Speakers

Josep Borrell Fontelles

High Representative and Vice President

European Commission

Hanno Pevkur

Minister of Defence

Republic of Estonia

Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky

Minister of Defence

Hungary

Robert de Groot

Vice-President

European Investment Bank

Paweł Karbownik

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance

Republic of Poland

Emmanuel Chiva

Délégué Général de l’Armement, DGA

French Republic

Radka Konderlová

Director General, Industrial Cooperation Division, Ministry of Defence

Czech Republic

Esa Pulkkinen

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence

Republic of Finland

François-Xavier Bellamy

Member of the European Parliament, EDIP Rapporteur

Tobias Cremer

Member of the European Parliament

Elena Donazzan

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

European Parliament

Christian Ehler

Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

European Parliament

Michael Gahler

Foreign Affairs Coordinator of the EPP Group - Member of the European Parliament

Christophe Gomart

Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)

European Parliament

Sven Mikser

Member of the European Parliament

Siegfried Mureșan

Member of the European Parliament, Multiannual Financial Framework Rapporteur

Radan Kanev

Member of the European Parliament

Nicolas Pascual de la Parte

Security and Defence Coordinator for the EPP Group

European Parliament

Riho Terras

Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)

European Parliament

Timo Pesonen

Director-General of DG DEFIS

European Commission

Charles Fries

Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence

European External Action Service

Maj. Gen. André Denk

Deputy Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industry

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Benedikta Von Seherr-Thoss

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence

European External Action Service

Christiane Kirketerp de Viron

Director (Acting), Digital Society, Trust & Cybersecurity, DG CONNECT

European Commission

François Marie Gougeon

Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for the Defence Policy and Planning Division

NATO

Rear Admiral Louis Tillier

Director

EU Satellite Centre

Anne Fort

Head of Unit - Defence Industrial Policy

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Nynke Tigchelaar

Head of Unit - European Defence Fund Implementation 2 – Defence Technologies

European Commission - DG DEFIS

Gustaf Winroth

Deputy Head of Unit Defence Technologies and Innovation, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Guillaume Faury

Chief Executive Officer, AIRBUS & President of ASD

Domitilla Benigni

Chief Executive Officer

Elettronica

Éric Béranger

Chief Executive Officer

MBDA

Nicolas Chamussy

Chief Executive Officer

KNDS

Marc Fontaine

Chief Executive Officer

Helsing France

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

Chief Executive Officer

GEOSAT

Adrian Zevenbergen

Chief Executive Officer

EUSI

Thierry Renaudin

Chief Executive Officer

John Cockerill Defense

Guillaume Rochard

Executive Vice President, Strategy, Partnerships and Institutional Affairs

Naval Group

François Lombard

Senior Vice President, Head of Strategy

Airbus Defence and Space

Jouni Flyktman

Vice President, Defence and Security

IQM Quantum Computers

Cécilia Matissart

Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer

ArianeGroup

Nataliia Kushnerska

Chief Operations Officer

BRAVE1 Ukrainian Defense Tech Cluster

Pascal Lagarde

Executive Director

BPI France

Damien Pigasse

Chief Revenue Officer

Unseenlabs

Didier Gondallier de Tugny

Strategic Cooperation Deputy Director

MBDA

Vice Admiral Matteo Bisceglia

CEO Naval Strategy Senior Advisor

FINCANTIERI

David Luengo

Managing Director Brussels Office

INDRA

Jens Schroeter

Head of Public Affairs

ArianeGroup

Faysal Rahman

Vice-President, Global Coordinator for Defence industry

Deutsche Bank

Manuel Heitor

Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and Chair of the Expert Group on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe

Camille Grand

Senior Fellow

ECFR