The heart and soul of MAST events – the MAST Americas 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 Americas 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 Americas guarantees exclusive access to the world’s leading thinkers on maritime and joint-operations capabilities, concepts and technology.

The Committee

Chairman

Don McCormack
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Founding Members

Jean-Luc Lambla
Corporate Engineering Director – Thales Group
France

Executive Advisors

Admiral (ret.) Ennio Piantini
Director General Naval Armaments (Retired) – Italian Navy
Italy

Fleet Vice-Admiral (ret’d) Xavier Rolin
Naval Advisor to Chairman/CEO – Thales Group
France

Dr. John Sirmalis
Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Surface Committee Chair

Dr. Hans Dieter Ehrenberg
Head of Marine Systems Development, Defence & Communications Systems – ATLAS Elektronik
Germany

Undersea Committee Chair

Dr. Paul Lefebvre
Technical Director – Newport Division – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Joint Systems Committee Chair

Admiral (ret.) Kate Paige
President – Mark India LLC
United States

Committee Members

James van Antwerp
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States

Rear-Admiral (ret.) Charles Beers
Vice President, Maritime Systems – Lockheed Martin
United States

Professor Rafael Bellido
Professor – Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena
Spain

Rear-Admiral (ret.) Bertil Bjorkman
(Ex) Director, Produktion – FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Sweden

Jerry Bradshaw
Technical Director, Undersea Technology – Raytheon
United States

Thierry Brizard
Vice President, Research & Technology – Thales Naval Systems
France

Rear Admrial (ret) Fred Byus
– Battelle
United States

Janis Cocking
Chief, Maritime Platforms Division – Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Australia

Mr Grant Corcoran
Business Development Manager – Lockheed Martin
United States

Rear Admiral (ret'd) Phil (John P.) Davis
Vice President and Executive Director – American Systems Corporation
United States

Vice-Admiral Dilip Deshpande
Chief of Material – Indian Navy
India

Captain Kunio Fujisawa
Senior Manager, Radio Application Division – NEC Corporation
Japan

Andreas Grunicke
Director Conceptual Design/Submarine Projects – HDW
Germany

Johan Hägg
Director Naval Operations – Saab
Sweden

Dr. Jim S. Kennedy
Acting Director General – Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic
Canada

Fabrizio Martello
Senior Advisor Chief Operating Office – Finmeccanica
Italy

George McNamara
Chief Development Officer – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA
United States

Thomas Meurling
Vice President, Solution Concepts – Reson Global Group
United States

Dr. William Miceli
– Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global
United Kingdom

William Mildon
Vice President, Technology – Ametek
United States

Bernard Myers
Adjunct Scientist – Office of Naval Research (ONR)
United States

Colonel NS Ng Seng Leong
Program Director, Underwater Warfare Sensors Division – DSO National Laboratories
Singapore

Urias da Rosa Novaes
Consultant Submarines Systems, Director of Defence Systems – Atech Tecnologias Críticas
Brazil

Les O’Reilly
Executive Director – OceansAdvance Inc.
Canada

Rear Admiral (ret) John Padgett
– General Dynamics Electric Boat
United States

Professor Rozhdestvensky
Honorary Secretary – State Maritime Technical University (SMTU)
Russia

Rear-Admiral (ret) Robert G Sprigg
President – Thales Naval, Inc.
United States

Captain (ret) Kevin Stone
Vice President, Navy Programs – QinetiQ North America
United States

Dr Delbert (Ace) Summey
Technical Director – Naval Surface Warfare Center (Panama City)
United States

Rear-Admiral Stephane Verwaerde
Dep. Chief of Staff (Plans & Programmes) – French Navy
France

Captain Bo Wallander
Director New Project Development – Saab Microwave
Sweden

Patricia C. Woody
Department Head, Machinery Research and Engineering, Carderock Division – Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States

Dr. David Wyllie
Senior Advisor, Maritime Systems – AADI
Australia

Peter Yinger
Director – L-3 MariPro
United States

George Zvara
International Program Coordinator – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States

Conference Administrators

Jackie Baron
Business Director – Evolutionary International Events
United Kingdom

Warren Edge
Business Director – Evolutionary International Events
United Kingdom

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