GICA 2025 October Conference

“Bridging Borders: Building defence and industrial capacity through strategic collaboration”

Oct 14 - Oct 16, 2025
Westin Cape Town, Lower Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, 8000
Thank you to all of our October 2025 Conference attendees! Conference presentations are available in the event app and will be added to this website for all members to access after three months. Conference photos are available now by clicking HERE.
About the Conference
The GICA 2025 October Conference brings Government authorities and companies together to connect, share best practices, policy updates, success stories and lessons learned for creating and implementing Industrial Cooperation & Partnership programs that deliver sustainable economic and social benefits to the countries where they are established.

Schedule at a glance: 
**The Government Knowledge Sharing Session (KSS) is an exclusive session for Industrial Cooperation and Partnership (ICP) Government Representatives 

Sefale Montsi
Director
Damen Shipyards Cape Town
Eva Moloi
HR and Transformation Manager
Damen

Doing Business in South Africa and Beyond: Transformation, Inclusion, and Global Parallels
Johan van Nieuwenhuizen
Director - Industrial Participation
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.

Beyond the Cockpit: The Pilatus PC-7 MkII Offset Success Story
Christian Sylvain
President
Judian International Consultancy Limited

Challenges to Build Industrial Capacity in Africa Through Strategic Collaboration
Erwan de Cherisey
Principal
Janes

Major Players in Africa – A Look at the Defence Equipment Suppliers Active on the Continent
Petunia Shadi Lebese
Divisional Head; Armscor Naval Systems Division
Armscor - South Africa
Harald Bielfeld
CEO
Reutech Radar Systems
Sureiya Adam
Programme Manager
Denel SOC Ltd.

Lessons learnt: Implementation of Industrial Collaboration Projects from both the Recipient and Obligor’s point of view
Marcus Reuter
Business Development: QUADOME 3D Radar
HENSOLDT South Africa

Strategic Partnerships Driving South Africa’s Defence Capability - The QUADOME Success Story
Isaac Motale
Vice-Chairperson
AMD

Introduction to AMD and SAAMDEC
Zukiswa Kimane
Chief Director:  Industrial Policy
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition - DTIC

Impact of Public Procurement Instruments to Support Industrial Policy
António Aroso
Aerospace and Defence Manager
AICEP - Portugal Trade & Investment Agency

Portugal’s Growing Ecosystem: Enabling Innovation and International Cooperation
R Adm (JG) Tebogo Michael Motsene
Director Naval Acquisition
South African Navy
Paul Marks
Senior Industrial Development/Offsets Manager
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

Lockheed Martin’s Experience in KSA, Spanning 60 Years
Michael Bromley
Director
STBB
Thabang Mashifane
Chief Legal Advisor
Armaments Corporation of South Africa
Graham Gall
Localization Director - KSA
Lockheed Martin
David Massey
Chief Executive Officer
Abu Dhabi Ship Building

Localisation: From Importer to Innovator - Empowering Local Economies through Localisation
Ricardo Teixeira
Journalist
The Daily Friend
Lindokuhle Hlatshwayo
Senior Project Advisor
Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) - South Africa

Overview of the Public Private Partnership in South Africa
Dr. Mthobisi Zondi
CEO
Sandock Austral Defence

PPPs in Defence: A Proposed Implementation Framework
Ankur Gupta
Director of Strategy- International & Industrial Partnerships
Airbus Defence & Space

India’s evolution from Offset to Industrial Cooperation to…???
Louise Johansson
Head of Joint Resources and Command and Information Systems
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration/FMV

Fireside Chat with FMV
Reshme Pillay
Director: National Industrial Participation Programme (NIPP)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition - South Africa
Inigo Guevara
Managing Director
Janes

Building Blocks: Geopolitics and Defense Industrial Cooperation in Emerging Economies
Attention GICA Members
If you are a GICA member, your primary contact will have received an access code to view the member-rate conference tickets. It is the same code that was used for the Bucharest conference. If you do not have this code and believe that you should be receiving this discount, please email info@gica.org for your access code. Enter this code under the “Enter access code or discount code” field below to see your member rate ticket option.

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