DisTec to launch at ITEC 2019

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The organisers ofITEC, Europe’s premier conference and exhibition for military training,education and simulation technology, are pleased to announce DisTec; a brandnew show-floor experience, exploring solutions shaping the future of trainingand simulation.

Located on the ITEC exhibition floor, the DisTec area willinvite the industry's brightest innovators and thought-leaders to present onfour key areas:

With the rapid speed at which technology is developing,military and civil protection training communities are striving to provide amore realistic and effective training environment.

An increasing number of game-changing solutions are comingfrom start-up companies and cross-sector technology transfer, providing freshcompetition to the well-established primes in training and simulation. Withsmaller budgets to showcase their solutions, new market entrants rely on thecutting-edge tech to speak for itself.

Thanks to the further development of simulated or synthetictraining capabilities, the last decade has brought about significant changes inthe way personnel are trained. Barriers to the effectiveness, use andintegration of these technologies still exist, and while the military trainingestablishment have been restricted to a degree in their speed to leverageavailable technologies, the landscape is now changing.

ITEC Event Director, Tracy Bebbington said: "With somany SMEs attending ITEC this year, including a record number of first-timeexhibitors, we are delighted to be able to provide a platform from which they can display their mostpioneering developments. DisTec will allow start-ups and other ambitiousorganisations to showcase their novel technology in front of global,state-level procurement officials who are openly investing in new anddisruptive training systems in the civilian and military sectors. This is one ofa number of new features at ITEC 2019, ensuring the event’s 30th anniversaryedition will be one to remember".”

Defence Innovation Directorate, Ministry of Defencecommented: “The Ministry of Defence has embarked on an ambitious and boldinnovation initiative, aimed at transforming the way we think, operate, and usetechnologies to give us an edge over our adversaries. Being aware of and ableto pull through the latest disruptive technologies, and innovative products,services, and processes will help us deliver innovative solutions to Defence’schallenges and prepare for potential threats. Our attendance at ITEC willprovide us with a greater understanding of the challenges facing industry andthe direction technology may be taking in the future.”

DisTec is free to attend for ITEC exhibition visitors.

With a mixture of curated content and commercialpresentation slots, DisTec provides an ideal platform for innovators to showpractical and relevant applications for their technology. The organisers are excitedto announce a number of headline participants taking part in the inauguralDisTec, including the keynote speaker from the UK MOD Defence Innovation.

ITEC 2019 takes place at Stockholmsmässan, Sweden from 14-16May.

https://www.itec.co.uk/ distec