Captain J is currently undertaking study in the field of Cyber Security with University of New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy. Captain J’s service background is in Combat Engineering. … Captain J …

Major Keyurkumar Patel has qualifications in Engineering from Bangalore University, India, as well as a Master of Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology and a Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Southern Queensland. He is a published author of more than 50 research studies and four books. A Chartered Professional Engineer and member of the Royal Aeronautical Society he is also a senior member of the Australian Computer Society and the IEEE. Since 2008 he has served in the …

Dr Benjamin Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at UNSW Canberra Cyber, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. His research includes investigating the nexus of cyber security and kinetic effect to understand the true impacts of cyber- attack, best-practice automated analysis and visual techniques to aid decision support. … Benjamin …

Lieutenant Jonathon Ladewig enlisted into the Australian Army in 2009 as an Infantry soldier. He served four years at the 8th/9th Royal Australian Regiment which included a deployment on Mentoring Taskforce 4 as a PMV Crew Commander. In 2013, he sought a commission through ADFA where he received prizes for best in Information Technology. He graduated RMC in 2016 into the Royal Australian Corps of Signals before returning to ADFA under the Chief of Army Scholarship Program where he completed Honours in …

Captain Ben Johanson is an Army officer with particular interests in Special Operations strategy and application in future conflict, and the relationship between Special Operations and Cyberspace Operations. He is currently studying a masters degree in Cybersecurity, Strategy and Diplomacy. … Ben …

Dr John Nash is an Academic Research Officer at the Australian Army Research Centre. Previously he was a researcher at the Australian War Memorial for The Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Australian Peacekeeping Operations in East Timor. He was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University in July 2019. He is also a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, having completed nine years’ fulltime and ten years’ reserve service as a Maritime Warfare …

Lieutenant Colonel David Cave CSC is an Australian Intelligence Corps officer with a background in engineering and geospatial information systems. He has completed a wide range of regimental and joint postings including Brigade Major of the 6th Combat Support Brigade, Advanced Command and Staff College in the United Kingdom, and Commanding Officer of the Australian Defence Force Academy. A Chief of Army Scholar in 2023, his PhD thesis examined the management of alliances in the Second World War. … David …

Brian Washam II is a PhD student at the University of Southern Mississippi whose research focuses on the Vietnam War and studies under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Wiest, founding director of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society. Brian intends to write a dissertation that examines the return of American prisoners of war held during the Vietnam War to the United States through Operation Homecoming and how their experiences of resistance against the North Vietnamese and rhetoric of patriotism and …

Colonel James Bryant is the Director of Strategic Initiatives in Defence Force Recruiting. James commanded at platoon and company level in the Royal Australian Regiment in the 1990s, including in Somalia and East Timor, and has since worked in the Official of National Assessments (as it was then called), the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Emergency Management Australia, and AusAID (including service in Afghanistan in a Provincial Reconstruction Team). … James …

Allan Gyngell, AO, FAIIA, is National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. His long career in Australian foreign and national security policy included appointments as Director-General of the Office of National Assessments (ONA), as the inaugural Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, and to senior positions in the Prime Minister’s office, the Department of the Prime Minister and …