Eurosatory is an event which provides insight into the major forthcoming trends in Defence.

 With the Symposium on ‘Future Coalitions’, the international Homeland Security conference focusing on urban areas, the inclusion of internationally-renowned Think Tanks, the specialised and the numerous media interventions it involved, in June 2008 Eurosatory truly confirmed its status as an international marketplace of ideas.

And top international leaders make no mistake, as attested by the presence of Mr. Javier Solana (High Representative for the European Security and Defence Policy / ESDP), Mr. Alexander Weis, Director of the European Defence Agency (EDA), General John Craddock, Supreme Allied Commander Europe / SACEUR (NATO), 12 Ministers of Defence, 10 Secretaries of State for Defence, 12 National Armament Directors and 17 Army Chiefs of Staff.

As for industrialists, 2,109 Chairmen, Vice-Presidents and Directors chose to run their company’s stands themselves. Out of the 13,178 corporate representatives at the event, 30% were members of top management (2008 figures).

Such attendance of leading international political, military and industrial officials fuels a wealth of theoretical and technical thinking and explains the media presence from all five continents.