Programme

Check out the programme for the 6th European Defence & Security Conference below.

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

all rooms

08:00 - 08:55

Networking Coffee

Europe Room

Room 1

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Address

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Room 1

09:10 - 09:30

Keynote Addresses

Thomas Byrne

Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence at the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Department of Defence

Government of Ireland

Theo Francken

Federal Minister for Defence and Foreign Trade

Kingdom of Belgium

Room 1

09:30 - 10:15

European Preference: Credibility through Delivery

Pierroberto Folgiero

CEO and Managing Director

Fincantieri

Éric Béranger

CEO

MBDA

Marcel Grisnigt

Executive Vice President, International Development

KNDS

Room 1

10:15 - 10:30

In Conversation With

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

all rooms

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

Europe Room

10:45 - 11:30

What Ramp Up Means in Practice: Aligning Demand, Investment and Production Capability

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industrial Programmes, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Panu Routila

President and CEO

Patria

Gabriele Gambarara

Vice Chairman and Board Member

ELT GROUP

Eric Kirstetter

Executive Vice President, Strategy

Airbus

Arenberg Room

11:00 - 11:30

Military Mobility: A System for European Movement

Ernst Dobbenberg (Lt. Gen.)

Military Representative to the NATO and EU

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Maja Bakran Marcich

Deputy Director-General, DG MOVE

European Commission

Manuel Kiefer

Head of NATO/EU Defence

Airbus Defence and Space

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

11:30 - 12:00

From Operational Needs to European Capability Priorities: Putting Military Requirements at the Heart of Europe’s Defence Industrial Policy

David Cvach

Deputy Secretary-General

European External Action Service (EEAS)

Ronald Wormgoor

PSC Ambassador

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Enrique Maria Silvela Diaz-Criado (Maj. Gen.)

Director of the Security and Strategic Studies Division

Spanish Ministry of Defence

11:30 - 12:00

Ground Capabilities: Combat Power and Manoeuvre on the Eastern Flank

Co-hosted with GLOBSEC

Attila Varga

State Secretary for Defence Affairs

Hungarian Ministry of Defence

Jussi Järvinen

Executive Vice President, Protected Mobility

Patria

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

12:00 - 12:45

Funding Isn’t Enough: Building Europe’s Next Defence Programmes

Keynote address

Joachim Sucker

Director

Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation Executive Administration (OCCAR-EA)

Panel discussion

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industrial Programmes, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Jan Hamáček

Director for External Relations

CSG

12:00 - 12:30

Federated Integrated Air and Missile Defence: Building Europe’s Shield

Antonio Conserva (Gen. S.A.)

Italian Air Force Chief of Staff

Italian Republic

Vincent Thomassier

Senior Vice President Group Market development and Competitive Intelligence

MBDA

Jürgen Eckel

Head of Strategy and Innovation

Airbus Defence and Space

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

Arenberg Room

12:30 - 13:00

Integrated Maritime and Seabed Defence

Member State Representative

Industry Representative

Europe Room

12:45 - 13:00

Artillery and Ammunition: Mass, Production and Sustainment

Hristo Ibouchev

CEO

Arsenal JSCo

all rooms

13:00 - 14:30

Networking Lunch

Europe Room

14:30 - 14:45

In Conversation With

Minister of Defence

Arenberg Room

14:40 - 15:30

European Technological Sovereignty: Building Defence Data Spaces

Keynote address 
Deterrence through Credibility: Trustworthy Technology as the Foundation of European Deterrence

Arnold Kammel (Hon.-Prof. (FH) MMag. Dr.) 

Secretary General

Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence

Panel discussion

Daniel Hikes-Wurm (Col.)

Senior Advisor for Defence Policy

Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence

Bjoern Juretzki

Head of Unit for Data Policy and Innovation, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Simon Marsol

CTO Defence, Security & Space

Sopra Steria

Europe Room

14:45 - 15:45

Building an Innovative Defence Ecosystem: a Blueprint for Defence

Keynote address 

Robert de Groot

Vice-President

European Investment Bank

Panel discussion

Jean-David Malo

Acting Director for ERA & Innovation, DG RTD

European Commission

Carlo Ferlito (Ing.)

CEO and General Manager

Beretta

Andrey Bachvarov

Managing Partner

Artemis Capital Partners

James Cemmell

Vice President for Institutional Relations

Open Cosmos

Henrik Bliddal

Head of National Security and Defence, Geopolitical and Government Relations

Nokia

Arenberg Room

15:30 - 15:40

In Conversation With

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity

European Space Agency (ESA)

Europe Room

15:45 - 16:30

Defence Innovation Policy and Defence Product Lifecycle: Dual-Use, IP and the Path to Capability

Andrey Novakov

Member of SEDE Committee

European Parliament

Tomasz Husak

Director for Defence Policy, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Jouni Flyktman

Vice President, Defence and Security

IQM Quantum Computers

Thilo Schweizer

Director, Global Governmental Relations

Quantum Systems

Jürgen Beyerer (Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.)

Executive Head of Institute, Director Fraunhofer IOSB Karlsruhe

Fraunhofer

Arenberg Room

15:40 - 16:30

Space Capabilities: Enabling Defence Operations and Resilience: Earth Observation Governmental Services

Christoph Kautz

Director for Space Policy, Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

European Space Agency (ESA)

Gen. Jorge Farré Basurte

Deputy Director

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

CEO

GEOSAT

Chiara Pedersoli

CEO

OHB System AG

Closing Address

Robert Greinacher

Head of the Project Management Office and Quality Department

EUSPA

all rooms

16:30 - 16:45

Coffee Break

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

16:45 - 17:30

Designing the Next MFF to Sustain the Defence Ambition

Elena Donazzan (Video Message)

Vice-Chair of ITRE Committee

European Parliament

Tomasz Husak

Director for Defence Policy, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Jean-Francois Ripoche

Head of EU Task Force

Direction générale de l’Armement, French Republic

Camille Grand

Secretary General

Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)

16:45 - 17:30

Drone and Counter-Drone: Detection, Defence and Deployment

Derk Boswijk

Minister for Arms Procurement and Personnel

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Tetyana Ostra

Co-Founder

Boryviter Centre of Excellence

Miguel Ángel de Frutos

Partner, Grupo Oesía

Managing Director, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

Sébastien David

Director, EU/NATO Affairs and Defence Projects

Beretta

Europe Room

Room 1

17:30 - 18:00

EU–Ukraine Cooperation: Forces, Skills and Industry

Fedir Serdiuk

Co-Founder

MOWA Defense Ukraine

Ukraine Representative

Room 1

18:00 - 18:15

Closing Addresses