Panel A1: Human Resources, Recruitment and Conscription (ROOM GRANAT)
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 Center, Danish Personnel Agency
- Christina Malm, General Director Swedish Assessment and Conscription Agency
- Dr Wolfgang Zink, Partner, 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 (ROOM AMETHYST)
Chair: Dr Hans-Christoph Atzpodien, Managing Director, BDSV
- Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of the German Army
- General Pierre Schill, Chief of the French Army
- Christoph Ruffner, CEO Thales Germany and Country Director Germany
- 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) (ROOM RUBIN)
Chair: Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of the German Cyber and Information Domain Service
Introduction: N.N.
- Major General Karol Molenda, Commander of the Polish Cyber Command
- Colonel Rene Innos, Chief Cyber and Intelligence Command, Estonia
- Colonel (A) Thor Kårsten, Chief NIS Cyber operations centre, Norway
- Colonel Thomas Höglund, Commander Cyber Command, Sweden”
Panel A4: Strategic Competition in Space (ROOM SAPHIR)
Chair: Rear-Admiral Louis Tillier, Director European Union Satellite Centre
- Colonel Daniele Donati, Chief of Space, General Office Italian Defence Staff
- 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 of the German 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
- Colonel Diego Monte Fusco, Chief of Office for Areo Space Policy and Operations, Airforce Italy”
Panel A5: Military Research and Development (ROOM JADE)
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 Planning
- Colonel Dr Rickard Stridh, Chief Scientist of the Swedish Armed Forces
- Markus Staudt, Director Government Sales, Quantum Systems
- Mike House, Vice President, Siemens Goverment Technologie, USA
- 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, German Federal Ministry of Defence
Panel A6: The Use of AI in the Military (ROOM BERNSTEIN)
Chair: Prof Dr Stefan Pickl, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Introduction: Maurice Edward Cashman, Field CTO, EMEA, Trellix
- Lieutenant General Bruno Hofbauer, Deputy Chief of Defence of the Austrian Armed Forces and Capability Director
- 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 (ROOM QUARZ)
Chair: Silvia Petig, Chairwoman, Women in International Security Germany (WIIS.de)
- Charlotte Isaksson, Gender Advisor of the Swedish Defence Staff
- Major Søren Glargaard Rich, Gender Advisor of the Danish Defence Command
- Dr Christina Horváth-Stenner, Mediation Support Officer, Operations Service | Conflict Prevention Center, OSCE
- Wiebke Köhler, Network National Security, CDU, Germany
- Cathrin Wilhelm, BDSV, Board Member for SME
Panel A8: Trolls and Bots – Disinformation Campaigns and Methods against them (ROOM OPAL)
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
- Hung Lun Yen, Associate Research Fellow of Prospect Foundation, Taiwan
- Colin Eide, Director, Microsoft Threat Analysis Center
Panel A9: Horizon 2030 - The role of stand-off precision strike capabilities in future warfare (ROOM SMARAGD)
Chair: Sophie Witte, Policy Advisor and Reserve Officer
Introduction: 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
- Brigadier General Orduña Rodríguez, Head of Plans and Policy Directorate Air Staff, Spain
Panel B1: Mission LV/BV - prepare the Air Forces for War (ROOM SAPHIR)
Chair: Lieutenant General Günter Katz, Commanding General of the German Air Force Forces Command
Introduction: Michael von Puttkamer, Vice President Special Aircraft Services, Lufthansa Technik
- Major General Jonas Wikman, Chief of the Swedish Airforce
- 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, Vice President, Head of Sales Germany, Director Global Business Eurofighter, Airbus
- Major General Randolph Staudenraus, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum
Panel B2: Capabilities for Naval Forces (ROOM AMETHYST)
Chair: Rear Admiral Tobias Abry, Chief of Staff Naval Command, Germany
- Rear Admiral Henrik Ryberg, Chief of the Danish Navy
- Brigadier General Patrik Gardesten, Deputy Chief of the Swedish Navy
- Commodore Ivo Värk, Commander of the 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
Panel B3: NBC-Defence – Hope for the Best, or prepare for the Worst!? (ROOM QUARZ)
Chair: Colonel Stephan Saalow, Commander Bundeswehr CBRN Defence Command, Germany
- Colonel Thomas Lamke, Commander of the Swedish CBRN-Center
- Lieutenant Colonel Anders Kildal, Commander of the Norwegian Armed Forces CBRN & EP school
- Sebastian Meyer-Plath, Blücher, Germany
- Ask Eirik Storsve, Head of International Government Affairs, Emergent Bio Solutions
- Markus 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 (ROOM OPAL)
Chair: Lieutenant General (ret.) Peter Bohrer, former Vice National Territorial Commander
- 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, Chair of War Studies, University Potsdam
- Brigadier General Jami Virta, Commander of the Finnish Pori Brigade
- Lisa Gorenflo, Dog handler and trainer, Schwarzwald Dogs
- Christian Schöning, CEO, Argus Interception
Panel B5: Capabilities for Medical Services (ROOM JADE)
Chair: Marina Schmidt, Press and Information Center, Bundeswehr Medical Service Headquarters, Germany
- Major General (MS) Dr Almut Nolte, Deputy Commander of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service at the Bundeswehr Joint Forces-Support Services Headquarters, Germany
- Frank Dürrbeck, Director, 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
- Dr Johannes Kreuzer, CEO, Cosinuss, Germany
- Dr Christophe Bayer, Head of Division, Health Security, International Crisis Management, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
Panel B6: Software Defined Defence - The Way Ahead (ROOM BERNSTEIN)
Chair: Lieutenant General Michael Vetter, Head of CIT, German Federal Ministry of Defence
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 Defence Digital & Cyber, Airbus Defence and Space
- Marc Akkermann, Vice President & Head of Public Defense, Capgemini
- Dr Timo Haas, Chief Digital Officer Rheinmetall and coCEO Division Electronic Solutions
Panel B7: How to accelerate procurement and armament (ROOM RUBIN)
Chair: Dr Hans-Christoph Atzpodien, Managing Director, BDSV
Introduction: Dr Thomas Kauffmann, Vice President and Managing Director, GDELS
- Prof Dr Heiko Höfler, PwC
- Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, National Armaments Director, German Federal Ministry of Defence
- Tiina Uudeberg, Under Secretary for Defence Planning, 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 (ROOM GRANAT)
Chair: Colonel (GS) Bernd Stingl, Commander, Bundeswehr Centre for Digitalisation and Cyber and Information Domain Capability
Introduction: Peter Hurnaus, 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 IT-Systemhaus Bonn
- Michael Hlevnjak, Key Account Director Bundesbehörden, Google Germany
- Frank Leidenberger, CEO, BWI
Panel B9: Unmanned Systems for Land Forces (ROOM SMARAGD)
Chair: Brigadier General (ret.) Robbie Boyd, Advisory Council and Member OPEWI
- Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Sven Christoph, Army Capabilities and Development Office, Germany
- Roberta Randerath, Business Development, ARX Robotics
- Stefan Behre, Deputy Chief Sales Officer at Milrem Robotics
- Dawid Bielecki, Board Member, Flytronic S.A. WB GROUP
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