KNVTS/KIVI-Martec symposium: Unmanned

On Thursday 25th and Friday 26th of September 2025 the UNMANNED symposium will be held in The Hague. KNVTS and KIVI Martec have joined forces again to support gifted speaker and author Rui Costa in organizing this exclusive event.

To maintain a decisive edge in an increasingly contested and technologically dynamic battlefield, our defence ecosystems must evolve beyond traditional defence innovation mechanisms. This will entail developing a culture of rapid innovation, disruption and adaptability – one that can adapt to emerging threats in real-time, and harness commercial, academic and end-user experience and networks.

UNMANNED is a two-day get-together of end-users, front-runners in the industry and the academical world to connect, learn, provide insights and share knowledge on the full width of unmanned systems in the current and future battlespaces.

These two days renowned speakers from USA, UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Ukraine and -of course- The Netherlands will be guiding us through topics such as: how to transform organizations to accelerate unmaneed systems capability, the role of AI in future warfare, cutting-edge production methods and seabed security.

Thanks to our main sponsor OPTICS11 and co-sponsor Royal3D we can provide you with this opportunity to connect and stay connected through the UNMANNED platform.

These two days renowned speakers from USA, UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Ukraine and -of course- The Netherlands will be guiding us through topics such as: how to transform organizations to accelerate unmanned systems capability, the role of AI in future warfare, cutting-edge production methods and seabed security:

DAY 1 Navy & Subsea:
– W. Carmelo Fontán, Presteza LLC, CEO & Owner, (Former) NSWC CTO
– Elias Wastberg, Nautrik AB, Business Development
– Tom Rooney, Marine AI, General Manager
– Aranya Mitra, MSubs, Head of Marine Operations
– Mark Pronk, Kongsberg Discovery, Senior Sales Manager
– Representative of Optics11
– Representative of Royal3D
– Representative of Royal Netherlands Navy
– Representative of Portuguese Navy

DAY 2 Land & Air:
– Nanda van der Stap, Milrem Robotics, Product Manager
– Klementyna Melanich, AWEDYNE, CEO
– Miel van den Brekel, Intelic (Formerly AvalorAI), Business Development
– Philipp Enziger, Scipio, Founder
– More to be revealed

Thanks to our main sponsor OPTICS11 and co-sponsor Royal3D we can provide you with this opportunity to connect and stay connected through the UNMANNED_X platform.