We would like to invite you to the 17^th International Conference on Materials and Technologies for Defence and Security, which will be held as a part of the participation of the Czech Armed Forces at the IDET 2023 International Defence and Security Technology Fair from May 24^th to May 26^th, 2023 in Brno and Lednice, Czech Republic. The conference builds on the previous 16 successful seminars “Materials and Technologies in Manufacturing of Special Equipment”.

Traditional, already 17^th year of this event will be focused on the issues of materials and technologies for the production of special equipment. It will be an expert forum for the exchange of experience in the field of research, development and production of special equipment, including quality assurance. A number of new problems are being addressed in these areas and the exchange of experience represents one of the means to contribute to the development of the technical level and quality of the special equipment of the Czech Armed Forces and their interoperability with other NATO militaries. 

We would like to thank all the participants of the MATEDAS 2023 conference, including representatives of major companies and partners, for their participation and wish them a nice time in Lednice and Brno at IDET 2023.

The Conference Organizing Committee together with the Scientific Committee is working on indexing the abstracts in the SCOPUS database  abstract collection, which is available here.