Decoding Threats, Building Resilience: Meet the Secure Australia Speakers

International Speaker

Brigadier General Leighton James
Director General Air & Space Readiness
Royal Canadian Air Force

David Nockels
First Assistant Secretary, Defence Trade, Regulation and AUKUS Advanced Capabili
Department of Defence

Helen Schneider
Acting Assistant Commissioner
Australian Federal Police

Demi Stefanova
Chief Operating Officer
Advanced Navigation

Major General Hugh Meggitt
Head Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator
Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator

Air Commodore Angus Porter
Director General Air Combat Capability
Royal Australian Air Force

Charlie Burnard
Global Head of Government Engagement
Q-CTRL

Captain Aditi Khanna
Director Seaworthiness Operations and Regulation
Australian Naval Seaworthiness Authority

Major General Jason Walk
Head National Support
Australian Army / Department of Defence

Air Commodore James Badgery
Director General Defence Aviation Safety Authority
Royal Australian Air Force

Cdre. Daniel Sutherland
Commander Submarine Force
Royal Australian Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Brendon Gledhill
SO1 C-sUAS Integration
Australian Army

Wing Commander Keirin Joyce
Deputy Director of Disruptive Experimentation
Royal Australian Airforce

Captain Dean Battilana
Director Undersea Warfare and Data
Royal Australian Navy

Dr. Nigel McGinty
Chief Human and Decision Sciences
Defence Science and Technology Group

Rear Admiral Lee Goddard
Former Commander Maritime Border Command & Operation Sovereign Borders
Royal Australian Navy

Dr. Anthony Szabo
Assistant Chief Platforms
Defence Science and Technology Group

Dr. Simon Crase
Group Leader Aerial Systems Autonomy branch
Defence Science Technology Group

Professor Michael Milford
Chief Investigator, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision
Queensland University of Technology

Professor Sascha Bachmann
Professor of Public and International Law
University of Canberra

Adam Hogan
Vice President Hivemind – Australia, Asia & Middle East
Shield AI

Harry Hubbert
Chief Operating Officer
Greenroom Robotics

Phil Ridley
Sales.Director Australia & New Zealand
ICEYE

Captain David Turner
Director Navy Strategic Logistics
Royal Australian Navy Aviation

Daniel Salmond
Ag/Branch Chief, Research Computing
Department of Defence

Defence IQ