SMi says the list of speakers has now been confirmed for the upcoming Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology Conference in London, this November.
The speaker line-up has been confirmed for SMi Group’s rescheduled Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology Conference. The annual event will now take place on 25th - 26th November 2020 at the Holiday Inn Kensington High Street in London, UK.
This year’s programme features comprehensive briefings on anti-submarine warfare, mine countermeasures, fixed wing and rotary aerial unmanned systems, unmanned platform updates, and technological innovation in the Naval sphere.
Conference Chairman:
- Commodore (Ret'd) Richard Farrington CBE, Former Commander Devonport Flotilla, Royal Navy
Military and Expert Speakers:
- Vice Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Deputy Planning and Coordination, Portuguese Armed Forces General Staff
- Vice Admiral Manuel Antonio Martinez-Ruiz, Director of Engineering and Naval Shipbuilding, Spanish Navy
- Captain Chris Ling, Director NavyX, Royal Navy
- Commander Ian Danbury, Deputy Director NATO MUS Innovation and Coordination Cell, NATO
- Commander Paul Dröge, Branch Head Underwater Warfare Technology, Maritime Systems Department, Defence Material Organisation, Netherlands MoD
- Commander Paul Hornsby, Lead, Autonomous Warfare Systems, Royal Australian Navy
- Commander Andreas Johansen, Subject Matter Expert NMW, Maritime Capabilty and Development Branch, Denmark Defence Command
- Commander Herman Lammers, Director, NATO Naval Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence (NMW COE)
- Commander Antonio Anjinho Mourinha, Maritime Situational Awareness SME, NATO MARCOM
- Commander Chris Taitt, Section Head C4ISR, and Remote and Autonomous Systems, Royal Canadian Navy
- Lieutenant Tiago Lanca, COO of Unmanned Vehicles Operational Experimentation Unit, Portuguese Navy
- Dr Samantha Dugelay, Program Manager Autonomous Mine Countermeasures, NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
- Dr Maaten Furlong, Head of Marine Autonomous and Robotics Systems, National Oceanography Centre
- Dr Sanjay Sharma, Head of Autonomous Marine Systems Research Group and Associate (Reader) Professor in Intelligent Autonomous Control Systems, University of Plymouth
- Mr Matteo Perrone, Project Manager R&D Underwater Systems, FMV
- Mr Johan Wahren, Project Manager Underwater Warfare Weapon Systems, FMV
- Mr Eelco Harmsen, Senior Project Manager Navy, MARIN
- Mr Egbert Ypma, Team Leader/Research Program Manager, Performance at Sea, MARIN
- Mr Gary Busby, Managing Director UK & Ireland, Elmo Motion Control UK
- Mr Adam Smith, Managing Director, Intrepid Minds Ltd
- Senior Representative, Leonardo
- Senior Representative, Ocean Infinity
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