2026 ANI Goldrick Seminar

Maritime Power and National Resilience

–08:30
Registration and Coffee/Tea

Session 1

Session Moderator: Commander Peter Dargan, ANI Councillor

–08:40
1.1
, ANI Vice President
– Introduction and Welcome
–09:00
1.2
, Chief of Navy
– 2026 Goldrick Seminar Opening Remarks
–09:00
1.3
, Head National Support, Joint Capabilities Group
– National Defence and the need for national preparedness and resilience
–10:30
1.4
Trade-Related Issues:
  • , Historian, Sea Power Centre Australia ; Defend trade? What trade?
  • , Chair, Historic Ketch Falie Inc ; From Falie to Hormuz
  • , Research Fellow- La Trobe University

–11:00
Morning Tea

Session 2

Session Moderator: Commodore Michael Turner CSM & Bar RAN, ANI Councillor

–11:30
2.1
Building a Strong and Sustainable Fleet –
  • , Naval Studies Group, UNSW Canberra
  • , Naval Studies Group, UNSW Canberra
–12:30
2.2
Delivering Maritime Power: Industry, Sovereignty and National Resilience:
  • , Principal, Blackthorn Advisory ; Strategic Partnerships and Maritime Resilience in Australia’s National Defence
  • , Raytheon Australia- Customer Account Manager ; Sustaining the Fight: Combat Persistence and Australia's Future Naval Force
  • , Deputy Director, National Security Program, ASPI ; Critical Enabling Infrastructure: Reframing Maritime Power as a Whole-of-Nation System
  • , Chief Executive, Maritime Industry Australia ; Delivering Maritime Power: Industry, Sovereignty and National Resistance

–13:30
Lunch

Session 3

Session Moderator: Will Taylor, ANI Councillor

–14:00
3.1
, SO – Force Modernisation HQ, 1AS Div
– Australia’s naval debate often begins with the wrong question: which platforms will survive the next maritime conflict?
–15:00
3.2
Relationships and the Region:
  • , Country Lead – New Zealand | Global Maritime Security Lead, ABL Group ; Maritime Resilience in the Pacific: Building Security Capability with Pacific States, not for them
  • , PhD Candidate, La Trobe University ; Beyond sensing and sharing: Australia-India partnership’s potential in advancing governance-oriented Maritime Domain Awareness in the Northeastern Indian Ocean
  • , Naval War College, Goa

–15:30
Afternoon Tea

Session 4

Session Moderator: LTCOL Clare O’Neill, ANI Councillor

–16:00
4.1
A Navy, not the Bureaucracy –
  • , Director, TBG Solutions
–16:30
4.2
, Deputy Secretary, Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment
– Defence Delivery Agency Transition and its Role in National Resilience
–17:00
4.3
, Head of Military Personnel
– The People Element of Maritime Power and National Resilience
–17:05
4.4
, ANI Vice President
– Closing Remarks
–18:00
Networking Drinks