1:1 Meetings
This is an exclusive opportunity for event Sponsors ONLY at the Indo-Pacific Irregular Warfare Symposium 2025 in Bangkok.
Available CNECT Opportunities
ONLY Industry Sponsors of this event may apply for meetings.
Application Deadline: 25 JULY 2025
Please check back periodically, as more government organizations may be added prior to the application deadline.
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Armed Forces Philippines (AFP)
Mission: Joint Special Operations Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines (JSOC, AFP) , serves as the national joint SOF command of the Philippines that ensures the strategic and operational utilization of the Philippine SOF. It is primarily responsible for planning and executing joint special operations in support of the AFP’s mission.
Capabilities:
1- Command and control SOF and enablers in the execution of special operations mission;
2- Conduct joint special operations in support to the territorial defense operations;
3- conduct asymmetric operations;
4- conduct HADR and NEO;
Top Priority Need Areas:
- AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS (UAVs/USVs/UGRs/USVs)
- C5 (COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, CYBER)
- GROUND MOBILITY
- ISTAR (INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, TARGET ACQUISITION, RECONNAISSANCE)
- SOLDIER EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS
- SOLDIER SURVIVAL
- VISUAL AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS
- WEAPONS SYSTEMS
Specific Capability Needs:
We need to enhance our Command and control, UAV and force protection systems
Department of Defence – SOCOMD Australia
SOCOMD Australia is focussed on how it can use its existing systems better. Where industry is able to provide low cost opportunities such as porting waveforms onto existing radios, integration munitions into existing weapons systems etc…., this will be be of interest to SOCOMD Australia.
Top Priority Need Areas:
- AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS (UAVs/USVs/UGRs/USVs)
- C5 (COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, CYBER)
- ELECTRONIC WARFARE
- ISTAR (INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, TARGET ACQUISITION, RECONNAISSANCE)
High Priority Need Areas:
- CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE (CBRNE)
- SOLDIER EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS
- SOLDIER SURVIVAL
- WEAPONS SYSTEMS
Specific Capability Needs:
We need to enhance our Command and control, UAV and force protection systems
Defence Technology Institute, Thailand
Mission: The Defense Technology Institute (DTI) is a public organization under the supervision of the Minister of Defense and work in allignment with Royal Thai Armed Forces’s capability development. .DTI operates in activities related to the defence industry that covers research, development, testing and evaluation, standard certification to the transition process to industry
and commercialization. In accordance with Defense Technology Act 2019, in which Section 22 states the institute’s objectives:
(1) Study, research, and develop national defense innovation and technology and take other related or ongoing actions.To lead to national defense industry. (2) Promote and support national defense industry activities of the Ministry of Defense, other government agencies and the private sector
(3) promote and support training research Dissemination of academic knowledge and development of personnel in defense technology and defense industry
(4) Coordinate cooperation in defense technology and defense industry with government agencies educational institutions and the private sector, both domestically and abroad.
(5) It is a knowledge center for defense technology and defense industry to the Ministry of Defense and government agencies. To be used in formulating policies and plans for the development of national defense science and technology. Therefore it can be said that the DTI is the primary defense industry agency of Thailand and serves to connect all elements to form a complete and expanding ecosystem.
Meeting Attendees: Col. Ampun Janpengpen is the Deputy Director of DTI. Vissanu Mungkung is Defence and Security Industry Development Officer.
Capability Need Areas include:
- ADVANCED ANALYTICS (AI/ML) : military decision making, simulation and intelligence.
- C5 (COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, CYBER): secured military network and infrastructure.
- AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS (UAVs/USVs/UGRs/USVs): Low cost, high rate production and expendable autonomous system.
- ISTAR (INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, TARGET ACQUISITION, RECONNAISSANCE): Battlefield awareness and real time military remote sensing.
Specific Capability Needs:
We need to enhance our Command and control, UAV and force protection systems
CNECT Timeline
6 months out
3 – 6 months out
4 months out
● The application includes a required 250-word description of the company or capability to be
discussed.
3 weeks out
2 weeks out
● GSOF develops final schedules, deconflicting government and industry schedules.
7-10 days out
● Meetings are scheduled in Event Mobile App
● Meeting hosts receive a print-out of their schedule