Registration opens for the 6th Annual Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology Conference

LONDON - Oct. 1, 2020 - PRLog -- Now taking place for the first time in the UK, SMi Group are delighted to announce the return of the 6th Annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology Conference, taking place in London on the 3rd and 4th February 2021, as well as a pre-conference workshop with C-SIGMA on 'Space-Based Maritime Awareness' on 2nd February 2021.

For those interested in attending, the biggest early bird discount of £400 is expiring on the 30^th September 2020. Register at www.maritime-recon.com/pr1

Speaker line-up for 2021:

Conference Chairman:

-          Rear Admiral (ret'd) Nick Lambert, Former UK National Hydrographer, Royal Navy

Military and Government Speakers:

-          Rear Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski, Commander of the Maritime Component Command, Polish Navy HQ

-          Rear Admiral Alfonso Perez de Nanclares y Perez de Acevedo, Head of Satellites and Cyber Systems Branch, National Armaments Directorate, Spanish MoD

-          Rear Admiral Hans-Jörg Detlefsen, Commander Maritime Air, NATO MARCOM

-          Rear Admiral Fabio Agostini, Operation Commander, EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI

-          Commodore Mike Knott, Deputy Director Maritime Capability and Force Development, Royal Navy

-          Commodore Andrew Stacey, Commander, Fleet Operational Sea Training (FOST), Royal Navy

-          Commodore Thomas Guy, Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations, Sea Centre of Excellence

-          Captain Fredrik Palmquist, Director, Naval Staff, Royal Swedish Navy

-          Captain Luigi Ciani, Chief of the C2, Integration and Maritime Surveillance Systems Office, Italian Navy

-          Captain Eric Soderberg, Program Manager Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems UAS, NAVAIR, US Navy

-          Colonel Chris Holmes, DACOS Information Warfare Development, Royal Navy

-          Lieutenant Colonel Conrado Ávila, Satellite and Cyber Defence Systems, Spanish MoD

-          Dr Gurpartap Sandhoo, Superintendent, Naval Centre for Space Technology, US Naval Research Lab

-          Dr Rhett Jefferies, Technical Director, Office of Naval Research Global

-          Mr Phillip Hanson, MCA Aviation Technical Assurance Manager, Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Expert Industry Speakers:

-          Senior Representative, Aerovironment

-          Mrs Esma Mekraoui, Business Development & Sales Manager, Maritime Surveillance, CLS

-          Mr Christophe Fontaine, European Regional Director, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

-          Senior Representative, iSi

-          Mr Mitchell Free, Senior Director, Global Joint Engagement Team (JET), Maxar

-          Mr Stefan Kolendo, Senior Solutions Engineer – Joint Engagement Team (JET), Maxar

-          Mr Alfonso Cardona, Systems Director, Commercial and Business Development Division, Navantia S.A.

-          Mr William Hosack, CEO, Orbital Micro Systems

-          Senior Representative, Robin Radar Systems

The event brochure is available to download online at http://www.maritime-recon.com/pr1

Gold Sponsor: Orbital Micro Systems

Sponsors & Exhibitors: AeroVironment, CLS, General Atomics, iSi, Maxar, Navantia and Robin Radar

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