Global Systems Context and Needs

Chair / Associate Chair:
Jeroen Dijsselbloem – Mayor of Eindhoven; Chair Brainport Development, City of Eindhoven / Brainport Development
Monika Hoekstra – Managing Director, Dutch NXTGEN Hightech Program

• Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. – Annenberg Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Chair of the Council, US National Academy of Engineering
• Peter Wennink – Dutch Government's independent Economic and Innovation Adviser, former Chief Executive Officer, ASML
• Radek Spicar – Vice-President, Confederation of Industry / BusinessEurope

System Competencies as Drivers of Industry Innovation

Chair / Associate Chair:
Jan van Vlerken – Senior Vice President, Systems Engineering, ASML
Joris van den Aker – Program Manager, Competence Development, TNO-ESI

• Jos Benschop – Executive Vice President Technology, ASML
• Sabine Klauke – Head of Digital Design Manufacturing and Services, Airbus
• Annika Meijer Henriksson – Technical Director & Head of Design Organization, Gripen Business Area Aeronautics, SAAB Group
• Chiara Pedersoli – Chief Executive Officer, OHB Systems
• Paul Galvin – Senior Head of Group for Bioelectronics; Director, ENTIRE European Digital Innovation Hub, Tyndall National Institute
• Jeromy Bentham – World Energy Council, Co-Chair Scenarios; former Head, Shell Scenarios Team
• Casper Voogt – Head of Systems Engineering, Thales
• Heiko Schroeder – Head of Research & Development Architecture & Governance Management Team, Trumpf Machine Building Company
• Ton Peijnenburg – Chief Technology Officer, VDL, Enabling Technologies Group
• Prof. David Abbink – Delft University of Technology, Human-Robot Interaction, Scientific Director, FRAIM
• Erik Teesink – Global Head of Systems Engineering at Philips Magnetic Resonance
• Jon Reijneveld – Chief Technology Officer, Exploration Company

System Competencies Education Needs a Paradigm Shift

Chair / Associate Chair:
Prof. Emma Sparks – Rector and Dean, University of NSW, Australia
Prof. Rob Vingerhoeds – Professor, ISAE-SUPAERO University, Toulouse

• Prof. Bryan Moser – Academic Director, System Design and Management Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Prof. Bernhard Rumpe – Chair, Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen
• Prof. Marcello Romano – Chair, Astrodynamics, Technical University of Munich
• Prof. Jakob Axelsson – Professor of Computer Science, Mälardalens University
• Prof. Alessandro Golkar – Chair of Pico-, Nanosatellites, and Satellite Constellations, Technical University of Munich
• Prof. Holger Hoos – Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Artificial Intelligence, RWTH Aachen, and Professor of Machine Learning, University of Leiden
• Prof. Anton Ivanov – Executive Director, Earth Exploration, United Arab Emirates

Special Netherlands Session

Chairs / Assistant Chair:
Peter Stolk – Chair, Netherlands HighTech Program; former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Ampleon
Sapfo Tsoutsou – Project Manager, NXTGEN Hightech

• Lukas Roffel – President, Netherlands Academy of Engineering; Chief Technology Officer, Thales Netherlands
• Wouter Leibbrandt – Program Council Member, Systems Engineering, Holland High Tech

Policy Guidance and Systems Implementation

Chair / Associate Chair:
Prof. Larry D. James – Strategic Advisor, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre; former Deputy & COO, NASA JPL
David Nichols – former Director, Systems and Software, NASA JPL, California Institute of Technology

• Dietmar Pils – Technical Director, European Space Agency
• Luc Tytgat – former Executive Director, European Union Aviation Safety Agency
• Robert J. Hubbard – Deputy, Management Office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Chief Engineer
• Craig Heatwole – General Manager, Strategic Deterrence and Defense Division, Aerospace Company
• Sébastien Dubois – Head of Programme Development for the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking
• Alan Harding – Past President, International Council on Systems Engineering, AJB Creative Solutions Limited
• Ron Ross – National Institute of Standards and Technology Emeritus, KAIperShield Chief Scientist
• Sebastian Feuerstack – Acting Institute Director, Institute of Systems Engineering for Future Mobility, German Aerospace Center

Theme 5 continued

Cooperation for Growing a Scarce Systems Workforce

Chair / Associate Chair:
Clay Mowry – Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Past President, International Astronautical Federation
Davide Petrillo – Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa, AIAA

• Dr. Seng-Chuan Tan – President, World Federation of Engineering Organizations
• IEEE, PMI Speakers – tbc
• Michael Watson – President, International Council on Systems Engineering
• Dan Isaacs – General Manager & Chief Technology Officer, Digital Twin Consortium
• Christopher Tucci – President, Academy of Management
• Nina Drazin Lovrec – President, European Council of Engineers Chambers
• Prof. Bryan Moser – President, International Society of Transdisciplinary Engineering