EOD/IED & COUNTERMINE SYMPOSIUM

The United States recognizes that explosive attacks are a pervasive and growing threat to the safety and security of civilians, military members and critical infrastructures. To better identify, prevent, and counter these threats, the Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies are working to improve the detection, analysis, and neutralization of increasingly sophisticated, dynamic explosive threats.

This year’s EOD/ C-IED and Countermine Symposium will advance the field of EOD and C-IED by integrating strategies, technologies, and policies that improve civilian and EOD worker safety in detecting and rendering-safe explosives.  Speakers will highlight the need to strengthen collaboration with allies and partners to improve training, techniques, and procedures that foster interoperability, information-sharing, and force response. This year’s event will also discuss developments in advanced technologies such as autonomous systems that can neutralize bomb and mine threats from a safe distance and in expeditionary operations.  Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions of senior leaders across the community on the evolving nature of IED threats as well as recent advances in EOD technologies to counter, detect, and prevent explosive attacks.  Join us at the 2025 EOD/C-IED and Countermine Symposium to explore ways to protect civilians, military members, and key infrastructures from enduring, hard-to-detect threats posed by unconventional explosives.

DSI’s team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Symposium’s content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in the EOD/IED community as well as key policy makers across military and civilian offices. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.

Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the EOD/IED communities.

Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to discover

Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.

DSI’s Symposium directly supports DoD & Federal Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department’s mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.

DSI’s Symposium will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.

The Symposium is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational training forum, and a widely attended gathering.