Speakers | Uncrewed & Autonomous Systems

2026 Speakers

Major General Colin Tuley
Commanding General and PAE Maneuver Ground
Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning

Brigadier Stuart Nasse
Director, Uncrewed Systems Centre
UK Ministry of Defence *Subject to Final Confirmation

Brigadier Ed Cartwright
Commander
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team

Commodore Neil Mathieson
Head of Regulation and Certification
Military Aviation Authority - UK MoD

Colonel Benjamin Ingham
AH Adapt
British Army - Joint Aviation Command HQ

Colonel Jim Howard
Commander, Experimentation and Trials Group
Experimentation and Trials Group

Colonel Yevhen Shamataliuk
Deputy Commander
LITPOLUKRBRIG

Lieutenant Colonel Arbo Probal
UxS and C-UxS Program Manager
Estonian Defence Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Michal Nietopiel
Challenge Manager
NATO - DIANA

Lieutenant Colonel Geoffroy Clain
Autonomous Weapons Systems Capacity Officer
French Army HQ

Lieutenant Colonel David Macklin
SO1 Close Combat Robotics and Autonomous Systems
British Army Futures

Lieutenant Colonel Willemsen Reiner
Commander Liberation - 5th Line Battalion
Belgian Land Component

Lieutenant Colonel Jochem Vlaardingerbroek
Commander Robotics and Autonomous Systems Unit, Innovation Branch
Royal Netherlands Army

Dr. Jack Watling
Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare
RUSI

Mr. James Gavin
Deputy Director UKDI
MOD NAD UK Defence Innovation

Ms. Rikke Amilde Seehuus
Research Manager for Autonomous Systems
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

Michael Robbins
President & CEO
Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International

Major General (Ret'd) James Illingworth
Former Director of Land Warfare
British Army

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