Published date: 11 July 2024

Last edited date: 21 August 2024

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 18 November 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electric sensors - 30237475

  • Aircraft and spacecraft - 34700000

  • Radar sets - 34932000

    • Navigation equipment - 34933000

    • Surveillance and security systems and devices - 35120000

    • Police equipment - 35200000

    • Weapons, ammunition and associated parts - 35300000

    • Military vehicles and associated parts - 35400000

    • Warships and associated parts - 35500000

    • Military aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts - 35600000

    • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

    • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

G3 8YW

Value of contract

£0 to £1

Procurement reference

Notification for Operating in the Future Electromagnetic Environment Symposium 2024

Published date

11 July 2024

Approach to market date

18 November 2024

Contract start date

19 November 2024

Contract end date

21 November 2024

Procedure type

Other: Prior Information Notice - Event Notification

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Dear Supplier,

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will host its fifth Operating in the Future Electromagnetic Environment (OFEME) symposium from the 19th to 21st November 2024 at the Scottish Events Campus, Glasgow. Supported by the Electromagnetic Environment (EME) Hub, academics, suppliers (including small and medium-sized enterprises) and colleagues from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and other government departments are all invited to attend this FREE event in person or online.

This year the OFEME symposium has expanded its scope to include more content on future sensing, Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT), space and communications technologies. With over 40 sessions to attend, there is no shortage of choice.

Symposium details
The event will cover:
• shared challenges for operating within the future electromagnetic environment inside and outside of Defence.
• how research and development investment can be harnessed in future approaches.
It will feature:
• A range of keynote speakers
• Technical presentations
• Panel discussions
• Poster sessions
• Interactive workshops
• Networking sessions
These activities will cover advances and implications of a variety of technical topics including:
• AI-enhanced signal processing, decision making and assurance
• Quantum sensing, timing and communications
• Future antennas
• Resilient PNT
• Enabling and exploiting on autonomous systems
• Operating in the future EME
• Electronic systems
• The future of sensing
For more information, please visit the news story at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofeme-symposium-to-be-biggest-so-far

Pre-register for this event
To attend this symposium, you need to pre-register your interest. Please complete the online EOI form to request an invitation to the event: https://forms.office.com/e/i9vsVDMWqL by 5.00pm on Friday 4th October 2024.

After reviewing your details, we will then send you a link to complete the symposium delegate registration process.

Poster presentations -
We invite you to submit a technical poster for presentation, which will be on display throughout the symposium. Some authors will also be invited to give lightning talks based on their poster abstracts.

To be considered for a poster presentation, please submit a max. 300-word poster abstract using the online form: https://forms.office.com/e/JuDRStPXy5 by 5.00pm on Thursday 29th August 2024.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their submission by Thursday 19th September 2024.

Any information that is to be presented by any party at this symposium and further that is detailed within this event will be deemed to be in the public domain and therefore will not require further approval for its use by the receiving parties not withstanding any rights of ownership of information set in law.

Please contact the EME Hub emehub@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk if you have any questions.

We look forward to welcoming you to Glasgow in November.


The OFEME 2024 Organising Team

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2024/2025 £1

Links

  • https://forms.office.com/e/i9vsVDMWqL
  • Notice of planned procurement
  • Pre-register for this event
    To attend this symposium, you need to pre-register your interest. Please complete the online EOI form to request an invitation to the event by 5.00pm on Friday 4th October 2024.

About the buyer

Contact name

EME Hub

Address

Porton Down
SALISBURY
SP4 0JQ
England

Email

emehub@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofeme-symposium-to-be-biggest-so-far