Speakers | Uncrewed Naval Systems

2026 Chairman

Dr. Craig Sawyer
Former Chairman
NATO Joint Capability Group for Maritime Unmanned Systems

2026 Speakers

Rear Admiral Paul Flos
Program Director International Naval Materiel Cooperation
Netherlands Ministry of Defence

Rear Admiral Cornel-Eugen Cojocaru
Fleet Commander
Romanian Naval Forces

Rear Admiral Melvin Smith
Commander, Submarine Group TWO
U.S. Navy

Rear Admiral Jason Armstrong
Head of Naval Capability
Royal Canadian Navy

Rear Admiral İlker Avcı
Head of Operational Training Department
Turkish Navy

Commodore Thomas Andersen
Co-Leader, Capability Coalition for Ukraine
Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN)

Captain Andrew Privette
Chief Technology Officer, PAE RAS
U.S. Navy

Captain Keith Taylor
Incoming Head of Autonomy Coherence
Royal Navy, Subject to Final Confirmation

Captain Mathias Vorachek
Incoming Commanding Officer, Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Group ONE
U.S. Navy, Subject to Final Confirmation

Captain Jean-François Mangin
Coordinator for Seabed Warfare
French Navy

Captain Garrett H. Miller
Commodore, Surface Development Group One
U.S. Navy

Captain Craig Guest
Commanding Officer XV Patrick Blackett & Fleet Experimental Squadron
Royal Navy, Subject to Final Confirmation

Captain Chongsu Lim
Head of Integrated Warfare Systems Division (N6)
Republic of Korea Navy, Subject to Final Confirmation

Captain Dean Battilana
Director Undersea Warfare and Data
Royal Australian Navy

Colonel Karl Gray
Commanding Officer of 47 Commando
Royal Marines

Commander David Novotney
Program Manager for USV and UUV Acquisition Strategies
United States Special Operations Command

Commander Michael Hutchinson
Experiments Team Leader, Disruptive Capabilities and Technology Office
Royal Navy, Subject to Final Confirmation

Lieutenant Commander Andrii Volodymyrovych Maksymenko
Head of the Department of Unmanned Systems BMC 3C
Ukrainian Naval Forces

Mr. Anthony Antognoli
Assistant Commandant and PEO of Robotics & Autonomous Systems
U.S. Coast Guard

Ane Todbjerg Sønderstrup
Head of Section, Maritime Drones and Autonomous Systems
Danish Ministry of Defence - Acquisitions and Logistics Organisation

Danish Ministry of Defence - Acquisitions and Logistics Organisation

Professor Andrew Serdy
Professor of the Public International Law of the Sea
University of Southampton

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