Programme

Programme for the 5th European Defence & Security Conference.

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Europe Room

Room 1

09:00 - 09:45

Welcome Addresses

Ursula von der Leyen (Video Message)

President

European Commission

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Theo Francken

Federal Minister for Defence and Foreign Trade

Kingdom of Belgium

Camille Grand

Secretary General

Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe

Tomas Dimitrov

Moderator

Defence, Space and Aviation Director

Business Bridge Europe - logos

Room 1

09:45 - 10:30

Foundations of Strength: Defining the Pillars of European Industrial Sovereignty

Timo Pesonen

Director-General

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Charles Fries

Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence

European External Action Service

Éric Béranger

CEO

MBDA

Matteo Bisceglia

Senior Vice President, Naval Product Development and Partnering

FINCANTIERI

Daniel Fiott

Moderator

Head of Defence and Statecraft

Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Room 1

10:45 - 12:00

Rearming Europe: Aligning Policy with Industrial and Military Capabilities

Introduction by Panagiotis Hadjipavlis, Defence Director, Directorate of General Procurements and Defence Capabilities' Development, Ministry of Defence, Cyprus.

Panayiotis Hadjipavlis

Defence Director, Directorate of General Procurements and Defence Capabilities’ Development

Ministry of Defence, Cyprus

Christophe Gomart

Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence

European Parliament

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Herald Ruijters

Deputy Director-General and Head of SAFE Task Force

European Commission - DG DEFIS

José Vicente de los Mozos

CEO

INDRA

Jean-Brice Dumont

Head of Air Power

Airbus Defence and Space

Stefan A. Hess

Member of the Executive Committee & Head of Group Sales

HENSOLDT

Daniel Fiott

Moderator

Head of Defence and Statecraft

Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Room 1

12:00 - 12:35

Part I: Spending More and Better Together - From National to EU Budgets: Defence in the European Competitiveness Fund and the Multiannual Financial Framework

Karolis Aleksa

Vice-Minister of National Defence

Lithuania

Amb. Martin Schäfer

Representative to the Political and Security Committee

Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industrial Programmes and Acting Director for Defence Policy

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Esa Rautalinko

President and CEO

Patria

Federico Santopinto

Moderator

Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Europe, Strategy, and Security Programme

IRIS

Room 1

12:35 - 13:00

Part II: Mobilising Private Capital to Strengthen Europe's Defence: Understanding the Future of Defence Private Investment

Robert de Groot

Vice-President

European Investment Bank

Guillaume de la Brosse

Head of Unit - Defence Policy and Innovation

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Faysal Rahman

Director

Deutsche Bank

Federico Santopinto

Moderator

Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Europe, Strategy, and Security Programme

IRIS

Europe Room
Sax Room

Sax Room

12:15 - 13:00

Integrated Air and Missile Defence: A Shield Against All Air Threats

Major General Davide Re

Italian Air Force Staff

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

Vincent Thomassier

Group Strategic Cooperation and Marketing Director

MBDA

Alessandro Marrone

Moderator

Head of Defence, Security, and Space Programme

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Europe Room

13:00 - 13:15

In conversation with

Liviu-Ionuț Moșteanu

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence

Romania

Aurélie Pugnet

Moderator

Chief Defence Correspondent

Euractiv

all rooms

13:20 - 14:30

Networking lunch break

Europe Room

14:30 - 14:45

In conversation with

Major General Constantin-Adrian Ciolponea

SACT Representative in Europe

NATO

Lea Pavlovic

Moderator

Defence, Space and Aviation Manager

Business Bridge Europe - logos

Europe Room
Sax Room

14:45 - 15:30

A Holistic Approach to Ground Capabilities: Land Systems and the Dismounted Soldier

Riho Terras

Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence

European Parliament

Milosz Momot

Head of Unit - Defence Systems

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Ing. Carlo Ferlito

CEO & General Manager

Beretta

Jussi Järvinen

Executive Vice President, Protected Mobility

Patria

Alessandro Marrone

Moderator

Head of Defence, Security, and Space Programme

Istituto Affari Internazionali

14:45 - 15:30

European Defence Readiness in and from Space: Operationalising and Enhancing Space-Based Intelligence

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Philippe Bertrand

Chair of the Security Accreditation Board of the EU Space Programme

European Union Agency for the Space Programme

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

CEO

GEOSAT

Clément Galic

CEO & Co-Founder

Unseenlabs

Adriano Baptista

Senior Advisor

EUSI

Julien Bocquet

Moderator

Defence, Space and Aviation Associate Director

Business Bridge Europe - logos

Europe Room
Sax Room

15:45 - 16:30

From Strategy to Shipyards: Strengthening Europe's Naval Readiness

Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis

Operational Commander EUNAVFOR ASPIDES

European Union Military Staff

Francisco Casalduero

Programme Manager - Defence Research and Development Programmes

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Pierre Éric Pommellet

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO

Naval Group

Mihai Chihaia

Moderator

Policy Analyst

European Policy Centre

15:45 - 16:30

Europe's Defence Digital Capabilities: Harnessing Expertise, Building Capabilities

Paraskevi Papantoniou

Head of Unit - Defence Single Market and Hybrid Threats

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Fabrice Comptour

Cyberdefence coordinator

European Commission - DG CONNECT

Jouni Flyktman

Vice President, Defence and Security

IQM Quantum Computers

Joost Elstak

Vice President, Missions

ICEYE

Benoît Chatelain

Defence & Security Director

Sopra Steria

Aurélie Pugnet

Moderator

Chief Defence Correspondent

Euractiv

Europe Room

Room 1

16:30 - 16:50

Civil Aviation Authorities Facilitating European Defence

In Conversation with

Florian Guillermet

Executive Director

European Union Aviation Safety Agency

Christophe Robin

Head of Design

DAHER

Aurélie Pugnet

Moderator

Chief Defence Correspondent

Euractiv

Room 1

16:50 - 17:20

Optimising Military Mobility: Frameworks and Strategic Enablers

Petras Auštrevičius

Member

European Parliament

Arūnas Vinčiūnas

Head of Unit - Ukraine Support and Military Mobility

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Alain De Taeye

Member of the Management Board

TomTom

Tímea Lapsánszki

Moderator

Senior Consultant

Business Bridge Europe - logos

Room 1

17:20 - 18:15

Innovation in the battlespace: Experience from Ukraine

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industrial Programmes and Acting Director for Defence Policy

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Aili Ribulis

Deputy Head of Division for Strategy, Coordination and Policy

European External Action Service

Maximilian Wied

Co-Founder and CFO

ARX Robotics

Fedir Serdiuk

Co-Founder

MOWA Defense Ukraine

Marco Lotz

Business Development and Governmental Relations Manager

Quantum Systems

Lea Pavlovic

Moderator

Defence, Space and Aviation Manager

Business Bridge Europe - logos

Room 1

18:15 - 18:30

Closing Address

H. E. Manuel Heitor

Chair of the Expert Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe and former Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal