2025 Chairman

Dr. Craig Sawyer
Dr. Craig Sawyer
Chairman, NATO Joint Capability Group for Maritime Unmanned Systems &
Deputy Director Strategic Assessment, US DoN

2025 Speakers

Rear Admiral Paul Flos
Rear Admiral Paul Flos
Program Director of International Naval Materiel Cooperation
Netherlands Ministry of Defence
Rear Admiral Michael Mattis
Rear Admiral Michael Mattis
Commander, Task Force SIX SIX (CTF 66)
US Navy
Commodore Marcus Rose
Commodore Marcus Rose
Deputy Director Underwater Battlespace Capability, Develop Directorate
Royal Navy
Commodore Marcus Hember
Commodore Marcus Hember
Deputy Director Navy Capability Plans
Royal Navy
Commodore Mick Turner
Commodore Mick Turner
Director General, Maritime Integrated Capabilities
Royal Australian Navy
Christopher Henry
Christopher Henry
Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, Naval Warfare
Operational Test & Evaluation, US Navy
Bill Biggs
Bill Biggs
System of Systems Architect, MHC programme
UK MoD
Captain Ali Ashour FRINA, FIES, FIMarEST
Captain Ali Ashour FRINA, FIES, FIMarEST
Researcher UoS PDRC &
Senior Engineering Officer, MOI-KCG – State of Kuwait
Captain Andy Berner
Captain Andy Berner
Commanding Officer, Office of Naval Research GLOBAL
US Navy
Commander Michael Hutchinson
Commander Michael Hutchinson
Captain of XV Patrick Blackett, Head of Experimentation
Navy X
Commander Sean Trevethan
Commander Sean Trevethan
Director, Maritime Capability
NATO Defence Investment Division *subject to final confirmation
Lieutenant Commander Florin Constantinoiu
Lieutenant Commander Florin Constantinoiu
Head of Innovation and Research
Romanian Navy
Lieutenant Commander Tiago Gomes
Lieutenant Commander Tiago Gomes
Directorate of Ships - PMO
Portuguese Navy
Nick Childs
Nick Childs
Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Securiry
IISS
David Manley
David Manley
Technical Authority for Maritime Survivability, UK MoD & Professor of Naval Arch
University College London
Professor Erkan Oterkus
Professor Erkan Oterkus
Director of The PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC)
Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, University of Stra

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