Symposium Agenda

Wednesday 7 May - AOC Europe Day 1

09:00 – 10:15

SESSION 1

Welcome and Symposium Keynote Address

SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE
General Luciano Portolano (Invited)

Chief of Defence, Italy

10:50 – 12:20

SESSION 2

Challenges Ahead in the Electromagnetic Environment

DAY 1 KEYNOTE
Lieutenant General Luca Goretti

Chief of Italian Air Force, Italy

Air Commodore Hugh Smith

Head of Doctrine and Analysis, Integrated Warfare Centre, Ministry of Defence Shrivenham, UK

Commander Malte von Spreckelsen

Bundeswehr, Germany

10:50 – 12:20

SPOTLIGHT SESSION A

Focus on Disruptive Technologies in Electromagnetic Operations

SESSION CHAIR
Professor Steve Roberts

Visiting Professor in EW Systems, Cranfield University and the UK Defence Academy, President, UK Chapter AOC

Dr. Shawana P. Johnson

Global Insights Inc, USA

John Besse

President, Co-Founder And Principal Engineer, ACSYeS Inc, USA

Dr. Tegg Westbrook

Associate Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway

13:20 – 14:50

SESSION 3

Lessons Learnt in the EMO

SESSION KEYNOTE
Major General John Edwards, USAF

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Pentagon, USA

Daniela Pistoria

Chief Scientist of ELT Group, Italy

Rene D. Kanayama

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

13:20 – 14:50

SPOTLIGHT SESSION B

Current and Future Trends in Science and Technology for EW

SESSION CHAIR
Professor David Stupples
Richard Claridge

Associate Director - Applied Physics, PA Consulting, UK

Rémon ten Bhömer

Analyst, TNO, Netherlands

Neil Clelland

Senior Principal Research Scientist, DSTL, UK

15:20 – 16:55

SESSION 4

Dependence on Space for EW Operations

SESSION KEYNOTE
Major General Michael Traut

Commander, German Space Command, Germany

Captain Vanessa Chen

3rd Psychological Operations Battalion, 8th Psychological Operations Group, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, USA

Thursday 8 May - AOC Europe Day 2

09:00 – 10:30

SESSION 5

Regional and Domain Perspectives on EMO

DAY 2 KEYNOTE
General Thomas A. Bussiere

Commander US Air Force Global Strike Command, USA

Colonel Ivan Pavlenko (Invited)

Chief of General Directorate of Electronic Warfare, Ukraine

Bas Nieuwenhuijse

Chairman NATO Maritime EW Syndicate & Dutch Ministry of Defence, Netherlands

11:00 – 12:30

SESSION 6

NATO Special Session: Bringing to life High/Low Mix for NATO MDO

PANEL CHAIR
Professor Mark Elson MBE

Chief Air Survivability, DSTL, and Chair NATO ACG3/SG2, UK

Air Commodore Blythe Crawford

RAF Commandant Air and Space Warfare Centre, UK

Ziya Kabasakal

Staff Officer DI NATO HQ, Belgium

Lieutenant Colonel Jan (Kunta) Deering

Royal Netherlands Airforce Head EW, Netherlands

Mark Threadgold

Chief EW, DSTL, and NATO SG2 PC Chair, UK

Gerard Elzinga

NATO Digital Staff Branch Head, Brussels, Belgium

11:00 – 12:30

SPOTLIGHT SESSION C

The Use of Drones in EW

SESSION CHAIR
Professor David Stupples
Dr. Boaz Shuval

CTO, Intelligence, Space, and Cyber Directorate, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems LTD, Israel

Fiodor Stankevitch

AVP, Product Development, ATDI, France

13:30 – 15:00

SESSION 7

Modelling, Test, Evaluation and Training

Professor Fiona Clarke

Leonardo, UK

LTC Piergiorgio Ventura

Concept Development Section Chief, NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence, Italy

Andrew Gittins

Chief Specialist in Future Military Capabilities, Terma A/S, Denmark

13:30 – 15:00

SPOTLIGHT SESSION D

AI Applications in Electromagnetic Operations

SESSION CHAIR
Professor Steve Roberts

Visiting Professor in EW Systems, Cranfield University and the UK Defence Academy, President, UK Chapter AOC

Stephanie Lingemann

Senior Director Air Domain, Helsing, Germany

Peter Sundström

Head of AI Solutions, Saab, Sweden

15:25 – 16:45

SESSION 8

EW Lessons Learned from Russian/Ukrainian War Panel Discussion

PANEL CHAIR
Dr. Thomas Withington

Writer and Analyst, Armada International Electronic Warfare Newsletter, France

Major Pasquale Iorillo

Staff Officer, Capability Development Division, Italian Ministry of Defence, Italy

Duncan McCrory

CEng FRAeS, PhD Candidate, Freeman Air & Space Institute, King's College, London, UK

Juliana Süss

Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany