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KOCHI:The three-day Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2026 (IPRD-2026), the Indian Navy’s annual apex-level international strategic conference, concluded on November 5, 2026, in New Delhi. Organized in association with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), the dialogue examined ‘Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific’ across five professional thematic sessions, bringing together over forty experts and distinguished speakers from twenty countries to advance actionable outcomes under India’s MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions) vision.
The final day opened with a Special Address and interactive session by General N. S. Raja Subramani, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). This was followed by a session titled ‘Collaborative Approaches to Ocean Governance and Maritime Resilience’, moderated by Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh (Retd), Director-General of USI. The panel featured experts including Prof. Deo Florence Onda (University of the Philippines), Dr. Marie Bourrel-McKinnon (former Chief of Staff, International Seabed Authority), Ramraj Narasimhan (Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure), and Sofia Furstenberg-Stott (Future Maritime, Sweden), who deliberated on equitable deep-sea research, island state infrastructure resilience, and marine science-shipping operational integration.
The concluding thematic session, ‘Transformative Maritime Technologies and Dual-Use Implications’, was moderated by Rear Admiral Guninder Singh Jawanda (Retd). Experts including Dongyoun Cho (IISS Germany), Dr. Eva Pejsova (Brussels School of Governance), Capt. Mark Blaine (Retd, South African Navy), and Commodore Arun Golaya (Retd) addressed frameworks for artificial intelligence, quantum technology, EU–Indo-Pacific governance mechanisms, and capacity-building for small and medium navies. Deliveries culminated with a Valedictory Address by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, marking a successful close to the global maritime summit.
