Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS) - Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace 2024

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Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace 2024

Date: September 10-12, 2024

Location: Land Forces 2024 (Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre)

AAUS' Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace 2024 conference will take place on Wednesday 11th September, 2024 as an associated conference for the Land Forces Exposition.

Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace aims to promote engagement between defence and defence industry on the evolving use of autonomy and uncrewed systems for defence applications. It will feature presentations and discussion panels on relevant, topical issues as well as look at the opportunities and challenges facing the autonomous defence sector.

Conference Themes

Current and future ADF programs involving uncrewed systems (land, sea and air domains)
Emerging uncrewed systems technology, innovation and R&D relevant to defence programs
Operation perspectives gained from the use of uncrewed systems in a defence setting
Building sovereign defence industry capability
Defence innovation funding programs and opportunities

Event Format

The Land Forces exhibition will take place over three days with the AAUS conference being held on Wednesday 7th October, 2026. Your registration will also include the opportunity to attend the networking drinks event which will follow the conference on the 7th, offsite, between 5.30-7.30pm. Location to be advised closer to the event.

Program

Wednesday 11th September

Time	Activity / Presentation	Presenter
1000	Barista Coffee & Networking
	Session One
1030	AAUS Opening Welcome	WGCDR Keirin Joyce
1040	Keynote Address: Update on DEF 129	COL Helen Mammino (Director, Battlefield Aviation Program, Army)
1105	Beyond Innovation - Realising Sovereign Industrial Resilience: Politics, Partnerships, Productions and People	Amanda Holt (CEO, SYPAQ Group)
1130	Emerging Trends and TTP's in Adversary Use of Small Drones	Mike Monnik (CEO, DroneSec)
1155	The Asymmetric Threat Driving Counter-UAS (CUAS) Transformation	Daniel Sweeney (Director Business Development, Department 13)
1220	RAAF Update	AIRCDRE Ross Bender (Director General, Air Combat Capability, RAAF)
1245	Lunch
	Session Two
1400	Keynote Address: A Different Perspective on Defence Innovation	Dr Casey Perley (Director, US Army Applications Laboratory)
1425	Autonomous Affordable Mass: An Emerging Cornerstone of Future Warfare	Greg Tunny (Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Innovaero)
1450	The ADF has the opportunity to further advance the application of autonomy in the battlespace	Jack Kormas (Managing Director, Textron Systems Australia)
1515	Land Autonomy: A tough nut to crack	Kisa Christensen (Director, Red Ochre Autonomy & Sensor, BAE Systems)
1540	Reimagining the Camel Train	Justin McKeown (Senior Aerospace Engineering Consultant, Nova Systems)
1605	Day One Conference Close
1700	Conference Networking Function (2 hours). Location to be advised

Thursday 12th September

Time	Activity / Presentation	Presenter
1000	Barista Coffee & Networking
	Session Three
1030	AAUS Day 2 Welcome	Greg Tyrrell (Executive Director, AAUS)
1035	SDIP 5 - Development and Integration of Autonomous Systems	WGCDR Keirin Joyce (ASPC Air Force Fellow to the ASPI)
1055	ASCA Update	Commodore Darron Kavanagh (ASCA)
1115	MVP/MVC in a Deteriorating Strategic Environment	James Garth (Program Manager, BAE Systems)
1135	UAS in Ukraine - a Defence Perspective	Andrew McKinnon (Director, Army UAS Projects, CASG)
1155	Panel Discussion: Lessons from Ukraine and Impact for Australian Industry	Session Speakers Moderated by Kathryn Toohey AM CSC
1230	Lunch
	Session Four
1345	Quantum-Systems military off the shelf UAS solutions - DEF129 and Ukraine	Simon Morris (Business Development Manager, Quantum Systems)
1410	Endurance, Lethality and Survivability - Advanced Concepts for Amphibious Operations	Chris Starling (Business Development Manager, Insitu Pacific)
1435	Delivering Value From Collaboration - A case study on UAV-Vessel integrations	Jeffrey Poon (Principal, Innovation and Engagement, Austal)
1500	UTM & CUAS: Complimentary Capabilities for Defence and Civilian Purposes	Josh Bailey (JBC Consulting)
1525	Developing Common Operational Concepts for Military Deployments of AI by AUKUS Members	Dr Austin Wyatt (Researcher, RAND Australia)
1550	AAUS Closing Remarks
1600	Conference close

Registration

Registration for the Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace is now open.

Registration for the event is via the Land Forces website. Attendees must register for Land Forces in order to access the venue and then add on the AAUS conference as part of the registration.

Registration includes networking drinks on Wednesday 11th September from 17.00 to 19.00. Registered delegates will be advised of the venue.

Delegate Type	Normal Price
AAUS Member	$485
Non-Member	$595
Government	$485

Event Sponsorship

AAUS invites you to support this year's AAUS event at Land Forces 2024. Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace provides several sponsorship packages that offer companies and organisations the opportunity to directly market to an engaged defence audience, as well as opportunities to participate in the conference.

For more information on the sponsorship packages download the Autonomy in the Joint Military Battlespace Sponsorship Prospectus.

We would also be happy to discuss tailored opportunities to suit your marketing objectives.

AAUS gratefully acknowledges the support of our event sponsors

Sponsorship Prospectus

AAUS gratefully acknowledges the support of our event sponsors.

Event Sponsor