Brazilian delegation to visit MAST Americas in DC

Ahead of next years first South American MAST (13th to 15th June in Rio de Janeiro), the Brazilian Navy have confirmed their representation at MAST in Washington, DC this November will be headed by a Brazilian Admiral.

The Brazilian Chief of Navy has also been invited, so exhibitors may get a rare to chance to meet him during the three days of the show.

Details will follow as I get them...

Marseille most internationally integrated MAST ever

Last week’s MAST Europe conference and exhibition is officially one of the most international in the event’s history.

Coming from ever corner of the world, visitors/delegates represented Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Gambia, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, United Arab Emirates, United States, and Ukraine.

Whilst delegate numbers were lower than normal, more evident was the increased in integration between attendees (aided by longer networking breaks, and a slight increase in visitor numbers).

Certainly there was a more relaxed, buoyant atmosphere, signalling a return to form for future MAST’s

…and with the next edition of MAST co-located with the Association of Old Crows annual meeting, greater visitor numbers/networking and an exciting interface with the Electronic Warfare community is guaranteed.

New exhibition features such as Product Briefings were extremely popular, as were the daily FREE prize draws for the very latest Android/Google Honeycomb tablets.

Suggestions for new event features are always welcome, and can be made directly to warren.edge@mastevents.com

One week to go until Earlybird rates ends

Attending the MAST Europe exhibition is free of charge (includes exhibits, Product Briefings, Workshops, FREE iPad 2 draw, Ship visits, etc). However, there is a nominal fee to take part in the parallel technical conference sessions.

One way of making these already value-for-money fees lower, is to register before 31st March (next Thursday): you will receive a huge discounts...

...why are you still reading this? Register NOW!

Earlybird discounts lowest ever

With no restriction on numbers this year, we are happy to make our lowest registration fees available to all until 31st March.

Attending the exhibition and all its features is FREE OF CHARGE, as are the ship visits.

Triton pin first MAST Europe 2011 Product Briefing slot

Just one day after MAST Europe 2011 announced that it would be scheduling Product Briefings in the exhibition (the first time since 2006), Triton Imaging have staked their claim to host briefings entitled: "HarborSuiteT: Protection from Underwater IEDs in Ports and Harbors"


These briefings are open to all visitors and delegates alike and will take every day at 1130hrs on stand 32/33.

MAST Europe Exhibition prospectus available now

FINALLY! (In between trying to finish the MAST Americas Call for Papers and MAST Europe Conference Programme this week).

Hard copies to be distributed at IDEX/NAVDEX.

MAST Americas Call for Papers now live

Following this week's meetings in Marseille (I know.. tough life!) the Committee have all but finalised the conference call for papers...

The overarching theme has yet to be agreed, but essentially the next MAST Americas will develop the themes and discussions from the first MAST Americas, and the committee are actively seeking contributions from South American companies, navies and coast guards.

Watch this space, but it could add a really exciting dimension to the debates onsite.

Prospective authors can upload abstracts now.