20 - 22 May, 2025 | Novotel London West, UK

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Meet the Speakers:

2025 CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN

Brigadier Lee Daley
Commander, Defence College of Support
UK Ministry of Defence

Osman Tasman [TUR]
Land Armaments Coordinator
Defence Investment Division, NATO HQ

Colonel (Ret'd) Paul Daniels
Indirect Fires Subject Matter Expert
US Army

2025 SPEAKERS

Maria Eagle
Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry
UK Parliament

General General Sir Roly Walker
Chief of the General Staff
British Army

Major General John Rafferty
Commander
56th Artillery Command, US Army

Brigadier General Gianluca Figus
Artillery Commander
Italian Army

Brigadier Rob Alston [GBR]
Chief of Joint Fires and Influence
NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)

Brigadier Chris Gent [GBR]
Deputy Chief of Staff – Transformation and Integration
NATO Allied Land Command

Brigadier Paul Hughes
Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification – Land Domain
UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

Colonel Michael Villumsen
Commander Danish Artillery Regiment
Danish Army

Colonel Roman Bobal
Chief of Artillery
Slovak Armed Forces

Colonel Michael Englis
Director of Fires Cell and Targeting, Fort Sill
US Army

Colonel Jost Hügel
Chief of Artillery and Commander of the German Artillery School
German Armed Forces (Reserves)

Colonel Freeman Bonnette
Project Manager, Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems
PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army

Peter Burke
Deputy Project Manager for Combat Ammunition Systems
Joint PEO Armaments and Ammunition, US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Dejan Šibilja
Chief of Artillery
Slovenian Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Dana R. Lafarier
Fires Threat Integration Staff Officer
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Rauno Viitmann
Fires Lecturer, Former Future Plans Officer
Estonian Military Academy

Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Nygren
Artillery School Commander
Swedish Army

Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Golonka PhD
Head of the Department of Missile and Artillery Forces, Assistant Professor
General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces

Lieutenant Colonel John Zwicewicz
Director Land Requirements – Artillery Systems
Canadian Armed Forces

Major Aires Carqueijo
Capabilities Area Coordinator
Portuguese Army Staff

Major Yoann Poffet
Deputy Commander Trials and Training Support Command
Swiss Armed Forces

Major Andrzej Niedźwiecki
Leader of the Artillery Fire Team, Senior Lecturer
General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces

Captain Janusz Materac
Lecturer
General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces

Master Sergeant (Ret'd) Jimmy Arter
Deputy Director, Fires Cell and Targeting, Fort Sill
US Army

Tim De Zitter
Lifecycle Manager Land Combat Missiles
NATO

Frederic Peugeot
Branch Chief Ammunition Support Partnership
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

Ricky Hart
Principal Adviser Weapons and Fires, Land Guided Weapons Team
UK Ministry of Defence, Dstl

Howard “David” Cavel
Senior Field Artillery Specialist, Fires Cell - Targeting, Fort Sill
US Army

James Black
Deputy Director, European Lead
RAND Corporation

Katja Fedina
Senior Analyst
RAND Europe

Chief of Artillery
Senior Officer
Republic of North Macedonia Armed Forces

Chief of Artillery
Senior Officer
Swedish Armed Forces

Chief of Artillery
Senior Officer
Spanish Armed Forces

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