Programme

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

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

all rooms

08:00 - 09:00

Networking Coffee hosted by Patria

Europe Room

Room 1

09:00 - 09:20

Opening Addresses

Andrius Kubilius (Video Message)

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Dr. Alexander Mattelaer

Defence Policy Director, Ministry of Defence

Kingdom of Belgium

Room 1

09:20 - 10:05

European Preference: Credibility through Delivery

Herald Ruijters

Deputy Director-General, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Pierroberto Folgiero

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Fincantieri

Éric Béranger

Chief Executive Officer

MBDA

Marcel Grisnigt

Executive Vice-President, International Development

KNDS

Jacopo Barigazzi

Moderator

Senior Defence Correspondent

POLITICO

Room 1

10:05 - 10:15

Keynote Address

Aingeal O'Donoghue

Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union

Republic of Ireland

Room 1

10:15 - 10:30

In Conversation With

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Jacopo Barigazzi

Moderator

Senior Defence Correspondent

POLITICO

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

all rooms

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

Europe Room
Arenberg 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 Chief Executive Officer

Patria

Gabriele Gambarara

Vice-Chairman and Board Member

ELT GROUP

Eric Kirstetter

Executive Vice-President Strategy

Airbus

Jacopo Barigazzi

Moderator

Senior Defence Correspondent

POLITICO

10:45 - 11:25

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

Tomasz Husak

Director for Defence Policy, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Manuel Kiefer

Head of NATO/EU Defence

Airbus Defence and Space

Linus Terhorst

Moderator

Research Fellow

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

Arenberg Room

11:25 - 11:55

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

Piotr “Zeus” Błazeusz (Lt. Gen.)

Polish Military Representative to the NATO and EU Military Committees

Republic of Poland

Jussi Järvinen

Executive Vice-President, Protected Mobility

Patria

Dominika Hajdu

Moderator

Director for Policy and Programming

GLOBSEC

Europe Room

Room 1

11:30 - 12:15

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

Frederik Vansina (Gen.)

Chief of Defence

Belgian Defence

David Cvach

Deputy Secretary-General for Peace, Security and Defence

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

Daniel Fiott

Moderator

Prof. Dr. Daniel Fiott, Research Professor

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Room 1

12:15 - 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

François Raffenne

Head of EU/NATO Public Affairs

ArianeGroup

Daniel Fiott

Moderator

Prof. Dr. Daniel Fiott, Research Professor

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Arenberg Room

Room 2

11:55 - 12:25

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

Gaia Ravazzolo

Moderator

Research Fellow for Space and Defence

Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

Room 2

12:25 - 13:05

Integrated Maritime and Seabed Defence

Joaquín Ruiz Escagedo (Rear Adm.)

Deputy Commander of the Maritime High Readiness Headquarters

Kingdom of Spain

Stefano Cont (Lt. Gen.)

Capability, Armament and Planning Director

European Defence Agency (EDA)

Pierre Éric Pommellet

Chief Executive Officer

Naval Group

Grigorios Koutsogiannis

Chief Executive Officer

EFA GROUP

Mihai Chihaia

Moderator

Policy Analyst

European Policy Centre

Europe Room
Arenberg Room

Europe Room

12:45 - 13:05

Artillery and Ammunition: Mass, Production and Sustainment

Hristo Ibouchev

Chief Executive Officer

Arsenal JSCo

Alexandra Cristea

Vice-President of Sales, Research and Development

RWS

Matthew Lynes

Moderator

Editor

The Resilient

all rooms

13:05 - 14:30

Networking Lunch

Europe Room

14:30 - 14:45

In Conversation With

Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Chairman, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016)

Kyiv Security Forum

Oana Lungescu

Moderator

Distinguished Fellow

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

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

Chief Technology Officer Defence, Security & Space

Sopra Steria

Antoaneta Roussi

Moderator

Cyber and Intelligence Reporter

POLITICO

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

Chief Executive Officer 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 Defense, Geopolitical and Government Relations

Nokia

Alice Tidey

Moderator

Defence Specialist

Arenberg Room

15:30 - 15:40

In Conversation With

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity

European Space Agency (ESA)

Julien Bocquet

Moderator

Associate Director, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos

Europe Room

15:45 - 16:30

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

Andrey Novakov

Member

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.)

Chairman of Fraunhofer VVS and Director

Fraunhofer

Federico Santopinto

Moderator

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

Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS)

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)

Jorge Farré Basurte (Gen.)

Deputy Director

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

Chief Executive Officer

GEOSAT

Chiara Pedersoli

Chief Executive Officer

OHB System AG

Closing Address

Robert Greinacher

Head of the Project Management Office and Quality Department

European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)

Rodolfo Zontini

Moderator

Manager, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos

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

Vice-Chair of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee

European Parliament (Video Message)

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)

Francisco Jose Jiménez

Air & Missile Defence Director

Indra

Federica Di Sario

Moderator

Senior Reporter

The Parliament Magazine

16:45 - 17:45

Drone and Counter-Drone: Detection, Defence and Deployment

Derk Boswijk

Minister for Arms Procurement and Personnel

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Airis Rikveilis

State Secretary, Ministry of Defence

Republic of Latvia

Tetyana Ostra

Co-Founder

Boryviter Centre of Excellence

Sébastien David

Director, EU/NATO Affairs and Defence Projects

Beretta

Luis Guerra Peña

Director of Engineering and Market Access

Grupo Oesía

Nicholas Wallace

Moderator

Brussels Correspondent

The Arsenal

Europe Room

Room 1

17:30 - 17:45

In Conversation With

Jim Carter

Director General Commercial and Industry, National Armaments Director Group

United Kingdom

Lea Pavlovic

Moderator

Senior Manager, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos

Room 1

17:45 - 18:15

EU–Ukraine Cooperation: Forces, Skills and Industry

Dmytro Kyselevskyi (Lt. Col.)

Deputy Commander, 1st Unmanned Systems Center

Armed Forces of Ukraine

Fedir Serdiuk

Co-Founder

MOWA Defense Ukraine

Lea Pavlovic

Moderator

Senior Manager, Defence, Space and Aviation

logos

Room 1

18:15 - 18:20

Closing Remarks