*speakers requested
Panel A1: Human Resources, Recruitment and Conscription
Chair: Major General Robert Sieger, President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management
- Brigadier General Vesa Valtonen, Chief of Personnel Finnish Defence Forces
- Commander Sune Lund, Chief Recruitment Ceneter, Danish Personnel Agency
- Christina Malm, General Director Swedish Assessment and Conscription Agency, Sweden
- Dr Wolfgang Zink, PwC
- Emanuel Jacob, President Euromil
- Norbert Neubauer, Head of Personal Development, Ministry of Defence Austria
- Brigadier General Arnaud Goujon, Deputy Director for Recruitment &Youth, France
- Colonel André Wüstner, Chairman of the German Armed Forces Association
Panel A2: Land Capabilities in View of contemporary Conflicts
Chair: Dr Hans-Christoph Atzpodien, Managing Director, BDSV
- Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief DEU Army
- General Pierre Schill, Chief of the French Army
- Christoph Ruffner, CEO Thales Germany and Country Director Germany
- Mr. Halutsi Rudoy, Business development & operational expert, IAI – ELTA land systems division
- Sascha Brüning, Vice President Business Development & Sales, Vincorion
- Stefan Bullmer, SVP Strategy & Business Development, Diehl Defence
Panel A3: Capabilities for Cyberspace and Information Technology Forces (blocked only for Cyber CDR)
Chair: Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of DEU Cyber and Information Domain Service
Introduction: N.N.
- Major General Karol Molenda, Commander of POL Cyber Command, Poland
- Colonel Rene Innos, Chief Cyber and Intelligence Command, Estonia
- Colonel (A) Thor Kårsten, Chief NIS Cyber operations centre, Norway
Panel A4: Strategic Competition in Space
Chair: Rear-Admiral Louis Tillier, Director European Union Satellite Centre, EU
- Colonel Daniele Donati, Chief of Space, General Office Italian Defence Staff, Italy
- Dr Stefan Frey, CEO and Managing Director, Vyoma
- Sven Sünberg, Managing Director, MBS
- Dr Antje Nötzold, Professorship International Politics, Technical University Chemnitz
- Colonel (GS) Thomas Spangenberg, COS and Deputy Commander, DEU Space Command
- Brigadier General Jacob Middleton, Commander of the US Space Force Component for Europe-Africa, Ramstein, Germany
- Colonel (GS) Michael Fraas, German Cyber and Information Domain Service Headquarters, Strategy Branch
Panel A5: Military Research and Development
Chair: Prof Wolfgang Koch, Chief Scientist and head Sensor Data & information fusion, Fraunhofer FKIE/University Bonn
Introduction: Dominik Kampmann, IPL for Security in Europe & Africa, Moody´s
- Major General Wolfgang Gäbelein, Director Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planing
- Colonel Dr Rickard Stridh, Chief Scientist, Sweden
- Sven Kruck, Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer, Quantum Systems
- Todd Tuthill, Vice President Aerospace, Defense & Marine, Siemens Digital Industries Software
- Dr Simona Pukiené, Science and Innovation Advisor, Ministry of Defence Lithuania
- Dr Kairi Talves, Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence Estonia
- Maik Kammermann, Departement Planning and Research Innovationshub, Federal Ministry of Defense
Panel A6: The Use of AI in the Military
Chair: Prof Dr Stefan Pickl, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
Introduction: Maurice Edward Cashman, Field CTO, EMEA, Trellix
- Lieutenant General Bruno Hofbauer, Deputy CHOD Austrian Armed Forces and Capability Director, AUT
- Inga Elsholz-Krüger, Centre for Digitization of the Bundeswehr, Deputy head CoE Analytics, Simulation and AI
- Dr. Chia-Lung Yeh, Chief, Artificial Intelligence Section/ Information & Communication Research Division/NCSIST
- Brigadier General Dr Volker Pötzsch, Chief of Divisionn Cyber/IT and AI Management
- Jaanus Tamm, CEO, DefSecIntl Solutions
- Lorenz Lehmhaus, Associate Partner IBM Consulting
Panel A7: Women in International Security (tbc)
Chair: Silvia Petig
- Irene Felini*, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
- Charlotte Isaksson, Genad Defence Staff, Sweden
- Major Soren Glargaard Rich, Gender Adviser of the Defence Command, Denmark
- N.N., Estonia
Panel A8: Trolls and Bots – Disinformation Campaigns and Methods against them
Chair: Colonel Dr Ferdi Akaltin, Commander, German Armed Forces Centre for Operational Communication
- Anke Domscheit-Berg, Member of Parliament, German Bundestag
- Dr Gesine Dornblüth, Author and Journalist, Germany
- Jakub Kalenský, Hybrid Center of Excellence, Finland
- Hung Lun Yen, Associate Research Fellow of Prospect Foundation, Taiwan
- David Cornell, Director, Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC)Critical & Democratic Infrastructure (CDI)Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA), Microsoft
- N.N., Dell
Panel A9: Horizon 2030 - The role of stand-off precision strike capabilities in future warfare
Chair: Guido Brendler, Director Sales Business Development, MBDA
- Brigadier General Corinne Lonchampt, Director Western Europe & Northern America at the French Armaments Directorate
- Air Marshal (ret.) Stuart Atha, Director Defence Capability, BAE Systems
- General Christian Badia, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
- Magnus-Valdemar Saar, Director General Estonian Center for Defence Investment, Estonia
Panel B1: Mission LV/BV - prepare the Air Forces for War
Chair: Lieutenant General Günter Katz, Commanding General of the Air Forces Command, Germany
Introduction: Michael von Puttkamer, Vice President Special Aircraft Services, Lufthansa Technik AG
- Major General Jonas Wikman, Chief Airforce, Sweden
- Lieutenant General Alberto Biavati, Commander Operational Forces Command – 1st Air Region, Italy
- Peter Griffith, Global Leader Defence & National Security, KPMG
- Wolfgang Gammel, Managing Director, Helsing Germany
- Kenn Todorov, Sector Vice President and General Manager, Global Battle Management & Readiness, Northrop Grumman
- Marco Gumbrecht, Head of Combat Air Systems and FCAS Germany, Vice President, Head of Sales Germany, Director Global Business Eurofighter, Airbus
- Major General Randolph Staudenraus, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, JFC Brunssum
Panel B2: Capabilities for Naval Forces
Chair: Rear Admiral Tobias Abry, Chief of Staff Naval Command, Germany
- Rear Admiral Henrik Ryberg, Chief Danish Navy
- Brigadier General Patrik Gardesten, Deputy Chief Swedish Navy
- Commodore Ivo Värk, Commander of Estonian Navy
- Harald Aarø, EVP Business Development and Strategy, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
- Magiel Venema, Managing Director, Damen Naval Germany
- Sebastian Dännart, Director IT Security Consulting, Infodas
- Vice Admiral Andrew Burns, Fleet Commander, United Kingdom
Panel B3: NBC-Defence - Hope for the best, or prepare for the worst!?
Chair: Colonel Stephan Saalow, Commander Bundeswehr CBRN Defence Command, Germany
- Colonel Thomas Lamke, COM CBRN-Center, Sweden
- Lieutenant Colonel Anders Kildal, Commandant Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN & EP school
- Sebastian Meyer Plath, Blücher, Germany
- Ask Eirik Storsve, Head of International Government Affairs, Emergent Bio Solutions
- Marcus Barner, Managing Director, Spokesman of the Management Board, Kärcher Futuretech, Germany
- Dr Armin Gembus, Vice President & Member of Management Board Leipzig, Head of Business Area Gas Raman Trace Detection, Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG
Panel B4: National Civil and Military Home Defence in Article 5 Operations
Chair: Lieutenant General (ret.) Peter Bohrer, former Vice National Territorial Commander
Introduction: N.N., Congress Partner
- Colonel Peter Fausing, Commander of the Regional Defence Forces West of the Danish Home Guard
- Lieutenant General (ret.) Martin Schelleis, Federal Commissioner for Crisis Resilience, Security and Civil-Military Cooperation, Malteser, Germany
- Dr Nils Förster, Partner, Strategy& Germany
- Prof Dr Sönke Neitzel, University Potsdam, Germany
- Brigadier General Jami Virta, Commander Brigade Pori, Finland
- Lisa Gorenflo, Dog handler, trainer, Schwarzwald Dogs
- N.N., Argus Interception
Panel B5: Capabilities for Medical Services
Chair: Marina Schmidt, Press and Information Center, Bundeswehr Medical Service Headquarters, Germany
- Major General (MC) Dr Almut Nolte, Chief of Staff DEU Armed Command Medical Service
- Frank Dürrbeck, PwC
- Flottila Admiral (MC) Juha-Petri Ruohola, Surgeon General of the Finnish Defence Forces
- Commander (MC) Dr Christian Haggenmiller, European Union Military Staff, Brussels
- Prof Florian Holzapfel, Technical University Munich, Germany
- Giulio Gullotta, Head of Science and Technology, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Germany
- N.N., Cosinuss
Panel B6: Digitalization (tbc)
Chair: Lieutenant General, Michael Vetter, Head of Department CIT, Ministry of Defence Germany
Introduction: Marcel Taubert, Vice President Defence & Space, secunet
- Alexander Philipp, Managing Director, Rohde & Schwarz
- Brigadier General Mathias Hanson, Swedish Armed Forces Chief Information Officer
- Harald Mannheim, Managing Director, Head of Intelligence, Head of Connected Intelligence Germany, Airbus
- Marc Akkermann, Vice President & Head of Public Defense, Capgemini
- Dr Timo Haas, Chief Digital Officer Rheinmetall and CEO Rheinmetall Electronics
Panel B7: How to accelerate procurement and armament
Chair: Dr Hans-Christoph Atzpodien
Introduction: Dr. Thomas Kaufmann, Vice President and Managing Director, GDELS
- Prof Dr Heiko Höfler, PwC
- Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, National Armaments Director, Ministry of Defence Germany
- Tiina Uudeberg, Under Secretary for Defence Planing, Ministry of Defence Estonia
- Massimo Scialpi, Deputy Director Organisation for Joint Armaments Cooperation, OCCAR
- Dr Jörg Hennemann, Head of Defence Science & Technology, Schmidt & Bender
- Jukka Holkeri, Executive Vice President, Global Division, Patria
Panel B8: Resilient and secure cloud solutions for military Forces
Chair: Colonel (GS) Bernd Stingel, Commander, Bundeswehr Centre for Digitalisation and Cyber and Information Domain Capability
Introduction: N.N., Microsoft
- Commander Markus Mirsberger, Centre of Digitization of the Bundeswehr, Infrastructure and Cloud Base
- Dr. Philipp Müller, Vice President Public, Drivelock
- Christian Behma, CEO, Bechtle Bonn Germany
- Michael Hlevnjak, Key Account Director Bundesbehörden, Google Germany
- Frank Leidenberger, CEO BWI
Panel B9: Unmanned Systems for Land Forces
Chair: Brigadier General (ret.) Robbie Boyd, Advisory Board Fellower and Member OPEWI.
- Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Sven Christoph, Army Capabilities and Development Office, Germany
- Roberta Randerath, Business Development, ARX Robotics
- Patrick E. Shepherd, Chief Sales Officer, Milrem Robotics
- Dawid Bielecki, Board Member, Flytronic S.A. WB GROUP