2026 Speakers

Major General Karl Ford CB CBE
Director of Defence Planning
NATO HQ

Major General Douglas Lowrey
Commanding General, Contracting Command
US Army

Brigadier General Mark Parsons CD
Commander, 5th Canadian Division & Director General Capability Development
Canadian Armed Forces

Brigadier General Jørn Qviller
Incoming Commander, Brigade North
Norwegian Army

Brigadier Nick Wight-Boycott
Commander
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Colonel Tim Turner
Deputy Commander, Army Special Operations Brigade
British Army

Colonel Will Waugh MBE
Dismounted Close Combat Portfolio Team Leader
DE&S, UK MoD

Colonel Tom Parsons MBE
Assistant Head, Personnel Strategy
British Army

Colonel Tom Robinson OBE
Incoming Commander, 4th Light Brigade
British Army

Colonel Karel Zetocha
Mechanised and Armoured Forces Development Chief
Czech Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Carl-Axel Blomdahl
Head of Weapons and Protection Department, Army Division
Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV)

Lieutenant Colonel Martin S. Spensberger
G3 Staff Officer Infantry Branch Army Concepts & Capabilities Development Centre
Logistikkommando der Bundeswehr

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Van Baal
Director, Solider Modernisation Programme
Netherlands Ministry of Defence

Major Niels - Jorgen Gunnar
Head of Section for Armoured and Mechanised Infantry
Royal Danish Army

Major Sebastian Langvad
Teacher, Complex Operations
Norwegian Defence University College

Professor Vadym Sluysar
Chief of R&D Group
MOD of Ukraine

Dr Julie Greeves
Principal Physiologist
UK Ministry of Defence

Dr. Sam Blacker
Professor of Exercise Physiology and Nutrition
University of Chichester

Dr. Alex Rawcliffe
Sleep Scientist and Medicine Specialist
UK Ministry of Defence

Brigadier General Per Nilsson
Deputy Army Commander
Swedish Army, subject to final confirmation

Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Giles MBE
SO1 Dismounted Close Combat, Director Capability
British Army, subject to final confirmation

Senior Representative
Army UAV School
French Army

2026 Chairman

Major General (Ret'd) Gary Deakin
Former Chief of Staff
NATO Joint Force Command

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