Military Robotics & Autonomous Systems : Defence & Security : UK

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With the world less stable and the threat of conflict ever greater; the successful implementation and integration of risk reducing, yet tempo and mass generating robotics and autonomous systems is more crucial than ever.</p> <p>With the increasing deployment of Uncrewed systems in Ukraine and more frequent tactical experiments with mission-capable UXS in NATO nations, the RAS community must prioritize the safe and effective operationalization of these systems.</p> <p>With the <strong>dedicated focus day </strong>and <strong>4 separate afternoon streams</strong>, covering all aspects of RAS, the MRAS conference is, as ever, the best place to gain essential knowledge and insight from MRAS programmes from across the globe, and where the capabilities, challenges and opportunities of these programmes lie.<br /> <em><br /> “If you want to increase your knowledge and build your understanding of the complexities of RAS, this event is a must.”</em> - <strong>Defence Futures, British Army</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="speakers"> <h2>FEATURED SPEAKERS</h2> <div id="keynote-slider"> <div class="keynote-speaker"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" ><div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"><img src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225205.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Robert Sadowski" class="speaker-image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; " /></div></a><div class="speaker-container"><h3><a href="#pop-speaker-single" style="color: #FFF; text-transform:none; font-size: 20px;" class="open-popup-link speaker-name">Dr Robert Sadowski</a></h3> <div class="speaker-details">Army Chief Roboticist, US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center</div> <div class="speaker-profile hidden"><p> Dr. Robert W. Sadowski is a member of the Scientific and Professional (ST) cadre of the<br /> Senior Executive Service and serves as the United States Army’s Senior Scientist for<br /> Robotics within the Research, Technology and Integration Directorate at the United States<br /> Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Warren, MI.<br /> Dr. Sadowski previously served<br /> twenty nine (29) years of active United States Army duty<br /> culminating as the Electrical Engineering Program Director and Academy Professor at the<br /> United States Military Academy in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer<br /> Science where he continues working with the faculty.<br /> Dr. Sadowski has over forty (40) months of operational experience in Southwest Asia in a<br /> variety of leadership, staff, and engineering positions including Iraq and Afghanistan. He<br /> currently chairs the OSD Autonomy Community of Interest and is guiding development of<br /> robotics and autonomous systems technology as part of the Army Modernization<br /> Enterprise.<br /> Dr. Sadowski is a graduate of the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of<br /> Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical<br /> engineering from Stanford University as a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow. He also holds a<br /> Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. He is a<br /> recent Meritorious Presidential Rank Award Recipient.</p></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" ><div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"><img src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225941.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="General Sir Roly Walker" class="speaker-image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; " /></div></a><div class="speaker-container"><h3><a href="#pop-speaker-single" style="color: #FFF; text-transform:none; font-size: 20px;" class="open-popup-link speaker-name">General Sir Roly Walker</a></h3> <div class="speaker-details">Chief of the General Staff CGS, British Army</div> <div class="speaker-profile hidden"><p> General Sir Roly Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later.</p> <p>He has commanded at company, squadron, battle group, brigade and SF group levels, variously in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, as well as joint command of operations across Europe, the broader Middle East, Africa and South America. On the Staff, he has served in brigade, divisional, army and strategic HQs.</p> <p>Since April 2021, he was the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) during which time he was responsible for advising on and directing operations to support the government’s response to Covid, the death of the late Duke of Edinburgh, the withdrawal from Kabul, the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, numerous evacuation operations, and most recently, the Hamas attacks on Israel. In June 2024 General Walker was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff.<br /> <br /> He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 2023, and a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 2010. General Walker is the President of the Honourable Artillery Company, Army Rugby, and Army Winter Sports.</p> <p>Married, with three daughters, he lives in Herefordshire.</p></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" ><div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"><img src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225186.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr James Gavin" class="speaker-image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; " /></div></a><div class="speaker-container"><h3><a href="#pop-speaker-single" style="color: #FFF; text-transform:none; font-size: 20px;" class="open-popup-link speaker-name">Mr James Gavin</a></h3> <div class="speaker-details">Head of the Future Capability Group, DE&S, UK Ministry of Defence</div> <div class="speaker-profile hidden"><p> <br /> James Gavin is the head of the Future Capability Group (FCG) at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).</p> <p>The FCG exists to help explore new capabilities so that they can then be exploited at scale. Increasingly projects are ‘Agile By Default’ to deliver early operational advantage. The Group works closely with all the Front-line Commands, DSTL and central MOD areas such as the DIU and DASA. James has served in the military, the civil service and industry before joining DE&S. He is a passionate advocate of delivering Operational Advantage through a better application of strategic thinking on innovation, inclusive cultures and sustainability.</p></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" ><div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"><img src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225796.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Robert Monto" class="speaker-image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; " /></div></a><div class="speaker-container"><h3><a href="#pop-speaker-single" style="color: #FFF; text-transform:none; font-size: 20px;" class="open-popup-link speaker-name">Mr Robert Monto</a></h3> <div class="speaker-details">Director, Advanced Concepts & Critical Technologies, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)</div> <div class="speaker-profile hidden"><p> Mr. Robert Monto Jr joined the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical<br /> Technologies Office (RCCTO), then known as the Army Rapid Capabilities<br /> Office, in September of 2016. He serves as Director, Advanced Concepts and<br /> Critical Technologies. In this position he is responsible for identifying and<br /> recommending evolving areas of operational need; discover disruptive<br /> capabilities in support of National / Army strategies; assess and provide a<br /> comprehensive plan in support of providing residual combat capability for<br /> military operations. He directly and continuously aligns and encourages<br /> academia, industry, and Science and Technology organizations to bring<br /> solutions to emerging needs identified by the Army RCCTO’s Board of Directors.<br /> The Board of Directors include the Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary, Army<br /> Acquisition Execution, Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Staff, and the Army Futures<br /> Command Commander. While scouting and identifying technologies in<br /> identified focus areas, Mr. Monto also drives the organization to look for<br /> overmatch capabilities to close existing strategic gaps, as well as identify disruptive, game- changing<br /> technologies. The mission includes the following operating concepts: rapidly assess, develop, test, and transition<br /> advanced technologies to address high priority items from Army leadership. His office serves as the quick<br /> reaction cell for rigorous research and analysis, prototyping, experimentation, and assessment.<br /> Mr. Monto previously served as the Technical Director for Product Manager (PdM) Tactical Mission Command<br /> (TMC) out of Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T) from<br /> August 2011 to August 2015, where he led the technical direction for an ACAT IAC MAIS program, leading core,<br /> matrix, and contractor personnel in the development, testing, procurement, and product improvements of the<br /> Army's mission command systems. Responsible for the technical strategy, planning, and execution to meet<br /> requirements while balancing user ONSs and other stake holder expectations. Products included Command<br /> Post of the Future, Command Post Web, and Battle Command Common Services. Prior to his role as Technical<br /> Director, Mr. Monto was the Assistant Product Manager (APM) for Battle Command Web and APM for<br /> Maneuver Control System from November 2008 to August 2011, responsible for cost, schedule, performance,<br /> and all programmatic level decisions. During this time, he participated in multiple tests, certifications, and<br /> fieldings of Army systems; deploying overseas multiple times to assist, and ensure, fielding success.<br /> Mr. Monto holds an M.S. & B.S. in Software Engineering from Monmouth University. He is a graduate of the<br /> Defense Acquisition University’s Senior Service College Fellowship. He holds executive certificates from The<br /> Wharton School, MIT Management Sloan School, University of Pennsylvania, and Eckerd College. He is a<br /> recipient of the Civilian Service Commendation Medal; Commander’s Award for Civilian Service and three<br /> times been awarded the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. He is a recipient of the Army Acquisition<br /> Corps Level III in Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, and he is a member of the Army<br /> Acquisition Corps.</p></div></div></div> </div> <script> $(window).ready(function () { $("#keynote-slider").owlCarousel({ //autoPlay: 3000, //Set AutoPlay to 3 seconds slideSpeed: 600, pagination: false, navigation: true, navigationText: ["<", ">"], stopOnHover: true, items: 4, itemsDesktop: [1199, 3], itemsDesktopSmall: [979, 3], center: true, loop: true }); }); </script> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 sponsors marg2"> <div class="buttons"> <a id="hlAll" href="#pop-speakers-all" class="open-popup-link button-white">view all speakers</a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="pop-speakers-all" class="white-popup mfp-hide"> <br> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Brigadier Paul Hughes</h3> Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification Land, DE&S </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl01_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225190.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Brigadier Paul Hughes" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Brigadier Paul Hughes commissioned into the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineering (REME) in 1992. Following a number of appointments at regimental duty and successful completion of the Officers’ Long Aeronautical Engineering (OLAE) course, he promoted to Major in 2005.<br /> Completing SO2 staff appointments supporting the defence training review (DTR) at Cosford and latterly as the lead for personnel and infrastructure on the Army General Staff he was selected for sub-unit command in 2010.<br /> Command of 4 Regiment Army Air Corp workshop followed, during which his unit supported Apache Helicopters on Op HERRICK (Afghanistan) and Op ELLAMY (Libya). Subsequently selected to be the engineering member on the 3-man service inquiry panel investigating the Red Arrows’ XX177 fatal accident in Nov 11, he remained committed to the enquiry until its conclusion in 2014.<br /> A short period as the mechanical engineering authority within the Apache Helicopter Project Team followed.<br /> Gaining promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in Sep 13, assuming the post of continuing airworthiness manager / chief air engineer for Army unmanned air systems he deployed on OP HERRICK (Afghanistan) to support Watchkeeper’s inaugural operational flight. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes was then selected as the inaugural Commanding Officer of 106 Battalion REME in Feb 15. Forming the Army Reserve unit as a result of Army 2020 restructuring, with an Area Of Responsibility (AOR) covering the entirety of Scotland and Northern Ireland, during his tenure he recruited over 350 personnel and deployed the unit to Cyprus on Ex LION STAR.<br /> Returning to the Apache Delivery Team in the role of SO1 Engineering Airworthiness Authority in Apr 17 he introduced the Emergency Flotation System to the platform. Short toured from the appointment he gained promotion to Colonel in Apr 18 assuming the role of Type Airworthiness Authority and Chief Engineer within the Remotely Piloted Air Systems’ Delivery Team.<br /> He has held type airworthiness authority for the entirety of UK Defence Remotely Piloted Air Systems including Reaper (Class 3), Protector (Class 3), Watchkeeper (Class 2) and Minis Portfolio (Class 1). He also led UK certification effort to gain a Military Type Certificate for the Protector RPAS; an achievement scheduled for achievement in 2024 which will be a global first for an RPAS of the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class. <br /> Promoted to Brigadier in 2023 he is now the Head of Engineering Assurance for the Land Domain within Defence Equipment and Support responsible for overseeing effective procurement of equipment that is safe to operate.<br /> A fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Chartered Engineer, Brigadier Hughes enjoys mentoring those seeking professional registration and conducting interviews on behalf of the society.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Captain Artiom van den Broek</h3> Project Officer, Military Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, Royal Netherlands Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl02_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225792.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Artiom van den Broek" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Artiom van den Broek, a Dutch military officer serving in the Royal Netherlands Army, specializes in the innovative field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. His expertise lies in applied military autonomy and artificial intelligence for unmanned vehicles. He holds a master’s degree in applied physics, with a specialization in quantum nanoscience, from Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Applied Sciences). Currently in his second year as a PhD candidate, he is focused on designing military autonomous systems at the University of Twente (Faculty of Engineering Technology).</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Captain Artur Varanda</h3> Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems, Army Centre for Operational Experimentation and Technological Modernization </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl03_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226103.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Artur Varanda" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Captain Artur Varanda is a Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems at the Army Experimentation and Technological Modernisation Centre. An Artillery Officer by training, he is a graduate of the Portuguese Military Academy and holds a Master’s in Geographic Information Systems and Science from the Nova University of Lisbon, where he is also an invited lecturer at the Bachelor’s in Data Science program. His current posting followed a command tour as Officer Commanding of a Ground-Based Air Defence Battery, which included the role of Project Officer at the “Short Range Air Defence” and “Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems” programs.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Captain Christian Andersson</h3> Research Officer, Finnish National Defence University </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl04_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225188.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Christian Andersson" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Captain Christian Andersson works in the Finnish National Defence University as a research officer and a scientist. He received his M.Sc.Tech in Automation & hydraulics from Tampere University of Technology in 2018. He later graduated with a master´s degree in military sciences in 2022. He is preparing two dissertations, first on Artificial Intelligence in Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles and the second one on development and uses of Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles. His scientific researchers focuses on developing Evolutionary algorithms for UGV’s and further developing an Autonomous Multi-Purpose Ground Vehicle. Despite his young career he is already participating in several research projects in Finland.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Colonel Charles Seaberry</h3> Director, DEVCOM FWD Element-Atlantic, US Army DEVCOM </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl05_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225211.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Charles Seaberry" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p>  <br /> Charles M. Seaberry graduated from Augusta State University in 2001<br /> and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Finance Corps.<br /> His first assignment was assistant S-3 of the HHC training support Battalion at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Since then, he has served in a variety of command and staff positions to include, Company executive officer, 369 AG Battalion; Commander, Charlie Company, 1/61 Infantry; Aide de Camp to the post commander at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.</p> <p>In 2007, LTC Seaberry assessed into the Army Acquisition Corps. His career highlights include serving as a Contingency Contracting Officer, assigned to the 641st Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Following this assignment, he joined the 411th Contracting Support Brigade at Camp Coiner, Seoul, Korea. Here, LTC Seaberry took on the roles of Branch Chief and a Warranted Contracting Officer for a Regional Contracting Office at Camp Henry, Daegu, Korea. During his time in Korea, he also served as Team Leader of the 646th CCT. The dedication and outstanding performance in contingency operations earned him the prestigious Expeditionary Contracting Command's Medallion in 2011.</p> <p>Following his role as a Contingency Contracting Officer, LTC Seaberry served as Deputy Division Chief of Contracting for the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2012. He then participated in the Army's Training with Industry (TWI) program at Lockheed Martin in Orlando, FL. Transitioning from TWI, he assumed the position of Assistant Program Manager (APM) for Games for Training at Program Executive Office, Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Subsequently, LTC Seaberry served as the executive officer for PEO STRI, followed by the role of Assistant Executive Officer to the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, stationed at the Pentagon. LTC Seaberry, a centrally selected Product Manager for the Common Synthetic Environment (PdM CSE), successfully delivered the Army's revolutionary software solutions: the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) and Live, Virtual, Constructive, Integrated Architecture (LVC-IA).</p> <p>Following completion at the US Army War College, he now serves as Director of Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) - Atlantic, overseeing S&T collaboration, research, and ally interoperability in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. As the Army's S&T lead to NATO, he prioritizes promoting interoperability and modernization to foster cooperative R&D partnerships with foreign entities.</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Seaberry’s education includes: Master of Arts in Management/Leadership from Webster University, Master of Business Administration in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, and Master of National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. LTC Seaberry is Level III certified in Contracting and Program Management.</p> <p>LTC Seaberry’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (6 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Staff Identification Badge and the German Army Proficiency Badge (Gold).</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Seaberry is happily married and has a son and daughter.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Colonel Jason Dudley</h3> Chief, Ops Group Bravo, US Army Joint Modernization Command </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl06_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225798.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Jason Dudley" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> <br /> Colonel Jason Dudley is a native of Newport News, Virginia, and graduated from Poquoson High School, Poquoson, Virginia, in 1997. Colonel Dudley enlisted in the Army on May 5th, 1998, and spent three years in the United States Army Reserve whilst completing his undergraduate education. Colonel Dudley was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Armor in May 2001 upon graduating Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.<br /> Colonel Dudley has served in all key and developmental positions from Platoon Leader through Battalion Commander. He has deployed thrice on Operation Iraqi Freedom, and once on Operation Inherent Resolve. His five most recent assignments are:<br /> • Senior Instructor, Tactics Wing, Australian School of Armour, Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia (2016-2018) <br /> • Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (2019-2021) <br /> • G3 Operations Officer, Army Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (2021-2022)</p> <p>• Graduate Student, Defense Strategic Studies Course, Australian War College, Canberra, Australia (2023)</p> <p>• Chief, Operations Group Bravo, Joint Modernization Command, Fort Bliss, Texas (2024-Present)</p> <p>Colonel Dudley’s professional military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Scout Leaders Course (Army Reconnaissance Course), the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the Cavalry Leaders Course, Command & General Staff College, Australian Army War College, Airborne School, Jumpmaster School, and the Pathfinder course. <br /> His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (2), the Meritorious Service Medal (6), the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (2), the Army Reserve Achievement Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal (5 Campaign Stars), the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (2), the Armed Forces Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the Pathfinder Badge. Colonel Dudley has also been awarded the Military Order of Saint George (Bronze) by the Armor & Cavalry Association. Colonel Dudley holds a Bachelor of Science in Government from Christopher Newport University (Virginia), a Master of Science in Human Resource Development from the University of Houston (Texas), and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategy from Deakin University (Australia).</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Colonel Remi Pellabeuf</h3> Head of the Future Combat Laboratory, French Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl07_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226102.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Remi Pellabeuf" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Colonel Toby Till</h3> Commander Experimentation & Trials Group (ETG)| , British Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl08_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225942.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Toby Till" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Colonel Toby Till has commanded the UK Experimentation and Trials Group since June 2022. His previous experience includes Infantry Battalion command (Coldstream Guards) with Light Infantry, Armoured Infantry, Reconnaissance, Close Observation and Airborne Pathfinder experience over 31 years. On the staff he has completed multiple capability roles covering concepts, capability delivery as well as a planner in Divisional and Operational HQ. He has served 3 tours in Northern Ireland, 3 in Afghanistan, 1 in Iraq, as well in Kosovo with the UNHCR. He has trained globally including in Southeast Asia, Central and North America, Africa and across Europe.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Dr Kimberly Sablon</h3> Principal Director, Trusted Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering/Critical Technologies Department </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl09_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225445.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Kimberly Sablon" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Dr. Kimberly Sablon is the Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy at the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD (R&E)). In this role , she oversees AI/ML and autonomy research activities across the DOD enterprise. She also has responsibility for shaping the strategic direction for integrated AI and autonomy with an emphasis on trust and responsible decision making. Previously, Dr. Sablon served as the Army’s S&T Director–setting strategic direction and with responsibility and oversight of $2.6B per year budget. She also served as the Director for Basic Research in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology where she was responsible for formulating and defending selected basic research budgets, programs, plans, priorities and investments to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD ) , and to Congress. Dr.Sablon received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Arkansas in 2009. She has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to nine scientific and technical books.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Dr Mark Hoepflinger</h3> Head of the Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre SDRC, Armasuisse </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl10_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225198.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Mark Hoepflinger" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Dr. Markus Andreas (Mark) Hoepflinger holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich. After his Master in the field of space robotics, Mark Hoepflinger was employed as engineer for the Swiss locomotion subsystem breadboard for ESA’s ExoMars project. He then conducted a PhD at the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) at ETH Zurich with the main focus on terrain perception for legged robots. From 2013 to 2015, Mark was employed at ASL as leading researcher on various national and international research projects and Pioneer Fellow for a legged robotics company. Since 2015, Mark Hoepflinger is leading the governmental research program ‘Unmanned Systems/Robotics’ at armasuisse Science + Technology and is currently head of the "Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre" of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) and since 2024, head of competence centers of armasuisse S+T. In his military militia function, Höpflinger is a member of the Military Strategy Staff (MSS).</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Dr Robert Sadowski</h3> Army Chief Roboticist, US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl11_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225205.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Robert Sadowski" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Dr. Robert W. Sadowski is a member of the Scientific and Professional (ST) cadre of the<br /> Senior Executive Service and serves as the United States Army’s Senior Scientist for<br /> Robotics within the Research, Technology and Integration Directorate at the United States<br /> Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Warren, MI.<br /> Dr. Sadowski previously served<br /> twenty nine (29) years of active United States Army duty<br /> culminating as the Electrical Engineering Program Director and Academy Professor at the<br /> United States Military Academy in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer<br /> Science where he continues working with the faculty.<br /> Dr. Sadowski has over forty (40) months of operational experience in Southwest Asia in a<br /> variety of leadership, staff, and engineering positions including Iraq and Afghanistan. He<br /> currently chairs the OSD Autonomy Community of Interest and is guiding development of<br /> robotics and autonomous systems technology as part of the Army Modernization<br /> Enterprise.<br /> Dr. Sadowski is a graduate of the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of<br /> Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical<br /> engineering from Stanford University as a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow. He also holds a<br /> Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. He is a<br /> recent Meritorious Presidential Rank Award Recipient.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Dr Stuart Young</h3> Program Manager, Tactical Technology officer (TTO) , DARPA </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl12_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226228.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Stuart Young" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Stuart Young joined DARPA in January 2020 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His expertise includes autonomous/unmanned ground and air vehicles, intelligent behaviors for unmanned systems, multi-agent teaming, applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and field robotics technologies.<br /> Prior to joining DARPA, he served as program manager for AI for Maneuver and Mobility at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), focusing on basic and applied research in efforts to develop intelligent behaviors and foundational autonomy for collaborating robotic teams operating in militarily relevant environments. He previously served as division chief for the Information Sciences Division at ARL, where he led a large team of researchers performing basic and applied research in intelligent behaviors for autonomous Army robots, machine learning for C3I, and natural language understanding for multi-domain battle. He also led the ARL Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance, in addition to serving as a branch chief and researcher dedicated to intelligent robotic behaviors. Young participated in numerous DARPA initiatives through his career including the Tactical Mobile Robotics, Mind’s Eye, DARPA Robotics Challenge, UGCV PerceptOR Integrator, and Learning Applied to Ground Robotics programs.<br /> Young holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington. He earned a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in systems engineering from The George Washington University. He previously served 13 years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a captain in the Engineer Branch.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">General Sir Roly Walker</h3> Chief of the General Staff CGS, British Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl13_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225941.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="General Sir Roly Walker" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> General Sir Roly Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later.</p> <p>He has commanded at company, squadron, battle group, brigade and SF group levels, variously in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, as well as joint command of operations across Europe, the broader Middle East, Africa and South America. On the Staff, he has served in brigade, divisional, army and strategic HQs.</p> <p>Since April 2021, he was the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) during which time he was responsible for advising on and directing operations to support the government’s response to Covid, the death of the late Duke of Edinburgh, the withdrawal from Kabul, the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, numerous evacuation operations, and most recently, the Hamas attacks on Israel. In June 2024 General Walker was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff.<br /> <br /> He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 2023, and a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 2010. General Walker is the President of the Honourable Artillery Company, Army Rugby, and Army Winter Sports.</p> <p>Married, with three daughters, he lives in Herefordshire.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese</h3> SO1 Concept Development, Italian Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl14_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225197.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> LTC Davide Pugliese currently serves as chief of the concept development and space branches, a subset of the Innovation and Space office of the Italian Army General Staff.<br /> Before assuming command of the Innovation branches, LTC Pugliese held numerous operational Warfighter positions from Cavalry Platoon Leader, Cadets Platoon leader, armoured Coy Commander, recce Squadron Commander to Cavalry Battalion Commander, serving in numerous Operations, such as ISAF, UNIFIL, KFOR and IRAQ “Antica Babilonia”. As Staff Officer LTC Pugliese served in planning, operations and personnel branches.<br /> His program management experience, especially in CD&E experiments, spans from investigating the impact of Emerging & Disruptive Technologies in the way ITA Army conducts operations to various robotics autonomous systems and space programs for the Defense.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Lieutenant Colonel Geraint Thatcher</h3> SO1 Strike Network Project, Royal Marines </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl15_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/silhouette_M.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Geraint Thatcher" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Hanlon</h3> SO1 Soldier Systems - Soldier Works, British Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl16_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225199.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Hanlon" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Hicks</h3> SO1 Robotics & Autonomous Systems, British Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl17_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226099.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Hicks" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Lieutenant Jochem Vlaardingerbroek</h3> Commander Robotics and Autonomous Systems Unit, Royal Netherlands Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl18_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225790.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Jochem Vlaardingerbroek" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Lt-Col Jochem Vlaardingerbroek has been in the Army for 25 years. Following graduation from the Royal Military Academy, he has done several operational functions in the fields of reconnaissance and operational intelligence, including three deployments to Afghanistan. More recently, he graduated from Delft University of Technology with a master’s degree in control engineering. Currently he is the commanding officer of the Dutch Robotics and Autonomous Systems unit.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Major Charles Bradford</h3> SO2 Future Force, Mounted Close Combat, Army Trials Unit, Experimentation and Trials Group , British Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl19_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225203.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Major Charles Bradford" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Major Ivo Peets</h3> EDF Future Force Development Project, Estonian Defence Forces </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl20_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225187.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Major Ivo Peets" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mario Martinho</h3> Project Officer Land Systems Technologies, European Defence Agency </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl21_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/silhouette_M.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mario Martinho" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Barry Paton</h3> DUxDA Team Leader, StratCom </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl22_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/silhouette_M.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Barry Paton" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Guy Powell</h3> Principal Adviser - Land Autonomy, Project Technical Authority - Land RAS demonstration, Project Technical Authority - Autonomous Collaborative Partners, DSTL </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl23_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225215.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Guy Powell" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Guy Powell is Principal Adviser (Mounted systems) to the Land Systems Programme within Dstl. He is also Principal Technical Authority for project JTARR (Joint Tactical Autonomous Resupply and Replenishment) leading a team conducting scientific assessment of RAS technologies, through trials and supporting studies of exemplar ground platforms. While the primary focus of this work is application to Autonomous Resupply, it will likely have wider applicability across a range of capabilities.<br /> Guy has worked in Defence R&D for over 30 years across a breadth of technical areas including land platforms, Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS), weapons and energetic materials.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr James Gavin</h3> Head of the Future Capability Group, DE&S, UK Ministry of Defence </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl24_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225186.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr James Gavin" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> <br /> James Gavin is the head of the Future Capability Group (FCG) at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).</p> <p>The FCG exists to help explore new capabilities so that they can then be exploited at scale. Increasingly projects are ‘Agile By Default’ to deliver early operational advantage. The Group works closely with all the Front-line Commands, DSTL and central MOD areas such as the DIU and DASA. James has served in the military, the civil service and industry before joining DE&S. He is a passionate advocate of delivering Operational Advantage through a better application of strategic thinking on innovation, inclusive cultures and sustainability.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr John Crozier </h3> Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Platform Systems Division, DSTL, UK MoD </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl25_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225191.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr John Crozier " align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Works in the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Platform Systems Division as the Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Land Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS). <br /> Recent work includes the development of an eco-system of RAS digital twins for the trialling, testing and development of RAS systems operating in Land environments, Command and Control (C2) systems for future novel weapons and the development of Land Combat Platform Situation Awareness capabilities. <br /> John is the UK MOD Lead for the NATO Military Vetronics Association (MILVA) and supports the development of NATO STANAG 4754 NGVA and UK DEF STAN 23-009 Generic Vehicle Architecture standards.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Martin Joesaar</h3> Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv, European Commission </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl26_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225189.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Martin Joesaar" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Mr Martin Jõesaar served in the Estonian Defence Forces for 16 years as an officer. He added valuable contribution into the integration of Short Range Air Defence Missile Systems to the existing units at the early stage of his career. However, the latter part and the majority of his time was spent on helping to build up the Special Operations Forces Unit in order to meet the new challenges of NATO. This included different command positions within in the structure and contribution as an instructor and an operations officer at the HQ, including a deployment to Afghanistan under CJSOTF10 in 2012.<br /> In 2019, Mr Jõesaar left the military in a rank of major and joined the Defence Industry side instead as the COO of an unmanned aerial systems developer and producer Threod Systems, based in Estonia. Additionally to the everyday coordination, ensuring the smooth process flow internally in the factory, one of the main roles for him was sharing the end-user experience. Threod Systems specialises on providing the state of the art equipment tailored according to the needs of the military and security forces. In which it is crucial to understand the intelligence collection details and its connections to the higher level HQ planning process for providing the full solution for the clients.<br /> In the end of 2020, Mr Jõesaar accepted the offer to become the representative of the participating member states of the iMUGS project. By being the link between the industry consortium and the participating nations, he will play the key role in ensuring the full transparency of the project and helping all counterparts to understand the process in the mutual way. Coordinating such a complex international and multilingual project was the kind of challenge he gladly accepted.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Nicholas Valentine</h3> Lead Engineer - Human Machine Teaming, DE&S </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl27_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225216.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Nicholas Valentine" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Nicky is the Lead Engineer on the British Army’s Human Machine Teaming project. He has an MSc in Robotics and Automation and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation he completed the DE&S engineering graduate scheme with placements including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Clearpath Robotics and Horiba MIRA. In his time in the Future Capability Group he has taken a leading technical role on Robotic Platoon Vehicles, Heavy UGV Challenge, and the Leader Follower logistics element of Project THESEUS. An Army Reservist, in 2017 he deployed as an infrastructure engineer on Op KIPION, designing and delivering infrastructure across Ops TORAL and SHADER, and is now a Troop Sgt in the Royal Engineers Railway Team.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Robert Monto</h3> Director, Advanced Concepts & Critical Technologies, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl28_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225796.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Robert Monto" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Mr. Robert Monto Jr joined the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical<br /> Technologies Office (RCCTO), then known as the Army Rapid Capabilities<br /> Office, in September of 2016. He serves as Director, Advanced Concepts and<br /> Critical Technologies. In this position he is responsible for identifying and<br /> recommending evolving areas of operational need; discover disruptive<br /> capabilities in support of National / Army strategies; assess and provide a<br /> comprehensive plan in support of providing residual combat capability for<br /> military operations. He directly and continuously aligns and encourages<br /> academia, industry, and Science and Technology organizations to bring<br /> solutions to emerging needs identified by the Army RCCTO’s Board of Directors.<br /> The Board of Directors include the Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary, Army<br /> Acquisition Execution, Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Staff, and the Army Futures<br /> Command Commander. While scouting and identifying technologies in<br /> identified focus areas, Mr. Monto also drives the organization to look for<br /> overmatch capabilities to close existing strategic gaps, as well as identify disruptive, game- changing<br /> technologies. The mission includes the following operating concepts: rapidly assess, develop, test, and transition<br /> advanced technologies to address high priority items from Army leadership. His office serves as the quick<br /> reaction cell for rigorous research and analysis, prototyping, experimentation, and assessment.<br /> Mr. Monto previously served as the Technical Director for Product Manager (PdM) Tactical Mission Command<br /> (TMC) out of Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T) from<br /> August 2011 to August 2015, where he led the technical direction for an ACAT IAC MAIS program, leading core,<br /> matrix, and contractor personnel in the development, testing, procurement, and product improvements of the<br /> Army's mission command systems. Responsible for the technical strategy, planning, and execution to meet<br /> requirements while balancing user ONSs and other stake holder expectations. Products included Command<br /> Post of the Future, Command Post Web, and Battle Command Common Services. Prior to his role as Technical<br /> Director, Mr. Monto was the Assistant Product Manager (APM) for Battle Command Web and APM for<br /> Maneuver Control System from November 2008 to August 2011, responsible for cost, schedule, performance,<br /> and all programmatic level decisions. During this time, he participated in multiple tests, certifications, and<br /> fieldings of Army systems; deploying overseas multiple times to assist, and ensure, fielding success.<br /> Mr. Monto holds an M.S. & B.S. in Software Engineering from Monmouth University. He is a graduate of the<br /> Defense Acquisition University’s Senior Service College Fellowship. He holds executive certificates from The<br /> Wharton School, MIT Management Sloan School, University of Pennsylvania, and Eckerd College. He is a<br /> recipient of the Civilian Service Commendation Medal; Commander’s Award for Civilian Service and three<br /> times been awarded the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. He is a recipient of the Army Acquisition<br /> Corps Level III in Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, and he is a member of the Army<br /> Acquisition Corps.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Steven Herrick</h3> Product Manager, Robotic Combat Vehicle, US Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl29_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225207.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Steven Herrick" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Mr. Steven Herrick is the Product Manager for the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (PM RCV) program. <br /> Mr. Herrick is responsible for all cost, schedule and performance for both hardware and software programs that will deliver the Army’s first RCV Brigade Combat Teams.<br /> The RCV Hardware program will deliver a safe, reliable, and remotely operated combat vehicle with a modular open systems architecture approach and system design to support continuous growth and enhancement of RCV capabilities.<br /> The RCV Software program will deliver the software, development infrastructure, and processes to support persistent modernization and enhancement of RCV capabilities.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Tiago Lanca</h3> Project Officer, Innovation , European Defence Agency </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl30_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225201.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Tiago Lanca" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Tiago Mendes Lança is as a Project Officer for Innovation at the European Defence Agency. His role in the Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI) includes activities related to the Uptake of Innovation. He served the Portuguese Navy as a naval officer for 12 years, in various roles on board warships, with deployments in several real-world operations, notably EUNAVFOR ATALANTA (Gulf of Aden), the Flag Officer Sea Training with the Royal Navy, humanitarian disaster relief operations in Africa and various multinational joint exercises. He was a staff officer in the Portuguese Navy Fleet Command (N3/N5 Operations and Planning). In 2017 he was the founder of the Unmanned Systems Operational Experimentation Unit (CEOV), a new technological guerrilla unit that performed experimentation and rapid prototyping with unmanned systems, which supported both capacity building efforts and operations with Portuguese Marine Corps and Navy SOF. He supported the development of Portuguese Navy's maritime operational experimentation center (CEOM) in Troia, and the REP MUS exercise series. In 2020, he was seconded as a national expert to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) where he coordinated the implementation of research and innovation pilot projects related with surveillance and border control, in particular, a maritime surveillance Aerostat project in Greece, the Prize Contest on the Detection of Low Flying Objects in Estonia and a project on the integration Vertical Take Off and Landing UAVs on board maritime assets in Italy for coast guard functions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Mr Will Ryan</h3> PM, Autonomy Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl31_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225797.jpg?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Will Ryan" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <p> Major Will Ryan is a program manager on DIU’s Autonomy Portfolio where he leads DIU’s ground autonomy efforts and supports several UAS projects.</p> <p>Over the past 15 years, Will has served in various leadership and staff positions in both conventional and special operations units. Prior to joining DIU, Will served as the Operations Of?cer and Executive Of?cer for 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Will has also served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 75th Regimental Special Troops Battalion, and 2nd Infantry Division and deployed multiple times across the CENTCOM, EUCOM, and AFRICOM theaters.</p> <p>Will received a BS in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Senior Representative </h3> , Brave1 </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl32_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226226.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Senior Representative " align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Senior Representative </h3> , International Committee of the Red Cross </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl33_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225785.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Senior Representative " align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <div class="row" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a51142; margin:30px 5px;"> <div class="col-sm-8" style="vertical-align: top"> <h3 style="padding-left: 0; margin: 0">Sergeant Major Corey Wilkens</h3> PM Sandhills Project, 20th Engineer Brigade, US Army </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl04_rptAllSpeakers_ctl34_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226227.png?width=200&height=190&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Sergeant Major Corey Wilkens" align="right" style="margin:5px 0 20px 0;" /> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> <button title="Close (Esc)" type="button" class="mfp-close">×</button> </div> </div> <div id="ctl00_MainContent_divColumntext" class="columntext row" style="margin: 50px 0 50px 0;"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6"> <p><u><strong>NEW for 2025:</strong></u></p> <p><u><strong>Focus Day: Multi-domain Integration</strong></u></p> <p>The 2025 MRAS conference will feature a focus day on Multi-domain Integration (MDI), highlighting the growing role of uncrewed systems (UxS) across all domains—Land, Air, Sea, and Cyber. 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As Uncrewed Systems grow in their capability, the next challenge for future forces is Multi-domain Integration. The integration of UxS across all domains (Land, Air, Sea and Cyber) will allow more coordinated and effective operations as UxS enter all domains of the battlefield. Work taking place in the largest UxS trials such as Project Convergence show AUKUS’s commitment to ensuring Interoperability, Resilience and Redundancy, and Cost Efficiency that will ultimately lead to Strategic Advantage MDI is the next hurdle in the development of UxS.</p></div></div></p></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">8:50</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Chairman's Opening Remarks</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226087.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Martin Joesaar" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Martin Joesaar, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv, <strong>European Commission</strong></span></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">9:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">UK Experimentation and Trials Groups RAS lessons from Project CONVERGENCE Capstone</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226088.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Toby Till" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Colonel Toby Till, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Commander, Experimentation and Trials Group (ETG) , <strong>British Army</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Project CONVERGENCE Capstone 5 – UK RAS Activities and Lessons Learned <br /> • Current Projects and Priorities<br /> • What we need from our Industry Partners</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">9:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for MDI Strategic Partner </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">10:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Presentation details to be announced </h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226090.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Kimberly Sablon" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Dr Kimberly Sablon, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy, <strong>Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering</strong></span></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">10:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Planning, Synchronizing, and Executing Project Convergence with Experimental Technology</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226091.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Jason Dudley" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Colonel Jason Dudley, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Chief, Ops Group Bravo, <strong>US Army Joint Modernization Command </strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Joint Modernization Command’s role in the Army Modernization Enterprise<br /> • Capstone planning timeline, supporting unit synchronization, and Capstone execution<br /> • Post-Capstone reporting requirements and deliverables</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">11:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Morning Coffee</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">11:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session reserved for Sponsor </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">12:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Defence Uncrewed Systems Design Authority (DUxDA)</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226095.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Barry Paton" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Barry Paton, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">DUxDA Team Leader, <strong>Strategic Command </strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Cohering and Coordinating the UK Defence Uncrewed Systems Portfolio<br /> • Collaboration with Industry to accelerate the development of Uncrewed Systems to deliver Defence priorities<br /> • Making the UK world leading in the Uncrewed Defence Systems</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">12:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">13:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Networking Lunch </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">14:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">The Future Commando Force </h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226140.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Geraint Thatcher" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Lieutenant Colonel Geraint Thatcher, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">SO1 Strike Network Project, <strong>Royal Marines</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • CF Innovation and Integration by Design<br /> • Transfer of Technology through Defence<br /> • Scaling Successes</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">14:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">15:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Increasing Autonomy in Weapons Systems & Humanitarian Operations</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226098.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Senior Representative " /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Senior Representative , </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">, <strong>International Committee of the Red Cross</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Outlining ICRC’s understanding of autonomous weapon systems, along with potential humanitarian, legal and ethical concerns, and ICRC’s recommendations in response<br /> • Brief introduction to ICRC’s work on weapons and new technologies<br /> • Applications of robotic and autonomous systems in humanitarian action in conflict zones, and considerations for humanitarians</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">15:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Afternoon Tea</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">16:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">The EDA Action Plan on Autonomous Systems (APAS)</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226096.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Mario Martinho" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Mario Martinho, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Project Officer Land Systems Technologies, <strong>European Defence Agency</strong></span></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">16:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Accelerating EU Defence Innovation through Operational Experimentation Campaigns - HEDI Uptake of Innovation on Autonomous Systems for Cross-domain Logistics (Air and Land)</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226097.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Tiago Lanca" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Tiago Lanca, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Project Officer, Innovation , <strong>Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI), European Defence Agency </strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Overview of HEDI (Hub for European Defence Innovation) portfolio of services<br /> • Uptake of Innovation - Operational Experimentation (OPEX) Campaigns<br /> • OPEX Campaign 2025 - Autonomous Systems for Cross-domain Logistics (Air and Land)<br /> • Challenges and Opportunities</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">17:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226087.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Martin Joesaar" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Martin Joesaar, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv, <strong>European Commission</strong></span></div></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="day_2"><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">7:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Registration & Coffee</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">8:20</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Chairman's Opening Remarks</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225189.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Martin Joesaar" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Martin Joesaar, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv, <strong>European Commission</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr Martin Jõesaar served in the Estonian Defence Forces for 16 years as an officer. He added valuable contribution into the integration of Short Range Air Defence Missile Systems to the existing units at the early stage of his career. However, the latter part and the majority of his time was spent on helping to build up the Special Operations Forces Unit in order to meet the new challenges of NATO. This included different command positions within in the structure and contribution as an instructor and an operations officer at the HQ, including a deployment to Afghanistan under CJSOTF10 in 2012.<br /> In 2019, Mr Jõesaar left the military in a rank of major and joined the Defence Industry side instead as the COO of an unmanned aerial systems developer and producer Threod Systems, based in Estonia. Additionally to the everyday coordination, ensuring the smooth process flow internally in the factory, one of the main roles for him was sharing the end-user experience. Threod Systems specialises on providing the state of the art equipment tailored according to the needs of the military and security forces. In which it is crucial to understand the intelligence collection details and its connections to the higher level HQ planning process for providing the full solution for the clients.<br /> In the end of 2020, Mr Jõesaar accepted the offer to become the representative of the participating member states of the iMUGS project. By being the link between the industry consortium and the participating nations, he will play the key role in ensuring the full transparency of the project and helping all counterparts to understand the process in the mutual way. Coordinating such a complex international and multilingual project was the kind of challenge he gladly accepted.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">8:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Pulling the Future into the Present – Autonomy and Lethality in the British Army</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225941.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="General Sir Roly Walker" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>General Sir Roly Walker, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Chief of the General Staff CGS, <strong>British Army</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> General Sir Roly Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later.</p> <p>He has commanded at company, squadron, battle group, brigade and SF group levels, variously in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, as well as joint command of operations across Europe, the broader Middle East, Africa and South America. On the Staff, he has served in brigade, divisional, army and strategic HQs.</p> <p>Since April 2021, he was the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) during which time he was responsible for advising on and directing operations to support the government’s response to Covid, the death of the late Duke of Edinburgh, the withdrawal from Kabul, the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, numerous evacuation operations, and most recently, the Hamas attacks on Israel. In June 2024 General Walker was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff.<br /> <br /> He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 2023, and a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 2010. General Walker is the President of the Honourable Artillery Company, Army Rugby, and Army Winter Sports.</p> <p>Married, with three daughters, he lives in Herefordshire.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">9:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Lead Sponsor </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">9:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">The British Army’s approach to Robotic and Autonomous Systems</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226099.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Hicks" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Hicks, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">SO1 Robotics & Autonomous Systems, <strong>British Army</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • The future of RAS in the British Army<br /> • How we will get there<br /> • What we are doing now</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">10:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">UxS Acquisition Mechanisms and Demand Signals at a Time of Change</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225186.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr James Gavin" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr James Gavin, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Head of the Future Capability Group, <strong>DE&S, UK Ministry of Defence</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> <br /> James Gavin is the head of the Future Capability Group (FCG) at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).</p> <p>The FCG exists to help explore new capabilities so that they can then be exploited at scale. Increasingly projects are ‘Agile By Default’ to deliver early operational advantage. The Group works closely with all the Front-line Commands, DSTL and central MOD areas such as the DIU and DASA. James has served in the military, the civil service and industry before joining DE&S. He is a passionate advocate of delivering Operational Advantage through a better application of strategic thinking on innovation, inclusive cultures and sustainability.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • MOD DES organisational changes linked to UxS<br /> • How new policies will impact how and what UxS the UK MOD buy and support<br /> • Demand signal trends resulting from Ukraine and MOD Front Line Command needs<br /> • Pending and future possible Opportunities</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">10:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor - Elbit Systems UK </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">11:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Morning Coffee</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">11:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">12:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Driving Assurance and Certification Standards for UxS in the Land Domain </h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225190.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Brigadier Paul Hughes" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Brigadier Paul Hughes, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification Land, <strong>DE&S</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Brigadier Paul Hughes commissioned into the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineering (REME) in 1992. Following a number of appointments at regimental duty and successful completion of the Officers’ Long Aeronautical Engineering (OLAE) course, he promoted to Major in 2005.<br /> Completing SO2 staff appointments supporting the defence training review (DTR) at Cosford and latterly as the lead for personnel and infrastructure on the Army General Staff he was selected for sub-unit command in 2010.<br /> Command of 4 Regiment Army Air Corp workshop followed, during which his unit supported Apache Helicopters on Op HERRICK (Afghanistan) and Op ELLAMY (Libya). Subsequently selected to be the engineering member on the 3-man service inquiry panel investigating the Red Arrows’ XX177 fatal accident in Nov 11, he remained committed to the enquiry until its conclusion in 2014.<br /> A short period as the mechanical engineering authority within the Apache Helicopter Project Team followed.<br /> Gaining promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in Sep 13, assuming the post of continuing airworthiness manager / chief air engineer for Army unmanned air systems he deployed on OP HERRICK (Afghanistan) to support Watchkeeper’s inaugural operational flight. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes was then selected as the inaugural Commanding Officer of 106 Battalion REME in Feb 15. Forming the Army Reserve unit as a result of Army 2020 restructuring, with an Area Of Responsibility (AOR) covering the entirety of Scotland and Northern Ireland, during his tenure he recruited over 350 personnel and deployed the unit to Cyprus on Ex LION STAR.<br /> Returning to the Apache Delivery Team in the role of SO1 Engineering Airworthiness Authority in Apr 17 he introduced the Emergency Flotation System to the platform. Short toured from the appointment he gained promotion to Colonel in Apr 18 assuming the role of Type Airworthiness Authority and Chief Engineer within the Remotely Piloted Air Systems’ Delivery Team.<br /> He has held type airworthiness authority for the entirety of UK Defence Remotely Piloted Air Systems including Reaper (Class 3), Protector (Class 3), Watchkeeper (Class 2) and Minis Portfolio (Class 1). He also led UK certification effort to gain a Military Type Certificate for the Protector RPAS; an achievement scheduled for achievement in 2024 which will be a global first for an RPAS of the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class. <br /> Promoted to Brigadier in 2023 he is now the Head of Engineering Assurance for the Land Domain within Defence Equipment and Support responsible for overseeing effective procurement of equipment that is safe to operate.<br /> A fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Chartered Engineer, Brigadier Hughes enjoys mentoring those seeking professional registration and conducting interviews on behalf of the society.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • The Rationale for Land Certification<br /> • The Land Certification Process and applicability to Autonomy<br /> • Land Platforms undergoing certification and lessons learned</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">12:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Integrating Resilient RAS into the Force</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225215.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Guy Powell" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Guy Powell, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Principal Adviser - Land Autonomy, Project Technical Authority - Land RAS demonstration, Project Technical Authority - Autonomous Collaborative Partners, <strong>DSTL</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Guy Powell is Principal Adviser (Mounted systems) to the Land Systems Programme within Dstl. He is also Principal Technical Authority for project JTARR (Joint Tactical Autonomous Resupply and Replenishment) leading a team conducting scientific assessment of RAS technologies, through trials and supporting studies of exemplar ground platforms. While the primary focus of this work is application to Autonomous Resupply, it will likely have wider applicability across a range of capabilities.<br /> Guy has worked in Defence R&D for over 30 years across a breadth of technical areas including land platforms, Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS), weapons and energetic materials.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • On-going work on resilient Autonomy<br /> • Integration of RAS into the mounted force <br /> • Development of digital environments to derisk integration and reduce costs</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">13:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Networking Lunch </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box"><ul class="nav nav-tabs streamtabs" role="tablist"><li role="presentation" class="" style="width:auto"><a class="nav-link" href="#stream_17" style="background-color:#0000FF;" aria-controls="stream_17" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" aria-expanded="false">Stream A: RAS in Support of Mounted Close Combat </a></li><li role="presentation" class="" style="width:auto"><a class="nav-link" href="#stream_20" style="background-color:#00FF00;" aria-controls="stream_20" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" aria-expanded="false">Stream B: RAS in Support of the Dismounted Soldier </a></li></ul><div id="streamcontent" class="tab-content"><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade in active" id="stream_17"><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chairs Opening Remarks</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Robotic Combat Vehicle Program – Developing a Flexible and Capable Combat UGV</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225207.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Steven Herrick" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Steven Herrick, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Product Manager, Robotic Combat Vehicle, <strong>US Army </strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr. Steven Herrick is the Product Manager for the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (PM RCV) program. <br /> Mr. Herrick is responsible for all cost, schedule and performance for both hardware and software programs that will deliver the Army’s first RCV Brigade Combat Teams.<br /> The RCV Hardware program will deliver a safe, reliable, and remotely operated combat vehicle with a modular open systems architecture approach and system design to support continuous growth and enhancement of RCV capabilities.<br /> The RCV Software program will deliver the software, development infrastructure, and processes to support persistent modernization and enhancement of RCV capabilities.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Delivering a Robotic Combat Vehicle Platform<br /> • Multi-Pathway Acquisition approach to Hardware and Software<br /> • Maximizing Commercial Industry Software Investments and<br /> Adapting to Military Applications for Persistent Modernization</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Fighting UGVs – The Most Demanding Use Case</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225203.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Major Charles Bradford" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Major Charles Bradford, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">SO2 Future Force, Mounted Close Combat, Army Trials Unit, Experimentation and Trials Group , <strong>British Army</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> <br /> • Exploring the defining requirements of a Mounted Close Combat (MCC) UGV<br /> • UGV experimentation within the British Army – some key findings to date<br /> • The role of Autonomy in MCC UGVs<br /> • A potential roadmap to success</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Afternoon Tea</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor - Pearson Engineering </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">An eco-system of Digital Twins for Robotic and Autonomous Capability Development</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225191.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr John Crozier " /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr John Crozier , </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Platform Systems Division, <strong>DSTL, UK MoD</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Works in the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Platform Systems Division as the Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Land Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS). <br /> Recent work includes the development of an eco-system of RAS digital twins for the trialling, testing and development of RAS systems operating in Land environments, Command and Control (C2) systems for future novel weapons and the development of Land Combat Platform Situation Awareness capabilities. <br /> John is the UK MOD Lead for the NATO Military Vetronics Association (MILVA) and supports the development of NATO STANAG 4754 NGVA and UK DEF STAN 23-009 Generic Vehicle Architecture standards.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">17:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Do Androids Dream of Electric Hurdles? An Intro to Project PANDORA</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225216.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Nicholas Valentine" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Nicholas Valentine, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Lead Engineer - Human Machine Teaming, <strong>DE&S</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Nicky is the Lead Engineer on the British Army’s Human Machine Teaming project. He has an MSc in Robotics and Automation and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation he completed the DE&S engineering graduate scheme with placements including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Clearpath Robotics and Horiba MIRA. In his time in the Future Capability Group he has taken a leading technical role on Robotic Platoon Vehicles, Heavy UGV Challenge, and the Leader Follower logistics element of Project THESEUS. An Army Reservist, in 2017 he deployed as an infrastructure engineer on Op KIPION, designing and delivering infrastructure across Ops TORAL and SHADER, and is now a Troop Sgt in the Royal Engineers Railway Team.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • DE&S Future Capability Innovation (FCI) and Futures Lab are running a project to build a temporary RAS test area to understand the ‘reality gap’ between real world and simulated testing of RAS<br /> • I’ll be telling the story up until this point, where did the project come from, why do we need it, and how are we delivering it?<br /> • I’ll also be revealing any insights we’ve revealed so far</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">17:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chair's Closing Remarks </h3></div></div></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade in" id="stream_20"><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chairs Opening Remarks</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Supporting the Integration of RAS & AI into the Future Soldier</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225199.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Hanlon" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Hanlon, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">SO1 Soldier Systems - Soldier Works, <strong>British Army</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Managing the Soldier capability and role of industry<br /> • Importance of the tactical data network<br /> • Enabling the Sensor-Decider-Effector chain<br /> • Role of experimentation</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor - Silvus </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">A French Army Perspective </h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226102.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Remi Pellabeuf" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Colonel Remi Pellabeuf, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Head of the Future Combat Laboratory, <strong>French Army</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Working towards a RAS capability <br /> • Current trials and experimentation <br /> • Roadmap for future developments</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Afternoon Tea</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor - Milrem</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Italy’s RAS Experimentation Campaign – Executing Logistics Tasks with RAS</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225197.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">SO1 Concept Development, <strong>Italian Army</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> LTC Davide Pugliese currently serves as chief of the concept development and space branches, a subset of the Innovation and Space office of the Italian Army General Staff.<br /> Before assuming command of the Innovation branches, LTC Pugliese held numerous operational Warfighter positions from Cavalry Platoon Leader, Cadets Platoon leader, armoured Coy Commander, recce Squadron Commander to Cavalry Battalion Commander, serving in numerous Operations, such as ISAF, UNIFIL, KFOR and IRAQ “Antica Babilonia”. As Staff Officer LTC Pugliese served in planning, operations and personnel branches.<br /> His program management experience, especially in CD&E experiments, spans from investigating the impact of Emerging & Disruptive Technologies in the way ITA Army conducts operations to various robotics autonomous systems and space programs for the Defense.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Italian Army concept development & experimentation campaign on RAS, focused on “distributed logistics”: early partial results and challenges<br /> • Italian Army exploring the RAS employment in underground environment</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">17:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Developing a (C-)UxS ecosystem for the Portuguese Army: the “Remote and Autonomous Systems” Program</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226103.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Artur Varanda" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Captain Artur Varanda, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems, <strong>Army Centre for Operational Experimentation and Technological Modernization</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Captain Artur Varanda is a Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems at the Army Experimentation and Technological Modernisation Centre. An Artillery Officer by training, he is a graduate of the Portuguese Military Academy and holds a Master’s in Geographic Information Systems and Science from the Nova University of Lisbon, where he is also an invited lecturer at the Bachelor’s in Data Science program. His current posting followed a command tour as Officer Commanding of a Ground-Based Air Defence Battery, which included the role of Project Officer at the “Short Range Air Defence” and “Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems” programs.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Filling Capability Gaps vs. Implementing Disruptive Tech<br /> o The Impact of UxS on Land Tactics<br /> o Implementing an Evolving UxS Ecosystem<br /> • From CONOPS to Capability through Operational Experimentation<br /> o From Use Cases to Specs<br /> o From Prototype to Low-Rate Initial Production<br /> o The role of Operational Experimentation</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#00FF00;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">17:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chair's Closing Remarks </h3></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="day_3"><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">8:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Registration & Coffee</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">8:50</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Chairman's Opening Remarks</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225189.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Martin Joesaar" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Martin Joesaar, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv, <strong>European Commission</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr Martin Jõesaar served in the Estonian Defence Forces for 16 years as an officer. He added valuable contribution into the integration of Short Range Air Defence Missile Systems to the existing units at the early stage of his career. However, the latter part and the majority of his time was spent on helping to build up the Special Operations Forces Unit in order to meet the new challenges of NATO. This included different command positions within in the structure and contribution as an instructor and an operations officer at the HQ, including a deployment to Afghanistan under CJSOTF10 in 2012.<br /> In 2019, Mr Jõesaar left the military in a rank of major and joined the Defence Industry side instead as the COO of an unmanned aerial systems developer and producer Threod Systems, based in Estonia. Additionally to the everyday coordination, ensuring the smooth process flow internally in the factory, one of the main roles for him was sharing the end-user experience. Threod Systems specialises on providing the state of the art equipment tailored according to the needs of the military and security forces. In which it is crucial to understand the intelligence collection details and its connections to the higher level HQ planning process for providing the full solution for the clients.<br /> In the end of 2020, Mr Jõesaar accepted the offer to become the representative of the participating member states of the iMUGS project. By being the link between the industry consortium and the participating nations, he will play the key role in ensuring the full transparency of the project and helping all counterparts to understand the process in the mutual way. Coordinating such a complex international and multilingual project was the kind of challenge he gladly accepted.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">9:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Opportunities and Challenges Uncovered in the Development of Autonomous and Robotic Capabilities</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225205.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Robert Sadowski" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Dr Robert Sadowski, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Army Chief Roboticist, <strong>US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Dr. Robert W. Sadowski is a member of the Scientific and Professional (ST) cadre of the<br /> Senior Executive Service and serves as the United States Army’s Senior Scientist for<br /> Robotics within the Research, Technology and Integration Directorate at the United States<br /> Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Warren, MI.<br /> Dr. Sadowski previously served<br /> twenty nine (29) years of active United States Army duty<br /> culminating as the Electrical Engineering Program Director and Academy Professor at the<br /> United States Military Academy in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer<br /> Science where he continues working with the faculty.<br /> Dr. Sadowski has over forty (40) months of operational experience in Southwest Asia in a<br /> variety of leadership, staff, and engineering positions including Iraq and Afghanistan. He<br /> currently chairs the OSD Autonomy Community of Interest and is guiding development of<br /> robotics and autonomous systems technology as part of the Army Modernization<br /> Enterprise.<br /> Dr. Sadowski is a graduate of the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of<br /> Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical<br /> engineering from Stanford University as a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow. He also holds a<br /> Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. He is a<br /> recent Meritorious Presidential Rank Award Recipient.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Lessons learned from integration of RAS with Soldiers<br /> • Progress towards HMIF by 2040<br /> • Enhancing RAS Command & control software moving towards Heterogeneous robot control<br /> • Questions surrounding the weaponisation of UGV’s and other RAS assets</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">9:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Human Machine Integrated Formations – Developments today feed Innovation for Tomorrow</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225796.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Robert Monto" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Robert Monto, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Director, Advanced Concepts & Critical Technologies, <strong>US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr. Robert Monto Jr joined the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical<br /> Technologies Office (RCCTO), then known as the Army Rapid Capabilities<br /> Office, in September of 2016. He serves as Director, Advanced Concepts and<br /> Critical Technologies. In this position he is responsible for identifying and<br /> recommending evolving areas of operational need; discover disruptive<br /> capabilities in support of National / Army strategies; assess and provide a<br /> comprehensive plan in support of providing residual combat capability for<br /> military operations. He directly and continuously aligns and encourages<br /> academia, industry, and Science and Technology organizations to bring<br /> solutions to emerging needs identified by the Army RCCTO’s Board of Directors.<br /> The Board of Directors include the Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary, Army<br /> Acquisition Execution, Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Staff, and the Army Futures<br /> Command Commander. While scouting and identifying technologies in<br /> identified focus areas, Mr. Monto also drives the organization to look for<br /> overmatch capabilities to close existing strategic gaps, as well as identify disruptive, game- changing<br /> technologies. The mission includes the following operating concepts: rapidly assess, develop, test, and transition<br /> advanced technologies to address high priority items from Army leadership. His office serves as the quick<br /> reaction cell for rigorous research and analysis, prototyping, experimentation, and assessment.<br /> Mr. Monto previously served as the Technical Director for Product Manager (PdM) Tactical Mission Command<br /> (TMC) out of Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T) from<br /> August 2011 to August 2015, where he led the technical direction for an ACAT IAC MAIS program, leading core,<br /> matrix, and contractor personnel in the development, testing, procurement, and product improvements of the<br /> Army's mission command systems. Responsible for the technical strategy, planning, and execution to meet<br /> requirements while balancing user ONSs and other stake holder expectations. Products included Command<br /> Post of the Future, Command Post Web, and Battle Command Common Services. Prior to his role as Technical<br /> Director, Mr. Monto was the Assistant Product Manager (APM) for Battle Command Web and APM for<br /> Maneuver Control System from November 2008 to August 2011, responsible for cost, schedule, performance,<br /> and all programmatic level decisions. During this time, he participated in multiple tests, certifications, and<br /> fieldings of Army systems; deploying overseas multiple times to assist, and ensure, fielding success.<br /> Mr. Monto holds an M.S. & B.S. in Software Engineering from Monmouth University. He is a graduate of the<br /> Defense Acquisition University’s Senior Service College Fellowship. He holds executive certificates from The<br /> Wharton School, MIT Management Sloan School, University of Pennsylvania, and Eckerd College. He is a<br /> recipient of the Civilian Service Commendation Medal; Commander’s Award for Civilian Service and three<br /> times been awarded the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. He is a recipient of the Army Acquisition<br /> Corps Level III in Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, and he is a member of the Army<br /> Acquisition Corps.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Enhancing Autonomy and Automation in Military Operations<br /> • Background and Development Roadmap of RCCTO’s Human<br /> Machine Integration Formations (HMIF) e ort<br /> • The HMIF MOSA architecture facilitating the integration of cuttingedge<br /> industry autonomy solutions<br /> • AUKUS collaboration opportunities for network and RAS control</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">10:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Continuous Transformation</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225211.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Charles Seaberry" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Colonel Charles Seaberry, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Director, DEVCOM FWD Element-Atlantic, <strong>US Army DEVCOM</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p>  <br /> Charles M. Seaberry graduated from Augusta State University in 2001<br /> and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Finance Corps.<br /> His first assignment was assistant S-3 of the HHC training support Battalion at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Since then, he has served in a variety of command and staff positions to include, Company executive officer, 369 AG Battalion; Commander, Charlie Company, 1/61 Infantry; Aide de Camp to the post commander at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.</p> <p>In 2007, LTC Seaberry assessed into the Army Acquisition Corps. His career highlights include serving as a Contingency Contracting Officer, assigned to the 641st Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Following this assignment, he joined the 411th Contracting Support Brigade at Camp Coiner, Seoul, Korea. Here, LTC Seaberry took on the roles of Branch Chief and a Warranted Contracting Officer for a Regional Contracting Office at Camp Henry, Daegu, Korea. During his time in Korea, he also served as Team Leader of the 646th CCT. The dedication and outstanding performance in contingency operations earned him the prestigious Expeditionary Contracting Command's Medallion in 2011.</p> <p>Following his role as a Contingency Contracting Officer, LTC Seaberry served as Deputy Division Chief of Contracting for the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2012. He then participated in the Army's Training with Industry (TWI) program at Lockheed Martin in Orlando, FL. Transitioning from TWI, he assumed the position of Assistant Program Manager (APM) for Games for Training at Program Executive Office, Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Subsequently, LTC Seaberry served as the executive officer for PEO STRI, followed by the role of Assistant Executive Officer to the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, stationed at the Pentagon. LTC Seaberry, a centrally selected Product Manager for the Common Synthetic Environment (PdM CSE), successfully delivered the Army's revolutionary software solutions: the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) and Live, Virtual, Constructive, Integrated Architecture (LVC-IA).</p> <p>Following completion at the US Army War College, he now serves as Director of Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) - Atlantic, overseeing S&T collaboration, research, and ally interoperability in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. As the Army's S&T lead to NATO, he prioritizes promoting interoperability and modernization to foster cooperative R&D partnerships with foreign entities.</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Seaberry’s education includes: Master of Arts in Management/Leadership from Webster University, Master of Business Administration in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, and Master of National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. LTC Seaberry is Level III certified in Contracting and Program Management.</p> <p>LTC Seaberry’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (6 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Staff Identification Badge and the German Army Proficiency Badge (Gold).</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Seaberry is happily married and has a son and daughter.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • The AFC team works with teammates and partners to implement Continuous Transformation to ensure war-winning future readiness.<br /> • The AFC team, comprising organizations and experts across the nation, applies three (3) priorities: (1) Design Army 2040, (2) Deliver Army 2030 and (3) Prioritize People<br /> • We aggressively pursue transformation opportunities and priorities across three time horizons: Transforming in Contact, Deliberate Transformation, and Concept Driven Transformation, while protecting key capabilities from strategic competitors.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">10:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">11:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Morning Coffee</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">11:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">12:00</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Experiments with CUGS and Near Future Developments</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225790.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Jochem Vlaardingerbroek" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Lieutenant Jochem Vlaardingerbroek, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Commander Robotics and Autonomous Systems Unit, <strong>Royal Netherlands Army</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Lt-Col Jochem Vlaardingerbroek has been in the Army for 25 years. Following graduation from the Royal Military Academy, he has done several operational functions in the fields of reconnaissance and operational intelligence, including three deployments to Afghanistan. More recently, he graduated from Delft University of Technology with a master’s degree in control engineering. Currently he is the commanding officer of the Dutch Robotics and Autonomous Systems unit.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p>• Results from experimentation<br /> • Partnering with allies<br /> • Path to operationalisation</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#08478c;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#fff;">12:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#fff;">Networking Lunch </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box"><ul class="nav nav-tabs streamtabs" role="tablist"><li role="presentation" class="" style="width:auto"><a class="nav-link" href="#stream_35" style="background-color:#0000FF;" aria-controls="stream_35" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" aria-expanded="false">Stream A: Developing Greater Autonomy and Human Machine Teaming </a></li><li role="presentation" class="" style="width:auto"><a class="nav-link" href="#stream_41" style="background-color:#FFA500;" aria-controls="stream_41" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" aria-expanded="false">Stream B: Enhancing Lethality with RAS </a></li></ul><div id="streamcontent" class="tab-content"><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade in active" id="stream_35"><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">13:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chair's Opening Remarks </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">13:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Developing Autonomy for Unmanned Systems</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225792.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Artiom van den Broek" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Captain Artiom van den Broek, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Project Officer, Military Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, <strong>Royal Netherlands Army</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Artiom van den Broek, a Dutch military officer serving in the Royal Netherlands Army, specializes in the innovative field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. His expertise lies in applied military autonomy and artificial intelligence for unmanned vehicles. He holds a master’s degree in applied physics, with a specialization in quantum nanoscience, from Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Applied Sciences). Currently in his second year as a PhD candidate, he is focused on designing military autonomous systems at the University of Twente (Faculty of Engineering Technology).</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Clarifying autonomy for military utilization<br /> • Stating the requirements needed to develop autonomy at and with (NL) MoD<br /> • Showing examples of developed software for autonomous behaviour</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Accelerating the Adoption of Commercial Autonomy for DoD</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225797.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Will Ryan" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Mr Will Ryan, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">PM, Autonomy Portfolio, <strong>Defense Innovation Unit</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Major Will Ryan is a program manager on DIU’s Autonomy Portfolio where he leads DIU’s ground autonomy efforts and supports several UAS projects.</p> <p>Over the past 15 years, Will has served in various leadership and staff positions in both conventional and special operations units. Prior to joining DIU, Will served as the Operations Of?cer and Executive Of?cer for 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Will has also served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 75th Regimental Special Troops Battalion, and 2nd Infantry Division and deployed multiple times across the CENTCOM, EUCOM, and AFRICOM theaters.</p> <p>Will received a BS in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • DIU Overview and Process<br /> • Current state of commercial autonomy<br /> • Challenges and opportunities for autonomy in the military context</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Afternoon Tea</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) Programme - Developing and Demonstrating New Autonomy Algorithm Technologies</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226228.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Stuart Young" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Dr Stuart Young, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Program Manager, Tactical Technology officer (TTO) , <strong>DARPA</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Stuart Young joined DARPA in January 2020 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His expertise includes autonomous/unmanned ground and air vehicles, intelligent behaviors for unmanned systems, multi-agent teaming, applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and field robotics technologies.<br /> Prior to joining DARPA, he served as program manager for AI for Maneuver and Mobility at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), focusing on basic and applied research in efforts to develop intelligent behaviors and foundational autonomy for collaborating robotic teams operating in militarily relevant environments. He previously served as division chief for the Information Sciences Division at ARL, where he led a large team of researchers performing basic and applied research in intelligent behaviors for autonomous Army robots, machine learning for C3I, and natural language understanding for multi-domain battle. He also led the ARL Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance, in addition to serving as a branch chief and researcher dedicated to intelligent robotic behaviors. Young participated in numerous DARPA initiatives through his career including the Tactical Mobile Robotics, Mind’s Eye, DARPA Robotics Challenge, UGCV PerceptOR Integrator, and Learning Applied to Ground Robotics programs.<br /> Young holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington. He earned a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in systems engineering from The George Washington University. He previously served 13 years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a captain in the Engineer Branch.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • High-speed offroad ground autonomy in military environments<br /> • Experimentation and assessment of autonomy in fi eld<br /> environments<br /> • Transition of autonomy to operational units</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Activities of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) in the field of Uncrewed Systems</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225198.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Mark Hoepflinger" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Dr Mark Hoepflinger, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Head of the Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre SDRC, <strong>Armasuisse</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Dr. Markus Andreas (Mark) Hoepflinger holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich. After his Master in the field of space robotics, Mark Hoepflinger was employed as engineer for the Swiss locomotion subsystem breadboard for ESA’s ExoMars project. He then conducted a PhD at the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) at ETH Zurich with the main focus on terrain perception for legged robots. From 2013 to 2015, Mark was employed at ASL as leading researcher on various national and international research projects and Pioneer Fellow for a legged robotics company. Since 2015, Mark Hoepflinger is leading the governmental research program ‘Unmanned Systems/Robotics’ at armasuisse Science + Technology and is currently head of the "Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre" of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) and since 2024, head of competence centers of armasuisse S+T. In his military militia function, Höpflinger is a member of the Military Strategy Staff (MSS).</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • DDPS research activities in the field of uncrewed systems<br /> • Swiss approach to anticipating rapid technological development in the field of robotics/drones<br /> • Introduction of the Swiss drone task force<br /> • Brief introduction to ongoing and planned procurement projects</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#0000FF;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">17:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chair's Closing Remarks </h3></div></div></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane fade in" id="stream_41"><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">13:30</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chair's Opening Remarks </h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">13:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Estonian Defence Forces Force Structure 2040: Replacing Legacy Systems and Ensuring Deterrence through RAS Integration</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225187.jpg?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Major Ivo Peets" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Major Ivo Peets, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">EDF Future Force Development Project, <strong>Estonian Defence Forces</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Overview of Estonia's 10-year Force Development Programme <br /> • RAS Integration Requirements (real requirements that trigger the integration and phasing out of legacy systems)<br /> • Lessons from 3 Years of RAS Integration <br /> • Comprehensive Integration Strategy<br /> • Future Force Structure Template</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">14:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Unmanned Ground Vehicles - Next Gamechanger of Modern War</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226226.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Senior Representative " /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Senior Representative , </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">, <strong>Brave1</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • BRAVE1 as a key driving force of Ukrainian defence tech<br /> development<br /> • Experience and war-proven technologies: what can Ukraine<br /> offer to the world<br /> • AI and Robots: how Ukraine is merging these technologies</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Afternoon Tea</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">15:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Session Reserved for Sponsor</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Robotics in the Breach: Lessons Learned from The Sandhills Project</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226227.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Sergeant Major Corey Wilkens" /></a></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Sergeant Major Corey Wilkens, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">PM Sandhills Project, 20th Engineer Brigade, <strong>US Army</strong></span><div class="topic-description"><p> • Sandhills Project Overview – Unmanned Robotic Breaching<br /> System<br /> • Systems and Network Integration at Scale<br /> • Task Oriented vs Platform Oriented Modernization<br /> • A Different Approach to Understanding Requirements</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">16:40</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Effectiveness of an expendable unmanned ground vehicle defending against a mechanized infantry company’s - A Virtual Simulation Experiment Results and Lessons Learned</h3></div></div></div><div class="keynote-speaker"><div class="col-xs-2" ><div class="row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-image-circle"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link"><img class="speaker-image img-responsive" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225188.png?width=180&height=180&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Christian Andersson" /></a></a></div><div class="col-xs-12 speaker-bio text-center"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link">View Bio</a></div><br/></div></div><div class="col-xs-10" style="overflow:auto;"><p><span class="speaker-name"><strong>Captain Christian Andersson, </strong></span><span class="speaker-details">Research Officer, <strong>Finnish National Defence University</strong></span><div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Captain Christian Andersson works in the Finnish National Defence University as a research officer and a scientist. He received his M.Sc.Tech in Automation & hydraulics from Tampere University of Technology in 2018. He later graduated with a master´s degree in military sciences in 2022. He is preparing two dissertations, first on Artificial Intelligence in Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles and the second one on development and uses of Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles. His scientific researchers focuses on developing Evolutionary algorithms for UGV’s and further developing an Autonomous Multi-Purpose Ground Vehicle. Despite his young career he is already participating in several research projects in Finland.</p></div><div class="topic-description"><p> • Recap the experiment setup and system tested (Laykka UGV)<br /> • Results found in this combat simulations pros and cons of this type of sacrificial system<br /> • Lesson learned from conducting this experiment and what type of developments and improvements we need for this type of UGV for it to be efficient in a fight against mechanized infantry</p></div></div></div></div><div class="event agenda-box row" style="background-color:#fff;"><div class="row no-gutter" style="background-color:#FFA500;"><div class="col-xs-12"><div class="col-xs-2" style="padding-left:0"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:0"><img src="/_images/newsite/clock.png" alt="clock" ></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6" style="padding-left:5px"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">17:10</h3></div></div> <div class="col-xs-10 text-right"><h3 style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chair's Closing Remarks </h3></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div>  <div class="daylist2"> <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist" > <li role="presentation" class="active"><a class="nav-link" href="#day_1" aria-controls="day_1" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" onclick="scrollToPosition(600);">MDI Focus Day</a></li><li role="presentation" class=""><a class="nav-link" href="#day_2" aria-controls="day_2" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" onclick="scrollToPosition(600);">Day One</a></li><li role="presentation" class=""><a class="nav-link" href="#day_3" aria-controls="day_3" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" onclick="scrollToPosition(600);">Day Two</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="tab_speakers"> <div id="speaker-grid"> <div id="pop-speakers-all" class="container-fluid" style="margin-bottom: 20px;"> <br> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl01_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225190.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Brigadier Paul Hughes" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Brigadier Paul Hughes</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification Land</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">DE&S</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Head of Engineering Assurance and Certification Land, DE&S</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Brigadier Paul Hughes commissioned into the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineering (REME) in 1992. Following a number of appointments at regimental duty and successful completion of the Officers’ Long Aeronautical Engineering (OLAE) course, he promoted to Major in 2005.<br /> Completing SO2 staff appointments supporting the defence training review (DTR) at Cosford and latterly as the lead for personnel and infrastructure on the Army General Staff he was selected for sub-unit command in 2010.<br /> Command of 4 Regiment Army Air Corp workshop followed, during which his unit supported Apache Helicopters on Op HERRICK (Afghanistan) and Op ELLAMY (Libya). Subsequently selected to be the engineering member on the 3-man service inquiry panel investigating the Red Arrows’ XX177 fatal accident in Nov 11, he remained committed to the enquiry until its conclusion in 2014.<br /> A short period as the mechanical engineering authority within the Apache Helicopter Project Team followed.<br /> Gaining promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in Sep 13, assuming the post of continuing airworthiness manager / chief air engineer for Army unmanned air systems he deployed on OP HERRICK (Afghanistan) to support Watchkeeper’s inaugural operational flight. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes was then selected as the inaugural Commanding Officer of 106 Battalion REME in Feb 15. Forming the Army Reserve unit as a result of Army 2020 restructuring, with an Area Of Responsibility (AOR) covering the entirety of Scotland and Northern Ireland, during his tenure he recruited over 350 personnel and deployed the unit to Cyprus on Ex LION STAR.<br /> Returning to the Apache Delivery Team in the role of SO1 Engineering Airworthiness Authority in Apr 17 he introduced the Emergency Flotation System to the platform. Short toured from the appointment he gained promotion to Colonel in Apr 18 assuming the role of Type Airworthiness Authority and Chief Engineer within the Remotely Piloted Air Systems’ Delivery Team.<br /> He has held type airworthiness authority for the entirety of UK Defence Remotely Piloted Air Systems including Reaper (Class 3), Protector (Class 3), Watchkeeper (Class 2) and Minis Portfolio (Class 1). He also led UK certification effort to gain a Military Type Certificate for the Protector RPAS; an achievement scheduled for achievement in 2024 which will be a global first for an RPAS of the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class. <br /> Promoted to Brigadier in 2023 he is now the Head of Engineering Assurance for the Land Domain within Defence Equipment and Support responsible for overseeing effective procurement of equipment that is safe to operate.<br /> A fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Chartered Engineer, Brigadier Hughes enjoys mentoring those seeking professional registration and conducting interviews on behalf of the society.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl02_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225792.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Artiom van den Broek" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Captain Artiom van den Broek</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Project Officer, Military Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Royal Netherlands Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Project Officer, Military Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, Royal Netherlands Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Artiom van den Broek, a Dutch military officer serving in the Royal Netherlands Army, specializes in the innovative field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. His expertise lies in applied military autonomy and artificial intelligence for unmanned vehicles. He holds a master’s degree in applied physics, with a specialization in quantum nanoscience, from Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Applied Sciences). Currently in his second year as a PhD candidate, he is focused on designing military autonomous systems at the University of Twente (Faculty of Engineering Technology).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl03_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226103.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Artur Varanda" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Captain Artur Varanda</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Army Centre for Operational Experimentation and Technological Modernization</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems, Army Centre for Operational Experimentation and Technological Modernization</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Captain Artur Varanda is a Project Officer for Remote and Autonomous Systems at the Army Experimentation and Technological Modernisation Centre. An Artillery Officer by training, he is a graduate of the Portuguese Military Academy and holds a Master’s in Geographic Information Systems and Science from the Nova University of Lisbon, where he is also an invited lecturer at the Bachelor’s in Data Science program. His current posting followed a command tour as Officer Commanding of a Ground-Based Air Defence Battery, which included the role of Project Officer at the “Short Range Air Defence” and “Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems” programs.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl04_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225188.png?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Captain Christian Andersson" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Captain Christian Andersson</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Research Officer</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Finnish National Defence University</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Research Officer, Finnish National Defence University</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Captain Christian Andersson works in the Finnish National Defence University as a research officer and a scientist. He received his M.Sc.Tech in Automation & hydraulics from Tampere University of Technology in 2018. He later graduated with a master´s degree in military sciences in 2022. He is preparing two dissertations, first on Artificial Intelligence in Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles and the second one on development and uses of Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles. His scientific researchers focuses on developing Evolutionary algorithms for UGV’s and further developing an Autonomous Multi-Purpose Ground Vehicle. Despite his young career he is already participating in several research projects in Finland.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl05_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225211.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Charles Seaberry" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Colonel Charles Seaberry</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Director, DEVCOM FWD Element-Atlantic</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">US Army DEVCOM</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Director, DEVCOM FWD Element-Atlantic, US Army DEVCOM</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p>  <br /> Charles M. Seaberry graduated from Augusta State University in 2001<br /> and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Finance Corps.<br /> His first assignment was assistant S-3 of the HHC training support Battalion at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Since then, he has served in a variety of command and staff positions to include, Company executive officer, 369 AG Battalion; Commander, Charlie Company, 1/61 Infantry; Aide de Camp to the post commander at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.</p> <p>In 2007, LTC Seaberry assessed into the Army Acquisition Corps. His career highlights include serving as a Contingency Contracting Officer, assigned to the 641st Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Following this assignment, he joined the 411th Contracting Support Brigade at Camp Coiner, Seoul, Korea. Here, LTC Seaberry took on the roles of Branch Chief and a Warranted Contracting Officer for a Regional Contracting Office at Camp Henry, Daegu, Korea. During his time in Korea, he also served as Team Leader of the 646th CCT. The dedication and outstanding performance in contingency operations earned him the prestigious Expeditionary Contracting Command's Medallion in 2011.</p> <p>Following his role as a Contingency Contracting Officer, LTC Seaberry served as Deputy Division Chief of Contracting for the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2012. He then participated in the Army's Training with Industry (TWI) program at Lockheed Martin in Orlando, FL. Transitioning from TWI, he assumed the position of Assistant Program Manager (APM) for Games for Training at Program Executive Office, Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Subsequently, LTC Seaberry served as the executive officer for PEO STRI, followed by the role of Assistant Executive Officer to the Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, stationed at the Pentagon. LTC Seaberry, a centrally selected Product Manager for the Common Synthetic Environment (PdM CSE), successfully delivered the Army's revolutionary software solutions: the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) and Live, Virtual, Constructive, Integrated Architecture (LVC-IA).</p> <p>Following completion at the US Army War College, he now serves as Director of Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) - Atlantic, overseeing S&T collaboration, research, and ally interoperability in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. As the Army's S&T lead to NATO, he prioritizes promoting interoperability and modernization to foster cooperative R&D partnerships with foreign entities.</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Seaberry’s education includes: Master of Arts in Management/Leadership from Webster University, Master of Business Administration in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, and Master of National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. LTC Seaberry is Level III certified in Contracting and Program Management.</p> <p>LTC Seaberry’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (6 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Staff Identification Badge and the German Army Proficiency Badge (Gold).</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Seaberry is happily married and has a son and daughter.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl06_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225798.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Jason Dudley" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Colonel Jason Dudley</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Chief, Ops Group Bravo</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">US Army Joint Modernization Command </div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Chief, Ops Group Bravo, US Army Joint Modernization Command </div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> <br /> Colonel Jason Dudley is a native of Newport News, Virginia, and graduated from Poquoson High School, Poquoson, Virginia, in 1997. Colonel Dudley enlisted in the Army on May 5th, 1998, and spent three years in the United States Army Reserve whilst completing his undergraduate education. Colonel Dudley was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Armor in May 2001 upon graduating Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.<br /> Colonel Dudley has served in all key and developmental positions from Platoon Leader through Battalion Commander. He has deployed thrice on Operation Iraqi Freedom, and once on Operation Inherent Resolve. His five most recent assignments are:<br /> • Senior Instructor, Tactics Wing, Australian School of Armour, Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia (2016-2018) <br /> • Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (2019-2021) <br /> • G3 Operations Officer, Army Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (2021-2022)</p> <p>• Graduate Student, Defense Strategic Studies Course, Australian War College, Canberra, Australia (2023)</p> <p>• Chief, Operations Group Bravo, Joint Modernization Command, Fort Bliss, Texas (2024-Present)</p> <p>Colonel Dudley’s professional military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Scout Leaders Course (Army Reconnaissance Course), the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the Cavalry Leaders Course, Command & General Staff College, Australian Army War College, Airborne School, Jumpmaster School, and the Pathfinder course. <br /> His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (2), the Meritorious Service Medal (6), the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (2), the Army Reserve Achievement Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal (5 Campaign Stars), the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (2), the Armed Forces Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the Pathfinder Badge. Colonel Dudley has also been awarded the Military Order of Saint George (Bronze) by the Armor & Cavalry Association. Colonel Dudley holds a Bachelor of Science in Government from Christopher Newport University (Virginia), a Master of Science in Human Resource Development from the University of Houston (Texas), and a Master of Science in National Security and Strategy from Deakin University (Australia).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl07_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226102.png?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Remi Pellabeuf" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Colonel Remi Pellabeuf</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Head of the Future Combat Laboratory</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">French Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Head of the Future Combat Laboratory, French Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl08_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225942.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Colonel Toby Till" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Colonel Toby Till</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Commander Experimentation & Trials Group (ETG)| </div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">British Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Commander Experimentation & Trials Group (ETG)| , British Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Colonel Toby Till has commanded the UK Experimentation and Trials Group since June 2022. His previous experience includes Infantry Battalion command (Coldstream Guards) with Light Infantry, Armoured Infantry, Reconnaissance, Close Observation and Airborne Pathfinder experience over 31 years. On the staff he has completed multiple capability roles covering concepts, capability delivery as well as a planner in Divisional and Operational HQ. He has served 3 tours in Northern Ireland, 3 in Afghanistan, 1 in Iraq, as well in Kosovo with the UNHCR. He has trained globally including in Southeast Asia, Central and North America, Africa and across Europe.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl09_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225445.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Kimberly Sablon" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Dr Kimberly Sablon</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Principal Director, Trusted Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering/Critical Technologies Department</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Principal Director, Trusted Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering/Critical Technologies Department</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Dr. Kimberly Sablon is the Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy at the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD (R&E)). In this role , she oversees AI/ML and autonomy research activities across the DOD enterprise. She also has responsibility for shaping the strategic direction for integrated AI and autonomy with an emphasis on trust and responsible decision making. Previously, Dr. Sablon served as the Army’s S&T Director–setting strategic direction and with responsibility and oversight of $2.6B per year budget. She also served as the Director for Basic Research in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology where she was responsible for formulating and defending selected basic research budgets, programs, plans, priorities and investments to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD ) , and to Congress. Dr.Sablon received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Arkansas in 2009. She has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to nine scientific and technical books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl10_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225198.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Mark Hoepflinger" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Dr Mark Hoepflinger</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Head of the Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre SDRC</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Armasuisse</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Head of the Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre SDRC, Armasuisse</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Dr. Markus Andreas (Mark) Hoepflinger holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich. After his Master in the field of space robotics, Mark Hoepflinger was employed as engineer for the Swiss locomotion subsystem breadboard for ESA’s ExoMars project. He then conducted a PhD at the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) at ETH Zurich with the main focus on terrain perception for legged robots. From 2013 to 2015, Mark was employed at ASL as leading researcher on various national and international research projects and Pioneer Fellow for a legged robotics company. Since 2015, Mark Hoepflinger is leading the governmental research program ‘Unmanned Systems/Robotics’ at armasuisse Science + Technology and is currently head of the "Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre" of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) and since 2024, head of competence centers of armasuisse S+T. In his military militia function, Höpflinger is a member of the Military Strategy Staff (MSS).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl11_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225205.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Robert Sadowski" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Dr Robert Sadowski</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Army Chief Roboticist</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Army Chief Roboticist, US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Dr. Robert W. Sadowski is a member of the Scientific and Professional (ST) cadre of the<br /> Senior Executive Service and serves as the United States Army’s Senior Scientist for<br /> Robotics within the Research, Technology and Integration Directorate at the United States<br /> Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Warren, MI.<br /> Dr. Sadowski previously served<br /> twenty nine (29) years of active United States Army duty<br /> culminating as the Electrical Engineering Program Director and Academy Professor at the<br /> United States Military Academy in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer<br /> Science where he continues working with the faculty.<br /> Dr. Sadowski has over forty (40) months of operational experience in Southwest Asia in a<br /> variety of leadership, staff, and engineering positions including Iraq and Afghanistan. He<br /> currently chairs the OSD Autonomy Community of Interest and is guiding development of<br /> robotics and autonomous systems technology as part of the Army Modernization<br /> Enterprise.<br /> Dr. Sadowski is a graduate of the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of<br /> Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical<br /> engineering from Stanford University as a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow. He also holds a<br /> Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. He is a<br /> recent Meritorious Presidential Rank Award Recipient.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl12_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/226228.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Dr Stuart Young" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Dr Stuart Young</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Program Manager, Tactical Technology officer (TTO) </div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">DARPA</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Program Manager, Tactical Technology officer (TTO) , DARPA</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Stuart Young joined DARPA in January 2020 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His expertise includes autonomous/unmanned ground and air vehicles, intelligent behaviors for unmanned systems, multi-agent teaming, applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and field robotics technologies.<br /> Prior to joining DARPA, he served as program manager for AI for Maneuver and Mobility at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), focusing on basic and applied research in efforts to develop intelligent behaviors and foundational autonomy for collaborating robotic teams operating in militarily relevant environments. He previously served as division chief for the Information Sciences Division at ARL, where he led a large team of researchers performing basic and applied research in intelligent behaviors for autonomous Army robots, machine learning for C3I, and natural language understanding for multi-domain battle. He also led the ARL Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance, in addition to serving as a branch chief and researcher dedicated to intelligent robotic behaviors. Young participated in numerous DARPA initiatives through his career including the Tactical Mobile Robotics, Mind’s Eye, DARPA Robotics Challenge, UGCV PerceptOR Integrator, and Learning Applied to Ground Robotics programs.<br /> Young holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington. He earned a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in systems engineering from The George Washington University. He previously served 13 years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a captain in the Engineer Branch.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl13_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225941.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="General Sir Roly Walker" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">General Sir Roly Walker</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Chief of the General Staff CGS</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">British Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Chief of the General Staff CGS, British Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> General Sir Roly Walker was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1993, and served with the UK’s Special Forces from 1997. He commanded the Grenadier Guards in 2009, promoting to the General Staff four years later.</p> <p>He has commanded at company, squadron, battle group, brigade and SF group levels, variously in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, as well as joint command of operations across Europe, the broader Middle East, Africa and South America. On the Staff, he has served in brigade, divisional, army and strategic HQs.</p> <p>Since April 2021, he was the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) during which time he was responsible for advising on and directing operations to support the government’s response to Covid, the death of the late Duke of Edinburgh, the withdrawal from Kabul, the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, numerous evacuation operations, and most recently, the Hamas attacks on Israel. In June 2024 General Walker was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff.<br /> <br /> He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 2023, and a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 2010. General Walker is the President of the Honourable Artillery Company, Army Rugby, and Army Winter Sports.</p> <p>Married, with three daughters, he lives in Herefordshire.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl14_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225197.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Lieutenant Colonel Davide Pugliese</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">SO1 Concept Development</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Italian Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">SO1 Concept Development, Italian Army</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> LTC Davide Pugliese currently serves as chief of the concept development and space branches, a subset of the Innovation and Space office of the Italian Army General Staff.<br /> Before assuming command of the Innovation branches, LTC Pugliese held numerous operational Warfighter positions from Cavalry Platoon Leader, Cadets Platoon leader, armoured Coy Commander, recce Squadron Commander to Cavalry Battalion Commander, serving in numerous Operations, such as ISAF, UNIFIL, KFOR and IRAQ “Antica Babilonia”. As Staff Officer LTC Pugliese served in planning, operations and personnel branches.<br /> His program management experience, especially in CD&E experiments, spans from investigating the impact of Emerging & Disruptive Technologies in the way ITA Army conducts operations to various robotics autonomous systems and space programs for the Defense.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl15_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/silhouette_M.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Lieutenant Colonel Geraint Thatcher" align="right" style="width:100%; 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Following graduation from the Royal Military Academy, he has done several operational functions in the fields of reconnaissance and operational intelligence, including three deployments to Afghanistan. More recently, he graduated from Delft University of Technology with a master’s degree in control engineering. Currently he is the commanding officer of the Dutch Robotics and Autonomous Systems unit.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl19_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225203.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Major Charles Bradford" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Major Charles Bradford</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">SO2 Future Force, Mounted Close Combat, Army Trials Unit, Experimentation and Trials Group </div> <div style="margin-top:5px; 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height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Barry Paton</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">DUxDA Team Leader</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">StratCom</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">DUxDA Team Leader, StratCom</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl23_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225215.png?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Guy Powell" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Guy Powell</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Principal Adviser - Land Autonomy, Project Technical Authority - Land RAS demonstration, Project Technical Authority - Autonomous Collaborative Partners</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">DSTL</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Principal Adviser - Land Autonomy, Project Technical Authority - Land RAS demonstration, Project Technical Authority - Autonomous Collaborative Partners, DSTL</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Guy Powell is Principal Adviser (Mounted systems) to the Land Systems Programme within Dstl. He is also Principal Technical Authority for project JTARR (Joint Tactical Autonomous Resupply and Replenishment) leading a team conducting scientific assessment of RAS technologies, through trials and supporting studies of exemplar ground platforms. While the primary focus of this work is application to Autonomous Resupply, it will likely have wider applicability across a range of capabilities.<br /> Guy has worked in Defence R&D for over 30 years across a breadth of technical areas including land platforms, Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS), weapons and energetic materials.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl24_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225186.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr James Gavin" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr James Gavin</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Head of the Future Capability Group</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">DE&S, UK Ministry of Defence</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Head of the Future Capability Group, DE&S, UK Ministry of Defence</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> <br /> James Gavin is the head of the Future Capability Group (FCG) at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).</p> <p>The FCG exists to help explore new capabilities so that they can then be exploited at scale. Increasingly projects are ‘Agile By Default’ to deliver early operational advantage. The Group works closely with all the Front-line Commands, DSTL and central MOD areas such as the DIU and DASA. James has served in the military, the civil service and industry before joining DE&S. He is a passionate advocate of delivering Operational Advantage through a better application of strategic thinking on innovation, inclusive cultures and sustainability.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl25_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225191.png?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr John Crozier " align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr John Crozier </a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Platform Systems Division</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">DSTL, UK MoD</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Platform Systems Division, DSTL, UK MoD</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Works in the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Platform Systems Division as the Principal Vetronics Systems Engineer Land Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS). <br /> Recent work includes the development of an eco-system of RAS digital twins for the trialling, testing and development of RAS systems operating in Land environments, Command and Control (C2) systems for future novel weapons and the development of Land Combat Platform Situation Awareness capabilities. <br /> John is the UK MOD Lead for the NATO Military Vetronics Association (MILVA) and supports the development of NATO STANAG 4754 NGVA and UK DEF STAN 23-009 Generic Vehicle Architecture standards.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl26_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225189.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Martin Joesaar" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Martin Joesaar</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">European Commission</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Program Officer - EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv, European Commission</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr Martin Jõesaar served in the Estonian Defence Forces for 16 years as an officer. He added valuable contribution into the integration of Short Range Air Defence Missile Systems to the existing units at the early stage of his career. However, the latter part and the majority of his time was spent on helping to build up the Special Operations Forces Unit in order to meet the new challenges of NATO. This included different command positions within in the structure and contribution as an instructor and an operations officer at the HQ, including a deployment to Afghanistan under CJSOTF10 in 2012.<br /> In 2019, Mr Jõesaar left the military in a rank of major and joined the Defence Industry side instead as the COO of an unmanned aerial systems developer and producer Threod Systems, based in Estonia. Additionally to the everyday coordination, ensuring the smooth process flow internally in the factory, one of the main roles for him was sharing the end-user experience. Threod Systems specialises on providing the state of the art equipment tailored according to the needs of the military and security forces. In which it is crucial to understand the intelligence collection details and its connections to the higher level HQ planning process for providing the full solution for the clients.<br /> In the end of 2020, Mr Jõesaar accepted the offer to become the representative of the participating member states of the iMUGS project. By being the link between the industry consortium and the participating nations, he will play the key role in ensuring the full transparency of the project and helping all counterparts to understand the process in the mutual way. Coordinating such a complex international and multilingual project was the kind of challenge he gladly accepted.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl27_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225216.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Nicholas Valentine" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Nicholas Valentine</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Lead Engineer - Human Machine Teaming</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">DE&S</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Lead Engineer - Human Machine Teaming, DE&S</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Nicky is the Lead Engineer on the British Army’s Human Machine Teaming project. He has an MSc in Robotics and Automation and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation he completed the DE&S engineering graduate scheme with placements including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Clearpath Robotics and Horiba MIRA. In his time in the Future Capability Group he has taken a leading technical role on Robotic Platoon Vehicles, Heavy UGV Challenge, and the Leader Follower logistics element of Project THESEUS. An Army Reservist, in 2017 he deployed as an infrastructure engineer on Op KIPION, designing and delivering infrastructure across Ops TORAL and SHADER, and is now a Troop Sgt in the Royal Engineers Railway Team.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl28_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225796.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Robert Monto" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Robert Monto</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Director, Advanced Concepts & Critical Technologies</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Director, Advanced Concepts & Critical Technologies, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr. Robert Monto Jr joined the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical<br /> Technologies Office (RCCTO), then known as the Army Rapid Capabilities<br /> Office, in September of 2016. He serves as Director, Advanced Concepts and<br /> Critical Technologies. In this position he is responsible for identifying and<br /> recommending evolving areas of operational need; discover disruptive<br /> capabilities in support of National / Army strategies; assess and provide a<br /> comprehensive plan in support of providing residual combat capability for<br /> military operations. He directly and continuously aligns and encourages<br /> academia, industry, and Science and Technology organizations to bring<br /> solutions to emerging needs identified by the Army RCCTO’s Board of Directors.<br /> The Board of Directors include the Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary, Army<br /> Acquisition Execution, Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Staff, and the Army Futures<br /> Command Commander. While scouting and identifying technologies in<br /> identified focus areas, Mr. Monto also drives the organization to look for<br /> overmatch capabilities to close existing strategic gaps, as well as identify disruptive, game- changing<br /> technologies. The mission includes the following operating concepts: rapidly assess, develop, test, and transition<br /> advanced technologies to address high priority items from Army leadership. His office serves as the quick<br /> reaction cell for rigorous research and analysis, prototyping, experimentation, and assessment.<br /> Mr. Monto previously served as the Technical Director for Product Manager (PdM) Tactical Mission Command<br /> (TMC) out of Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T) from<br /> August 2011 to August 2015, where he led the technical direction for an ACAT IAC MAIS program, leading core,<br /> matrix, and contractor personnel in the development, testing, procurement, and product improvements of the<br /> Army's mission command systems. Responsible for the technical strategy, planning, and execution to meet<br /> requirements while balancing user ONSs and other stake holder expectations. Products included Command<br /> Post of the Future, Command Post Web, and Battle Command Common Services. Prior to his role as Technical<br /> Director, Mr. Monto was the Assistant Product Manager (APM) for Battle Command Web and APM for<br /> Maneuver Control System from November 2008 to August 2011, responsible for cost, schedule, performance,<br /> and all programmatic level decisions. During this time, he participated in multiple tests, certifications, and<br /> fieldings of Army systems; deploying overseas multiple times to assist, and ensure, fielding success.<br /> Mr. Monto holds an M.S. & B.S. in Software Engineering from Monmouth University. He is a graduate of the<br /> Defense Acquisition University’s Senior Service College Fellowship. He holds executive certificates from The<br /> Wharton School, MIT Management Sloan School, University of Pennsylvania, and Eckerd College. He is a<br /> recipient of the Civilian Service Commendation Medal; Commander’s Award for Civilian Service and three<br /> times been awarded the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. He is a recipient of the Army Acquisition<br /> Corps Level III in Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, and he is a member of the Army<br /> Acquisition Corps.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl29_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225207.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Steven Herrick" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Steven Herrick</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Product Manager, Robotic Combat Vehicle</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">US Army </div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Product Manager, Robotic Combat Vehicle, US Army </div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Mr. Steven Herrick is the Product Manager for the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (PM RCV) program. <br /> Mr. Herrick is responsible for all cost, schedule and performance for both hardware and software programs that will deliver the Army’s first RCV Brigade Combat Teams.<br /> The RCV Hardware program will deliver a safe, reliable, and remotely operated combat vehicle with a modular open systems architecture approach and system design to support continuous growth and enhancement of RCV capabilities.<br /> The RCV Software program will deliver the software, development infrastructure, and processes to support persistent modernization and enhancement of RCV capabilities.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl30_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225201.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Tiago Lanca" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Tiago Lanca</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">Project Officer, Innovation </div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">European Defence Agency</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">Project Officer, Innovation , European Defence Agency</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Tiago Mendes Lança is as a Project Officer for Innovation at the European Defence Agency. His role in the Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI) includes activities related to the Uptake of Innovation. He served the Portuguese Navy as a naval officer for 12 years, in various roles on board warships, with deployments in several real-world operations, notably EUNAVFOR ATALANTA (Gulf of Aden), the Flag Officer Sea Training with the Royal Navy, humanitarian disaster relief operations in Africa and various multinational joint exercises. He was a staff officer in the Portuguese Navy Fleet Command (N3/N5 Operations and Planning). In 2017 he was the founder of the Unmanned Systems Operational Experimentation Unit (CEOV), a new technological guerrilla unit that performed experimentation and rapid prototyping with unmanned systems, which supported both capacity building efforts and operations with Portuguese Marine Corps and Navy SOF. He supported the development of Portuguese Navy's maritime operational experimentation center (CEOM) in Troia, and the REP MUS exercise series. In 2020, he was seconded as a national expert to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) where he coordinated the implementation of research and innovation pilot projects related with surveillance and border control, in particular, a maritime surveillance Aerostat project in Greece, the Prize Contest on the Detection of Low Flying Objects in Estonia and a project on the integration Vertical Take Off and Landing UAVs on board maritime assets in Italy for coast guard functions.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-3 speaker-grid"> <div class="col-sm-12" style="margin-top:20px"> <a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details"> <div style="position: relative; width: 250px; height: 250px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 50%; border:2px solid black; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <img id="ctl00_MainContent_ctl05_rptAllSpeakers_ctl31_imgSpeaker" class="img-responsive speaker-image" src="/documentportal/speakerimage/225797.jpg?width=250&height=250&bgcolor=white&scale=canvas" alt="Mr Will Ryan" align="right" style="width:100%; height:auto; " /> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="" style="text-align:center; min-height:125px;"> <div class="speaker-name" style="margin-top:20px; font-weight:700;"><a href="#pop-speaker-single" class="open-popup-link" title="Speaker Details">Mr Will Ryan</a></div> <div style="margin-top:5px"">PM, Autonomy Portfolio</div> <div style="margin-top:5px; font-weight:700; font-color: #000;">Defense Innovation Unit</div> <div class="hidden speaker-details">PM, Autonomy Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit</div> <div class="hidden speaker-profile"><p> Major Will Ryan is a program manager on DIU’s Autonomy Portfolio where he leads DIU’s ground autonomy efforts and supports several UAS projects.</p> <p>Over the past 15 years, Will has served in various leadership and staff positions in both conventional and special operations units. Prior to joining DIU, Will served as the Operations Of?cer and Executive Of?cer for 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. 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