Conference  /  08. Mai 2017  -  10. Mai 2017

9th European Symposium on Non-Lethal Weapons

Non-Lethal Weapons are becoming more and more established within military and police operations reducing the risk of unnecessary fatalities and undesirable outcomes.

The bi-annual NLW Symposium which was first held in 2000 is a welcome opportunity to take stock of significant technical developments in the NLW community and draw conclusions from operational uses. The Symposium is an ideal forum to develop requirements and discuss ideas to advance NLW technology and encourage its safe and effective use by
the military and police.

The 2017 Symposium will provide a valuable opportunity to hear from and discuss the many aspects of this subject with scientists, operational practitioners and subject matter experts.

The topics of the Symposium will cover the following areas of interest:

  • Acceptability and lessons learned
  • Technical advances and new methodologies
  • Testing/assessment/modelling of systems to determine effectiveness and safety
  • Operational utility and training
  • Human effects

The above topics are only a guide and the organisers are willing to consider papers on all aspects of this wide subject.

Deadlines

Closing date for abstracts Oct. 10, 2016
Reply to authors Dec. 2016
Full papers (printable PDF) March 6, 2017
The programme will be published in February 2017.