Senior International Speaker Panel included:

  • United States Minor Outlying Keynote: Vice Admiral John Blake
    Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Integration of Capabilities and Resources
    US Navy     Mexico Keynote: Vice Admiral Santiago Valdez Alvarez
    Chief of the staff
    Mexican Navy     OCCAR Keynote: Rear Admiral Matteo Bisceglia
    Head of FREMM Programme Division
    OCCAR
  • Pakistan Keynote: Commodore Abdul Aleem
    Commandant PNS BAHADUR
    Pakistan Navy Brazil Captain Ivan Taveira
    Head of Naval Engineering, Ship Design Centre
    Brazilian Navy     United States Minor Outlying Focus Day Chair: Captain Edward Lundquist (R)
    Principal Science Writer
    MCR Federal LLC
  • OCCAR Colonel Thierry Dick
    Deputy Programme Manager FREMM
    OCCAR     Italy Commander Gabriel Catapano
    Navy General Staff Officer of the 5th Surface Ships Office and S pecial Projects
    Italian Navy     Spain Commander Benigno Gonzalez-Aller
    Resource & Requirements Plans Branch Plans & Policy Division
    Spanish Navy HQ
  • United Kingdom(Great Britain) Commander Kenneth Houlberg
    Global Combat Ship Capability Director, Above Water Capability
    UK Ministry of Defence     Netherlands Commander Oscar Boot
    Team Leader Future Vision
    Defence Materiel Organisation, Netherlands Ministry of Defence     Denmark Commander Kenn Kristoffersen
    Project Manager Knud Rasmussen
    Royal Danish Navy
  • Turkey Sabit Umit Ergin
    Boats Project Manager, Naval Platforms Department
    Turkish MoD     Germany Nobert Blumenthal
    125 Frigate Programme Manager
    German Ministry of Defence     Netherlands Eric Takken
    Senior Architect, Future Vision
    Royal Netherlands Navy
  • European Union Vice Admiral Anthony Dymock (R)
    Wise Pens International
    European Defence Agency     United Kingdom Rear Admiral Massimo Annati (R)
    Deputy Chairman of the
    European Working Group on Non-Lethal Weapons     navantia32x32 Antonio Pérez de Lucas
    Technical and Innovation, Vice-President
    Navantia
  • dcns32x32 J.M. DORBON
    FREMM Product Line Manager
    DCNS     Raytheon32 Terence J. Plaza
    Chief Systems Engineer, Naval Weapon Systems
    Raytheon Missile Systems     lockneed_martin32 Joseph North
    Vice President, Littoral Ship Systems
    Lockheed Martin
  • BAE32 Rear Admiral Chris Clayton
    Maritime Military Advisor
    BAE Systems

Exploring the Future of Global Surface Combatant Fleets

Surface Warships provided the ideal environment for industry and naval professional to discuss innovative future designs and the need to keep current vessels battle ready through capability upgrades and refits.

Key issues discussed at Surface Warships included:

  • The future warship - will modularisation affect the role and nature of the Surface Combatant?
  • How are Naval forces leveraging technological advances to increase warship self-defence and survivability?
  • Addressing and managing the ageing fleet - a look to future upgrades and refits to avoid capability gaps
  • Delivering a cost effective surface combatant fleet to operate within a diverse threat environment - a balance of cost versus capability

Naval Series Past Attendees

Militaries:

 

Industry:

Albanian Naval Forces Algerian Naval Forces Algerian Navy Australian Defence Force Brazilian Navy Chilean Navy Colombian Navy DSTL DSTO Egypt Defence Office Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs European Defence Agency Finland Border Protection Finnish Border Guard French DGA French Maritime Force French MOD French Navy German BWB German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement German MoD Army Staff Icelandic Coast Guard Indian Coast Guard Indian Maritime Foundation Indian MoD Italian Navy Mexican Ministry of the Navy MINDEF Ministry of Defence, Gabon Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark NATO Joint Forces Command Lisbon Naval Sea Systems Command Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation Nigerian Navy Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation OCC AR Pakistan Navy Spanish Navy Turkish MoD Turkish Navy UK MoD UKTI DSO US Coast Guard US DoD US Naval Sea Systems Command US Navy Yemeni Coast Guard

 

Aage Hempel Alcoa Atlas Elektronik Austal SA Babcock International Group BAE Systems Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG BEL Defence Converteam SAS COTECM AR Damen Shipyards DCNS Defence Materiel Organisation NLD EADS Deutschland GmbH Eristar Global Investments Ltd Fincantieri FR Fassmer GmbH & Co Frontex General Dynamics Goa Shipyard Ltd. INDRA SISTEMAS SA INSIMAR, S.L. Ixsea SAS Lockheed Martin MacTaggart Scott and Co Ltd Malaysia Naval Fleet System MAN Diesel SE MBDA Navantia, S.L. Northrop Grumman Corporation Orizzonte Sistemi Navali SpA Otto Piening GmbH Plasan Sasa Ltd. RENK AG Rohde-schwarz Royal Danish Navy Saab AB Schoenrock Hydraulik Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. STX Europe Lorient SAS Terma AS Thales ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard Ultra PMES Wärtsilä ZF Marine GmbH

Testimonials

Excellent opportunity to learn what other Navy's are doing in developing their programmes and to share ideas with peersGregg Baumann, US Navy
Very interesting glimpse of what other nations and industries are doing. Very valuable to see and give thoughts on our programmes. Erik Takken, NL MoD DMO
Very valuable, it is very rare to be able to meet such a relevant group of people in a relaxed atmosphere.Felipe Salles, Alide Base Military


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