{"id":355861,"date":"2025-12-09T17:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/defence-attache-engagement-event-february-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:13:43","slug":"defence-attache-engagement-event-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/defence-attache-engagement-event-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Attach\u00e9 Engagement Event \u2013 February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to express interest in attending this upcoming Defence Attach\u00e9 (DA) industry engagement event for the chance to meet one-to-one with UK defence staff before they take up their posts at UK Embassies and High Commissions abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Following some adjustments to the Defence Exports with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) briefing package for outgoing UK defence staff, ADS and Make UK Defence have agreed an enhanced opportunity within this for industry engagement and participation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Selection process<\/h3>\n<p>Interested companies will undergo an initial selection process \u2013 this to ensure that companies attending cover a range of domains (land, air, maritime, cyber, security and others). We also want to ensure there is a fair mix of SMEs and larger companies, as well as opening up opportunities for new companies to participate. Successful companies will then be invited to attend the event. Note: The final list of chosen invitees will be at ADS, Make UK Defence and Defence Exports with the MOD\u2019s discretion. You will be sent a template to complete which requires you to describe your technology, product, or service which will then be reviewed. Please do not make any travel arrangements for the event until your attendance has been confirmed. Further instructions will be sent once you have registered your interest and companies will be contacted regarding attendance during the week commencing <strong>Monday 12 January 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Benefits of attending<\/h3>\n<p>Industry attendees will have the opportunity to have one-to-one scheduled meetings with the outgoing defence staff to those countries of potential interest, and it is hoped that the relevant country desk officers and military support staff from MOD will also be in attendance. Regional International Trade Advisors have also been invited to attend the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Draft agenda<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>11:00 \u2013 Industry arrival window and set-up<\/li>\n<li>12:00 \u2013\u00a0Working lunch with ADS, Make UK and EST<\/li>\n<li>13:40 \u2013 DA speed dating session one<\/li>\n<li>15:20 \u2013 Break\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>15:35 \u2013 DA speed dating session two<\/li>\n<li>17:15 \u2013 Break down<\/li>\n<li>17:15 \u2013 Follow up chats with refreshments available<\/li>\n<li>18:30 \u2013 Close and depart.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Countries of particular relevance for this event<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Austria<\/li>\n<li>Bahrain<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>Cyprus<\/li>\n<li>Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<li>Japan<\/li>\n<li>Moldova<\/li>\n<li>Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>North Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Oman<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Arabia (2 reps)<\/li>\n<li>USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NB: The above list is subject to change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the structure of the event, we can accommodate one person per company.<\/p>\n<h3>Register your interest<\/h3>\n<p>To express interest in attending the event please email <strong><a href=\"mailto:christine.gomm@adsgroup.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christine Gomm<\/a><\/strong> <strong>before Tuesday 6 <\/strong><strong>January 2026<\/strong>.\u00a0 We will inform those expressing interest of whether they have a place at the event <strong>w\/c 12 January 2026<\/strong>. so please do not commit to any travel or accommodation for the event until we confirm you have been accepted.<\/p>\n<h3>Indicative costs are as follows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Member rate: \u00a3230 + VAT<\/li>\n<li>Partner rate: \u00a3345 + VAT<\/li>\n<li>Non-member rate: \u00a3460 + VAT\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If catering costs increase there may be a slight uplift.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adsgroup.org.uk\/events\/defence-attach-engagement-event-february-2026\/\">Defence Attach\u00e9 Engagement Event \u2013 February 2026<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adsgroup.org.uk\/\">ADS Group<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to express interest in attending this upcoming Defence Attach\u00e9 (DA) industry engagement event for the chance to meet one-to-one with UK defence staff before they take up their posts at UK Embassies and High Commissions abroad. Following some adjustments to the Defence Exports with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) briefing package for&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/defence-attache-engagement-event-february-2026\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}