CATCON, 7-8 April 2003
CATCON, 7-8 April 2003
CATCON seeks to establish a forum in which equipment suppliers, service providers, academics and defence personnel involved in the delivery of catering services to the Armed Forces can exchange views and share information. This was the inaugural event in April and was both interesting and beneficial to participants and suppliers. The inspiration for CATCON has been the seminars run by the Research and Development Association in the USA where industry and defence are able to engage with each other on a number of subjects. Thus it was felt there was scope for a similar forum for the European Defence Community.
The programme included:
“Operational feeding”. By Lt Col. Clare Harrill, Head of Operations and Commitments Pillar, Defence Catering Group.
“Operational feeding”. By Major Simon Pearce MBE, Equipment Supply Manager, Operational Rations.
“The Department of Defence combat food programme”. By Fred Constanza, SBC COM. “Nutrition and performance”. By Dr Anna Casey,QuinetiQ.
“Self-heated meals for remote feeding”. By Don Pickard, SBC COM.
“Operational feeding systems”. By Wg Cdr Steve Howard, Head of Equipment and Infrastructure, Defence Catering Group.
“Field feeding equipment”. By David Quinton, Hawkmoor, Cdre (Retd)Richard Bridges, Karcher (UK).
“High mobility field catering systems”. By Holger Bolstrom, Teuvan Keitintehdas oy Finland.
“Food storage systems on operations”. By Alexandre Zhendre,Zhendre.
