE, Australian Border Force, KUWAITI COAST GUARD & MORE

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NATIONS ATTENDING INCLUDE:
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⭐Session of the Week⭐

NEUTRALISING ATTACKS ON UNDERWATER CABLES, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CYBER SECURITY

    • Updates on the key challenges Coast Guards are facing worldwide, and the solutions being considered or implemented
    • Combatting threats to underwater cables and critical infrastructure
    • Adapting to the new techniques being used to facilitate illegal immigration and IUU fishing
Chris Reynolds, Former Head of Irish Coast Guard, Head of European Union Capability Development in Somalia, EUCAP

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WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

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Understand how coast guards from different regions are implementing new and cutting-edge technology to maintain domain awareness through enhanced surveillance and protect ports and harbors from underwater threats      

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Join discussions on how coast guards are being interoperable and collaborating with interagencies, with the shared goal of increasing maritime security 

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Learn how coast guards are navigating the complexity of training personnel and adopting the tools that are helping overcome the challenge of lack of maritime expertise and building up a well-trained maritime workforce   

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Hear how established coast guards from around the world accomplish their missions to combat illegal immigration, IUU fishing, and drug smuggling; and learn more about the trajectory of younger coast guards –in the earlier phase of their development  

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Get updated on the techniques being used to ensure better safety at sea and more success during SAR missions

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BUILD YOUR BUSINESS AT THE 2025 EVENT

Sponsorship is the most effective way to share your company's idea with senior leaders from across coast guard and maritime security agencies around the world, who are searching for solutions in: UAS, patrol boats, OPVs, cutters, helicopters, technology solutions for satellite communications/ data/ ISR and more.

Our audience need solutions that will help ensure international ships and sailors can navigate without fear of threats and can protect maritime areas, using modern tools and platforms. 

Do you provide a solution that can help our international, cross-agency audience in tackling their biggest challenges? 

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    INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:

    Better Managing the Seas: Martin Cauch-Inglott Interview

    In this exclusive interview with Mr. Martin Cauch-Inglott, we delve into the EU maritime capacity building project, CRIMARIO II. Along with covering the philosophy behind the system, he also covers the basics of the tool.

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    Securing the Coastline: Christopher Trelawny Interview

    In this exclusive interview with Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General for INTERPOLICE, we explore the dynamics of sustainable maritime development and uncover promising avenues for growth.

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    Maritime Security News 
    Round-Up 2025

    This News Round-Up offers a comprehensive look at the latest developments in maritime enforcement procurement and the evolving security challenges faced by nations around the world. 

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    This conference is a one-of-a-kind event, providing a holistic approach to improving nations' coast guard forces. A must attend event for anyone requiring a better way of improving operations in a fiscally constrained and personnel constrained operating environment.

    USCG, Deputy Chief

    This is a very good event covering a wide range of topics related with coast guard capabilities. One has the opportunity to listen to the current developments from high profile speakers in the area.

    University of Strathclyde, Professor/Director

    Coast Guard Capability Conference 2024 provided the environment for diverse subject-matter experts to exchange ideas and identify and explore the best practices and innovative approaches to develop comprehensive, effective, and whole of government strategies for executing coast guard functions at national and regional levels.

    INTERPORTPOLICE, Deputy Secretary General

    Excellent interchange on the challenges facing the maritime law enforcement and safety organizations of the world.

    C-SIGMA LLC, Director

    An excellent opportunity to learn about the different models to Coast Guarding and the opportunities of AI and UAV, USVs and other unmanned technology.

    Border Force, Benefits Lead for the MCRP

    Very pleased with the event - plan to attend many more.

    Cobham Satcom, End User Engagement Manager

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