Tuesday, 3 November 2026
SIDE-EVENT 14:15 – 15:15: The Future of the Military Reserve System
Chair: Bastian Ernst, MdB and President, German Reservists Association
- Frank Weise, Senior Advisor, Deloitte*
- Emmanuel Jacob, President, Euromil
- N.N., Lithuania
- N.N., MoD Germany
- N.N., National Reserve Forces Committee*
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
SIDE EVENT 10.00 – 13.30: Drones: Lessons identified from Ukraine, Capabilities overview
Chair: Tim Mak, Arsenal, USA
- 10.00 – Colonel Vadym Sukharevsky*, Deputy Commander Operational Command East, Ukraine
- 10.15 – N.N., Deutsche Telekom*
- 10.30 – Brigadier General Mirosław Bodnar*, Inspector of Unmanned Weapon Systems, Polish Armed Forces
- 10.45 – N.N., Siemens*
- 11.00 – Major General Kaspars Pudāns*, Commander, National Armed Forces (NBS), Latvia
- 11.15 – N.N., rola Security Solutions*
- 11.30 – Dr Jacob Parakilas, Research Leader, Defence, Security, and Justice, Rand Europe
- 11.45 – Enrico Scharlock, Aerospace & Defense Solution Experience Senior Director, Dassault Systems
- 12.00 – Colonel (GS) Andre Henkel*, Head of the Land Forces Development Department, German Army Command
- 12.15 – N.N., Congress partner
- 12.30 – N.N., TWN Armed Forces
- 12.45 – N.N., Cambridge Aerospace
- 13.00 – Jean Daniel Sülberg*, Director, National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- 13.15 – Wrap-Up Moderator
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
SIDE EVENT 14.00 – 15.30: Young Voices, Strategic Choices: How can the next generation revitalise the Weimar Triangle?
Chair: Theodor Himmel, Chairman of EPIS Thinktank e. V.
- Remi de Fritsch, President of the Association des Jeunes de l’IHEDN
- Jan Norman, Chairman of the Polish Forum of Young Diplomats
- Tom Körner, Co-Chair of European Defence Network
- Francisco Nobre, President of Youth Atlantic Treaty Association
