2026 Speakers
Please note the list of speakers is subject to change
Lieutenant General Richard Angle
Commander
Allied SOFCOM
Ms. Ryan Benitez
Chief Commercial Officer
NATO DIANA
Vice Admiral Davide Berna
Commander
Intelligence Security and Cyber Command, Italy
Mr. Stu Bradin
CEO
Global SOF Foundation
Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley
Commander
U.S. Special Operations Command
Mr. Marco Brancati
Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation
Leonardo
Mr. Massimiliano Cagliero
Founder & CEO
Banor SIM
Major General (Ret.) Ivan Caruso
Advisory Board Member
Global SOF Foundation
Major General Luigi Casali
Director of the Department I of the National Armaments Directorate
Italy
Brigadier General (Ret.) Giuseppe Coco
Aerospace & Defense Senior Advisor
Meseuro
Dr. Lisa Costa
CEO & President
Costa Advisory Group
The Honorable Guido Crosetto (Invited)
Minister of Defence
Italy
Major General Claudiu Dobocan
Commander
Romanian Special Operations Command
Ms. Giuliana Ferraino
Editor At-Large
Corriere della Sera
Mr. Pierroberto Folgiero
CEO
Fincantieri
Rear Admiral Stefano Frumento
Commander
Navy Special Warfare Command, Italy
Colonel (Ret.) Mike "Rabbi" Harasimowicz
Director for Artificial Intelligence Certifications and Standards
Lockheed Martin
Lieutenant General Giovanni Maria Iannucci
Commander
Joint Operations Command, Italy
Professor Gerardo Iovane
Department of Computer Science
University of Salerno, Italy
Brigadier General Rickard Johansson
Commander
Swedish Special Operations Command
Dr. Lyla Kohistany
U.S. Navy/Afghanistan War Veteran
President/Co-Founder, PROMOTE
Captain Rik Lawlor
Commander
Naval Special Warfare Group TWO
Mr. Andrea Margelletti
President
Center for International Studies of Rome
The Honorable Mario Mauro
European Coordinator TEN-T, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)
European Commission
His Excellency Giuseppe Morabito
former Ambassador
Vice President of SIOI
Mr. Josef Nierling
Managing Director
Porsche Consulting
Mr. Hilton J. Nunez
Office of Secretary of War, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
Combatant Command Integration Lead, European Command
Vice Admiral Paolo Pezzutti
Commander
Italian Joint Special Forces Operations Command
General Luciano Portolano
Chief of Defence Staff
Italian Army
The Honorable Dr. William Roper
CEO
Istari
Rear Admiral Massimiliano Rossi
Chief of Staff
Allied Special Operations Forces Command
Mr. Dario Scannapieco
Chief Executive Officer and General Manager
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)
Chief Warrant Officer Marco Scopel
Command Senior Enlisted Leader
Italian Joint Special Forces Operations
Mr. Jim Smith
Former Acquisition Executive, U.S. Special Operations Command
Senior Advisor, WestExec Advisors
Professor Michael Spence
Nobel Laureate; Philip H. Knight Professor
Graduate School of Business at Stanford University; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Mr. Joe Tragakis
J6 Director & Chief Information Officer
U.S. Special Operations Command
Mr. Varun Vira
Executive Director
C4ADS
Professor Keenan Yoho
Vice President
Global SOF Foundation
Colonel Stefano Zordan
Innovation Chief
Italian Joint Special Forces Operations HQ