INTEGRATING UNCREWED & AUTONOMOUS 
SYSTEMS ACROSS THE BATTLESPACE

3 - 4 December 2025 | Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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Speakers | Uncrewed & Autonomous Systems

Conference Chair:

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

Early Confirmed Speakers Include:

Major General Alex Turner *subject to final confirmation
Major General Alex Turner *subject to final confirmation
Director Army Futures
British Army
Brigadier General Michael B. Janisch
Brigadier General Michael B. Janisch
Director, Armaments and Defence Technology Agency
Austrian Armed Forces
James Gavin
James Gavin
Head, Future Capabilities Group
DE&S
Colonel James Howard
Colonel James Howard
Commander, Experimentation and Trials Group (ETG)
British Army
Colonel Jan Mazal
Colonel Jan Mazal
Chief of the Military Robotics Department
Czech Defense University
Colonel Brian Merkl
Colonel Brian Merkl
Unmanned Systems Division Chief.
US Army
Colonel Kevin Easter
Colonel Kevin Easter
Deputy Director, Army Aviation
US Army
Captain Artur Varanda
Captain Artur Varanda
Project Officer, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, CEMTEx
Portuguese Army
Arbo Probal
Arbo Probal
UxS and C-UxS Program Manager, Force Transformation Command
Estonian Air Force - Fighter Squadron
Sean Bittick
Sean Bittick
C-UAS and Capability Development Officer
NATO
Dwayne Hynes *subject to final confirmation
Dwayne Hynes *subject to final confirmation
Chief, Foreign Intelligence Technology
US Army G-2
Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Casanova
Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Casanova
Autonomous Weapons Systems Capacity Officer
French Army HQ
Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Hicks
Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Hicks
SO1 Robotic and Autonomous Systems
British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Hipkins
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Hipkins
SO1 Operations, Joint Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems Office (JCO).
UK Ministry of Defence
Luke Gallantree
Luke Gallantree
Senior Engineer
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Nicholas Valentine
Nicholas Valentine
Lead Engineer – Human Machine Teaming
DE&S - UK MoD
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