2025 Conference Chairs


General (Ret'd) Mark D. Kelly
General (Ret'd) Mark D. Kelly
Former Commander, Air Combat Command
U.S. Air Force
General (Ret'd) Frank Gorenc
General (Ret'd) Frank Gorenc
Former Commander
USAFE-AFAFRICA

2025 Speakers


Lieutenant General David Tabor
Lieutenant General David Tabor
Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs
U.S. Air Force
Vice Admiral Daniel Cheever
Vice Admiral Daniel Cheever
Commander, Naval Air Forces
US Navy
Major General Jonas Wikman
Major General Jonas Wikman
Commander
Swedish Air Force
Major General Jean-Luc Moritz
Major General Jean-Luc Moritz
FCAS Project Operational Chief
French Air and Space Force
Major General Geert De Decker
Major General Geert De Decker
Commander
Belgian Air Force
Major General Jeff Smyth
Major General Jeff Smyth
Chief Air & Space Force Development
Royal Canadian Air Force
Major General Ahmad Khusairi bin Ahmad Fadil
Major General Ahmad Khusairi bin Ahmad Fadil
RMAF Air Region 2 Commander
Royal Malaysian Air Force
Major General Øivind Gunnerud
Major General Øivind Gunnerud
Chief
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Major General Cezary Wiśniewski
Major General Cezary Wiśniewski
General Command Deputy Commander
Polish Air Force
Air Vice-Marshal Shaun Harris CBE
Air Vice-Marshal Shaun Harris CBE
Director Support and Chief Engineer
Royal Air Force
Air Commodore Martin Lowe
Air Commodore Martin Lowe
FCAS Programme Director
UK MoD
Rear Admiral Richard Burgess
Rear Admiral Richard Burgess
Prospective Commander
NAWDC
Air Commodore Pete Robinson
Air Commodore Pete Robinson
Commander, Air Combat Group
Royal Australian Air Force
Crista-lynn Ferguson
Crista-lynn Ferguson
Director General Fighter Capability
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Commodore Chris Layden
Air Commodore Chris Layden
Combat Air Force Commander
Royal Air Force
Brigadier General Ugrik Csaba
Brigadier General Ugrik Csaba
Flight Director
Hungarian Defence Force
Colonel Ralf Kleindienst
Colonel Ralf Kleindienst
Deputy Commander, Weapon Systems Support Center 1
Bundeswehr
Colonel Vito Cracas
Colonel Vito Cracas
Assistant Director
JAPCC NATO
Colonel Timothy Helfrich
Colonel Timothy Helfrich
Director, Agile Development Office
U.S. Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel John Cummings
Lieutenant Colonel John Cummings
Autonomous Collaborative Platforms Division Chief, ACC
US Air Force
Colonel Emmanuel Thomé
Colonel Emmanuel Thomé
Programme Director, Head of the Combined Project Team (France, Germany and Spain
FCAS/NGWS
Jason Hawker
Jason Hawker
Principal Officer NATO Flying Training Europe
NSPA
Daniele Cucchi
Daniele Cucchi
Aviation Support Programme Manager
NATO Support and Procurement Agency
Douglas Barrie
Douglas Barrie
Senior Fellow for Military Aerospsace
IISS
Justin Bronk
Justin Bronk
Senior Research Fellow for Airpower
RUSI
Sherrill Lingel
Sherrill Lingel
Program Director, Force Modernization and Employment
RAND