European Business Summits
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TRANSPARENCY REGISTER 268958411031-65
Speakers
Jan Pie
Secretary General, ASD Europe
Kajsa Ollongren
Minister of Defence, the Netherlands
Alessandro Profumo
CEO, Leonardo
President, ASD Europe
François Arbault
Director for Defence Industry, DG DEFIS
Kris Peeters
Vice President, European Investment Bank
James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General of Emerging Security Threats, NATO
Admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río
Commander of the European Maritime Force
Carine Claeys
Special Envoy for Space, EEAS
Paraskevi Papantoniou
Acting Director of Space, DG DEFIS
General André Denk
Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Vice-Chair of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, MEP
General Tom Middendorp
Chair, International Military Committee on Climate and Security
Roberto Viola
Director General, DG CONNECT
Kusti Salm
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Estonia
Amb. Sorin Ducaru
Director, EU Satellite Centre
Donato Martínez Pérez de Rojas
Vice-President, Defence of Navantia
Pascal Legai
Security Coordinator, European Space Agency
Teri Schultz
EU/NATO Freelance Reporter and Journalist
Jennifer Baker
EU Policy and Tech Reporter
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits
“We need to have the capacity to act autonomously, at least in our neighbourhood.”
Jiří Šedivý
Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
“It is also clear that for the first time since we discussed defence cooperation, the Commission is ready to play its role to the full and to even consider putting EU funds, especially for research in defence. This is potentially a game changer as some people say.”
Elzbieta Bienkowska
Former EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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PHILIPPE LEFEVRE
PROGRAMME & RESEARCH ADVISOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY
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