2026 SPEAKERS

Allison Melia

VP of Global Enterprise Sustainability

Boeing

Barry Chapman

Vice President & General Manager U.S. Industries Siemens Digital Industries Software

Siemens

Brigadier Stu Nassé, OBE

Director Uncrewed Systems Centre and Head Drone Capability Coalition

Ministry of Defence, National Armaments Director Group

Captain Nasaruddin A. Baker

President and group CEO

Malaysia Aviation Group

Carlos Garcia-Galan

NASA Moon Base Program Executive

NASA

Cathal Deasy

Global Co-Head of Investment Banking

Barclays

Charles Alcock

Managing Editor

AIN Media Group

Chris Skilton

Director Consulting Services

CGI

Clive Higgins

Chair and CEO

Leonardo UK

Darryl Abelscroft

Technical Strategy Portfolio Manager for Future Safety & Innovation

CAA UK

David McClelland

Journalist, Broadcaster; Technology, Cybersecurity

David Nockles

First Assistant Secretary Defence Trade, Regulation and AUKUS Advanced Capabilities

Department of Defence

Deborah Haynes

Security and Defence Editor

Sky News

Dr Benedetta Berti

Secretary General

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Dr George Nield

Chair

GSA

Dr Hiroshi Yamakawa

President

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Dr Jennifer Holmgrem

Chief Executive Officer

LanzaTech

Dr Mike Short

Advisor

World Mobile Stratospheric

Dr Stuart Foster

Head of UK Coverage, UK Corporate Bank

Barclays

Ephraim Rudman

Partner, Financial Institutions Group (FIG)

Apollo Global Management

Fiona Walters

CEO

Serco

Gareth Hetheridge

CIO

Leonardo

General Alexus G. Grynkewich

Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)

NATO

George Ferguson

Global Lead for Aerospace, Defence and Airline Research

Bloomberg Intelligence

Gerald Mullally

Chief Executive Officer

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)

Giorgio Parolini

Lead - Aviation Decarbonization

WEF

H.E. Sven Sakkov

Ambassador

Embassy of Estonia London

Iain Martin

Founder

London Defence Conference

Iryna Terekh

CEO & CTO

Fire Point

Isabelle Hudon

President and Chief Executive Officer

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

James Petherbridge

Head of Aerospace & Defence

IBM

Jan Petter Steinland

Director, Strategic Analysis and Transformation

Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority

Jeremy Berwick

Global Aerospace, Defence and Security Industries Leader

PA Consulting

Jessica Jones

Executive Director – Office of Advanced Aviation Technologies (AAT)

FAA

Jo Coburn

Former BBC Presenter & Journalist

Joe Cassidy

Partner and EMA Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms

KPMG

Jonathon Counsell

Group Sustainability Officer

IAG

Juan De Bedout

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

RTX

Julien Manhes

Head of SAF and CDR

Airbus

Karina Robinson

CEO

Redcliffe Advisory

Lane Ballard

Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Engineering & Technology Innovation

Boeing

Laurie Grindle

Director of Aeronautics

NASA

Louis Taylor

CEO

British Business Bank

Mahesh Harvu

Marco Zoff

CEO

Edgewing

Mark Pilling

Industry Journalist

Martin Sklenár

Senior Advisor

DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group

Mike Gorodetskyy

UK Regional Representative

Vyriy

Nick Gliddon

Board Director

Vodafone

Oliver Holbourn

CEO

National Wealth Fund (UK)

Paul Adams

Chief Innovation Officer

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)

Paul Griffiths

Chief Executive Officer

Dubai Airport

Paul Kent

Chief Commercial Officer

BOC Aviation

Paul Lemmo

Vice President and General Manager

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) Sensors, Effectors & Mission Systems (SEMS)

Pooja Narayan

AI Fast Track Lead

Airbus

Prof. Rob Murray

Chairman of the DSRB Negotiations

Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) Development Group

Prof. Teodoro Valente

President

Italian Space Agency

Remi Maillard

Chief Technology Officer

Airbus

Richard Chenel

Founder & Partner

Chenel Capital Partners

Robert Boyd

Chief, Finvest Hub

ICAO

Rory Chamberlain

UK Managing Director

UKRSPECSYSTEMS

Samira Braund

Director Defence

ADS

Sanjeev Gordhan

General Partner

Type One Ventures

Sean Doyle

CEO & Chairman

British Airways

Simon Burr

Group Director of Engineering, Technology & Safety

Rolls-Royce

Sir Ian Andrews

Vice Chair

National Preparedness Commission

Tejpaul Bhatia

Founder & CEO

Nebex

Tim Reid

CEO

UK Export Finance

Zoe Zampini

AI Delivery Leader

BAE Systems Air