Program

Opening Session

AOC Welcome & Welcome to Country
Dr Nathan Johnson, President of the Board, AOC ANZ Chapter

Master of Ceremonies Welcome
Mr Flo Sindel, C4ISREW Solution Architect, Nova Systems

AOC Asia Pacific Update
Dr Haruko Kawahigashi, Ph.D., International Advisory Committee Chair, Association of Old Crows

Industry Keynote Address
Dr Tom Millhouse, Raytheon Australia

Featured Keynote Address: The Global Information Summit 2026 - The Convergence
Mr Anthony Allen, Director, IPIA

Featured Keynote Address:
Keynote Speaker

Plenary 1 - Strategic Perspectives

Keynote Address: Ukraine is not THE future of war
MAJGEN Mick Ryan (Ret'd), Senior Fellow for Military Studies, Lowy Institute

Panel Discussion on Strategic Perspectives
Led by Katherine Head, Director, AOC ANZ Board Member

In conversation with:
- MAJGEN Mick Ryan (Ret'd), Senior Fellow for Military Studies, Lowy Institute
- Mr Michael Shoebridge, Founder and Director, Strategic Analysis Australia
- Dr Oleksandra Molloy, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, University of New South Wales
- Mr Marcus Varcoe, Deputy Program Lead, Joint EW & SIGINT, Defence Science and Technology Group

Plenary 2 - Australian Perspectives

Australia EW Perspectives: Where we are now
Mr Allan Dundas, CEO DEWC Services, AOC ANZ Board Member

Panel Discussion on Australian EW Perspectives
Led by Allan Dundas, CEO DEWC Services, AOC ANZ Board Member

In conversation with:
- Mr Anthony Allen, Director IPIA
- Mr Kuba Kabacinski, CEO Consunet
- Dr Len Sciacca, CEO ASR Defence
- Mr David Enchelmaier, Advanced Concepts Engineer, L3Harris Technologies

Plenary 3 - Career Paths & Bridging the Gap

Keynote Address: ADF Workforce Readiness, Professional Development and Career Pathways in EW
AIRCDRE Davin Augustine, CSM, Acting Head Military Personnel

Keynote Address: Strategic EW Workforce and Integrated Force Development
Dr Sylvie Perreau, Chief, Land & Integrated Force, Defence Science and Technology Group

Panel Discussion on Careers in EW
Led by Katherine Head, Director, AOC ANZ Board Member

In conversation with:
- Dr Sylvie Perreau, Chief, Land & Integrated Force, Defence Science and Technology Group
- Mr Rian Whitby, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, DEWC Services
- Prof Katherine Daniell, Director ANU School of Cybernetics
- Ms Harjit Rana, Associate Director of Design, The University of Sydney

Plenary 4 - Defence Perspective

Keynote Address: Integrated Cyber and Electromagnetic Operations
MAJGEN Robert Watson, CSC, Commander Cyber Command

Panel Discussion on Defence Perspective
Led by LTCOL Jason Perkins, Director, AOC ANZ Board Member

In conversation with:
- CAPT Catherine Gordon, RAN, Commander IW Force, ADF
- LTCOL Dan Mapperson, Commanding Officer 7 Sig Regiment, ADF
- LTCOL Samuel Ellyard, Deputy Director Cyber Futures, Australian Defence Force Cyber Command

Innovation, Science & Technology

IS&T Strategy from 2024 to 2026 and beyond
Dr Nigel McGinty, DSTG

Making It Work Together - Integrating EW Applications and Systems into Secure ZT/MLS Environments
Mr Alex Parkinson, Senior Manager, Technology Consulting, Ernst & Young

Maritime EW

Closing the Silent Gaps - Real World Insights in Maritime Emitter Sensing on USV's
Mr Peter Jenkins, Managing Director JEDS
Presenting with:
Miss Kiara McDonald, Full Stack Software Developer & UX/UI Designer, JEDS

Distributed Cognitive EW at Sea
Author: Dr Andrew Lucas, Managing Director, Agent Oriented Software
Presented by:
Dr Len Sciacca, CEO, ASR Defence

Spectrum Management

EW opportunities in the complex EMS
Mr Glenn Odlum, Electromagentic Spectrum Domain Manager,
Nova Systems ANZ

Spectrum Management Challenges for Defence
Mr Paul Burford, Director Defence Spectrum Office

Beyond 5G: Spectrum Competition from Satellites to 6G
Mr David Murray, Director International Radio Communications, DITRDCSA

Navigation

Keynote Address
AVM (Retd) Kym Osley AM, CSC, Australian Institute of Navigation

Secure, Enhanced, Location and Timing Defence
Prof Allison Kealy, CEO, Shield CRC

Industry Collaborations

Approaching VCs – what you need to know
Mr Jake Bostock, Capability Scout, Beaten Zone Venture Partners

Trends, Technologies, and Issues for EW – a Contractor's Perspective
Mr Nils Smith, VP Defence and Intelligence Solutions, SwRI

Spectrum Management

NZDF Spectrum Management and Operations
Mr Simon Burling-Claridge, Electromagnetic Spectrum Advisor, Information Warfare Integration, NZDF

Panel Discussion on Spectrum Management
Led by Glenn Oddlum, AOC ANZ Spectrum Working Group Lead

In conversation with:
- Mr David Murray, Director International Radiocommunications, Communications Infrastructure, DITRDCa
- Mr Paul Burford, Director Defence Spectrum Office, JCG, J6 Operations Support
- Mr Simon Burling-Claridge, Electromagnetic Spectrum Advisor, Information Warfare Integration, NZDF

LISREW Program

Keynote Address
COL Geoff Crossie, Director, Land-ISREW Program

Emerging Capabilities

From 'Command and Control Warfare' to 'Operations in the Information Environment': The Australian Defence Force's Evolving Approach to Information-Based Functional Concepts
Mr Jeff Malone, Secretary, AOC ANZ Chapter

Rapid EW and SIGINT Deployment Using Low SWaP-C and Highly-Configurable Software-Defined Radios
Mr Michael Jones, Engineering Manager, Analog Devices, Inc.

Electronic Warfare in the Asia-Pacific: Geopolitical Strategies and Implications
Virtual Presentation from Germany
Mr Narayan Dhital, Satellite and Aircraft Navigation Engineer, DLR GfR mBH

Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO)

Active EW: Categorified Modelling in EMSO
Prof Ted Goranson, Scientist, Sirius-beta Labs And George Mason University

Electromagnetic Spectrum Planning and Battle Management Aspects of Countering Small Uncrewed Systems
Dr Kasun Thotahewa, Principal EMS Engineer, Nova Systems

From One-on-One to Many-on-Many: Modernizing EMSO Validation for Complex EW Environments
Mr Cameron Thevenin, Strategic Business Developer, Radar & Electronic Warfare, NI

Counter-UAS

EW in Counter UAS Operations
Mr Tim Creevey, Capability Development Practitioner, SOIO - School Of Information Operations

Kinetic Interceptor Drones as a Hard-Kill Complement to Electronic Warfare in Counter-UAS Operations
Mr Oskar Jakubowski, Student, University of Adelaide
Presenting with:
Mr Aleksander Pollok, Student, University of Adelaide

Plenary 5 - Electromagnetic Warfare (Un)Preparedness

Keynote Address:
RADM Andrew Quinn DSC, RAN, Head of Space and Cyber Capabilities

Panel Discussion: The Emerging Strategic Environment: Learning the Right Lessons
Led by Jeff Malone, AOC ANZ Board Member

In conversation with:
- RADM Andrew Quinn DSC, RAN, Head of Space and Cyber Capabilities
- MAJGEN Mick Ryan (Ret'd), Senior Fellow for Military Studies, Lowy Institute
- Defence, DSTG, and Industry Leaders

Industry Resilience and Adaptation

EW resilience – an industry perspective
Mr David Enchelmaier, Advanced Concepts Engineer, L3Harris Technologies

An Antidote to Systems Destruction: Post-Convergence Thinking and Lessons from Ukrainev
Mr Rhys Kissell, Founder and CEO, PANOP

Agile Laboratory for Small-and Medium Enterprise EW Companies
Dr. Len Sciacca, ASR Defence

Emerging Capabilities

One Sensor, Many Missions: RF Convergence for Countering Threats in the Indo-Pacific
Mr Darren Nicholls, Sales Director - UK, Ukraine, Middle East and Australia, CRFS Ltd

Developing and Co-ordinating Information Warfare Competencies into an Integrated Professional Development Program
Dr Gavin Mount, Senior Lecturer, UNSW
Presenting with:
SQLDR Elizabeth Reardon, Information Warfare Talent, NZDF

The invisible battlespace: What does it look like?
Dr Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Cognitive EW

EW and Decision Warfare at the Speed of Light
Dr Craig Benson, Director and Chief Innovation Officer, Skykraft

ChatEW: Assured EW Mission Planning Through Human-Machine Teaming
Mr James Dean, Director, Information Warfare, Swordfish Computing Pty Ltd
Presenting with:
Dr Roland Croft, Applied Scientist, Swordfish Computing Pty Ltd

Cognitive EW & Artificial Intelligence

Project ARKENSTONE – Accelarating Agentic AI for Cognitive EW – Meet the first ever Team of Agentic AI EW Virtual Crows
Dr George Elias, Senior Scientist, Chief Systems Engineer, L3Harris Technologies
Presenting with:
Dr Marc Olivieri, Senior Fellow, L3Harris Technologies

The Promise and Challenges of AI-Inspired EW in an Uncertain and Evolving World
Dr Tomasz Jasinski, Counter ISR, DSTG

Advanced Sensing & Radar

Novel Approaches to Radar Pulse Deinterleaving of Agile Emitters
Dr Luke Rosenberg, Rf Analysis And Exploitation Team Lead, Lockheed Martin Australia, Advanced Systems & Technologies

PRODUCT BRIEF: Vanguard - Attritible EW and Radar for Autonomous systems in the Grey Zone
Dr Len Sciacca, CEO, ASR Defence

UAS

Development and Validation of Countermeasures for Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS): How Many Tests Do We Need?
Dr Andrew Piotrowski, Principal Consultant, DEWC Services

The New WMD (Weapons of Mass Disruption)
Mr Angus Bean, Chief Product Officer, DroneShield

Battle of the Beams: Evaluating LiDAR Architectures for Counter-UAV Detection
Dr Andrew Piotrowski, Principal Consultant, DEWC Services

Closing Plenary Session

Keynote Address: Integrating Defence Operations with Signals Intelligence and Cyber Capabilities
AVM Jason Begley, First Assistant Director-General Expeditionary & Transnational Intelligence, Australian Signals Directorate

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