Guided by the theme ‘Innovate, Collaborate, Deliver’, UDT 2025 brought together defence experts, industry leaders and innovators to address the challenges of the undersea domain. The conference highlighted advanced technologies, including autonomous systems, sonar and secure communication networks, among others. It explored how to achieve operational superiority in a complex undersea environment through innovation and collaboration

Join us at UDT 2026 for a new line-up of subject matter experts and speakers creating pivotal strides in the undersea defence domain.

Our panel of experts for 2025:

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Jan Christian Torvestad MSc

Jan Christian Torvestad MSc

Project Leader Technology Management, Equinor
Chris Tucker

Chris Tucker

Sonar Product Technical Authority, SEA ltd
Anders Tysdal

Anders Tysdal

Chief Technology Officer, Tampnet
Jeroen van de Sande

Jeroen van de Sande

Senior Research Scientist, TNO
Wouter van der Velden

Dr Wouter van der Velden

Senior Industry Manager, Dassault Systèmes
Jorn Inge Vestgarden

Jorn Inge Vestgarden

Senior Researcher, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
Tim Vickery

Tim Vickery

Principal Scientist, Platform Systems Division, Dstl
Chris Vincent

Mr Chris Vincent

Engineering Manager, BAE Systems Submarines
Arndt von Drathen

Arndt von Drathen

Principal Engineer Submarine and MCMV Applications, Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
Alex Walchester

Alex Walchester

Senior Naval Architect, BMT
Bernd Weis

Captain (Navy) Bernd Weis

Coordinator DEU NOR Naval Defence Materiel Cooperation, Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (MoD)
Nigel Whybrow

Nigel Whybrow

Future Submarines & Technology Director, Babcock International Group
Till Wiegand

Dr Till Wiegand

Technical Program Lead, ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH
Horden Wiltshire

Horden Wiltshire

Managing Director, Acacia Systems
Nils Wolter

Nils Wolter

Head of Product Management, kta naval systems AS
Mark Wood

Mark Wood

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Ocean Sonics
Mike Woods

Mike Woods

Chief Technologist - Autonomous Systems, BAE Systems
Bahadir Yildirim

Bahadir Yildirim

Software Engineer, Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri A.Ş.
Wonhyuk Yun

Wonhyuk Yun

Research Engineer, LIGNex1
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UDT Conference Agenda

Want to find out more about the UDT Conference?

Watch this space for the new speaker line-up for UDT 2026.

UDT 2025 will explored pressing challenges and opportunities within the undersea defence and security domain.

It focused on technical challenges around undersea autonomy, submarine and systems technology, sensor and sonar capabilities, weapons and countermeasures, unmanned vehicle operations, critical national infrastructure protection and more.

Find out more about the UDT Conference Agenda (UDT 2026 agenda will be released later this year)


 

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