CEL 2026 Speakers
Each year, the Combat Engineer and Logistics event brings together a world-class lineup of speakers from across the global defence engineering and sustainment community. The 2025 edition featured senior military engineers, logistics leaders, technical specialists, and strategic thinkers from armed forces, industry, government, and academia — all offering insights that are shaping the future of operational support and battlefield infrastructure.
From operational commanders and procurement officials to pioneers in mobility, survivability, expeditionary logistics, and infrastructure development, our speakers deliver critical perspectives across the full spectrum of engineering and sustainment missions.
The agenda for the 2027 edition is currently under production, however the 2026 edition is available for download via the button below
2026 Speaker line-up

Lieutenant Colonel Carl-Axel Blomdahl
Head of Weapons and Protection Department, Swedish Defence Material Administration

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Achterholt
Commanding Officer, Strategic Airlift Coordination Cell

Eddi Giorgio Gnecchi
Key Account Manager, G&G Partners

Colonel Tomasz Czekirda
Lead Senior Staff Officer – Military Engineering, General Command of Polish Armed Forces

Colonel Adam Foley
Assistant Head Military Engineering – Programmes Directorate, British Army

Brigadier General Meinrad Keller
Commander 1st Logistics Brigade, Swiss Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Laurent
Action Officer – Environmental Protection and Operational Energy, European External Action Service

Colonel Thorsten Ludwig
Director, Military Engineering Centre of Excellence

Lieutenant Colonel Scott Gum
Chief of Theatre Movements Center, US Army 21st Theatre Sustainment Command

Colonel Riku Mikkonen
Inspector of Engineers and CBRNe, Finnish Army Command

Squadron Leader Michael Neaves
Assignment Manager Logistics, European Air Group

Brigadier General Mariusz Ochalski
Deputy Head of the Military Engineering Branch, General Command of the Polish Armed Forces

Brigadier General (Ret’d) Frédéric Pesme
Former Deputy Director of Policy and Capabilities, NATO HQ

Mike Pickup
Engineering Design Director, DIRICKX Systems

Christian Pingel
Operations and Support Programme Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency

Colonel Jim Smith
Commander – Task Force Latvia, Canadian Armed Forces

Isabella Spada
Export Sales, CORIMEC

Osman Soylu
Principal Project Development Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency

Major General (Ret.) David Southall
Former Director of Basing and Infrastructure, British Army

Randy Tymofichuk
Vice President and General Manager, Caterpillar Inc.

Jason Barber
Europe Market Lead, InQuik

Lieutenant Colonel Ed Rivera
Troop Support – Europe & Africa, US Defence Logistics Agency

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Andreas Marlow
Former Vice Chief of the German Army and Commander Basic Military Organisation, German Army

Clifton Boyd
Project Manager Force Projection, US PEO

Brigadier General Arnaud de Richoufftz de Manin
Commander of the Engineer School, Joint Chief Engineer

Ahmet Faruk Ertürk
Engineering Vehicles PM, SSB

Brigadier General Heather Morrison
Director General Support, Canadian Joint Operations Command, Canadian Armed Forces

Brigadier General Laurent Fontaine
Commander of the Train and Operational Logistics School, French Army

Brigadier Jason Ainley
Chief Engineer & CIMIC, British Army

Brigadier Mark Comer
DCOS Plans, NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command

Dr. Namir Halilović
Manager and Technologist of Ammunition Workshop, Center for Advanced Technologies

Colonel Andrew ‘Drew’ Craig
ACOS Engineers, British Army

Colonel Andrew Johannes
ACOS JENG, NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command

Colonel Andris Rieksts
Baltic Defence Line Programme Manager, Latvian Armed Forces Command

Colonel Brady Poe
NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force

Colonel Brian Sawser
US Army – Europe and Africa (UASREUR-AF)

Colonel Erki Soo
Support Command Commander, Estonian Defence Forces

Colonel Iain Lamont
ISAT Programme Manager, British Army

Colonel Marc Rancourt
ACOS Engineer, NATO Land Command

Colonel Martin Liander
Swedish National Defence EOD & Demining Centre

Brigadier General Martin Stolte
German Armed Forces Logistics Command

Colonel Piotr Krzyziński
Operational Command of Polish Armed Forces

Colonel Rémy Hémez
Future Combat Command – Head of Lessons Learned Branch. French Army

Colonel Sebastien van den Berg
Chief Military Engineer, Netherlands Armed Forces

Colonel Slawomir Walenczykowski
Chief of Logistics Directorate, Polish Armed Forces General Staff

Brigadier General Stephan Kurjahn
Commander of German Army Maintenance School and General of the German Army Logistic Troops, German Army

Dr Krzysztof Bogdanowicz
Deputy Director, Military Institute of Engineer Technology

Dr. Paulina Zamelek
Professor, Military University of Technology

Francesco Romano
Commander NSPA Southern Operational Center, NSPA

Group Captain David Fielder RAF
Branch Head Logistics Strategic Plans, NATO SHAPE

Lieutenant Colonel Adam Poirier
NATO Multional Division North – Latvia

Lieutenant Colonel Ainar Afanasjev
Chief Engineer, Estonian Defence Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Chris Farrelly
SO1 Manoeuvre Support – Futures Directorate, British Army

Lieutenant Colonel Kalle Laurila
Head of Military Technology Department, Finnish National Defence University

Lieutenant Colonel Ramūnas Sabaitis
CO Juozas Vitkus Engineer Battalion, Lithuanian Army

Major Alexander Rode
Integrated Project Team Leader: 3D-Printing – Office for Defence Planning, German Armed Forces

Major Cameron Fulford
Assitant Product Manager, Project Manager Close Combat Systems, Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition

Major General Jonjie Juguilon
Chief Engineer, Armed Forces of the Philippines

Major General Nicholas Pilon
Chief Military Engineer and COS for Infrastructure and Environment, Canadian Armed Forces

Jung Dae Kim
RoK Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)

Nicholas Forget
Vice-President, Operations – Procurement, Defence Construction Canada

Colonel Dennis Phillips USAF
Joint Staff Engineer, Joint Staff Directorate for Logistics, US Joint Staff

Colonel Laurent Grebil
Logistics Division Plans Branch Head, NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum

Donna Cain-Riva
Deputy Head National Support, Australian Armed Forces

Colonel Oleh Shuvarskyi
Head of the Mine Action Department and Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Mine Action, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Efthymis Papavassiliou
Senior Account Manager Hybrid Power Systems, INTRACOM DEFENSE S.A.

Adam Evans
Chair of Anywise , Anywise

John Davey
Managing Director, The Box Group

Colonel US Army (Ret.) Jim Waring
Vice President, Army & International Programs, CTG

Colonel Todd Alisson
DCOS G4, US Army Europe and Africa

Air Commodore Nick Huntley
Head of Operational Energy Authority, NAD UK Defence Support

Brigadier General John Mountford
Deputy Commanding General – Readiness, USA

Colonel Sławomir Sagan
Head of the Board of the Military Medical Service, General Command of the Polish Armed Forces

Captain Thomas Dawson
Project Director – Close Support Bridging Systems, Canadian Armed Forces

Colonel Juan Manuel Rodriguez Rodriguez
Commander 1st Engineer Regiment, Spanish Army

Dan Boyle
WWGC Programme Manager, OCCAR

Lieutenant Colonel Denis Sandu
Commander, NATO NFIU Romania

Per Christian Mørk
Chief Operating Officer, UECC

Simon de Claville Christiansen
Business Development Manager, HMK BILCON

Matt Aulja
Senior Business Development Manager, Pearson Engineering

Dominik Braun
CEO, BR ICS Military GmbH

Mark Evans
Technical Manager, HESCO

Martin Reischer
Director Business Development, Dynamit Noble Defence

Colonel Gaëtan Clin
Chief of Staff of the Engineer Brigade, French Army

Jan Claassen
Key Account Manager, TDW GMBH

Mike Holman
Combat Service Support Scientific Adviser, Defence Science and Technology

Brigadier General Philippe Bourgault
A400M Programme Manager, OCCAR

Brigadier Jamie Stuart
Commander 8th Engineer Brigade, British Army

Colonel David Groce
Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Force Logistics Component

Amandine Drouin
Team Leader Special/Military Transports, Forwardis GmbH

Vincent Macrander
Sales Director, GDELS – Bridge Systems GmbH

David Moreton
Program Manager, GDELS – Bridge Systems GmbH