Guided by the theme ‘Advantage through undersea technology’, UDT Europe 2026 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 Europe 2027 for a new line-up of subject matter experts and speakers creating pivotal strides in the undersea defence domain.
 


 

Our panel of experts for 2026:

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Dr. Simon Topping

Chief Scientist and Senior ATLAS UK Expert, Research and Innovation Division, TKMS ATLAS UK Ltd.
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Major General Mark Totten CBE

Director SSN Capability, Defence Nuclear Organisation
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Mr Chris Tucker

Sonar Systems Subject Matter Expert, SEA
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Simon Tutton

Steampunk Ventures
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Mr Mark van der Post

Student, TU Delft
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Mr Nigel Vaughan

Senior Advisor (AUKUS), UK MOD
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Captain Nikhil Vidwans

Chief Executive Officer, Xaltcraft Technologies Inc
Speaker profile image for Alex Walchester CEng MEng MRINA

Mr Alex Walchester CEng MEng MRINA

Senior Naval Architect, BMT
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Dr. Jack Webster

Chief Technology Officer, Gradient Marine
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Mr Daniel Weil

Managing Director, TICQ
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Nigel Whybrow

Senior Underwater Systems Specialist, Babcock International Group
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Nigel Whybrow

Senior Underwater Systems Specialist, Babcock International Group
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Roy Wilson

Assoc. Dir., Requirements and Capabilities, Raytheon
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Roy Wilson

Assoc. Dir., Requirements and Capabilities, Raytheon
Speaker profile image for Horden Wiltshire

Mr Horden Wiltshire

Managing Director, Acacia Systems
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Mr Bill Wood

Principal Specialist - Signatures and Stealth, BMT UK Ltd
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Mark Wood

Chief Executive Officer / Founder, Ocean Sonics Ltd
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Mrs Chloe Yarrien

Maritime Autonomous Systems Engineering Lead, BMT
Speaker profile image for Yoran Yeh

Dr Yoran Yeh

Scientist, TNO
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Mr Sacit Yılmaz

Manager, Sonar Systems, ASELSAN
Speaker profile image for Yoojung Yoon

Miss Yoojung Yoon

Research Engineer, LIGNex1
Speaker profile image for Barış Yumak

Mr Barış Yumak

Systems Engineer, ASELSAN
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UDT Europe Conference Agenda

Want to find out more about the Conference?

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

UDT 2026 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 Preliminary UDT Europe 2026 Conference Agenda.


 

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