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Advances in Protective Clothing

25 Apr 2012, QinetiQ, Farnborough, UK

Organised by IOM Communications Ltd on behalf of the the Defence, Safety and Security Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Being a comparatively frail thing, the human body requires protection against a wide spectrum of threats in an ever-increasing range of challenging activities and environments. From the earliest days, the human race has developed forms of protective clothing to counter these threats and so enable survival, increased comfort, improved performance or increased endurance.

In recent conferences we have focussed on Advances in Body Armour and Helmets. In this conference we will consider Advances in Protective Clothing through the latest innovations in materials science and design across different sectors encompassing defence, the emergency services, agriculture, sports, building, chemical, biological and nuclear material handling and industrial processes to encourage cross fertilisation of ideas for future improvements in Protective Clothing.

Supported by:

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A donation box for the Help for Heroes Charity will be available at the conference.

Running alongside this conference will be a student design competition - find out more.

Price:

£170.00

VAT:

Excl. VAT

Concessions:

IOM3 Members & Students

Link for more information

Programme

9.30	Registration and coffee
10.00	The Threats and Challenges Facing EOD Operators by Major Peter Norton GC, Defence Academy of the UK
10.30	Hierarchical Design of Soft Body Armour by Dr Debra Carr, Cranfield Defence and Security
11.00	Coffee, posters and networking
11.30	Testing Mine Protection Boots by Professor Ian Horsfall, Cranfield Defence and Security
12.00	How the UK MoD tackled Pelvic Protection by Dr Eluned Lewis, Scientific Research and Development Manager, DE&S, PCE Team
12.30	Title and Speaker TBC by Dstl Physical Protection Group
13.00	Lunch, posters and networking
13.45	Title TBC by Marc Hudson, West Midlands Fire Service
14.15	Advances in Camouflage by Dr Adam Shohet, QinetiQ
14.45	Impact Resistant Materials for Functional Clothing by David Tyler, Manchester Metropolitan University
15.15	Coffee, posters and networking
15.45	Turning Protection Inside Out by Andrew Caughey, Armadillo Merino®
16.15	Development of an EOD Suit by Mark Oldroyd, NP Aerospace
16.45	Close and depart

The conference will be co-chaired by Dr Eoin O'Keefe from QinetiQ and Dr Debra Carr from Cranfield University.

Registration details are available here [link opens in new window]

Event Location

QinetiQ

Farnborough

Organiser details

IOM Communications Ltd on behalf of the Defence, Safety and Security Committee of the Insititute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Contact Name:

Matthew Thornton

Email:

matthew.thornton@iom3.org

Organiser Phone:

+44(0)1484 604 465

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