Technical Conference Committee

The heart and soul of MAST events – the MAST conference is organised by an international committee of authoritative and highly respected senior government, academic and industry leaders (the ‘MASTers’).

The committee will set and administer unprecedented, high standards for the MAST conference. The resulting programme – featuring topics and papers agreed by committee consensus – will deliver a unique forum within which specialists can discuss and debate prominent maritime technology and operations issues (not covered by any other event) and work together to solve common problems.

MAST guarantees exclusive access to the world’s leading thinkers on maritime and joint-operations capabilities, concepts and technology.

The committee

Chairman

• Joaquin Uguet
  Spain
  Chief Operating Officer, Indra

Past Chairman

• Fabrizio Martello
  Italy
  Senior Advisor – Finmeccanica

Founding Member

• Jean-Luc Lambla
  France
  Vice President,Technology – Thales Group

Executive Advisors

• Rear Admiral Francis de la Haye
  France
  Corporate Defence Advisor (Navy) – Thales
• Charles Giacchi
  USA
  Technical Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center (Retired) – NAVSEA
• Bernie Myers
  USA
  Adjunct Scientist – ONR
• Admiral Kate Paige
  USA
  President, Mark India LLC & Special Advisor to U.S. Strategic Command’s Strategic Advisory Board, US MoD
• Admiral Ennio Piantini
  Italy
  Director General Naval Armaments (Retired), Italian Navy
• Admiral J. Guy Reynolds
  USA
  President – Naval Submarine League
• Dr. John Sirmalis
  USA
  Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA

Committee Members

• Michel Accary
  France
  Director, Business Development – DCN
• Commodore Luke van Beek
  UK
  Director of Equipment Capability (Ret’d), Directorate of Above Water Effects – MoD/DEC
• Rear Admiral Charles J. Beers
  USA
  Vice President – Maritime Systems – Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Professor Rafael Hervias Bellido
  Spain
  Professor of Naval Combat Systems – Politechnic University of Cartagena and Escuela Tecnica Superior de Armas Navales
• Rear Admiral Bertil Bjorkman
  Sweden
  Former Defence Attaché to United States and ex-Head of FMV – Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)
• Thierry Brizard
  France
  Vice President, Research and Technology – Thales Naval
• Dr. Sérgio Parreira de Campos
  Portugal
  Chairman, Empersa Portuguesa de Defesa (EMPORDEF)
• Patrick Carnie
  UK
  Maritime Research Co-ordinator, QinetiQ
• Alain Carof
  France
  Technical Director, Above Water Systems – Thales
• Janis Cocking
  Australia
  Chief Maritime Platforms Division – DSTO
• Rear-Admiral (Armaments) Jacques Cousquer
  France
  Head of Naval Systems & Architectures – DGA
• Captain Jan Dobkowski
  Poland
  Deputy Director, Research & Development – R&D Marine Technology Centre
• Dr. Hans Dieter Ehrenberg
  Germany
  Head of Marine Systems Development, Defence & Communications Systems – ATLAS Elektronik
• Professor René Garello
  France
  Professor, Image & Information Processing & IEEE/OES-MTS JOAB Chair – ENST Bretagne
• Lyn-Markus Giersch
  Germany
  Office for Defence Procurement (Naval branch) – BWB/Ministry of Defence
• Alan Hartley
  UK
  Systems Consultant – BAE Systems Insyte
• Paul Lefebvre
  USA
  Technical Director (Newport Division), Naval Undersea Warfare Center, NAVSEA
• Dr. Miles Libbey
  USA
  Director Advanced Solutions – Lockheed Martin MS2
• Admiral Ferdinando Lolli
  Italy
  Director Harbour Master’s Office and Port of Genoa
• Rear-Admiral François-Régis Martin-Lauzer
  Italy
  Director, NATO Undersea Research Center
• Steve Mitchell
  USA
  Technical Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NAVSEA
• Col NS Ng Seng Leong
  Singapore
  Progam Director – Underwater Warfare, DSO
• Francesco Noschese
  Italy
  Technical Director, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali
• Coenraad M. Ort
  The Netherlands
  Account Manager, Defence – TNO
• Professor Alexander Pustoshny
  Russia
  Head of Hydrodynamics Design – Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute
• Charles Reeves
  USA
  Technical Director – Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center – NAVSEA
• Henk Regtop
  The Netherlands
  Technical Coordinator for System Architecture, Demonstrators & Validation Platforms – Thales Naval Netherlands
• Vice Admiral Ing José Juan Santa Ana Sala
  Spain
  Director de Costrucione Navales (Ret’d) – Spanish Navy
• Vice Admiral José J. Sanjurjo
  Spain
  Director of Naval Constructions – Spanish Navy
• Ralf Siegfried
  Germany
  Head of Systems Engineering – L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik
• Terry Soame
  UK
  Head of Engineering Capability & Technology – BAe Systems (Insyte)
• Timothy Troske
  USA
  Technical Director – Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center – NAVSEA
• Rear-Admiral Stephane Verwaerde
  France
  Deputy Chief of Staff – Plans and Programmes – French Navy
• Captain Bo Wallander
  Sweden
  Senior Advisor – SAAB Microwave

Conference Administrators

• Warren Edge
  UK
  Business Director – Evolutionary International Events
• Jackie Baron
  UK
  Business Director – Evolutionary International Events

Download MAST 2008 Technical Conference Committee listing 1.4MB PDF

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Bernard Garnier Technical Director Operations, Thales Underwater Systems, France

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