Speakers
Co-Chairs
Lieutenant General (USMC-ret) Steven R. Rudder
Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC, Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Professor Kenneth “Mike” Canada, (USN-ret)
Program Chair, Associate Professor Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityKeynotes
Vice Admiral James E. Pitts, USN
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, N9 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Kevin “Astro” Murray, SES
Chief Technology Officer, Deputy Commandant Information (DC I) HQ, U.S. Marine Corps (HQMC)
John Vona, SES, DAF
Director, Operational Requirements and Capability Development DCS, Strategy, Integration and Requirements (Air Force Futures)AF/A5/7D
Cordell DeLaPena
Program Executive OfficerMilitary Communications, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Directorate Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, U.S. Space Force
DoD/Government
Captain Dennis “Fester” Monagle, USN
Program Manager Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems PMA-266
Col Pavlo Khazan
Chief of the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF)Unmanned Systems Department Armed Forces of Ukraine
Jason Schroeder
Chief Technology Officer, Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) U.S. Special Operations Command
Captain (USN-ret) Ted Venable
CNT/UAS Program Manager (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking
Lt Col Bradford Crush” Wade, USAF
Commander, 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron Creech AFB, NV
Mr. Elias Rigas
ChiefVehicle Applied Research Branch
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Army Research Directorate
LTC Michael “Brab’s” Brabner, USA
Robotics Requirements DivisionAir Branch Chief
Maneuver Capabilities Development & Integration Directorate Army Futures Command
Capt Colin Corridan, USN
Deputy Director Navy Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO)
Major General Amikam Norkin
Distinguished Fellow Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)Israeli Air Force Commander General (res)
Colin Ross
Attorney AdvisorOffice of Law & Policy
National Security Division U.S. Department of Justice
Brian Keith
Protective Security AdvisorUS. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
CDR Jeremiah Daley, USN
Military Director PACFLT N9WAR Thomas Jones
ONR Global Science Advisor to Commander, Naval Air Forces Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
Tracy Conroy
Experimentation Director Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific CDR Brant “Bucket” Brockett, (USN-ret)
Flight Experimentation Director Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
Brad “Ler” Poeltler
LeadUndersea Fires Navy Undersea Warfare Development Center
Ray Crotts
FAA 130i CUAS Program Manager Federal Aviation AdministrationIndustry/Association
Tom Adams
Director of Public Safety DroneShield Former FBI Counter-UAS Program Manager
Dr. Mark Maybury
Vice PresidentCommercialization, Engineering & Technology Lockheed Martin
Bryan Scurry
Navy- NAVWAR – NAVAIRAccount Manager Leidos
Brandon Youngblood
Principal Drone Security Services Former FAA Group Manager, UAS Security and CUAS Integration(AJR-26) Air Traffic Organization
Neil Zerbe
CEO Aerospace and Defense Industry Partners
LtGen Sam Mundy, (USMC-ret)
Distinguished Sr. Fellow on National Security Middle Eastern Institute,President Once a Marine, LLC Former Commander, MARCENT
John “Streak” Scudi
Acting Advanced Capabilities PMMQ-25 Development Boeing Defense, Space & Security
