Speakers

Your Speaker Panel

Chairman

Rear Admiral Jacob Shuford (USN, ret), President of US Naval War College 2004-Nov 2008

International Keynote Perspectives

  • Admiral Datuk Mohd Amdan bin Kurish, Director General, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA)
  • Vice Admiral d’Escadre Anne-François de Bourdoncle de Saint Salvy, Commander Atlantic Fleet, French Navy
  • Vice Admiral Moises Gomez, Under Secretary of the Navy for Management, Mexican Navy
  • Vice Admiral Cristián Gantes Young, Director General Logistics, Chilean Navy
  • Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft, Commander Office of Cutter Forces (CG-751), US Coast Guard
  • Rear Admiral Francisco Deiana, Director Naval Engineering, Brazilian Navy
  • Rear Admiral Alberto Carames, Naval Material Director, Uruguayan Navy

Naval And Industry Experts

  • Captain Pol-Henri Desgrées du Loû, Naval Riflemen and Commandos Command, Chief of Staff, French Marine Commandos
  • Captain Massimo Annati, Deputy Chairman of the European Working Group-Non-Lethal-Weapons, Italian Navy
  • William Schoenster, LCS Programme Director, US DoD
  • Ambassador Thomas Winkler, Under Secretary for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
  • Commander Richard Pethybridge, Commander Fisheries Protection Squadron, Royal Navy
  • Lieutenant Commander Maurice van Bellen, Senior Project Officer, Sea Systems Branch, Defence Material Organisation, Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Sabit Umit Ergin, Boats Project Manager, Naval Platforms Department, Turkish MoD
  • Graeme Symes, MOD Capability Advisor, Defence Equipment Capability, Above Water Effects DEC(AWE), UK MoD
  • André van Erkel, Team Leader, Survivability and Protection of Maritime Platforms, TNO
  • Senior DCNS Representatives and Specialists
  • Chris Trelawny, Head Maritime Security Section, International Maritime Organisation
  • Senior Prosecution Judge, French Courts
  • Harald Fassmer, Managing Director, FR Fassmer GmbH
  • Leon Goossens, Manager Product Development, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
  • Dr. Heino Dobiasch, Senior Sales Manager, Vessel Systems Division, ATLAS Elektronik GmbH
  • Dr. Pierre-Olivier Nouges, Senior Sales and Marketing Manager, Sagem Défense Sécurité
  • Todd Henry, Asia Pacific Manager DIAB Technologies, DIAB International