Invited Speakers
Charles Fries
Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence
European External Action Service
Benedikta von Seherr-Thoss
Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence
European External Action Service
François Arbault
Director for Defence Industrial Programmes and Acting Director for Defence Policy
European Commission - DG DEFIS
Panayiotis Hadjipavlis
Defence Director - Armaments Procurement and Defence Capabilities Development Directorate
Republic of Cyprus
Major General Olivier Beaurenaut
Deputy director of the preparation of the future military capabilities and the budget
Directorate General of Armament, French Republic
Sylvia Kainz-Huber
Head of Unit for Defence Industrial Programming Coordination
European Commission - DG DEFIS
Paraskevi Papantoniou
Head of Unit - Defence Single Market and Hybrid Threats
European Commission - DG DEFIS
Arūnas Vinčiūnas
Acting Head of Unit - Ukraine Support and Military Mobility
European Commission - DG DEFIS
Francisco Casalduero
Programme Manager - Defence Research and Development Programmes
European Commission - DG DEFIS
Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis
Operational Commander EUNAVFOR ASPIDES
European Union Military Staff
Philippe Bertrand
Chair of the Security Accreditation Board of the EU Space Programme
European Union Agency for the Space Programme
Daniel Fiott
Head of Defence and Statecraft
Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Federico Santopinto
Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Europe, Strategy, and Security Programme
IRIS