2025 Conference Chairs


General (Ret'd) Mark D. Kelly
General (Ret'd) Mark D. Kelly
Former Commander, Air Combat Command
U.S. Air Force
Gen. Frank Gorenc
Gen. 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 Gregory Kreuder
Major General Gregory Kreuder
Commander 19th Air Force, Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
19AF/AETC
Major General Jean-Luc Moritz
Major General Jean-Luc Moritz
FCAS Project Operational Chief
French Air and Space Force
Major General Jeff Smyth
Major General Jeff Smyth
Chief Air & Space Force Development
Royal Canadian Air Force
Major General Øivind Gunnerud
Major General Øivind Gunnerud
Chief
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Major General Geert De Decker
Major General Geert De Decker
Commander
Belgian Air Force
Major General Cezary Wiśniewski
Major General Cezary Wiśniewski
General Command Deputy Commander
Polish 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 Paul Moga
Major General Paul Moga
Commander
US Third 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
Rear Admiral Giancarlo Ciappina
Rear Admiral Giancarlo Ciappina
Commander, Naval Aviation Department
Italian Navy
Air Commodore Alun Roberts
Air Commodore Alun Roberts
Head Air to Air Missiles
Royal Air Force
Air Commodore Pete Robinson
Air Commodore Pete Robinson
Commander, Air Combat Group
Royal Australian Air Force
Air Commodore Chris Layden
Air Commodore Chris Layden
Combat Air Force Commander
Royal Air Force
Brigadier General Philippe Koffi
Brigadier General Philippe Koffi
Head of Joint French, German and Spanish Team in charge of FCAS Programme Manage
French MoD
Brigadier General Ugrik Csaba
Brigadier General Ugrik Csaba
Flight Director
Hungarian Defence Force
Crista-lynn Ferguson
Crista-lynn Ferguson
Director General Fighter Capability
Royal Canadian Air Force
Thomas Lawhead
Thomas Lawhead
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements
US Air Force
Colonel Ralf Kleindienst
Colonel Ralf Kleindienst
Deputy Commander, Weapon Systems Support Center 1
Bundeswehr
Colonel Lee Bryant
Colonel Lee Bryant
96th Operations Group Commander
US Air Force
Colonel Vito Cracas
Colonel Vito Cracas
Assistant Director
JAPCC NATO
Colonel Timothy Helfrich
Colonel Timothy Helfrich
Director, Agile Development Office
U.S. Air Force
Colonel Emmanuel Thomé
Colonel Emmanuel Thomé
Programme Director, Head of the Combined Project Team (France, Germany and Spain
FCAS/NGWS
Lieutenant Colonel John Cummings
Lieutenant Colonel John Cummings
Autonomous Collaborative Platforms Division Chief, ACC
US Air Force
Col. (Ret.) David Jake Timm
Col. (Ret.) David Jake Timm
Future Fighter Training
U.S. Air Force
Commander Jean Duboin
Commander Jean Duboin
Navy Rafale Program Manager
French Navy
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
Dr. Sophy Antrobus
Dr. Sophy Antrobus
Senior Research Fellow
The Freeman Air and Space Institute, King's College London