Speakers at Surface Warships

Chairman


Commodore (Ret.) Steve Prest
Commodore (Ret.) Steve Prest
Chairman
Royal Navy

2025 Speakers


Vice Admiral Orlando Grisales
Vice Admiral Orlando Grisales
Chief of Naval Operations
Colombian Navy
Rear Admiral William R. Daly
Rear Admiral William R. Daly
Director
Surface Warfare, OPNAV N96
Rear Admiral Naoya Hoshi
Rear Admiral Naoya Hoshi
Director General of the Logistics Department, Maritime Staff Office
JMSDF
Rear Admiral Theodore LeClair
Rear Admiral Theodore LeClair
Deputy Commander
Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet
Rear Admiral Yannick Bossu
Rear Admiral Yannick Bossu
Deputy Commander
French Strike Force (FRSTRIKEFOR)
Rear Admiral Michael S. Mattis
Rear Admiral Michael S. Mattis
Commander, Task Force SIX SIX
CTF 66
Rear Admiral Craig Wood CBE
Rear Admiral Craig Wood CBE
Deputy Commander
Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO)
Captain Gianluca MARCILLI
Captain Gianluca MARCILLI
UGSI - Technology Innovation Office - Head of Office
Italian Navy
Captain Luigi Durante
Captain Luigi Durante
Programme Manager, HRZ Programme Division
OCCAR
Captain , Mohammad Fairuz bin Hassan
Captain , Mohammad Fairuz bin Hassan
Director of Planning, Development and Strategy
Royal Malaysian Navy
Commander Christoper Cozens
Commander Christoper Cozens
Senior Naval Officer to HMS VENTURER First of Class T31 Frigate
Royal Navy
Commander Jim Weapon Hyde
Commander Jim Weapon Hyde
Engineer Officer
HMS VENTURER, First of the Class T31 Frigate, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander Tiago Gomes
Lieutenant Commander Tiago Gomes
Directorate of Ships - PMO
Portuguese Navy
Martin Suitters
Martin Suitters
Head of Innovation & Capability, Complex Weapons
UK Defence Solutions Centre
Jeffrey Brewer
Jeffrey Brewer
US Co-Director
London Tech Bridge
Christopher Henry
Christopher Henry
Director
Operational Test & Evaluation, Naval Warfare
Dr Sidharth Kaushal
Dr Sidharth Kaushal
Senior Research Fellow
RUSI
Captain Ali Ashour FRINA, FIES  PhD Researcher, PDRC-UoS
Captain Ali Ashour FRINA, FIES PhD Researcher, PDRC-UoS
Senior Engineering Officer KCG
Ministry of Interior - State of Kuwait
Toni Gray
Toni Gray
Equipment Support Programmes Director | SRO Torpedo Capability Support Programme
Navy Command HQ
Professor Erkan Oterkus
Professor Erkan Oterkus
Director of The PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC) Director of Ocean Energy Res
Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Kerry Thomas
Programme Transition Manager
Navy Command
Rafael Arcos Palacios
Senior Manager for Defence Strategy
Indra