Wednesday 30th September 2026
08-30
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09-20
Catering Space
Coffee and Registration - day 1
60
09-20
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09-30
Main Theatre
Welcome Address - day 1
60
09-30
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10-00
Main Theatre
10-00
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10-30
Main Theatre
10-30
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11-00
Catering Space
11-00
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11-20
Stream 1: Fleet Concepts
Affordable Distributed Lethality
60
Stream 2: Naval Enterprise
The Grey Space: Requirements, expectations, and the overlay of the naval context
60
Rozetta Payne, Australian Department of Defence
11-20
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11-40
Stream 1: Fleet Concepts
What is a Minimum Viable Warship?
60
Stream 2: Naval Enterprise
Connecting Today's Fleet with the Shipbuilding Enterprise: A Model-Based Sustainment Approach
60
Simon Crook, SSI (ShipConstructor Software Inc.)
11-40
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12-00
Stream 1: Fleet Concepts
Can you achieve global reach with minor warships alone?
60
Stream 2: Naval Enterprise
Challenges and Strategies in multi-vehicle maritime autonomy: lessons learned from Air and Land
60
Changhun Han, Navantia Australia
12-00
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12-30
Stream 1: Fleet Concepts
Q&A Panel: Fleet Concepts
60
Stream 2: Naval Enterprise
Q&A Panel: Naval Enterprise
60
12-30
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13-30
Catering Space
13-30
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13-50
Stream 1: Hybrid Navy & Workforce Transformation
Stream 2: Autonomous Warfare
A Vessel-Centric Approach to Integrating Autonomy into Large Surface Vessels
60
13-50
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14-10
Stream 1: Hybrid Navy & Workforce Transformation
Leveraging Transparency Research to Enhance Human-Machine Integration in Naval Operations
60
Apsara Abeysiriwardhane, Navantia Australia
Stream 2: Autonomous Warfare
Anti Submarine Warfare Barriers - Wargaming the Offboard Fleet
60
David Manley, University College London
14-10
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14-30
Stream 1: Hybrid Navy & Workforce Transformation
Commercial standard Ro-Ro vessels with military cargo and staging capability
60
Ken Goh, Knud E. Hansen Australia
Stream 2: Autonomous Warfare
Capability Resilience of a Disaggregated System of Systems, and Technologies to Facilitate It
60
Jordan Curtis, Survivability Consulting Ltd
14-30
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15-00
Stream 1: Hybrid Navy & Workforce Transformation
Q&A Panel: Hybrid Navy & Workforce Transformation
60
Stream 2: Autonomous Warfare
Q&A Panel: Autonomous Warfare
60
15-00
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15-30
Catering Space
15-30
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15-50
Stream 1: Production & Scale
Development of a Novel Design for Scalable Sea Drones Production
60
Lihui Ng, Defence Science and Technology Agency
Stream 2: Autonomy in Practice
Navigating Autonomy: Defence's Contemporary Approach...
60
Rachel Horne, Australian Naval Seaworthiness Authority, Royal Australian Navy
15-50
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16-10
Stream 1: Production & Scale
Design for Production and Producibility Considerations for Unmanned Surface Vessels
60
Ryan Westra, University of Michigan
Stream 2: Autonomy in Practice
Human Factors in the Deployment of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
60
Peter Schumacher, Adelaide University
16-10
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16-30
Stream 1: Production & Scale
Design for Producibility: A Model-Based Systems Engineering Approach
60
Trevor Kilinski, University of Michigan
Stream 2: Autonomy in Practice
UAV Launch and Recovery using Airwake Quiescent Period Prediction
60
Bernard Ferrier, Fincantieri Marinette Marine
16-30
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17-00
Stream 1: Production & Scale
Q&A Panel: Production & Scale
60
Stream 2: Autonomy in Practice
Q&A Panel: Autonomy in Practice
60
17-00
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17-30
Main Theatre
General Discussion and Closure of Day 1
60
17-30
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19-30
Catering Space
Thursday 1st October 2026
08-30
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09-20
Catering Space
Coffee and Registration - day 2
60
09-20
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09-30
Main Theatre
Welcome Address - day 2
60
09-30
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10-30
Main Theatre
Roundtable: Minor Warfare
60
10-30
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11-00
Catering Space
10-30
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11-30
Stream 2: Student Presentations
University of Canberra Students Presentation
60
10-30
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10-50
Stream 1: Lean Crewing
10-50
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11-10
Stream 1: Lean Crewing
Sensor Sufficiency for Lean-Crewed Minor Warship Health Monitoring
60
Alexander Manohar, University of Michigan
11-10
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11-30
Stream 1: Lean Crewing
Optimising the Wrong Variable? Lean Manning, Autonomy, and Recovery Margin in Minor Warship Design
60
Prof. Karina Joritsma, BMT
11-30
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12-00
Stream 1: Lean Crewing
Q&A Panel: Lean Crewing
60
Stream 2: Student Presentations
Q&A Panel: Student Presentations
60
12-00
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13-00
Catering Space
13-00
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13-20
Stream 1: Designing for Naval Capability
Ilities for the Program: Framing Flexibility, Modularity, and Robustness for Naval Ship Acquisition
60
Jacob Becker, University of Michigan
Stream 2: Lifecycle Engineering
Risk Based Approach to Margins Management
60
Hayden Lee, Navy Engineering Branch - Royal Australian Navy
13-20
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13-40
Stream 1: Designing for Naval Capability
Minor Warship Lifecycle Costs - A study of commonality, modularity and survivability implications
60
Joe Cole, Department of Defence
Stream 2: Lifecycle Engineering
Through life optimisation of naval hull structures using risk-based methods and advanced repair techniques
60
Matthew Williamson, Floating Solutions Consulting
13-40
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14-00
Stream 1: Designing for Naval Capability
Motions and added resistance of a trimaran in regular oblique waves
60
Stream 2: Lifecycle Engineering
14-00
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14-30
Stream 1: Designing for Naval Capability
Q&A Panel: Designing for Naval Capability
60
Stream 2: Lifecycle Engineering
Q&A Panel: Lifecycle Engineering
60
14-30
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15-00
Catering Space
15-00
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15-20
Stream 1: Structural Integrity
Global Finite Element Analysis and Fatigue Strength Assessment for Life of Type Extensions
60
15-20
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15-40
Stream 1: Structural Integrity
15-40
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16-00
Stream 1: Structural Integrity
Beaching Behaviour of Modern Landing Craft: Scale Model Testing for Design Requirements and End User Guidance
60
16-00
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16-30
Stream 1: Structural Integrity
Q&A Panel: Structural Integrity
60
16-30
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17-30
Main Theatre
General Discussion and Closure of the Conference
60
