We are proud to announce the inaugural Counter UAS Maritime conference, taking place in London on the 20th and 21st October 2025.
Drones have reshaped modern warfare on land and are doing the same in the maritime domain, representing a fundamental challenge to freedom of navigation and allied naval superiority.
Navies actively seeking C-UAS solutions find that the vast majority of systems in the market were designed with the land domain in mind and are not adequately adapted to operate in the maritime domain.
This lack of cost-effective and sufficiently adapted C-UAS systems therefore leaves our warfighters lacking the tools they need and our defence industry missing out on a huge commercial opportunity and market segment.
The Counter UAS Maritime Conference will provide unrivalled networking opportunities and bring together leading experts from across the naval and commercial sectors to provide lessons learned, operational requirements and acquisition priorities in the world’s first forum of its kind.
2025 Speakers
- Captain Mehmet Cengiz Ekren, Director, Maritime Security Center of Excellence
- Captain Niels Markussen, Director NATO Shipping Center NSC, Allied Maritime Command
- Captain Scott Rosetti, Head, Weapons and Sensors, Surface Warfare, OPNAV N96, US Navy
- Captain Spyridon Mazarakis, Project Officer Naval Combat & Maritime Interdiction - CAP/ Maritime Domain, European Defence Agency
- Commander (SG) Sune Lund, Former Commanding Officer, HMS IVER HUITFELDT, Head of Department, Danish Personnel Command, Royal Danish Navy
- Lieutenant Colonel Andre Haider, SME UAS, JAPCC (Joint Air Power Competence Centre)
- Lieutenant Commander Kieran Lewis, Above Water Battlespace, IAMD Effects Capability Sponsor, Royal Navy
- Lieutenant Commander Phillip Durand, Project Director - Above Water Warfare and C-UxS Systems, Directorate of Naval Requirements, Royal Canadian Navy
- Lieutenant Commander Santiago Bueno, C-UAS EUMS Expert, European Union Military Staff
- Dr Florin Chiper, Scientist, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, NATO Communications and Information Agency
- Dr Kevin Rowlands, Head, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre
- Jonathan Delahay, Programme Manager - C-UAS, Navy Develop Directorate
- Max Cooper, Assistant Deputy, Weapons and Sensors, Surface Warfare, U.S. Navy / OPNAV N96C
- Federico Borsari, Resident Fellow, Transatlantic Defense and Security, Centre for European Policy Analysis
- Senior Representative, Maritime Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Navy
- Chad Gardner, U.S. NAVCENT/ C5F Science Advisor, Office of Naval Research Global
- Commodore (Ret'd) Steve Prest, Former Deputy Director Navy Acquisition, Equipment and Systems, Royal Navy
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Venue
Hilton London Kensington
179-199 Holland Park Ave, Kensington, W11 4UL
London, UK
