Speakers
Meet the Symposium Chairman
Air Marshal Phil Sturley CB, MBE, FRAeS
Retired Senior Commander in the Royal Air Force, United Kingdom
Air Marshal Philip Sturley is an adviser and problem solver in international defence and security issues. He has served as Secretary to NATO's Military Committee in Brussels, Assistant in Chief of the Air Staff in London, and Chief of Staff at the Headquarters NATO Air Command in Germany. He also spent 8 years as Special Advisor to the House of Commons Defence Committee and facilitates international events to provide solutions to defence and security problems.
Keynote Speakers
General Luciano Portolano
Chief of Defence, Italy
Major General John Edwards, USAF
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Pentagon, USA
Lieutenant General Luca Goretti
Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, Italy
Major General Michael Traut
Commander, German Space Command, Germany
Commander Malte von Spreckelsen
DEU CYBER and INFORMATION Domain Command, Germany
Speakers
Professor Fiona Clark
Head of Capability, EW Sensing, Leonardo Ltd, UK
Air Commodore Blythe Crawford
RAF, Commandant Air and Space Warfare Centre, UK
Professor Mark Elson MBE
Chief Air Survivability, DSTL, UK and Chair NATO ACG3/SG2
Andrew Gittins
Chief Specialist in Future Military Capabilities, Terma A/S, Denmark
Major Pasquale Iorillo
Staff Officer, Capability Development Division, Italian Defence General Staff, Italy
Dr. Shawana P. Johnson, GISP
CEO, Global Geospatial Insights, Inc, USA
Ziya Kabasakal
Staff Officer, NATO, Belgium
Iaroslav Kalinin
CEO, Infozahyst, Ukraine
Rene D. Kanayama
Senior Researcher, Institute ITSTIME, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
Stephanie Lingemann
Senior Director Air Domain, Helsing, Germany
Duncan McCrory
CEng FRAeS, PhD Candidate, Freeman Air & Space Institute, King's College, London, UK
Bas Nieuwenhuijse
Chairman, NATO Maritime EW Syndicate & Dutch Ministry of Defence, Netherlands
Colonel Ivan Pavlenko
Senior EW Officer and Chief EW and Cyber Directorate, Armed Forces Ukraine
Professor Steve Roberts
Visiting Professor in EW Systems, Cranfield University and the UK Defence Academy, President, UK Chapter AOC
Dr. Boaz Shuval
CTO, Intelligence, Space, and Cyber Directorate, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems LTD, Israel
Air Commodore Hugh Smith
Head of Doctrine and Analysis, Integrated Warfare Centre, Ministry of Defence Shrivenham, UK
Fiodor Stankevitch
Vice President of Products, ATDI Group, France
Dr. Vojtěch Stejskal
Strategy Development, ERA a.s., Czechia
Professor David Stupples
Engineering, and Director Space Engineering, City St George's, University of London, UK
Peter Sundström
Head of AI for EW, Saab, Sweden
Juliana Süss
Associate, German Institute for International Security Affairs, Germany
Rémon ten Bhömer
Analyst, TNO, Netherlands
Mark Threadgold
Chief EW, DSTL, UK and NATO SG2 PC Chair
LTC Piergiorgio Ventura
Concept Development Section Chief, NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence, Italy
Dr. Tegg Westbrook
Associate Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway
Dr. Thomas Withington
Writer and Analyst, Armada International Electronic Warfare Newsletter, France