3. November

PANEL A1: Land Forces

Chair: N.N., Army Command, Germany

Introduction: N.N., GDELS

  • Lieutenant General Dr Christian Freuding, Chief of the German Army
  • Brigadier General Stankevičius, Chief Lithuanian Land Forces
  • N.N., Italy
  • N.N., PwC
  • Axel Manok, UVEX
  • N.N., Patria

PANEL A2: Future Air Combat Capabilities

Chair: Lieutenant General Jason T. Hinds*, Commander Allied Air Command, NATO

Introduction: N.N., KNDS*

  • N.N., German Air Force
  • Marco Gumbrecht, Head of Sales Germany, Director Global Business Eurofighter, Airbus Defence and Space
  • Dr Philipp Kerth, Co-founder und Chief Executive Officer, Hypersonica
  • Air Vice Marshal Ian Townsend CBE*, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, U.K.
  • General Jérôme BELLANGER*, Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force

PANEL A3: Naval Forces: “The new NATO Maritime Strategy”

Chair: Vice Admiral Robert G. Pedre CB (RN)*, Commander Allied Maritime Command, NATO

Introduction: Johannes Arlt, Senior Vice President, STARK

  • N.N., German Navy
  • Captain Tadas Jablonskis, Commander Lithuanian Navy
  • Oren Guter, Operational Advisor – IAI Naval programs & EEZ protection
  • Sebastian Bauer, Vice President Business Development & Marketing
  • Rear Admiral Oliver Berdal*, Chief Norwegian Navy
  • Vice-Admiral Dan Charlebois*, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy

PANEL A4: Cyber- Information Forces

Chair: Major General Dr Volker Pötzsch, COS of Cyber and Information Force Command

Introduction: N.N., secunet Security Networks AG*

  • Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of the German Cyber- und Information Force
  • Antanas Aleknavičius, Director of National Cyber Security Centre, Lithuania
  • N.N., INFODAS*
  • N.N., Schwarz Digits
  • N.N., Google

PANEL A5: Total Defence

Chair: Lieutenant General (ret.) Martin Schelleis, President of the Maltese Relief Service

Introduction: George Teas, Vice President, Elasticsearch

  • Rear Admiral Giedrius Premeneckas, Chief of Lithuanian Defence Staff
  • Dirk Herber* State Secretary of the Interior, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • N.N., Bundeswehr Joint Force Command
  • N.N., PwC
  • Stefan Thomé, CEO, Airbus Helicopters Germany and EVP Head of Programs Airbus Helicopters
  • lic.iur. Jörg M. Haas, Manager/Coordinator Civil defense, Internal and External Security, PD – Berater der öffentichen Hand

PANEL A6: A resilient healthcare system for CBRN incidents

Chair: Major General (MC) Dr Almut Nolte, Deputy Surgeon General Commander of the Bundeswehr, Joint Medical Service, Director for Operations and Health Care Directorate

Introduction: N.N., Sandoz*

  • N.N., Congress Partner
  • Sven Reichenwagen, Product Developer Disinfection and Cleaning, Ziu
  • Brigadier General (MC) Prof. Dr. Kai Kehe, Commissioner for Research and Science, SanAkBw, Germany
  • Colonel Stephan Saalow, Commander CBRN Defense Command of the German Armed Forces
  • Ines Perea, Head of Directorate 61, Health Security, Resilience, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
  • Giulio Gullotta, Head of the Civil Protection Equipment Division, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Germany
  • Prof Dr Leif Erik Sander, Medical Director, Department of Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

PANEL A7: Procurement

Chair: Dr Hans-Christoph Atzpodien, CEO German Security and Defence Industry Association

Introduction: N.N., Accenture*

  • Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki*, Head of Armaments Department, Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Dovydas Palaima, National Armament Director, Lithuania
  • Helmut Rauch, CEO, DIEHL Defence
  • Dr Jörg Hennemann, Head of Defence, Science & Technology, Schmidt & Bender
  • Timo Pesonen, Director General, Directorate-General for Defence, Industry and Space
  • Alexander Ziegler, EVP Defense, Safran Electronics & Defense

PANEL A8: UAS and Counter-UAS

Chair: Dr Matthias Schmuck, Senior Expert Drones, Germany

Introduction: N.N., WB Group*

  • N.N., Holland & Knight
  • N.N., KPMG*
  • Brigadier General Mirosław Bodnar*, Inspector of Unmanned Weapon Systems, General Command Polish Armed Forces
  • N.N., Ukraine
  • Tim Mak, Arsenal, USA
  • Colonel Marco De Santis*, Commander 41st IMINT Regiment “Cordenons”, Italy

PANEL A9 MBDA: Deep Precision Strike – A European Capability?

Chair: Guido Brendler, MBDA

Introduction: N.N.,

  • N.N.,

4. November

PANEL B1: Support Command

Chair: Lieutenant General Gerald Funke, Commanding General, Bundeswehr Joint Force Command

Introduction: N.N., Helsing*

  • Colonel Arunas Dzidzevicius, DCOS Support Lithuanian Defence Staff
  • N.N., PwC
  • Major General Michael B. Lalor, Commander 21st Theater Sustainment Command, USA
  • N.N., Bechtle

PANEL B2: Military Research and Development

Chair: Prof Wolfgang Koch, FKIE

Introduction: N.N., PTC

  • Prof Artūras Medeišis, Dean of the Faculty of Electronics Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
  • N.N., University of the German Armed Forces Munich
  • N.N., Consulteer
  • N.N., Elbit Systems
  • N.N., Taiwan
  • Steen Søndergaard*, NATO Chief Scientist and Chair NATO Science & Technology Board
  • Lieutenant General (ret.) Dr Ansgar Rieks, former Vice Chief of the German Air Force

PANEL B3: The Use of AI in the Military

Chair: Prof Dr Stefan Pickl, UniBw-M

Introduction: N.N., Google

  • Alexander Schott*, Director of Research and Innovation, German Federal Ministry of Defence
  • Alexander Philipp, Managing Director, Rohde & Schwarz
  • N.N., CGI

PANEL B4: From Dependence to resilience: Europe and the future of critical raw materials

Chair: Silvia Petig, President Women in International Security (WIIS)

Introduction: N.N., RTX*

  • Marie von Hahn, BDLI
  • Vera Alexandrova, Deputy Head of Unit for Defence Single Market & Hybrid, Directorate General
  • Dr Hans-Jürgen Völz, Chief Economist and member of the executive management, Der Mittelstand BVMW
  • N.N., TDW
  • N.N., BAE Systems*
  • Anne Lauenroth*, Senior Expert Raw Materials, BDI
  • Inga Carry*, Police & Public Affairs Advisor, Senior Expert Critical Raw Material

PANEL B5 Extended (13.30 – 15.30): Innovation of Armed Forces

Chair: Lieutenant General Michael Vetter, Chief CIS and Innovation, German MoD

Introduction: Carmen-Valentina Ciocoi, Vice President, Head of Defense Germany, Capgemini Invent

  • Andreas Reinecke, Head of Defence Digital and Cyber (act.), Airbus Defence and Space
  • Marc Wietfeld, CEO, ARX Robotics
  • Rear Admiral Christian Bock, Head of the Innovationcentre of the Bundeswehr, Germany
  • Brigadier General Zilvinas Gaubys, Commander Training and Doctrine Command, Lithuania
  • N.N., Congress Partner
  • N.N., Congres Partner

PANEL B6: Progress of the Military Use of Space

Chair: Rear Admiral Louis Tillier, Director EU Satellite Centre

Introduction: N.N., Deloitte*

  • N.N., Lithuanian Space Science and Technology Institute
  • Major General Michael Traut*, Commander German Space Command
  • N.N., MBS*
  • Tom Segert, CEO, Berlin Space Technologies
  • Major General Jon-Cornel Plesa*, National Armaments Director, Romania
  • Brigadier General Jacob Middleton*, U.S. Space Forces Europe and Africa
  • N.N., German Air Force

PANEL B7: Hybrid Warfare Threats

Chair: Brigadier General Thomas Nickel*, Military Vice President Federal Office for Military Counterintelligence

Introduction: N.N., Northrop Grumman*

  • N.N., Energy Security Centre of Excellence, Tallin
  • Dr Teija Tiilikainen*, CEO CoE of Countering Hybrid Threats
  • Jānis Sārts*, Director NATO CoE for Strategic Communications
  • N.N., Holland & Knight
  • Ingo Schubert, Field CTO International, RSA Security
  • N.N., Latvia
  • Julius Katinas, Deputy Director Defence Intelligence and Security Service (AOTD), Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania
  • Colonel Sönke Marahrens*, Head of Department CDigBw, Germany

PANEL B8: Military Mobility

Chair: Linas Kojala, CEO, Geopolitics and Security Studies Center (GSSC), Lithuania

Introduction: N.N., PwC*

  • Brigadier General Christoph Huber*, Commander, 45 Armoured Brigade in Lithuania, German Armed Forces
  • Brigadier General Robert Wilhelm*, MoD Germany
  • Michael König, CTO, ISP Salzbergen
  • Eric Voss, CEO DFNZ
  • N.N., Bundeswehr Joint Force Command
  • Dr Ieva Karpavičiūtė, Defence Advisor at EU Permanemt Representation, Lithuania
  • Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrenas, Director General of the International Military Staff, NATO

*speakers requested