COMBINED NAVAL EVENT 2025 PRESENTATIONS SLIDES - Day 3 - Thursday 22nd May 2025
Future Surface Fleet - Stream A
0930 - Future operational domain & capability development
Rear Admiral Naoya Hoshi, DG
Logistics, Japanese Maritime Self
Defence Force
0955 - Introduction to the Asterix Capability Model
Jason Reid, Vice President – Business Development, DAVIE Shipyard
1020 - Composites on naval platforms
Kevin Denham, Principal Engineer —
Composite Materials, UK MoD – dstl
1130 - Delivering export and sales for DE&S
Richard Whalley, Head of DE&S
Exports and Sales, UK MoD – DE&S
1155 - Regulation and legislation — simplifying the myth and the mystery
Commodore (ret’d) Steve Pearson, Principal Consultant and Commodore (ret’d) Ian Groom, Principal Safety Engineer, Safeguard Engineering
1220 - Dual-use technologies and naval defense innovations
Rear Admiral Ali Mohammed Alzahrani, Military Strategy, Saudi General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI)
Future Surface Fleet - Stream B
0930 - Logistics in a contested maritime environment
Commander Mathieu Girardot, Deputy Director Technical Sub-Directorate, French Navy Fleet Support Service
0955 - Navigating the future of naval defence
Marco Fani, Head of Product Marketing – Land and Defence Solutions, Leonardo
1020 - The evolving role of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary supporting a global and ready Royal Navy
Commodore Sam Shattock, Deputy Director and Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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1130 - Assessing digital twin impact on fleet readiness: bridging research and real-world deployment
Captain Ali Ashour, FRINA, FIES, FIMarEST, Senior Engineering Officer, Ministry of Interior – Kuwait Coast Guard
1155 - Emerging cyber threats in maritime manned and unmanned systems — how to utilise threat-modeling to manage risks
Valtteri Peltomäki, Cybersecurity
Expert and Business Leaders, DNV
1220 - Innovation and technology priorities for allied operations
Jeff Brewer, Co-Director — Naval X London Tech Bridge, US Navy
Surface FLeet Technology
0930 - Developing a digital ocean: Connecting the surface fleet
Todd Graves, Chief Technology
Officer, US Naval Surface Warfare Centre
0955 - Sea Beyond — IAI ELTA’s innovative naval sensor suite
Eyal Zohar, Head of Marketing &
Business Development, IAI/ELTA Systems LTD
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1020 - SOFCOM operational experimentation
Captain Kurt Muhler, Maritime
Development, NATO ALLIED
SOFCOM
1130 - Operationalising the maritime cyberspace
Commander Mike Widmann USN, Cyber Branch Head, NATO Maritime Command
1155 - Optimizing situational Awareness with EOIR technologies
Erik Seidelmann, Mechatronic
Systems Engineering, Current
Scientific Corporation
1220 - Shaping the future of global maritime patrol and reconnaissance
Commander Michael Steffens,
Director – Plans, Training, &
Requirements (N5/7/8), Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, U.S. Navy
Submarine Technology
0930 - U212 NFS programme
Lieutenant Commander Antonio
Palomba, U212 NFS Platform Officer, OCCAR
0955 - Improving capacity, reliability and operational safety for ship construction and sustainment
Robert Taylor, Principal Engineer – Shipyard Systems, Bardex Corporation
1020 - Submarine rescue: Feedback from exercise DYNAMIC MONARCH 24
Lieutenant Commander Gary
Tregunna MSc RN, Operations Officer, NATO ISMERLO
1130 - Latest developments In Russian (and North Korean) submarine capabilities
H I Sutton, OSINT Analyst, Covert Shores
1155 - Submarine modernisation across the Hellenic Naval Force
Commodore Konstantinos Tourkantonis, Deputy Director Armaments Directorate, Hellenic Navy
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1220 - Collins Class life of type extension programme
Commander Simon McCowan,
Assistant Naval Advisor – London, Royal Australian Navy
Underwater Defence & Security - Stream A
0930 - How AI can assist the ASW mission
Stuart Riches, Director of Research and Developments, Ultra Maritime
0955 - Overview of NATO ASW at REPMUS
Commander (Ret’d) Ian Danbury, Navy Dev NATO ASW SDI and REPMUS, Royal Navy
1020 - Underwater superiority: Novel approaches to achieving an interoperable ASW barrier
David O’Sullivan, Maritime Autonomy Capture Lead, Thales
1130 - Uncrewed system technology for ASW
Robert Been MSc, Programme
Manager, NATO CMRE
1155 - Increasing ASW surveillance mass at pace with persistent autonomous systems
John Russ, Chief Operating Officer, ThayerMahan
1220 - Autonomous multistatic detection and tracking in a heterogeneous static network
Commander Paul Dröge, Branch
Head Underwater Warfare Technology, COMMIT
Underwater Defence & Security - Stream B
0930 - Systems of MUS: the way forward
Professor João Sousa, Head of Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory – Porto
University
0955 - Effective data exploitation for operational gain in MCM
Lee Contreras, UKHO Defence
Products & Services Manager, UK
Hydrographic Office
1020 - REPMUS - Transformation of mindset in maritime environment
Captain Paulo Jorge Gonçalves
Simões, Head of Innovation and
Transformation, Portuguese Navy
1130 - Swedish autonomous MCM: How to utilize AUVs in shallow and congested waters
Ulrik Sköldkvist, Project Manager UW
Weapon Systems, Swedish FMV
1155 - Overview of Teledyne Marine’s new unmanned undersea vehicles for expeditionary Mine counter measures, subsea and seabed warfare
Arnar Steingrimsson, Vice President of Sales – Marine Vehicles, Teledyne Marine
1220 - Mine warfare challenges in the Baltic Sea
Commander Ott Laanemets,
Commander of Estonian Mine Warfare Squadron, Estonian Navy
Surface Plenary
1345 - A new model for rapidly deployable large scale undersea surveillance
Dr Mark Englund, CEO and Founder, Project S Technologies
1410 - Extended session: Swords of Iron and lessons learnt
Captain Erez Ben Zion, Head of Operational Requirements & Research and Development Planning, Israeli Defence Force
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Subsurface Plenary
1345 - AUKUS Pillar 2 - Enabling advanced technologies for critical undersea infrastructure
Alan Lytle, Vice President Strategy and Mission Solutions, Northrop Grumman
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1410 - Panel discussion: AUKUS Pillar 1 - Charting the course for a secure Indo-Pacific
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