16,122 visitors attended by defence and security professionals from 61 countries
93 % of visitors
agreed that DEFENSE & SECURITY is a must-attend event
From Thailand
91 %
of visitors were satisfied or very satisfied with DEFENSE & SECURITY
• Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
• Gen. Udomdej Sitabutr, Deputy Minister of Defence
• Gen. Theppong Tippayachan, Permanent Secretary for Defence
• Gen. Tarnchaiyan Srisuwan, Chief of Defence Forces, the Royal Thai Armed Forces
• Gen. Chalermchai Sitthisad, Commander-in-Chief, the Royal Thai Army
• Adm. Naris Pratoomsuwan, Commander-in-Chief, the Royal Thai Navy
• ACM Johm Rungswang, Commander-in-Chief, the Royal Thai Air Force
• Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda, Commissioner General, the Royal Thai Police
• Gen. Hasapong Yuvarnavandhana, Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, the Royal Thai Armed Forces
• Gen. Konjanart Sukrasreni, Chairman of the Advisory Board, the Royal Thai Army
• Adm. Luechai Ruddit, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the Royal Thai Navy
• ACM Yanyong Kanthasorn, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the Royal Thai Air Force
From other countries
• Colonel( Eng) Adel Eid Alothman, Directorate of Maintenance and Logistics, Bahrain
• Major General Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, psc, General Officer Commanding, 10 Infantry Division, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh
• Lieutenant General Wang Li, Deputy Chief of Equipment Development Department under Central Military Commission( EDD under CMC), China
• Mr. Ma Weihua, Deputy Director General of the Department of Military Trade and Foreign Affairs, SASTIND, China
• Mr. Tomas Kuchta, Deputy Minister for International Defence / Industrial Cooperation, Czech Republic
• General Engineer( Rear Admiral) Guillaume de Garidel-Thoron, Director“ Asia-Pacific”, International Directorate of the Procurement Agency of the French Ministry of Defence( DGA), France
• Lieutenant Colonel( GS) Matthias Pfeifer, Defense Attache in Bangkok, Germany
• Major General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, YSM, Additional Director General, Perspective Planning, India
• Brigadier General( Ret.) Mishel Ben Baruch, Director of SIBAT, IMOD, Israel
• Brigadier General Pasquale Montegiglio, Head of Department of Internationals Relations and Industrial Policy of the Italian Secretariat General of Defence, Italy
• Mr. Tomohiro Yamamoto, Senior Vice Minister of Defense, Ministry of Defense of Japan, Japan
• Major General Yang, Byunghee, Director General of Force Planning Directorate, ROK JCS, Republic of Korea
• Group General Juan Osuna Gonzalez, Mexican Defense Attache in Indonesia, Mexico
• Lieutenant General Omar Farooq, Chairman Pakistan Ordance Factories, Pakistan
• Mr. Mikhail V. Petukhov, Deputy Director, Federal Service of Military Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, Russia
• Her Excellency Ms. Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, South Africa
• Captain Domingo Gomez-Pamo Guerra del Rio, Defence Attache in Bangkok, Spain
• Major General GRH Dias USP ndc psc IG, Commander Security Force( Central), Sri Lanka
• Mr. Mustafa Seker, Deputy Undersecretary, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, Turkey
• His Excellency General Stepan Poltorak, Minister of Defense, Ukraine
• His Excellency Major General Abdulla Alsayed Mohamed Alsayed Alhashmi, Assistant Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, United Arab Emirates
• Air Vice Marshal Nigel Maddox CBE, Senior Military Advisor, Department of International Trade, Defence and Security Organisation, United Kingdom
26 National
Pavilions were featured
Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, and USA
Official Delegations at Defense & Security 2017
( This list is not exhaustive and includes only the head of all delegation groups)
From ASEAN countries
• Brigadier General Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Hamzah bin haji Sahat, Joint Force Commander, Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Brunei Darussalam
• Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense, Cambodia
• General Mak Sarun, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, Cambodia
• Lieutenant General Chan Nonvichea, Deputy Commander of Army, Cambodia
• Admiral Tea Vinh, Commander of Navy, Cambodia
• General Soeung Samnang, Commander of Air Force, Cambodia
• General Dr. Gatot Nurmantyo, Commander-in-Chief, the Indonesian Armed Forces, Indonesia
• Brigadier General Isdarmawan Ganemoeljo, Deputy ACOS for Logistics of Indonesian Army Headquarter, Indonesia
• Rear Admiral Mulyadi, Assistance Chief of Navy on Logistic Affair, Indonesia
• Air Vice Mashal Yudi Husyadi, Assistant Chief of Indonesian Air Force for Logistics, Indonesia
• Major General Khamlieng Outhakaisone, Deputy Chief of General Staff Department, Lao People’ s Army, Laos
• Dato ' Sri Mohd Johari bin Baharum, Deputy Minister of Defense, Malaysia
• General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi bin Raja Mohamed Noor, Chief of Defence Forces, Malaysia
• Major General Datuk Mohd Zakaria bin Yadi, General Officer Commanding, Malaysian Army, Malaysia
• Rear Admiral Dato ' Azhari bin Abdul Rashid, Assistant Chief of Staff Human Resource Naval HQ, Malaysia
• General RMAF Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Affendi bin Buang, Chief of Royal Malaysian Air Force, Malaysia
• Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in- Chief of Defence Services, Myanmar
• Brigadier General Gavin D Edjawan, Army Internal Audit, Philippine Army, Philippine
• RADM Guadencio C Collado Jr AFP, Commander, Philippine Fleet, Philippine
• Colonel Thad Rufino P Candelario PAF, Deputy Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans, A5, Philippine
• His Excellency Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence, Singapore
• Lieutenant Colonel Chan Wen Kai, Program Executive( Homeland Security), G5-Army, Singapore
• ME6 Goh Wee Kiat, Head Underwater Sensor System Branch, Naval Warfare Centre, Singapore
• Colonel Kelvin Fan, Head of Air Operation Department, Air Force HQ, Singapore
• Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong, Vice Defence Minister, Vietnam
• Major General Ho Quang Tuan, Deputy Director General, General Department of Defence Industries, Vietnam
• Senior Colonel Hoang Quang Ha, Deputy Chief of Staff, Vietnam People’ s Navy, Vietnam
• Sr. Col. Pham Van Thai, Deputy Chief of Staff, Vietnam Air Defence and Air Force, Vietnam
• Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Chien, Deputy Director General, Viettle Group, Vietnam
* The list was sorted by countries in alphabetical order.