NDC 2024 Speakers
Naval Damage Control brings together the world’s leading experts in shipboard safety, survivability, and emergency response. The 2025 event featured a focused and highly experienced group of speakers, including naval officers, damage control specialists, engineers, and industry leaders — all dedicated to advancing global standards in maritime resilience.
From fire safety and flooding response to training, systems integration, and survivability planning, our speakers deliver critical insights into the technologies and protocols that protect lives and platforms at sea.
Explore the full agenda and join the conversation shaping the future of global maritime search and rescue..
Commodore Steve Banfield
Maritime Capability Coalition, Royal Navy
Captain Ali Ashour
Senior Engineering Officer, MOI-KCG / State of Kuwait
Peter Litchfield
Business Development & Technical Director, CSD Sealing Systems Ltd & CSD Technical Services Ltd
Rear Admiral (ret.) Matt Parr
Former HM Inspector of Constabulary and HM Inspector of Fire & Rescue Service, Royal Navy
Helen Peterson
Head of Vulnerability reduction and Shock Engineering, UK MOD – Submarine Delivery Agency
Anders Trewe
Director Defence Solutions at Cold Cut Systems
Paul Jameson
Chief Commercial Officer, LifeSafe Technologies
Per Aredal
International Sales Director, Firemiks AB
Levent Budunoğlu
International Business Development and Sales Manager, Meteksan Defence
Commander Tom Hayzen-Smith
Above Water Battlespace Marine Systems SO1 Develop Directorate, Royal Navy
Professor Evangelos Boulougouris
Head of Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean And Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Captain Justin Codd
FOST SM, Royal Navy
Dr Alexander Diedrich
Senior Scientist, Bundeswehr University
Howard Draisen
Head of Survivability and Weapons Effects Division, US NSWC Carderock Division
Dr Matthew Ibrahim
Group Leader Naval Platform Survivability, Australian Defence Science and Technology Group
Chief Fire Marshal Patrick Maaskant
Chief Fire Officer & Risk Management Team leader, Netherlands Navy Marine Fire Brigade
Commander Paddy McWilliams
SO1 Maritime, Defence Accident Investigation Branch
Lars Monnik
Section Commander, Netherlands Navy Marine Fire Brigade
Dr Wojciech Mzrozik
Faraday Institution Senior Research Fellow, Newcastle University
Lieutenant Commander Jamie Nicholls
CBRNDC Officer HMSPWLS, Royal Navy
Dr Munir Cansin Ozden
Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture, Istanbul Technical University
Second Lieutenant Richi Pamberg
2nd Engineer Admiral Cowan, Estonian Navy
Benjamin Pedersen
Technical Warrant Holder Vulnerability Reduction Ships, US NAVSEA 05
Senior Chief Petty Officer Ole-Johan Sande
Head of Section Damage Control and Firefighting, Leader of Target Rescue Team, Royal Norwegian Navy
Commander (ret.) Tom Sharpe
Former CO HMS Endurance, Royal Navy
Commander Jordan Stutzman
Director Damage Control and Firefighting Training Surface Warfare Schools Command, US Navy
Helge Weydahl
Principal Scientist, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment