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 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
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9:30 am - 10:00 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: SAABSpace 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 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
9:30 am - 10:00 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: LEOLABS
10:00 am - 10:30 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
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10:30 am - 11:00 am TOWARDS DECISION ADVANTAGE: PDC3, PROJECT OLYMPUS, AND OPERATION HIGHMAST Commodore Sam Sader - Chief Combat Systems Integration, Canadian Armed Forces *subject to final confirmation- PDC2 as optimal decision-advantage: agile, data-driven, Day Zero interoperable
- Evolution and results of Project Olympus
- Way Forward with Operation HIGHMAST
Commodore Sam Sader
Chief Combat Systems IntegrationCanadian Armed Forces *subject to final confirmation
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11:00 am - 11:30 am HARNESSING AI IN DEFENCE• Scaling AI projects to generate strategic advantage
• AI Capabilities
• Collaborating with international partners across government, academia and industry
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm DATA-DRIVEN JOINT DOMAIN APPROACH Brigadier General Friedrich Teichmann - Commander, Communication & Information Systems and Electronic Warfare, Austrian Armed Forces• Operational needs for CIS, Cyber, Geo and EW Data
• Data and COP for Joint Domain
• Interoperability, Electronic Warfare, ICT-Security and Information Management
Brigadier General Friedrich Teichmann
Commander, Communication & Information Systems and Electronic WarfareAustrian Armed Forces
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pm THE IMPORTANCE OF C4ISR TECHNOLOGY TO SECURE NATO'S EASTERN FLANK- The threat landscape
- Continuous data collection and exploitation
- Current capability gaps in cyber secure data processing
Space Operations Summit
10:30 am - 11:00 am 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
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 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
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 - 1:25 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
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1:25 pm - 1:30 pm INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT SESSION: VIRTRUC4ISR Global
1:30 pm - 2:00 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
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2:00 pm - 3:00 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
1:25 pm - 1:30 pm RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT SESSIONSpace Operations Summit
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm 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
Space Operations Summit
2:00 pm - 3:00 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?
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING
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3:30 pm - 4:00 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
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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
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4:30 pm - 4:35 pm CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS Matt Roper - Chief, Joint ISR, NCIA, C4ISR Global 2025 ChairmanSpace Operations Summit
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm THE STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE FOR ADVANCING DEFENCE CAPBILITIES IN SPACE Colonel Sylvain Debarre - Director, NATO Space COE• The importance of collaboration with allied partners
• Visualising and planning for the future operating environment
• Capability gaps we need to overcome
Space Operations Summit
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm ADVANCING STRATEGIC SPACE CAPABILITIES FOR ALLIED DEFENCE• Polish priorities in space-based ISR, satellite resilience, and space situational
awareness
• Strengthening interoperability and joint mission planning among allied space forces
• Addressing emerging threats and shaping policy in the contested space domain
