Time

events & speakers

• 08:00 - 08:55

coffee and registration

Moderator: Adv. Orin Shefler, Senior Research Expert, Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center HMS

• 09:00 - 09:30

Opening words

Capt (r) Eyal Ben Zion president of the Dolphin association

Prof Adm (Ret.) Shaul Chorev, Director of Maritime policy & Strategy Research Center HMS

RAdm. Ariel Shir, Technology, Logistics and Material Command of the Israeli Navy

Dr. Luis-Alejandro Orellano, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems COO

• 09:30 - 11:15

First Session

The Relevance of Submarines in the Eastern Mediterranean at 21 st Century

Chair: Adm (Ret.) Doron Levin

Cdr Menahem, Israeli Navy HQ Israeli Navy and the Middle East – General overview

Prof Adm (Ret.) Shaul Chorev, Director of Maritime policy & Strategy Research Center HMS The role of the submarine in the contemporary Maritime Strategy

Nico Baginski, Head of Program Management, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems Submarines of the 21 st century

Ed. H. Veen, Naval Sales Support Damen Shipyard "Developments in submarine market" – Damen & Saab perspective

• 11:15 - 11:30

coffee break

• 11:30 - 13:00

Session 2

Human Factors in submarines

Chair: Captain (Ret.) Eyal Ben Zion

Captain (N) Asaf, Head of Submarine Department Israeli Navy People always

Lt. Cdr (Ret.) Ora Peled Nakash Changing the paradigm: From a woman onboard to onboarding gender equity in the Israeli Navy

Lt. Col (Ret.) Zachi Laor, CEO CockpitRM Maritime-CRM (Crew Resource Management) in the Israels' Navy's Submarine force

• 13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break and networking

• 14:00 - 15:30

Session 3

Technological innovations

Chair: Adm (Ret.) Oded Gour-Lavie

Mr. Niki Ofir, Axioma Development of TMA (Target Motion Analysis)

Cdr (Ret.) Dor Shlomo, Elta New ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and Communications capabilities for Submarines

Dr. Jörn Lachmund, Head of Product Management Submarine Systems & Klaus Renken, Head of System Design Submarine Systems, ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Substantial Advances in Sonar Systems for Conventional Submarines

• 15:30 - 15:45

coffee break

• 15:45 - 17:15

Session 4

Advanced ASW & defense systems

Chair: Capt (Ret.) David Hareli

Cdr (Ret.) Giyora Saar, Underwater Business development Manager, RAFAEL Torpedo Defense in fast and regularly updated threats

Cdr (Ret.) Dany Godasevich, Program Director Naval and Maritime at SpearUAV & Col (Ret.) Gadi Kuperman, CEO SpearUAV New dimensions in underwater warfare

• 17:15 - 17:30

Summary

Capt (r) Eyal Ben Zion president of the Dolphin association