Meet the Speakers:

Conference Chairmen


General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, DL
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, DL
DSACEUR (Mar 2014 - Mar 2017)
Conference Chair
General (Retd.) David G. Perkins
General (Retd.) David G. Perkins
15th Commander of US Army TRADOC (2014-2018)
Chairman, Situational Awareness & RAS Sessions
Brigadier (Retd.) Nick Cowey MBE
Brigadier (Retd.) Nick Cowey MBE
Head of Military Capability Delivery, British Army (2020-2023)
Chairman, Sustainment Sessions

MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES


General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen
General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen
Chief of the General Staff
British Army
General Hertz Pires Do Nascimento
General Hertz Pires Do Nascimento
Commander of the Southern Military Command
Brazilian Army
Lieutenant General David Eastman MBE
Lieutenant General David Eastman MBE
Deputy Chief of the General Staff
British Army
Lieutenant General Mike Elviss CB MBE
Lieutenant General Mike Elviss CB MBE
Commander Field Army
British Army
Lieutenant General Shakir Ullah Khattak
Lieutenant General Shakir Ullah Khattak
Chairman Heavy Industry Taxila
Pakistan Army
Lieutenant General Alfons Mais
Lieutenant General Alfons Mais
Chief of the General Staff
Bundeswehr
Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow
Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow
Vice Chief of the German Army and Commander Basic Military Organisation
Bundeswehr
Lieutenant General Carmine Masiello
Lieutenant General Carmine Masiello
Chief of Staff
Italian Army
Lieutenant General Satoru Ohashi
Lieutenant General Satoru Ohashi
Director General of Ground Systems
ATLA - Japan MoD
Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Wooddisse KCB CBE MC
Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Wooddisse KCB CBE MC
Commander
NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
Andy Start (subject to final confirmation)
Andy Start (subject to final confirmation)
Chief Executive Officer
DE&S
Major General Olly Brown
Major General Olly Brown
General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Division
British Army
Major General Alfonso Castilla Berea
Major General Alfonso Castilla Berea
Deputy Director for Weapon Systems
Spanish Army
Major General Glenn Dean
Major General Glenn Dean
PEO, Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
US Army
Major General Gerry Ewart-Brookes
Major General Gerry Ewart-Brookes
Director of Plans
NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command
Major General Lizzie Faithfull-Davies CBE
Major General Lizzie Faithfull-Davies CBE
Director Land Equipment
DE&S
Major General Jonny Lindfors
Major General Jonny Lindfors
Commander
Swedish Army
Major General Indrek Sirel
Major General Indrek Sirel
Commander, Estonian Division
Estonian Defence Force
Major General Jon Swift
Major General Jon Swift
Director Programmes
British Army
Major General Colin Tuley
Major General Colin Tuley
Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence
US Army
Major General Alex Turner
Major General Alex Turner
Director Futures
British Army
Major General Matthew van Wagenen
Major General Matthew van Wagenen
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
NATO SHAPE
Brigadier General Yves Gächter
Brigadier General Yves Gächter
Commander of the Tank and Artillery Training Unit
Swiss Armed Forces
Brigadier General Trond Haande
Brigadier General Trond Haande
Commander, Land Warfare Centre
Norwegian Armed Forces
Brigadier General Zsolt Molnár
Brigadier General Zsolt Molnár
Commander, 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
Hungarian Defence Forces
Brigadier Tobias Lambert
Brigadier Tobias Lambert
Head, Land Industrial Strategy
British Army
Brigadier General Michael Janisch
Director, Armaments and Defence Technology Agency
Austrian Armed Forces
Brigadier Matt Wilkinson MBE
Brigadier Matt Wilkinson MBE
Assistant Chief of Staff Equipment
Field Army HQ
Dr Raymond O'Toole
Dr Raymond O'Toole
Principal Deputy Director, Department of Operational Test & Evaulation
Department of Defense
Dr Robert Sadowski
Dr Robert Sadowski
Army Chief Roboticist
DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center, U.S. Army
Colonel Peter Cowell
Colonel Peter Cowell
Senior Military Advisor (Land)
Defence and Security Exports
Colonel Armin Dirks
Colonel Armin Dirks
Head of Operations, Combined Project Team of Main Ground Combat System
Federal Office of Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support - Bundeswehr
Colonel Andy Elliott
Colonel Andy Elliott
DACOS Equipment Through Life Support, Field Army
British Army
Colonel Jan Mazal PhD
Colonel Jan Mazal PhD
Head of the Military Robotics Department, Faculty of Military Technology
Czech Defense University
Colonel Hen Ouwehand
Colonel Hen Ouwehand
Project manager Mid Life Update CV90
Dutch Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT)
Colonel Professor Vadym Slyusar
Colonel Professor Vadym Slyusar
Chief of R&D Group
Central Research Institute of Armaments and Military Equipment, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel Toby Till
Colonel Toby Till
Commander, Experimentation and Trials Group
British Army
Colonel Miroslav Vybihal
Colonel Miroslav Vybihal
Director, Department of Ground Forces Development
Czech Armed Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Cooper
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Cooper
Officer Commanding
Army Trials Unit, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Lovelock
Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Lovelock
SO1 Equipment Support, Futures Directorate
British Army
Major Jon Coutts
Major Jon Coutts
SO2 Integrated Close Combat
Army Trials Unit, British Army
Major Joe Williamson
Major Joe Williamson
SO2 Mounted Close Combat
Army Trials Unit, British Army
Geoffrey Magda
Geoffrey Magda
Head of Engineering and Methods Section, SIMMT
DGA
Alexandra Alonzi
Alexandra Alonzi
BOXER Programme Manager
OCCAR-EA
Adrian Bailey
Adrian Bailey
Capability Developer (Additive)
US Army DEVCOM
Sarah Chapman Trim
Sarah Chapman Trim
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Army Leadership
John Crozier
John Crozier
Principle Vetronics Systems Engineer, Platform Systems Division
DSTL
Luigi Fasano (subject to final confirmation)
Luigi Fasano (subject to final confirmation)
Project Officer Emerging Land Technologies (HybriDT II)
European Defence Agency
Rob Handley
Rob Handley
Chief PNT Scientist & PNT Fellow
DSTL
Michael Hansen
Michael Hansen
Additive Manufacturing Lead
US Army TACOM
Thomas Honke
Thomas Honke
Project Manager, Camouflage and Signature Management
Bundeswehr
Dwayne D. Hynes
Dwayne D. Hynes
Chief, Foreign Intelligence Technology, G-2
U.S. Army
Professor Bryn James BSc PhD CPhys FInstP
Professor Bryn James BSc PhD CPhys FInstP
Senior Fellow, Physical Sciences Group, Platform Systems Division
DSTL
Donald Johnstone
Donald Johnstone
Programme Director, Land Deep Fires
British Army
Professor Marco Martorella
Professor Marco Martorella
Chairman, Sensors and Electronics Technology (SET) Panel
NATO Science and Technology Organization
Tom Newbery CPhys
Tom Newbery CPhys
Platform Survivability Group
DSTL
Arkady Ostrovsky
Arkady Ostrovsky
Russia and Eastern Europe Editor
The Economist
William Owen
William Owen
Author
Euclid’s Army: Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today
Barnaby Pearson
Barnaby Pearson
Principal Engineer - Land Signatures, Platform Survivability Group
DSTL
Michael Santaspirt PhD
Michael Santaspirt PhD
Deputy Chief of Staff, G2, and Chief Futures Officer
US Army DEVCOM Armaments Center
Jim Storr
Jim Storr
Author
War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century
Professor Peter Roberts
Professor Peter Roberts
Author
The Western Way of War
David Russell
David Russell
MIV Team Leader
DE&S
Nicholas Valentine
Nicholas Valentine
Lead Engineer - Human Machine Teaming, Future Capability Innovation
DE&S
Martyn Williams ChPP CEng
Martyn Williams ChPP CEng
Senior Responsible Owner UK MIV Programme
British Army
Brigadier (retd.) Ian Cameron-Mowat
Former Head of Force Protection
DE&S
Senior Representative
Senior Representative
Land Integrated Operating Services (LIOS)
DE&S