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Who qualifies for VIP access?

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The variety and relevance of VIP visitors attending IT²EC has long been a distinguishing feature of the event. Senior military officers, influential public sector officials and international delegations attend the event as VIP guests. These most prominent members of the military training, education and simulation community include representatives of national governments, ministries concerned with defence and security, central defence staff, and armed services.

Please note: highlights from 2024 will be published shortly

Who joined us over the years?

  • Head of M&S Unit, Austrian Armed Forces
  • Chief Simulation Center, Belgian Defense
  • Director Operations, Belgian Navy
  • Modeling and Simulation Division Analyst, Brazilian Navy
  • Chief of Brazilian Army Simulation System, Brazilian Army
  • Head of Department, Force Development Division, Czech Armed Forces
  • Commander Centre of Simulation and Training Technologies, Czech Army
  • Head of Training Section, Estonian Defense Forces
  • Deputy Commander of Flying Personnel Training Schools, French Air and Space Force
  • Branch Head Training Concepts, Bundeswehr (Germany)
  • Branch Head Future Training, Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Center (Germany)
  • Commander, German Army Combat Training Centre
  • Surface Programs Director, Armaments Directorate, Hellenic Navy
  • Director Training Branch, Hellenic Navy
  • Officer in Charge of Training Planning and Management, Defence Forces Ireland
  • Modelling & Simulation SME, Italian Air Force
  • Chief Modelling & Simulation Office, Air Warfare Center, Italian Air Force
  • Colonel, Japanese Ground Staff Office
  • Commander, Combat Support and Combat Services Support Training Centre (Latvia)
  • DCOS Joint Force Development, NATO ACT
  • Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management, NATO SHAPE
  • Director, NATO Science & Technology Organization
  • Director, NATO Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence
  • Director, NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence
  • Commander Netherlands Maritime Force, Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Commander Marine Training Centre, Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Head of the Naval Simulation Centre, Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Chief Simulation Centre of Excellence, Royal Netherlands Army
  • Head of Innovation, Royal Netherlands Army
  • Deputy Commander Center for Man in Aviation, Royal Netherlands Air Force
  • Deputy Director Training Directorate, Portuguese Army
  • Director, KSS-III Submarine Contract Team, DAPA (Republic of Korea)
  • SME, Wargaming and Doctrine Experimentation Center (Romania)
  • Head Army Training Simulation Branch, Singapore Armed Forces
  • Chief M&S Office CIS Directorate, Spanish Army
  • Deputy Commander, SWISSINT Training Centre (Switzerland)
  • Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training, Royal Navy
  • Commandant Training Management Group, Royal Navy
  • SRO Training and Synthetics, British Army
  • Director Land Warfare, British Army
  • Programme Director, Collective Training Transformation Programme, British Army
  • Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Combat Air), Royal Air Force
  • Head, Soldier, Training and Special Projects, Defence Equipment & Support
  • Program Executive Officer, PEO STRI, U.S. Army
  • Director, Joint Multinational Simulation Center, U.S. Army

  • Head of Unit Simulation & Training Equipment, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence
  • Commandant and Rector, Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
  • Commander Centre of Simulation and Training Technologies, Czech Army
  • Vice-Rector for Research and Expert Activities, University of Defence (Czech Republic)
  • Chief Simulation Center, Danish Army
  • Commander, Naval Training Command, Hellenic Navy
  • Deputy Commander Hellenic Tactics Center, Hellenic Air Force
  • Branch Chief, J5 C4I Systems Development Branch, Hungarian Defence Forces Command
  • Director of Training and Education, Defence Forces Ireland
  • Chief of Training, Italian Air Force
  • Commander, Lithuanian Armed Forces Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
  • Branch Head Modelling and Simulation Training Technologies, NATO ACT
  • Commandant, Netherlands Defence Academy
  • Chief Simulation Centre of Excellence, Royal Netherlands Army
  • Chief of Transformation and Innovation, Nigerian Army
  • Senior Officer Training Department, Omani Ministry of Defence
  • Commandant, Polish Air Force University
  • Commander Joint Warfare Training Center, Qatar Armed Forces
  • Chief of Army Tiger Department, Republic of Korea Army
  • Commandant (Rector), ”Henri Coanda” Air Force Academy, Brasov, Romania
  • Head of Training Development Branch, Singapore Armed Forces
  • Chief of Joint Force Training Directorate, Swedish Armed Forces
  • Commandant, Army Training Centre, Swiss Armed Forces
  • Chief of Training and Recruitment, Uganda People’s Defence Forces
  • Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel Capability), UK Ministry of Defence
  • Head Cyber Awareness, Behaviours and Culture), UK Ministry of Defence
  • Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training, Royal Navy
  • SRO Collective Training Transformation Programme, British Army
  • Deputy Director Land Warfare, British Army
  • Chief of Staff, Royal School of Military Engineering, British Army
  • Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Combat Air), Royal Air Force
  • Assistant Chief of Staff (Capability Delivery, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), Royal Air Force
  • Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics and Support Engineering), Royal Air Force
  • Director General, Joint Force Development, UK Strategic Command
  • Head Operations, Plans and Training, UK Space Command
  • Head, Soldier, Training and Special Projects, Defence Equipment & Support
  • Head, Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)
  • Commandant, Defence School of CIS (United Kingdom)
  • Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training (United Kingdom)
  • Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, U.S. Navy
  • Program Executive Officer, PEO STRI, U.S. Army
  • Director, Joint Multinational Simulation Center, U.S. Army

 

  • Assistant Chief of Navy (Personnel and Training), Royal New Zealand Navy
  • Assistant Chief of Staff Requirements, NATO Allied Transformation Command
  • Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force
  • Chief of Swedish Army
  • Commandant, National Defence College, Bangladesh
  • Commander Simulation Center Land Warfare, Royal Netherlands Army
  • Commander Training, German Army
  • Commander Training, Exercise & Evaluation, Royal Norwegian Navy
  • Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Future Training, Royal Navy, UK
  • Deputy Commander Allied Rapid Response Corps, NATO ARRC
  • Deputy Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, US Navy
  • Director General, Australian Defence Simulation and Training Centre, Department of Defence
  • Director General, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
  • Director Navy Training, Royal Australian Navy
  • Executive Director, Future Joint Force Development, US Joint Staff
  • Head, Defence and Security Accelerator, UK
  • Head, Soldier, Training and Special Programmes, Defence Equipment & Support, UK
  • Program Executive Officer, Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, US Army
  • Rector-Commandant, University of Defence, Czech Republic
  • Secretary of State - Head of The Department for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
  • Vice Chancellor, Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka

 

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