Moderator

Michael Mancini

Moderator

DRDC

Dr. Jaspinder Komal

Assistant Deputy Minister

Defence Excellence, Headquarters NZDF

Yogi Stöckler

Deputy Director Defence Excellence (Innovation)

Emerging Security Challenges Division NATO

Philip Lockwood

Deputy Head of Innovation for NATO

Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)

Dr. Tony Collins

International Innovation Partner

Dutch Ministry of Defence

LTC Fons Van der Ham

Manager, International Innovation Cooperation

ICE worx, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment

Stein Gundersrud

Head of ICE worx

NATO Innovation Hub

Serge Da Deppo

Founder & Manager, Innovation Hub

DefSec Innovation Hub

Dr. Kristina Soukupova

Founder and President

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Megan Mahle

Director of Industry Partnerships

Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (SOF AT&L), USSOCOM

Ms. Lisa R. Sanders

Director of Science and Technology for Special Operations Forces

AFWERX, United States Air Force

Darshan "Dash" Divakaran

Senior Manager, Strategic Innovation & Partnerships

DRDC-IDEaS

Eric Fournier

Director General Research & Development Innovation

NavalX, US Navy

Mr. Bradley Goodrich

Deputy Director

Special Advisor for Advanced Technologies

Brad Chedister

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer

Office of Innovation and Collaboration, Science & Technology Directorate,

Melissa Oh

Managing Director, Industry Partnerships

Science & Technology Directorate for an International Program

Ormal Ali

Senior Strategic Advisor (Contract)

First Responder Disaster Resiliency

Paul McDonagh

Portfolio Manager, First Responder Disaster Resiliency

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), US Department of Defense

Katherine Koleski

International Engagement Lead

Stoneleigh Strategies Inc.

Rob James

President

Royal Canadian Navy Innovation

Cdr Lee Vessey RN

Director Navy Innovation

Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM)

Cdr Scott Healey

Old Dominion University

Girish Sreevatsan Nandakumar

Fellow

Centre for Collective Intelligence, MIT

Mark Klein, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist

Commander, Unmanned & A.I. Integration

Captain Michael D. Brasseur

Commodore – Task Force 59

NATO Innovation Hub,

Serge Da Deppo

Founder & Manager

Defence Excellence, Headquarters NZDF

Yogi Stöckler

Deputy Director Defence Excellence (Innovation)

Leading Change through Innovation

James White

Defence Innovation

BMNT Inc.

Pete Newell Colonel (Ret'd)

CEO