Meet the Speakers

2021 Moderators


Lieutenant General (Retd) Guy Thibault
Lieutenant General (Retd) Guy Thibault
former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (2013-2016)
Canadian Armed Forces
Vice Admiral (Retd) Gonzalo Rios Polastri
Vice Admiral (Retd) Gonzalo Rios Polastri
former Chairman of the Council of Delegates (2015-2017)
Inter-American Defence Board
Vice Admiral (Retd) Luis Alberto Ordóñez Rubio
Vice Admiral (Retd) Luis Alberto Ordóñez Rubio
Former President of the Colombian Shipyard (2013)
COTECMAR

2021 Speakers


Major General Fernando Losada
Major General Fernando Losada
Commander of Air Operations Command
Colombian Air Force
Lieutenant General Rocky Meade
Lieutenant General Rocky Meade
Chief of Defence Staff
Jamaican Defence Force
Rear Admiral Enrique Arnaez
Rear Admiral Enrique Arnaez
Navy Projects Director
Peruvian Navy
Vice Admiral Jean Hausermann
Vice Admiral Jean Hausermann
Commander
French Forces in the Caribbean (COMSUP)
Captain Americo Amico
Captain Americo Amico
Head of Ops Department, General Pacific Ops Commander,
Peruvian Navy
Rear Admiral José Luis Elizondo
Rear Admiral José Luis Elizondo
Head of Naval Prefecture
Uruguay Navy
Air Vice Marshal Darryl Daniel
Air Vice Marshal Darryl Daniel
Chief of Defence Staff
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Forces
Major General Fernando Arturo Silva De La Harpe
Major General Fernando Arturo Silva De La Harpe
Chief of Development Division
Chiléan Air Force
Rear Admiral José Luis Sánchez Hoz
Rear Admiral José Luis Sánchez Hoz
Commander, Operations, Navy General Staff
Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR)
Commodore Dr Raymond King
Commodore Dr Raymond King
Commander
Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Brigadier General Steven Ortega
Brigadier General Steven Ortega
Commander
Belize Defence Force
Brigadier Godfrey Bess
Brigadier Godfrey Bess
Chief of Staff
Guyana Defence Force
Vice Admiral Flávio Macedo Brasil
Vice Admiral Flávio Macedo Brasil
Commercial Technical Director
EMGEPRON
Rear Admiral (UH) Eric Jones
Rear Admiral (UH) Eric Jones
Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District
US Coast Guard
Brigadier General (retd.) José Alfredo Ortega Reyes
Brigadier General (retd.) José Alfredo Ortega Reyes
Chief Commissioner, Specialized Unit Components
National Guard of Mexico
Captain Marcelo Luis Fernandez
Captain Marcelo Luis Fernandez
Commander, Atlantic Naval Area
Argentine Navy
Rear Admiral Mateo Arzate Loza
Rear Admiral Mateo Arzate Loza
General Coordinator of Surface Units
Mexican Navy
Rear Admiral (retd.) Hermann Ibere Santos Boemer Junior
Rear Admiral (retd.) Hermann Ibere Santos Boemer Junior
Superintendent of Procurement and Program Management
Brazilian Navy
Capitán de Fragata Francisco Javier Robles Carbajal
Capitán de Fragata Francisco Javier Robles Carbajal
General Directorate of Naval Construction
Mexican Navy
Colonel Glyne Grannum
Colonel Glyne Grannum
Chief of Staff
Barbados Defence Force
Colonel Telbert Benjamin
Colonel Telbert Benjamin
Chief of Defence Staff
Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
Captain Elton Bennett
Captain Elton Bennett
Commander
Belize Coast Guard
Captain Feliciano Pérez Carvajal
Captain Feliciano Pérez Carvajal
Chief of the Naval Operations Division
Dominican Republic Navy
Colonel Emerson de Oliveira
Colonel Emerson de Oliveira
Incoming Commander, Capability-based Planning, Sixth Sub-chief of Staff
Brazilian Air Force
Captain Christian Ponce
Captain Christian Ponce
LPD Project Manager
Peruvian Navy
Captain Mario Valenzuela
Captain Mario Valenzuela
Commander, Naval Aviation Maintenance Service
Peruvian Navy
Commander Robert Scotland
Commander Robert Scotland
Commander
Cayman Islands Coast Guard
Lieutenant Colonel Liz Wendy Cuadros Veloza
Lieutenant Colonel Liz Wendy Cuadros Veloza
Head of the International Centre for Strategic Studies against Drug Trafficking
Colombian Federal Police
Captain (CG) Hector Magliocca
Captain (CG) Hector Magliocca
Chief of Staff, General Directorate of Naval Materiel
Uruguay Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Jones
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Jones
Executive Director
CARICOM IMPACS
Lieutenant Commander Miguel Saldarriaga Munoz
Lieutenant Commander Miguel Saldarriaga Munoz
Chief of Naval Repairs
SIMA PERU
Lieutenant Commander Diego de la Barra Chávez
Lieutenant Commander Diego de la Barra Chávez
Chief of Shipyard Division Production Department SIMA Callao
SIMA PERU
Captain Camilo Ernesto Segovia
Captain Camilo Ernesto Segovia
Naval Operations Chief
Colombian Navy
Captain Carlos Alberto Ambrosio Zaleta
Captain Carlos Alberto Ambrosio Zaleta
Logistics Section, General Staff
Mexican Navy
Commander Javier Arturo Cubero Vargas
Commander Javier Arturo Cubero Vargas
Director Sixaola Coast Guard Station
Costa Rica Coast Guard
Lieutenant Commander Jose Alberti Angulo
Lieutenant Commander Jose Alberti Angulo
Head of SIMA Chimbote Shipyard Division
SIMA PERU
Francesca Caonero
Francesca Caonero
Programme Coordinator, Global Maritime Crime Programme, Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Lutz Rainer Mertschat
Lutz Rainer Mertschat
Head of Business Development, Marketing and Sales
MTG
Lieutenant Commander Manuel Alejandro Ariza Zuluaga
Lieutenant Commander Manuel Alejandro Ariza Zuluaga
Design and Engineering Manager
COTECMAR
Guillermo Zamarripa
Guillermo Zamarripa
Senior Commercial Manager for Latin America,
Navantia
Guillermo Rubio Vollert
Guillermo Rubio Vollert
Consultant
MTG
Jorge Muñoz Rubio
Jorge Muñoz Rubio
Area Manager - Marketing Latin America
Leonardo Electronics Division
Lucas Martinell
Lucas Martinell
Regional Sales Manager – Mexico / Central America
Leonardo Helicopters
Commander Fábio Pereira Moraes
Commander Fábio Pereira Moraes
Head of Doctrine, Integrated Centre of Maritime Security (CISMAR)
Brazilian Navy