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CDAO Defence UK

2026 Speakers

General Sir Jim Hockenhull KBE ADC Gen

Commander

UK CYBER & SPECIALIST OPERATIONS COMMAND

Dr James Cook OBE

Director People Transformation

UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Brigadier Stu Nasse OBE

Head Capability Coalition

BRITISH ARMY (Subject to Final Confirmation)

Colonel Michael Jäger

Policy, Planning and Procurement, Cyber and Information Systems

GERMAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Gustave

Chief Data Officer-TF MAVEN Lead

NATO

Marc Christino

Chief Innovation Officer

US AND ROYAL NAVY LONDON TECH BRIDGE

Adie Holt

Venture Director

FORM1PARTNERS

Stuart Laws

Innovation Architect

UK DEFENCE INNOVATION

Laryssa Patten

Head, Space Technology Adoption and Resilience

NATO NCIA (Subject to Final Confirmation)

Mario Blokken

Strategic Advisor

EU AGENCY FOR THE SPACE PROGRAMME

Aaron Kalvani

AI Strategist and Advisor

UNITED NATIONS

Heather Goldstraw

Director of Strategic Relationships for Defence and Security

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY

Fiona Strens

Professor and Director, Centre for Defence & Security Artificial Intelligence

UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN

Confirmed Senior Representative

UK NATIONAL ARMAMENTS

Confirmed Senior Representative

UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES