18. November

07:00 Women´s Breakfast (invited only, sponsored by Elbit Systems, IAI, Helsing)

08:00 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration

08:30 Announcements, National Anthems

08:45 Welcome to the Congress

  • Dr Eva-Charlotte Proll, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Behörden Spiegel
  • Dr Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, MEP, Chair of the Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament, Congress President BSC

09:00 Opening Ceremony / Q+A

  • Boris Pistorius*, Minister of Defence, Germany
  • Dr Pål Jonson, Minister of Defence, Sweden

09:40 Keynote and Interview

  • Dr Eva-Charlotte Proll, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Behörden Spiegel
  • Florian Hahn, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

10:20 Keynote Congress Partner

N.N., Bechtle
10:40 Coffee Break

11:15 The enemy in our machine – Secure and robust intelligent systems

Boris Hecker, Managing Director, Head of Public Sector and Defence Germany, Atos Germany

11:35 Keynote

General Ingo Gerhartz, Commander, Joint Force Command Brunssum

11:50 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE “THE NORTH: From the Baltics to the Arctic circle: Threat, risks and their mitigation”

Chair: H.E. Ambassador Veronika Wand-Danielsson, Ambassador from Sweden to Germany

  • Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
  • General Michael Claesson, CHOD, Sweden
  • Eivind Vad Petersson, State Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
  • Vice Admiral Frank Trojahn, Danish Military Representative to NATO
  • General Markus Laubenthal, Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

12:50 Lunchtime
15:25 Coffee Break

15:55 Keynote Congress Partner

N.N., Strategy&, PwC

16:15 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE “Authoritarianism on the rise / Russia: Threat, risk and mitigation”

Chair: Dr Tobias Lindner, BSC Advisory Board

  • Gudrun Persson, Senior Analyst, Swedish Armed Forces Military Intelligence and Security Service
  • Jean-Noël Barrot*, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
  • General Carsten Breuer, CHOD, Germany
  • Radosław Sikorski*, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
  • Ejup Maqedonci, Minister of Defence, Kosovo
  • Ana Isabel Xavier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperationof Portugal
  • Arseniy Yatsenyuk, former Prime Minister, Ukraine (2014-2016)
  • Sorin Dan Moldovan, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania

17:15 The Enduring Value of Transatlantic Industrial Partnerships

Steve O’Bryan, Corporate Vice President and Global Business Development Officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

17:35 Keynote /Q+A

Kaja Kallas*, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Commission

18:05 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE “Europe’s Role in a multipolar world”

Chair: Dr Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, MEP, Chair of the Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament, Congress President BSC

  • Michael Gahler, MEP
  • Benjamin Hartmann, Cabinet Expert and Diplomatic Adviser, Cabinet Andrius Kubilius, European Commission
  • Mikael Frisell, General Director Civil Contingencies Agency, Sweden
  • Catriona Mace, Foreign and Development Policy Director, U.K. Mission to the European Union
  • H.E. Matthew G. Whittaker, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
  • Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wien, German Military Representative to the NATO and EU Military Committee

19:05 CiDAN/ESDA Award Ceremony

19. November

08:00 Opening of the Exhibition

08:30 OPENING OF THE 2ND CONFERENCE DAY WITH DISCUSSION/Q+A

  • Julia Klöckner*, President, Deutscher Bundestag
  • Keynote of Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister, Sweden

09:15 Industrial Technology for Security and Sovereignty

Dr. Peter Koerte, Member of the Managing Board, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Siemens

09:35 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE “The Transatlantic Bond”

Chair: Dr Géza von Geyr, State Secretary, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

  • Andreas Flåm, State Secretary Minister of Defence, Norway
  • Antti Häkkänen, Minister of Defence, Finland
  • H.E. Angus Lapsley*, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to NATO
  • Vice Admiral Douglas G. Perry*, Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk
  • Marco Rubio*, Secretary of State, U.S.
  • Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas, Director General of the International Military Staff, NATO

10:35 Taking Responsibility: Why Defence Is Fundamental to Europe’s Democracy”

Micael Johansson, CEO, SAAB

10:55 Keynote

Irene Fellin, Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security, NATO

11:15 Coffee Break

11:35 European Defence: How to create the industrial and technological landscape we need

Dr Michael Schoellhorn, CEO, Airbus Defence and Space

11:55 LEADERS’ TALK ON TOTAL DEFENCE

Chair: Niclas Kvarnström, National Security Advisor, Sweden

  • Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister of Civil Defence, Sweden
  • Władysław Marcin Kosiniak-Kamysz*, Minister of Defence, Poland
  • Mari Rantanen, Minister of the Interior, Finland
  • Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, Commander, Bundeswehr Joint Force Command
  • Dr Christoph Erdmann, CEO, Secusmart

12:45 Lunch

15:05 Keynote

H.E. Ambassador Francois Chihchung Wu, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan

15:25 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE “Capability Build-Up of the European Pillar”

Chair: Timo Pesonen, Director-General for EU Defence and Space, Finland

  • General Seán Clancy*, Chairman of the EU Military Committee, Ireland
  • Major General Andre Denk, Executive Director, European Defence Agency
  • Joachim Sucker, Director, OCCAR EA, Germany
  • Jan Pie, Secretary General, Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe
  • Admiral Pierre Vandler*, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
  • Eric Beranger, CEO, MBDA

16:25 Equipping Europe’s forces for their most important missions

Dr Gundbert Scherf, Founder, Co-CEO, Helsing

16:45 FUTURE FORCES FORUM: “The Chiefs’ Session”: Fight tonight – Fight tomorrow

Chair: N.N., N.N.

  • Lieutenant General Sean C. Bernabe*, Deputy Commander, US Army Europe and Africa
  • Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief, German Cyber and Information Force
  • Lieutenant General Gerald Funke, Commanding General, Bundeswehr Joint Forces Service
  • Major General Heico Hübner, Deputy Chief German Army
  • Lieutenant General Holger Neumann, Chief, German Air Force
  • N.N., German Navy
  • Vice Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, Chief Joint Operation Command, Chief, Swedish Joint Force Command

17:45 Handover Ceremony to the next Partner Nation Lithuania

18:00 Closing Session and Farewell

  • Reinhard Wolski, Chairman, BSC
  • Dr Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, MEP, Chair of the Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament, Congress President BSC

18:20 End of Congress

Panel Session A

Panel A1: Land Forces

Chair: N.N.

Introduction: Dr Thomas Kauffmann, Vice President International GDELS, Managing Director, GDELS Germany

  • Major General Jonny Lindfors, Chief, Swedish Army
  • Major General Peter Boysen, Chief, Danish Army
  • General Lieutenant Patrick Justel, Deputy Chief, French Army
  • Lieutenant General Christian Freuding, Chief, German Army
  • Nerijus Stankevičius, Chief, Lithuanian Army
  • Simon Brünjes, Vice President Land Systems, Helsing
  • Lorenz Lehmhaus, Associate Partner, IBM Consulting

Panel A2: Air Forces

Chair: Major General Jonas Wikman, Chief, Swedish Air Force

Introduction: Stephanie Lingemann, Senior Director Programmes, Helsing

  • N.N., German Air Force
  • Lieutenant General Jason T. Hinds*, Deputy Commander, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
  • Air Marshal Harv Smyth*, Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Air Force
  • General Jérôme Bellanger*, Chief of Staff, French Air and Space Force
  • Marco Gumbrecht, Head of Sales Germany, Director Global Business Eurofighter, Airbus Defence and Space
  • Michael von Puttkamer, Vice President Special Aircraft Services, Lufthansa Technik
  • Johan Segertoft, Head of Business Unit Gripen, SAAB

Panel A3: North Atlantic Challenges

Chair: Rear Admiral Johan Norlén, Chief, Swedish Navy

Introduction: N.N., Lockheed-Martin

  • Rear Admiral Oliver Berdal, Chief, Royal Norwegian Navy
  • Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
  • N.N., Deputy Chief, German Navy
  • Magiel Venema, Managing Director, Damen Naval Germany
  • N.N., Evologics

Panel A4: Cyber-Information Forces

Chair: Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief, German Cyber and Information Domain Service

Introduction: N.N., Congress Partner

  • Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes, Deputy Commander, Strategic Command, UK
  • Major General Armin Fleischmann, Head of Planning CIR and Digitization of the Bundeswehr, German Cyber and Information Domain Service
  • Thomas Högland, Chief Cyber Command, Swedish Armed Forces
  • Robert Wortmann, Principal Security Strategist, Trend Micro
  • Fredrik Landberg, Vice President Defence, Akkodis Nordics
  • N.N., Thales
  • N.N., Microsoft

Panel A5: Enablement and the Civilian Support

Chair: Lieutenant General Gerald Funke, Commanding General, Bundeswehr Joint Forces Services

Introduction: Christian Fischbach, Schwarz Digits

  • Sabine Lackner, President, Technical Relief Agency, Germany
  • Major General Stefan Sandborg, Chief of General Staff’s Directorate of Support Service, Sweden
  • Major General (MC) Dr Johannes Backus, Commander, German Armed Forces Healthcare Command
  • Prof. Dr Höfler, Partner, PwC
  • N.N., Vincorion

Panel A6: Availability of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – A Civil-Military challenge in NATO and Europe

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

Introduction: Djordje Nikolic, Managing Director, Accenture and consus.health

  • Brigadier General Clas Ivgren, General Physician, Swedish Armed Forces
  • Markus Bensmann, Division Manager, Maltese Relief Service, Germany
  • Ask Eirik Storsve, Senior Director, Head of International Government Affairs, Emergent Bio Solutions
  • Dr Kai Joachimsen, Chief Executive Officer, German Pharmaceutical Industry Association
  • N.N., Daimler Truck

Panel A7: Procurement

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

Introduction: Johannes Arlt, Senior Vice President, STARK

  • Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, Head of Armaments Department, Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Eva Hagwall, Deputy Director, Swedish Defence Material Agency
  • Helmut Rauch, CEO, Diehl Defence
  • Jussi Järvinen, Executive Vice President, Patria
  • Karl Heinz Gerlach, CEO Schmidt & Bender
  • Grith Poulsen, Head of Defence Equipment Staff,DALO, Denmark

Panel A8: Industry Panel

Chair: N.N., Raytheon

Introduction: N.N.

  • N.N., Sweden

Panel A9: How to accelerate the financial-industrial Process in military Procurement

Chair: Matthias Wittenburg, Director Strategy&, PwC

Introduction: Enrico Scharlock, Aerospace & Defense Solution Experience Senior Director, Dassault Systèmes

  • Robert de Groot, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
  • N.N., Swedish Export Credit Agency
  • Rainer Lindenau, Partner and Managing Director, Valantic

Panel Session B

Panel B1: Total Defence

Chair: Lieutenant General (ret.) Martin Schelleis

Introduction: Björn Borgman, Partner, KPMG Sweden

  • Ralph Tiesler*, President, Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Germany
  • Mr Clemens Mayr-Harting, Federal Chancellor’s Office, Austria
  • Petteri Korvala, Secretary General, National Security Committee, Finland
  • Magnus Hjort, General Director, Psychological Defence Agency, Sweden
  • N.N., Ministry of Defence, Poland
  • N.N., PwC
  • Torsten Bernström, Global Industry Lead Defence, CGI

Panel B2: Military Research and Development

Chair: Prof Wolfgang Koch, Chief Scientist, Head Sensor Data & Information Fusion, Fraunhofer, FKIE

Introduction: N.N., PwC

  • Dr. Thomas Rothacher, Deputy Chief of Armament, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Switzerland
  • Dr Steen Søndergaard*, Senior Scientist, NATO
  • N.N., National Defence University Taipeh
  • Jens Mattsson, General Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
  • N.N., Lithuania
  • Angelo Conigliello, Dell
  • Daniela Pistoia, Corporate Chief Scientist, ELT Group

Panel B3: The Use of AI in the Military

Chair: Prof. Dr Stefan Pickl, Chair for Operations Research, University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Introduction: Marcel Taubert, Vice President Defence & Space, secunet Networks

  • Lieutenant General Datuk Arman Rumaizi bin Haji Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, National Defence University of Malaysia
  • Brigadier General Dr Volker Pötzsch, Deputy Head of Cyber/Information Technology Department, Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Harald Mannheim, Head of Defence Digital and Cyber, Managing Director, Airbus Defence and Space
  • Dr Scott Mongeau, Lead Solutions Architect, Google Cloud
  • Ada Shani, Deputy Director Intelligence, IAI

Panel B4: Women, Peace and Security in Deterrence and Defence

Chair: Charlotte Isaksson, Gender Advisor, Swedish Armed Forces

Introduction: Irene Fellin, Secretary General´s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security, NATO

  • Nina Larsson, Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life, Sweden
  • Konrad Arz von Straussenburg, Ambassador Human Rights and Global Health, German Federal Foreign Office
  • N.N.*, Canadian Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security
  • N.N., NATO IMS GENAD
  • Karin Prien, Federal Minister for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany

Panel B5: Innovation as a Driving Force on the Battlefield

Chair: Lieutenant General Michael Vetter, Chief, CIT Department, Ministry of Defence, Germany

Introduction: Marc Akkermann, Head of Market Segment Public Defence, Capgemini

  • Brigadier General Mathias Hanson, Chief Information Officer and Cyber Commander, Swedish Armed Forces
  • N.N., BWI
  • Dr Fulvio Arreghini, Head of Global Business, Infodas
  • Dr Philipp Müller, Vice President Public Sales, DriveLock
  • Alexander Philipp, Managing Director, Rohde & Schwarz
  • N.N., ARX Robotics

Panel B6: Progress of the Military Use of Space

Chair: Rear Admiral Louis Tillier, Director, European Satellite Centre

Introduction: N.N., Dassault

  • Ella Carlsson, Director General, National Space Agency, Sweden
  • Colonel Sylvain Debarre, Space CoE, NATO
  • Major General Michael Traut, Commander, Space Command, Germany
  • Major General Isaac Manuel Crespo Zaragoza, Chief of Staff, Space Command, Spain
  • Sven Sünberg, Managing Director, MBS
  • Martin Polak, Senior Director, Government Sales (EMEA), Planet

Panel B7: Hybrid Warfare Threats – Destabilisation

Chair: Dr Gehard Conrad, Director (ret.) Federal Intelligence Service

Introduction: N.N., VMRay

  • Mr. Jānis Sārts*, Director, CoE for Strategic Communications, NATO
  • Dr Teija Tiilikainen, CEO, CoE of Countering Hybrid Threats
  • Dr Mikael Weissmann, Senior Lecturer in War Studies, Swedish Defence University
  • Sviatoslov Hnizdovskiy, CEO, OpenMinds, Ukraine
  • Imogen Verret, EMEA Public Sector Lead, Defence, Google Cloud
  • Ingo Schubert, Field CTO, RSA
  • Fredrik Löjdquist, Director Stockholm Centre for Eastern Europea Studies, Sweden

Panel B8: Protection of Critical Infrastructure

Chair: Dr Christoph Hübner, Deputy Director, Crisis Management and Civil Protection, Ministry of the Interior, Germany

Introduction: N.N., PwC

  • N.N., Bundeswehr Joint Force Command
  • N.N., Ministry of Defence, Sweden
  • Brigadier General Aki Heikkinen, Assistant Chief of Staff Operations, Defence Command, Finland
  • Major General Gunnar Arpe Nielsen, Chief of the Home Guard, Denmark
  • Sebastian Bauer, Vice President Business Development & Marketing, Elbit Systems
  • Harald Aarø, EVP Business Development and Strategy, Kongsberg
  • N.N., PD Consulting

*speakers requested