Seabed Security Speakers

2026 Chairman

Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Eric Lavault
Former Head of Seabed Warfare Department
French Navy

Vice Admiral Robert M. Gaucher
Submarine Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager (Submarine Czar)
US Navy

Rear Admiral Tanguy Botman
Chief of Navy
Belgian Navy

Rear Admiral Kelly C. Ward
Commander
Task Force 66, US Navy

Rear Admiral Giulio Cappelletti
Director of the Operational Structure of the National Underwater Dimension Hub
Italian Navy

Captain Robert Watt
Director of Naval Strategy
Royal Canadian Navy

Captain (N) Mette Stab-Johansen
Chief of Operations and Planning
Royal Danish Navy

Captain Jean - François Mangin
Incoming Coordinator for Seabed Warfare
French Navy

Captain Serdar Tombul
Concept Development and Experimentation Branch Head
NATO Maritime GEOMETOC Centre of Excellence

Commander Julien Le Roux
Commanding Submarine Officer, Director of Undersea Warfare
French Navy

Commander Michael Pirard
Head of Sub-Section rMCM at Naval Systems
Directorate General Material Resources

Lieutenant Commander Florin Constantinoiu
Head of Innovation and Research
Romanian Navy

Bart Hollants
Chairman - NATO Innovation
NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation

Jürgen Scraback
Head of Unit Maritime Domain
European Defence Agency

Jeremy Churcher
Head of Defence
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

John Wrottesley
Executive Director
European Subsea Cables Association

Alasdair Wilkie
Chairman
European Subsea Cables Association

Kuno Peek
Project Manager EUROGUARD
Estonian Centre for Defence Investments

Dr. James Kraska
Chair, Stockton Centre for International Law
U.S Naval War College

Professor Basil Germond
Professor of International Security
Lancaster University

Senior Representative
Director, CEOM
Portuguese Navy

Senior Representative
Senior Representative
Royal Australian Navy

Ivan Yordanov STC
Concept Development, Experimentation and Innovation Programme Manager
NATO Allied Maritime Command

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