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previous edition Speakers
Jiří Šedivý
Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
Kris Peeters
EIB Vice President
Jan Pie
Secretary General, ASD Europe
Joanneke Balfoort
Director Security and Defence Policy, European External Action Service
Sylvia Kainz-Huber
Head of Unit for EDF Implementation, DG DEFIS
Gordon B. Davis Jr.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment of NATO
Tomáš Kopečný
Czech Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, former Deputy Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic
Christina Wilèn
Policy Officer at DG DEFIS and Senior Advisor at Swedish Ministry of Defence
Giedrimas Jeglinskas
Former Vice-Minister of Defence of Lithuania and Assistant Secretary General of NATO
Lorena Boix-Alonso
Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity of DG CONNECT
Lukas Mandl
Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) of the European Parliament
Alain Alexis
Former Advisor for Synergies Space, Defence and Civil Industries in DG DEFIS
Christian Hedelin
Chief Strategy Officer, Saab
Pierre Delsaux
Director General of HERA, former Deputy Director General at DG DEFIS
Pauline Massart
Head of the Brussels Strategic Intelligence Practice at AVISA Partners, former Director of CEIS Brussels Office
Camille Grande
Distinguished Policy Fellow, ECFR and former Assistant Secretary General Defence Investment of NATO
Bruno Lété
Senior Fellow for Security and Defense at The German Marshall Fund
Katalin Cseh
Member of the European Parliament
Pedro Serrano
EU Ambassador to the UK, Former Head of Cabinet to HR/VP Borrell and DSG EEAS
Rasmus Andresen
Member of the European Parliament
Brigadier General Georgios Bikakis
Director for Concepts and Capabilities of the European Union Military Staff
Emilio Fajardo
Industry, Synergies & Enablers (ISE) Director of the European Defence Agency
Patrick Fesquet
Director of Procurement, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
Teri Schultz
EU/NATO Freelance Reporter and Journalist
“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
“Collaboration and coordination among the community and intergovernmental tools are indispensable to provide effective support and incentives to defence cooperation.”
Jorge Domecq
Former Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
