Speakers

Theo Francken

Federal Minister for Defence and Foreign Trade

Kingdom of Belgium

Derk Boswijk

Minister for Arms Procurement and Personnel

Kingdom of the Netherlands

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

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space

European Commission

Attila Varga

State Secretary for Defence Affairs

Hungarian Ministry of Defence

Ronald Wormgoor

PSC Ambassador

Kingdom of the Netherlands

André Denk

Chief Executive

European Defence Agency

Joachim Sucker

Director

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

Andrey Novakov

Member of SEDE Committee

European Parliament

Robert de Groot

Vice-President

European Investment Bank

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

Secretary General

Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence

Gen. Frederik Vansina

Chief of Defence

Kingdom of Belgium

Antonio Conserva (Gen. S.A.)

Italian Air Force Chief of Staff

Italian Republic

David Cvach

Deputy Secretary-General

European External Action Service (EEAS)

Maja Bakran Marcich

Deputy Director-General, DG MOVE

European Commission

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

Director of the Security and Strategic Studies Division

Spanish Ministry of Defence

Gen. Jorge Farré Basurte

Deputy Director

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)

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

Jean-David Malo

Acting Director for ERA & Innovation, DG RTD

European Commission

Simonetta Cheli

Director for Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN

European Space Agency (ESA)

Laurent Jaffart

Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity

European Space Agency (ESA)

Ernst Dobbenberg (Lt. Gen.)

Military Representative to the NATO and EU

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Jean-Francois Ripoche

Head of EU Task Force

Direction générale de l’Armement, French Republic

Bjoern Juretzki

Head of Unit for Data Policy and Innovation, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Daniel Hikes-Wurm (Col.)

Senior Advisor for Defence Policy

Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence

Camille Grand

Secretary General

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

Pierre Éric Pommellet

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO

Naval Group

Panu Routila

President and CEO

Patria

Carlo Ferlito (Ing.)

CEO and General Manager

Beretta

Pierroberto Folgiero

CEO and Managing Director

Fincantieri

Gabriele Gambarara

Vice Chairman and Board Member

ELT GROUP

Tetyana Ostra

Co-Founder

Boryviter Centre of Excellence

Fedir Serdiuk

Co-Founder

MOWA Defense Ukraine

Éric Béranger

CEO

MBDA

Hristo Ibouchev

CEO

Arsenal JSCo

Chiara Pedersoli

CEO

OHB System AG

Francisco Vilhena da Cunha

CEO

GEOSAT

Andrey Bachvarov

Managing Partner

Artemis Capital Partners

Miguel Ángel de Frutos

Partner, Grupo Oesía

Managing Director, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

Simon Marsol

CTO Defence, Security & Space

Sopra Steria

James Cemmell

Vice President for Institutional Relations

Open Cosmos

Jouni Flyktman

Vice President, Defence and Security

IQM Quantum Computers

Marcel Grisnigt

Executive Vice President, International Development

KNDS

Jussi Järvinen

Executive Vice President, Protected Mobility

Patria

Eric Kirstetter

Executive Vice President, Strategy

Airbus

Vincent Thomassier

Senior Vice President Group Market development and Competitive Intelligence

MBDA

Jan Hamáček

Director for External Relations

CSG

Sébastien David

Director, EU/NATO Affairs and Defence Projects

Beretta

Thilo Schweizer

Director, Global Governmental Relations

Quantum Systems

Henrik Bliddal

Head of National Security and Defence, Geopolitical and Government Relations

Nokia

Jürgen Eckel

Head of Strategy and Innovation

Airbus Defence and Space

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

Executive Head of Institute, Director Fraunhofer IOSB Karlsruhe

Fraunhofer

Jacopo Barigazzi

Senior Defence Correspondent

POLITICO

Mihai Chihaia

Policy Analyst

European Policy Centre

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

Paula Soler Rodriguez

Defence and Security Reporter

The Parliament Magazine

Alice Tidey

Defence Specialist