Speakers | International Fighter Conference

4-6 nOVEMBER 2025
sheraton Rome Parco de' Medici, Rome, Italy

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2025 Conference Chairs

General (Ret'd) Mark D. Kelly
Former Commander, Air Combat Command
U.S. Air Force

General (Ret'd) Frank Gorenc
Former Commander
USAFE-AFAFRICA

Major General (Ret'd) Sylvain Ménard
Former Chief Fighter and NORAD Capability
Royal Canadian Air Force

2025 Speakers

General Adrian Spain
Commander
Air Combat Command

Lieutenant General Antonio Conserva
Chief of Staff
Italian Air Force

Lieutenant General David Tabor
Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant General Giovanni Balestri
Deputy Chief of Staff
Italian Air Force

Major General Larry Broadwell
Deputy Commander
16th Air Force

Major General William D Betts
Plans, Programs and Requirements Director
Air Combat Command (ACC)

Vice Admiral Daniel Cheever
Commander, Naval Air Forces
US Navy

Major General Jonas Wikman
Commander
Swedish Air Force

Major General Gregory Kreuder
Commander 19th Air Force, Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
19AF/AETC

Major General Jeff Smyth
Chief Air & Space Force Development
Royal Canadian Air Force

Major General Cezary Wiśniewski
Deputy General Commander
Polish Armed Forces

Major General Ahmad Khusairi bin Ahmad Fadil
Air Support Commander
Royal Malaysian Air Force

Rear Admiral David Desfougères
Commander of the French Naval Aviation Force
French Navy

Tom Goffus
Assistant Secretary General for Operations
NATO

Air Vice-Marshal Shaun Harris CBE
Director Support and Chief Engineer
Royal Air Force

Rear Admiral Richard Burgess
Prospective Commander
NAWDC

Rear Admiral Giancarlo Ciappina
Commander, Naval Aviation Department
Italian Navy

Air Commodore Alun Roberts
Head Air to Air Missiles
Royal Air Force

Air Commodore Pete Robinson
Commander, Air Combat Group
Royal Australian Air Force

Air Commodore Chris Layden
Combat Air Force Commander
Royal Air Force

Brigadier General Paolo Rubino
Chief of Staff of the Air Education Training Command / 3rd Air Region
Italian Air Force

Brigadier General Phillipe Suhr
Operational Chief, FCAS Project
French Air and Space Force

Brigadier General Ugrik Csaba
Flight Director
Hungarian Defence Force

Air Commodore Howard Edwards
DCOS Support
HQ AIRCOM - NATO

Crista-lynn Ferguson
Director General Fighter Capability
Royal Canadian Air Force

Thomas 'Vulture' Lawhead
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements
US Air Force

Colonel Antonio Vivolo
FCAS Tempest Director & Senior Technical Representative to GCAP
Italian National Armament Directorate

Colonel Roeland Van Thienen
F-35A Capability Director
Belgian Air Force

Colonel Ralf Kleindienst
Deputy Commander, Weapon Systems Support Center 1
Bundeswehr

Colonel Lee Bryant
96th Operations Group Commander
US Air Force

Colonel Vito Cracas
Assistant Director
JAPCC NATO

Colonel Timothy Helfrich
Director, Agile Development Office
U.S. Air Force

Colonel John Cummings
Autonomous Collaborative Platforms Division Chief, ACC
US Air Force

Col. (Ret.) David Jake Timm
Future Fighter Training Reforge SME
U.S. Air Force

Commander Jean Duboin
Navy Rafale Program Manager
French Navy

Jason Hawker
Principal Officer NATO Flying Training Europe
NSPA

Douglas Barrie
Senior Fellow for Military Aerospsace
IISS

Justin Bronk
Senior Research Fellow for Airpower
RUSI

Dr. Sophy Antrobus
Research Fellow
The Freeman Air and Space Institute, King's College London

Regine Friedberger
Branch Chief
Bundesministerium der Verteidigung

Colonel Klaus Wuggazer
Coordination Officer F-35A
Bundesministerium der Verteidigung

Group Captain Bill Sanders
FCAS Requirements Head
Royal Air Force – Future Combat Air System

2025 Industry Speakers

Nicola "Niki" Johnson
Vice President, Government Affairs and Strategic Communications
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Patrick "Mike" Shortsleeve
Vice President, DoD Strategic Development
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Scott "FUG" Gilloon USAF Col (Ret)
Sector Vice President, USAF Strategic Development
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Ryan Tseng
Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder
Shield AI

Nathan Michael
Chief Technology Officer
Shield AI

Cristiano Montrucchio
Chief Operating Officer Capabilities Sustainment and Future Enhancements
Eurofighter Typhoon

Jorge Tamarit-Degenhardt
CEO
Eurofighter Typhoon

Diem Salmon
Vice President, Air Dominance and Strike
Anduril

Dr. Jason Levin Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Anduril

Rodney Meranda
Business Development Director
Boeing

Captain Kevin McLaughlin
Director of Air Wing of the Future
Boeing

Simon Murray
Business Development and Strategy Lead for Autonomous Air Systems
Boeing

Taylor Frank
Executive Director, Air Dominance Strategy
Boeing

Jon Norman
VP, Air & Space Defense Systems, Requirements & Capabilities
Raytheon, an RTX business

Ben Bellows
Vice President, Engineering, Military Engines
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX Business

Stephanie Lingemann
Senior Director Air Domain
Helsing Germany GmbH

Lieutenant General (Ret'd) Joseph "Gus" Guastella
Corporate Vice President and Regional Executive for Europe & Middle East
Northrop Grumman

Thomas Grohs
Head of Unmanned Aerial Systems
Airbus Defence and Space

Jeffrey Harrigian
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Skunk Works®
Lockheed Martin

Mikael Olsson
Head of Flight Test Department
Saab AB

Rob Hewson
Public Relations Director
Saab AB

David Nyikos
Director, International Business Development
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Stephane Hebert
IFTS Business Leader, LCAJT Chairman of the Board of Directors
CAE Services Italia srl.

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