The Only Conference Bringing Together Military, Humanitarian Groups, and Industry Leaders to Discuss and Improve Operations in EOD and Demining

23 - 24 September 2025 | Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK

Speakers |Countering Explosive Threat & Demining

2025 SPEAKERS


Major General (Retd) Rob Thomson
Major General (Retd) Rob Thomson
Chief Strategy Officer
The Halo Trust
The Halo Trust
Colonel Darren Fisher
Colonel Darren Fisher
Commander
29 EOD & Search Regiment
29 EOD & Search Regiment
Brian Howard
Brian Howard
Chief
Counter Explosive Ordnance Defence Engagement (CEDE)
Counter Explosive Ordnance Defence Engagement (CEDE)
Colonel Ruslan Berehulia
Colonel Ruslan Berehulia
Head of Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Defense & Environmental Security
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Commander Bo Snestrup Petersen
Commander Bo Snestrup Petersen
Head of Diving Unit
Royal Danish Navy
Royal Danish Navy
Lee Moroney
Lee Moroney
Director, Physical Security Stockpile Management (Pssm) & Regional Director (Eur
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
Major Mark Fetters
Major Mark Fetters
Future Counter-Explosive Ordnance Capability Lead
British Army
British Army
Mr. Elnur Gasimov
Mr. Elnur Gasimov
Head of the Quality Control Department
Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA)
Mine Action Agency of the  Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA)
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Teeton
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Teeton
Military Advisor C-EO and CBRN
UK MoD
UK MoD
Armen Harutyunyan
Armen Harutyunyan
Head of Standards and Operations
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Georgina Darlow
Georgina Darlow
Advisor, Research, Innovation, Standards and Operations (RISO)
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Lieutenant Colonel José RUFAS
Lieutenant Colonel José RUFAS
Chief of the Attack the Networks Branch
C-IED Centre of Excellence
C-IED Centre of Excellence
Professor Tony Peyton
Professor Tony Peyton
Professor of Electromagnetic Tomography Engineering
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
Stephen Ingram
Stephen Ingram
Technical Advisor
Mines Advisory Group International (MAG)
Mines Advisory Group International (MAG)
Luke Irving
Luke Irving
Chief Mine Action Programme
UNMAS oPt
Andrew Griffiths
Andrew Griffiths
Head of Demining Team
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Adam Jasinski
Adam Jasinski
Chief Operating Officer
The Halo Trust
The Halo Trust
Lieutenant Colonel Anders Södermyr
Lieutenant Colonel Anders Södermyr
Commanding Officer EOD and Search School
Swedish Armed Force SWEDEC
Swedish Armed Force SWEDEC
Mr Konstantin Darmaniyan
Mr Konstantin Darmaniyan
Chief Technical Advisor for Sales Training and Business Development
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OUR 2025 CHAIRMAN


Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Mark Wickham
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Mark Wickham
Chairman
Counter-Explosive Threat and Demining