NCT Middle East

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26 – 28 November 2023

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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CBRN operators and commanders
EOD operators and commanders
CBRNe policy makers
Senior Defense leaders
Leaders from law enforcement and fire/rescue
Public health professionals

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The previous editions of NCT Middle East took place in Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, and UAE. NCT Middle East has welcomed delegations from Abu Dhabi Police, UAE Armed Forces, Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, Qatar of Interior, Public Health, and Foreign Affairs, Qatar Armed Forces, Qatar Emiri Navy, the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, Qatar Joint Special Forces, MSC-Q, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate, Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College, US Air Force, National Guard Kuwait, Kuwait Ministry of Interior and Defense, Saudi Ministry of Interior, Iraqi National Monitoring Authority, Jordanian Armed Forces, Jordanian Royal Medical Services, KASOTC, Jordan Civil Defense, Institute of Nuclear Fusion Guillermo Velarde, Pakistan National Command Authority, Gulf Security and Peace Forum, Turkish Army CBRN School, Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces, and many more.

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Speakers

BG (Ret.) William King, NCT Chairman

BG(R) William King has served in a wide variety of command, leadership, and staff positions across numerous levels of the U.S. Army, Joint Task Forces, Regional Commands, and most recently as the Commanding General 20th CBRNE Command before retiring on 19 July 2017 with 30+ years of active duty US Army service. He joined Booz Allen Hamilton in 2017 as…

LTC (Ret.) Doug Straka, CENTCOM, USA

Lieutenant Colonel (United States Army Retired) Douglas Straka was commissioned into the CBRN Branch of the US Army in 1988 and served 21 years on active duty before his retirement in 2009. Since his retirement, he has continued to serve the United States Government and is currently a Department of the Air Force Civilian has been assigned to the U.S. Central…

COL (Ret.) Jon Drushal, CENTCOM, USA

Colonel (Retired) Jon Drushal assumed duties as the Branch Chief for the Partner Nation Capacity Branch (PNCB) on August 30, 2020. The PNCB conducts operations and activities to build partner capacities to increase their capability to counter proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, manage the consequences of CBRN incidents, and increase interoperability with U.S. and other partner nation forces in order to…

Mr. Ilja M. Bonsen, NCT Consultants, The Netherlands

lja M. Bonsen has a studied Political Science in Leiden, The Netherlands, Business Administration at the Rotterdam School of Management and European Management at the Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary. After working as an ICT consultant for 8 years, Ilja started in 2006 working for the Business Unit of Biological and Chemical Protection of TNO Defense, Security and Safety in…