Clarion Defence & Security and Crisis Intelligence Japan have signed an agreement to launch and run DSEI Japan, a tri-service defence exhibition and conference.
Clarion is an organiser of defence exhibitions worldwide – DSEI (UK), LAAD (Brazil), BIDEC (Bahrain) and EDEX (Cairo, Egypt). Crisis Intelligence Japan has operated in the defence and security industry in Japan for years, and organises Japanese industrial and military participation in international defence exhibitions, where it works with the Japanese Ministry Of Defense (JMOD) to support Japanese industry in their export efforts.
DSEI Japan will be organised by Crisis Intelligence & Clarion Events, and will take place for the first time at Makuhari Messe from November 18 to 20, 2019. The exhibition and associated conferences will run biennially thereafter, and on the themes of DSEI in London: land, naval, aviation and security.
Clarion Defence & Security’s Managing Director Tim Porter, pictured left, said: “We have been working with Asari-san and his team at Crisis Intelligence for many years now, and have been tremendously impressed with the relationships they have built up right across the Japanese defence industry, especially with ATLA, JMOD and other official bodies. We have seen first-hand at our DSEI event in London the tremendous professionalism and enthusiasm that the CI team always bring to supporting and organising Japan’s attendance at international defence exhibitions, and so I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work CI in Japan to create a brand new show in Tokyo – DSEI Japan 2019.”
Mr Asari, CEO of Crisis Intelligence, pictured right, said: “We have been honoured to support ATLA and Japanese industry in their participation at very many international defence events across the world over the past six years, and it is a logical progression of that activity to now be working with Clarion to create a tri-service event in Japan. It is important for all of the defence community here in Japan to have an internationally-recognised defence event in Japan, and we are delighted that Clarion have agreed to partner with us to create exactly such a world-class event. Their vast experience and network of contacts across the global industry is unrivalled, and so we very much look forward to working with them to ensure that DSEI Japan 2019 is a great success.”
