Representing the three key elements – users, industry and academia - of the Undersea Defence community, the event's technical planning committee provides unique advice to organisers regarding the needs of their constituency and the upcoming trends being explored across the research base.

The committee assist in shaping the content of the conference ensuring it is relevant and fulfils the expectations of the wider community. Learn more about current members of the committee below.

Committee Chair

Nigel Whybrow

Senior Underwater Systems Specialist

Babcock International Group

Committee Members

Dr. Mathieu (E.G.D.) Colin

Senior Scientist

TNO

The Netherlands

Aymeric Bonnaud

Scientific Director

NAVAL GROUP

Capt RN (Rtd) Iain Breckenridge

Key Account Manager Maritime

Leonardo

United Kingdom

Dr Jeffrey Cipolla Ph.D.

Associate Director, Advanced Technology Maritime

Raytheon

United States of America

Dr. Simon Colby

Chief Technical Authority

BAE Systems

Eur. Ing. Peter Don-Duncan

Director

Advansys Solutions

Matthew Gleed

Consultant Architect - Royal Navy

Underwater Battlespace

Gebhard (Hardy) Heizmann-Bartels

Head of Product Management Submarines 

TKMS

Dr. Jörg Hurka

Product Architect

TKMS Atlas ELEKTRONIK GmbH

Dr. Alain Maguer

Head, Engineering and Information Technology

Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)

NATO Science and Technology Organisation (STO)

Jeff Owen

Director

AtebTec Ltd

Jon Pentreath

Jon Pentreath CB OBE

Advisor, UDT

Adrian Pierce

Adrian Pierce

Naval Advisor 

Clarion Events

Dr. Hannah Rose

Acoustic Specialist

Thales UK

Ivan Stace

In Water Engineering Programme Lead

Babcock Nuclear 

Dr. Simon Topping

Chief Scientist and Senior ATLAS UK Expert, Research and Innovation Division

 TKMS ATLAS UK Ltd.

Commander Jez Green RN

Chief of Staff - AUKUS

Defence Nuclear Organisation

Captain (Retd.) Stifani Mirko

Chief Technology Officer

IDS (Fincantieri NexTech) 

Captain (Retd.) Domingo Gómez Pamo

Naval Advisor and Expert

INDRA