Invited Speakers

António Costa

President

European Council

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Kaja Kallas

High-Representative of the European Union

Vice President of the European Commission

Guido Crosetto

Minister of Defence

Republic of Italy

Theo Francken

Federal Minister for Defence and Foreign Trade

Kingdom of Belgium

Pål Jonson

Minister of Defence

Kingdom of Sweden

Robertas Kaunas

Minister of National Defence

Republic of Lithuania

Nuno Melo

Minister of National Defence

Republic of Portugal

Robert de Groot

Vice President

European Investment Bank

Catherine Vautrin

Minister of the Armed Forces

Republic of France

Thomas Byrne

Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence

Government of Ireland

Arnold Kammel

Deputy Defence Minister

Republic of Austria

Gen. Frederik Vansina

Chief of Defence

Kingdom of Belgium

Lt. Gen. Antonio Conserva

Italian Air Force Chief of Staff

Italian Republic

Derk Boswijk

State Secretary for Defence

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Ronald Wormgoor

PSC Ambassador

Kingdom of the Netherlands

David Cvach

Deputy Secretary-General

European External Action Service (EEAS)

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Josef Aschbacher

Director-General

European Space Agency

Maja Bakran Marcich

Deputy Director-General

Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission

Gen. Jorge Farré Basurte

Deputy Director

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)

Christophe Gomart

Vice-Chair of SEDE Committee

European Parliament

Andrey Novakov

Member of SEDE Committee

European Parliament

Joachim Sucker

Director

Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR)

François Arbault

Director for Defence Industrial Programmes, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Tomasz Husak

Director for Defence Policy, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Christoph Kautz

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

European Commission

Lt. Gen. Ernst Dobbenberg

Military Representative to the NATO and EU

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Bjoern Juretzki

Head of Unit for Data Policy and Innovation, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Panu Routila

President and CEO

Patria

Pierre Éric Pommellet

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO

Naval Group

Jean-Paul Alary

CEO

KNDS

Éric Béranger

CEO

MBDA

Pierroberto Folgiero

CEO and Managing Director

Fincantieri

Ing. Carlo Ferlito

CEO and General Manager

Beretta

Hristo Ibouchev

CEO

Arsenal JSCo

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

CEO

GEOSAT

Rafel Jorda Siquier

Founder and CEO

Open Cosmos

Gabriele Gambarara

Vice Chairman and Board Member

Elettronica S.p.A.

Jouni Flyktman

Vice President, Defence and Security

IQM Quantum Computers

Jan Hamáček

Director for External Relations

CSG

Andrey Bachvarov

Managing Partner

Artemis Capital Partners

Miguel Ángel de Frutos

Partner, Grupo Oesía

Managing Director, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

Vincent Thomassier

Senior Vice President Group Market development and Competitive Intelligence

MBDA

Henrik Bliddal

Head of National Security and Defence, Geopolitical and Government Relations

Nokia

Sébastien David

Director, EU/NATO Affairs and Defence Projects

Beretta

Jürgen Beyerer

Executive Head of Institute, Director Fraunhofer IOSB Karlsruhe

Fraunhofer

Alessandro Marrone

Head of Defence, Security, and Space Programme

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Daniel Fiott

Head of Defence and Statecraft

Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Federico Santopinto

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

IRIS

Mihai Chihaia

Policy Analyst

European Policy Centre