Conference Day 1: Wednesday, 6 May 2025
C4ISR Global Agenda 2026
7:30 am - 8:40 am
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
C4ISR Global
8:40 am - 8:45 am DEFENCE iQ OPENING REMARKSC4ISR Global
8:45 am - 9:00 am CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Matt Roper - Chief, Joint ISR, NCIA, C4ISR Global 2025 Chairman
C4ISR Global
9:00 am - 9:30 am SETTING THE STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR CYBER DEFENCE IN TODAY’S DEFENCE LANDSCAPEC4ISR Global
9:30 am - 10:00 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: SAABC4ISR Global
10:00 am - 10:30 am GLOBAL STRATEGIC TRENDS AND FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS Air Vice-Marshal Mark Ridgway - Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, Futures & Force Design, (ACDS (F&FD)), Military Strategic Headquarters• Defence Futures – Defence’s global strategic foresight and concept development
• The future operating environment out to 2040
• Potential implications for C4ISR
Air Vice-Marshal Mark Ridgway
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, Futures & Force Design, (ACDS (F&FD))Military Strategic Headquarters
Space Operations Summit
8:40 am - 8:45 am DEFENCE iQ OPENING REMARKSSpace Operations Summit
8:45 am - 9:00 am CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS Julie Holt-Jones - CEO, Space4Sight
Space Operations Summit
9:00 am - 9:30 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER: THE NATO SPACE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, A CATALYST FOR SPACE IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN NATO Colonel Sylvain Debarre - Director, NATO Space COE• NATO’s approach to space
• Improving interoperability in the space domain
• Facilitating commercial integration into NATO’s space framework
Space Operations Summit
9:30 am - 10:00 am DELIVERING END-TO-END SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS THROUGH A MULTI-LAYER HYBRID ARCHITECTURE Maher Khoury - Senior Vice President, International Sales, LeolabsDeep dive into the design of a multi-layered, sovereign hybrid SDA architecture that
unifies national deployments of LeoLabs multi-mission radars with commercial data
from a worldwide sensor network.
By fusing orbital data from radar, optical, and in-space sensors, this architecture would
enable high-fidelity orbital intelligence and end-to-end Space Domain Awareness on a
national scale
Space Operations Summit
10:00 am - 10:30 am THE SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE: PRIORITIES AND PROGRESS IN DELIVERING SPACE AND GROUND SYSTEMS Dr Kelly Hammett - Director and Program Executive Officer (PEO), United States Space Force• Increased transparency and industry collaboration
• Deployment of advanced threat awareness sensors
• Modernisation of satellite control networks
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
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11:00 am - 11:30 am TOWARDS DECISION ADVANTAGE: PDC3, PROJECT OLYMPUS, AND OPERATION HIGHMAST Captain Rory McLay - Director of Joint Digital Integration, Chief Combat Systems Integration, Canadian Armed Forces- PDC2 as optimal decision-advantage: agile, data-driven, Day Zero interoperable
- Evolution and results of Project Olympus
- Way Forward with Operation HIGHMAST
Captain Rory McLay
Director of Joint Digital Integration, Chief Combat Systems IntegrationCanadian Armed Forces
C4ISR Global
11:30 am - 12:00 pm TRANSFORMATION OF THE BRITISH DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE Major General Matthew Jones - Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Defence Intelligence, UK Strategic Command• Progress overview and current capability gaps
• Evolution of defence intelligence
• Military intelligence services
Major General Matthew Jones
Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Defence IntelligenceUK Strategic Command
C4ISR Global
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: CRFS John McFadden - Senior Account and Business Development Manager, CRFS
Space Operations Summit
11:00 am - 11:30 am MULTI-SENSOR SUPERIORITY IN ORBIT: ISEE’S MULTISENSOR SATELLITE PLATFORM FOR SPACE RECONNAISSANCE AND DOMAIN AWARENESS FOR SPACE OBJECT TRACKING AND CHARACTERIZATION Robert Greinecker - Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, iSEE• Integrated radar, optical, and infrared sensors on one platform for all-weather, 24/7
coverage
• Multi-phenomenology tracking and characterization across LEO–GEO and cislunar
space
• AI-driven SDA analytics for anomaly detection and early warning
Space Operations Summit
11:30 am - 12:00 pm SKYNET 6: THE UK’S NEXT- GEN MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME Jason Gnaneswaran - Senior Responsible Owner, SKYNET 6, UK Strategic Command• Overview of progress
• Strategic importance of aligning with the UK’s National Space Strategy
• Challenges of ensuring advanced capabilities meet evolving operational demands
Space Operations Summit
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm BUILDING SOVEREIGN NATION SPACE CAPABILITY Tom Barton - CEO and Co-Founder, AntarisCapability on orbit; industrial base capability
Importance of vendor-neutral software
Regional and global interoperability & supply chain resilience
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
C4ISR Global
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: QUANTUM SYSTEMS Vito Tomasi - Managing Director, Quantum Systems UK
C4ISR Global
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm INSIGHTS INTO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND BASED ISTAR PROGRAMMES Brigadier Matthew Birch - SRO Land ISTAR and Land Information Activities, British Army• Overview of current programmes (ZODIAC), MCBRIDE, SERPENS, WATCHKEEPER, TIQUILLA and ORION
• Current challenges facing these programmes
• Requirements for the future
C4ISR Global
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm INDUSTRY LEADERS PANEL DISCUSSION: UNLOCKING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF C4ISR INTELLIGENCEDiscussion points:
• How can we transform vast ISR data into real-time, actionable intelligence that drives
mission success?
• What role do AI and machine learning play in enhancing predictive intelligence, and
how can these tools be trusted in the operational environment?
• In what ways are China and Russia leveraging data-driven capabilities to challenge
Western dominance, and how should allied forces respond?
• How can we ensure data integrity and interoperability across multi-domain operations
and allied networks?
• What are the strategic risks and benefits of integrating commercially sourced ISR
data into defence operations?
Space Operations Summit
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm DYNAMIC SPACE OPERATIONS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SDA AND C2 SYSTEMS Clinton Clark - Chief Growth Officer and “Vice President of First Impressions”, ExoAnalytic Solutions• Update on recent satellite activities
• Impact on SDA systems and what’s required to manage the uncertainty
• Impact on C2 systems and how to manage the engagement(s)
Clinton Clark
Chief Growth Officer and “Vice President of First Impressions”ExoAnalytic Solutions
Space Operations Summit
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm INSIGHTS FROM THE UK’S SPACE COMMANDSpace Operations Summit
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm INDUSTRY LEADERS PANEL DISCUSSION: SECURITY IN SPACE WILL DEFINE SECURITY ON EARTH, HOW CAN WE SECURE STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE FOR ALLIED PARTNERS IN SPACEDiscussion points:
• How are C4ISR frameworks being adapted to meet the demands of contested space
environments?
• How can space-based ISR be better integrated into tactical decision-making across
multi-domain operations?
• What technologies are critical to ensuring satellite resilience against cyber and
electronic threats from adversaries, like China and Russia?
• What are the challenges and opportunities in achieving secure, interoperable
collaboration among allied Space Forces?
• How should defence stakeholders approach the growing reliance on commercially
provided space-based ISR capabilities?
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING
C4ISR Global
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm INSIGHTS INTO THE US STRATEGIC SPACE AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICE Deven Lowman - Director of C4 & Missile Defense, Strategic Space and Intelligence Office, OUSD A&S• C4 Tech innovation aligning with the evolving threat context
• Missile defence
• Current capability gaps
Deven Lowman
Director of C4 & Missile Defense, Strategic Space and Intelligence OfficeOUSD A&S
C4ISR Global
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm NATO HQ PRIORITIES: ARMAMENTS AND MAJOR CAPBILITY PROGRAMMES Greg Ivey - Director, Armaments and Major Capability Programmes, NATO• Multi domain integration
• Interoperability with allies
• Current challenges with the sharing of data in today’s geopolitical landscape
C4ISR Global
5:00 pm - 5:05 pm CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS Matt Roper - Chief, Joint ISR, NCIA, C4ISR Global 2025 ChairmanSpace Operations Summit
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE MILITARY IMPLICATIONS FOR SPACE Major General Pascal Legai - Senior Security Advisor to the Director General of ESA, European Space AgencyJean-Luc Trullemans - Head of European Space Security & Education Centre, European Space Agency / Agence Spatiale Européenne
• Enhancing defence & security with geospatial intelligence
• The ESA’s work in fostering global security and innovation
• Developing resilient space infrastructure for defence applications
Major General Pascal Legai
Senior Security Advisor to the Director General of ESAEuropean Space Agency
Jean-Luc Trullemans
Head of European Space Security & Education CentreEuropean Space Agency / Agence Spatiale Européenne
Space Operations Summit
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE NORWEGIAN SPACE AGENCY Steinar Thomsen - Director - PNT, SatCom and Security, Norwegian Space Agency *subject to final confirmation• Innovative technologies advancing Positioning, Navigation, and Timing in space
• Current projects and investment into SatCom
• Capability gaps aligning with the evolving threat context
Steinar Thomsen
Director - PNT, SatCom and SecurityNorwegian Space Agency *subject to final confirmation
