2025 Speakers

2025 Conference Chairman

Major General (Ret.) Gary Deakin CBE
Major General (Ret.) Gary Deakin CBE
Former Chief of Staff
NATO Joint Force Command
Colonel (Ret.) Paul Daniels
Colonel (Ret.) Paul Daniels
Senior Defense Consultant and President, P. Daniels Consulting
FSAD 2025 Co-Chairman
Thomas Withington
Thomas Withington
Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
FSAD 2025 Co-Chairman

2025 Speakers

Air Marshal Laurent Rataud
Air Marshal Laurent Rataud
Commander of Air Defence and Air Operations
French Air and Space Force / DCI
Major General David Stewart
Major General David Stewart
Director
Joint Counter-sUAS Office (JCO)
Brigadier General Michał Marciniak
Brigadier General Michał Marciniak
Deputy Chief of Armament Agency
Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Poland
Rear Admiral Craig Wood CBE
Rear Admiral Craig Wood CBE
Deputy Commander
Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO)
Brigadier General Arnt Kuebart
Brigadier General Arnt Kuebart
Commander, Ground-Based Forces
Bundeswehr
Colonel Patrick Farrell
Colonel Patrick Farrell
Project Manager, Mid-Range Capability Army RCCTO
PEO Missiles & Space
Colonel Johan Jönsson
Colonel Johan Jönsson
Commander, Air Defense Regiment
Swedish Armed Forces
Colonel Bogdan-Nicolae Istrate
Colonel Bogdan-Nicolae Istrate
Commander, 1st Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade
Romanian Air Force
Colonel Andrew Konicki
Colonel Andrew Konicki
Program Manager, Ground Based Air Defense
PEO Land Systems, US Marine Corps
Colonel Glenn Henke
Colonel Glenn Henke
Commandant, US Army Air Defence Artillery
Air Defence Artillery Center & School
Colonel Giovanni Chessari
Colonel Giovanni Chessari
Deputy Director C-Mini/Micro UAS Centre of Excellence
Italian Army
Colonel Jeffrey Hazzard
Colonel Jeffrey Hazzard
Director of Plans, Policy, Allied Integration
Joint Function Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense
Colonel Adam Miller
Colonel Adam Miller
Project Manager and Deputy Director for Directed Energy
US Army RCCTO
Lieutenant Colonel Harald Aamoth
Lieutenant Colonel Harald Aamoth
Staff Officer/Force Development GBAD
Norwegian MoD
Maxime Bagnoud
Maxime Bagnoud
Project Manager
Armasuisse
Dr Uzi Rubin
Dr Uzi Rubin
Senior Researcher
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security
Lieutenant Colonel Kim Vogt
Lieutenant Colonel Kim Vogt
SME IAMD
JAPCC
Captain Thomas Chinnery
Captain Thomas Chinnery
GBAD Instructor
Royal School of Artillery
Corry Cox
Corry Cox
Director, Research and Technology
US Army SMDC Tech Center
Mr. James Black
Mr. James Black
Assistant Director, Defence and Security and European Lead, Space
RAND Europe
James Mayes
James Mayes
C-sUAS Experimentation and Test Director
USNORTHCOM
Dr. Cristian Coman
Dr. Cristian Coman
Principal Scientist
NATO Communications and Information Agency
Dr Neset Akӧzbek
Dr Neset Akӧzbek
Senior Scientist for Directed Energy
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Rüdiger Schmitt
Rüdiger Schmitt
Senior Scientist
French-German Research Institute of Saint Louis (ISL)
Creid Johnson
Creid Johnson
Divisional Director, ACC/A5X Futures Division
US Air Force
Dr. Jay (Gee) Simmons
Dr. Jay (Gee) Simmons
Deputy Air & Missile Defense Capability Area Lead
DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Centre, US Army
Roy Bookham
Roy Bookham
Chief Scientist, C-UAS Platforms Division
DSTL
Nataliia Kushnerska
Nataliia Kushnerska
COO
BRAVE1
Major Carson Choy
Major Carson Choy
NORAD C-UAS Specialist
North Amerian Aerospace Defence Command, Canadian Air Force
Nicholas A. O'Donoughue, PhD
Nicholas A. O'Donoughue, PhD
Senior Engineer, Signal Processing Expert
Rand Corporation
Prof Daniel O'Hagan
Prof Daniel O'Hagan
Head of the Passive Radar and Anti-Jamming Techniques Department
Fraunhofer FHR
Dr. Cynthia Patterson
Dr. Cynthia Patterson
Chief of Academics
Joint C-sUAS University, US Army
Julie Isaac
Julie Isaac
Project Director for Sensors Aerial Intelligence
PEO IEW&S
Dr. Donald Shiffler
Dr. Donald Shiffler
Chief Scientist for Directed Energy, Directed Energy Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory
Martin Suitters
Martin Suitters
Head of Innovation & Capability, Complex Weapons
UK Defence Solutions Centre
Michael Santaspirt, PhD,
Michael Santaspirt, PhD,
Deputy Chief of Staff, G2, and the Chief Futures Officer
US Army DEVCOM Armaments Center
Patrycja Bazylczyk
Patrycja Bazylczyk
Program Manager & Research Associate, Missile Defense Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Darrell McFarland
Darrell McFarland
Director, Radar Evaluation Flight
84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, US Air Force
Josef Worms
Josef Worms
Team Leader
Fraunhofer FHR
Emmanuel D’Almeida
Emmanuel D’Almeida
Modular GBAD Principal Project Officer)
NSPA
Adrian Baciu
Adrian Baciu
GBAD Systems Group Manager
NSPA

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