Invited Speakers

Ursula von der Leyen

President

European Commission

Theo Francken

Federal Minister for Defence and Foreign Trade

Kingdom of Belgium

Liviu-Ionuț Moșteanu

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence

Romania

Karolis Aleksa

Vice-Minister of National Defence

Lithuania

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Robert de Groot

Vice-President

European Investment Bank

Christophe Gomart

Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence

European Parliament

Riho Terras

Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence

European Parliament

Petras Auštrevičius

Member

European Parliament

Major General Constantin-Adrian Ciolponea

SACT Representative in Europe

NATO

Major General Davide Re

Italian Air Force Staff

Timo Pesonen

Director-General

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Charles Fries

Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence

European External Action Service

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Florian Guillermet

Executive Director

European Union Aviation Safety Agency

Herald Ruijters

Deputy Director-General and Head of SAFE Task Force

European Commission - DG DEFIS

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

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Ekaterini Kavvada

Director for Secure and Connected Space

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

Guillaume de la Brosse

Head of Unit - Defence Policy and Innovation

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Sylvia Kainz-Huber

Head of Unit for Defence Industrial Programming Coordination

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Milosz Momot

Head of Unit - Defence Systems

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

Fabrice Comptour

Cyberdefence coordinator

European Commission - DG CONNECT

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

Camille Grand

Secretary General

Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe

Esa Rautalinko

President and CEO

Patria

Éric Béranger

CEO

MBDA

Ing. Carlo Ferlito

CEO & General Manager

Beretta

Pierre Eric Pommellet

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO

Naval Group

José Vicente de los Mozos

CEO

INDRA

Clément Galic

CEO & Co-Founder

Unseenlabs

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

CEO

GEOSAT

Maximilian Wied

Co-Founder and CFO

ARX Robotics

Joost Elstak

Vice President, Missions

ICEYE

Jean-Brice Dumont

Head of Air Power

Airbus Defence and Space

Alain De Taeye

Member of the Management Board

TomTom

Jussi Järvinen

Executive Vice President, Protected Mobility

Patria

Matteo Bisceglia

Senior Vice President, Naval Product Development and Partnering

FINCANTIERI

Stefan A. Hess

Member of the Executive Committee & Head of Group Sales

HENSOLDT

Jouni Flyktman

Vice President, Defence and Security

IQM Quantum Computers

Matthias Lehna

Director Business Development and Government Relations

Quantum Systems

Vincent Thomassier

Group Strategic Cooperation and Marketing Director

MBDA

Benoît Chatelain

Defence & Security Director

Sopra Steria

Faysal Rahman

Director

Deutsche Bank

Christophe Robin

Head of Design

DAHER

Adriano Baptista

Senior Advisor

EUSI