NAVY TECH 2025 Speakers
Navy Tech consistently features a high-calibre speaker faculty, drawn from the forefront of naval technology, operations, and capability development. The 2025 event brought together senior naval leaders, programme managers, technical experts, and industry innovators from over 40 nations — all contributing to the global conversation on future maritime power.
Covering topics from digital transformation and uncrewed systems to platform survivability and cyber resilience, our speakers offer both strategic vision and technical depth.
Planning is underway for the Navy Tech 2026 agenda, which will continue to spotlight the challenges and technologies shaping modern naval operations.
Dr Thomas W. Altshuler
Senior Vice President – Global Maritime Defense Strategy and Business Development,, Teledyne Marine
Commodore (Ret’d) David Burton
NATO ASW Barrier Programme, NATO
Dr. Eng. Paul Dahlke
Head of Technology Management, NVL
Rear Admiral Paul Flos
Program Director International Naval Materiel Cooperation, Dutch Ministry of Defence
Rear Admiral Michael Mattis
Commander, CTF-166/66, Director, Strategic Effects Commander, Naval Forces Europe/Africa, US Navy
Commodore Philip Nash
Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Centre of Excellence
Jens Rummler
Head of Sales Germany, NVL
Commander Nicolas Doyen
Commanding Officer BNS Ostend, Belgian Navy
Rear Admiral Bret Grabbe
Commander Submarines, NATO MARCOM
Jimmy Gehring
Sales Director, SH Defence
James Gavin
Head of Future Capability Group, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)
Haydn Gaukroger
Director Strategic Engagement, Shield AI
Dr Joan Farnós
Head of Dual-Use Technologies, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
Captain Luigi Durante
Head of Horizon – FREMM Programme, OCCAR
Lieutenant Commander Vytautas Drejeris
LNS Kursis (M54) Commanding Officer, Lithuanian Navy
Dr Joseph Cotter
Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Lieutenant Commander Florin Constantinoiu
Oceanography Staff Officer, NATO Maritime GEOMETOC Centre of Excellence
Stefano Cioni
Project Officer Maritime Capabilities Support, European Defence Agency
Captain Cameron Chen
Expeditionary Combat Branch Head, US Navy
Rear Admiral Francisco Anton Brage
Brage, Deputy Director for Engineering, Spanish Navy
Pavandeep Bhogal
Head of Strategy – Maritime and Land, BAE Systems
Captain Andy Berner
Commanding Officer Office of Naval Research – Global,, US Navy
Commander Jānis Auce
Commander of the Mine Warfare Squadron, Latvian Navy
Dr Richard Hann
Director of NTNU Icing Lab and Senior Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Commander Andreas Montag
Head of Maritime Unmanned Systems 3rd (DEU) Minesweeping Squadron, German Navy
Captain Dennis Monagle
Program Manager, US Navy
Thomas Meurling
Sr Director International Business Development, OPT
Rear Admiral Paddy McAlpine, CBE, RN (Rtd),
Senior Military Advisor, Thinklogical
Vice Admiral Manuel Martinez Ruiz (Ret’d)
Former Director Naval Engineering and Construction, Spanish Navy
Harry Marti
SeaExplorer Sales Manager, ALSEAMAR
Björn Lund
Director, Swedish National Seismic Network
Lieutenant Commander Miroslav Jug
Chief of N-4 branch in Slovenian Navy Command, Slovenian Navy
Captain Tadas Jablonskis
Flotilla Commander, Lithuanian Navy
Ms Tarja Jaakkola
Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, NATO
Commander Ilja Hakanpää (Ret’d)
Chief Customer Officer, FORCIT Defence
Deputy Research Director Martin Hagström
Programme Manager, Swedish Defence Research Agency
Christina Grönwall,PhD
Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency
Captain Mikko Laakkonen
Chief of Plans, Finnish Navy, Finnish Navy
Commander Mikko Saarinen (Ret’d)
Consultant and Senior Mentor, Finnish National Defence University
Commander Sean Trevethan
Maritime Portfolio Lead – Defence Investments Division, NATO
Rear Admiral Tuomas Tiilikainen
Commander of the Navy, Finnish Navy
Captain Daniel Thomas
Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at the Standing Joint Force Headquarters, Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ)
Vice Admiral Kari Takanen (Ret’d)
Former Chief of Defence Command, Finnish MoD
Anders Svensson
Product Manager Torpedo Systems, Swedish Defence Material Organisation
Lieutenant Artem Sherbinin
Chief Technology Officer Task Force Hopper, US Navy
Ozlem SAYIN
, Türkiye Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB)
Commander Thomas Reitan
Department head Operational ASW, Royal Norwegian Navy
Captain Nuno Palmeiro Ribeiro
Centro de Experimentação Operacional da Marinha, Portuguese Navy
Sine Ozkarasahin
Member of Maritime Domain Unit (MDU), European Defence Agency
Dr Fernando Obelliero
Professor, University of Vigo
Commander Rutger van der Werf
Branch Head Concept Development and Experimentation, NATO Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence
Lieutenant Commander Joep Van Kieboom
SME Unmanned and Autonomous Systems, Netherlands Navy
Commodore Ivo Värk
Commander of the Navy, Estonian Navy