Overview
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When: 28 to 30 October 2025
Where: LUXEXPO THE BOX, Luxembourg-Kirchberg
Format: In-person
Where can innovation meaningfully address the risks posed by explosive ordnance? We are not just showcasing new technologies, join us for problem-oriented discussions and new approaches towards reducing risks.
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Main Plenary Sessions
Learn more about the Innovation Conference 2025 upcoming plenary sessions. This section will be updated frequently, so stay tuned for more information about the programme.
Financing Innovation: New Paths, Smart Models
Explores how limited and fragmented funding hinders innovation in mine action and aims to identify strategies for developing flexible, stage-appropriate funding models that support cost-effective innovation across the entire lifecycle, drawing lessons from the broader humanitarian sector.
Safeguarding the Supply-Chain: Technology for Sustainable Ammunition Management
Addresses the urgent need for scalable digital solutions in ammunition management, focusing on gaps in safety, security, and sustainability, and exploring barriers, innovations, and collaboration opportunities in low-capacity and conflict-affected contexts.
Intellectual Property in Mine Action: Trends, Rights and Responsibilities
Explores how gaps in intellectual property knowledge and local inventorship affect innovation in mine action, aiming to align IP strategies with operational needs by examining patent trends, responsible IP practices, and collaborative models that support both innovation and humanitarian access.
Tackling underwater Explosive Ordnance contamination
This panel examines the often-overlooked issue of underwater explosive ordnance, highlighting its operational and policy challenges, and exploring how innovation, improved frameworks, and regional collaboration can enhance cost-efficient response efforts.
Mechanical Land Release: Monitoring Efficiency, Evaluating Impact
Examines the logistical, regulatory, and technological challenges of deploying and sustaining mechanical assets, with a particular focus on Ukraine, exploring innovative models like rentals, autonomous systems, and adapted equipment to improve efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and national testing and accreditation processes.
Conference Programme
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Conference Location
10, Circuit de la Foire Internationale
L-1347 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
Donors
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Switzerland
Luxembourg Aid & Development
Contact our conference team
For any queries, please contact the GICHD: innovation@gichd.org
For media queries, please contact: l.collier(at)gichd.org
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