Main Stage
08:0008:00
DOORS OPEN
Registration & Coffee
08:5508:55
OPENING WORDS
Jerome Leclanche, Founder, AI in Defence Summit & Partner, Seven Capital
Andriy Kolodyuk, Seven Capital
09:0009:00
OPENING KEYNOTE
Theo Francken - Belgian Minister of Defence
09:1009:10
KEYNOTE - EUROPEAN DEFENCE POLICY
Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, DG DEFIS - EU Commissioner for Defence and Space
Followed by a Q&A by Andriy Kolodyuk, Seven Capital
09:3009:30
PANEL - LESSONS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
Moderator: Tim Mak, Editor, Arsenal.eu
Brigadier General O. Romanov, Head of R&D Department, Defence Forces of Ukraine
Dr. Nadiia Vasylieva, Sr. Advisor for AI & Defence Innovation
Borys Nadykto, Co-Founder at Offset Labs
With online participation from the frontlines: Lt. Colonel Kirt Berkal, Armed Forces of Ukraine
10:1510:15
COFFEE BREAK
10:3010:30
KEYNOTE - AI, CLOUD, & NUCLEAR POWER IN RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE
Michael Galkovsky, NATO & Defence CTO, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
10:5010:50
HYBRID WARFARE - CYBERSECURITY & COUNTER-DISINFORMATION
Moderator: Jerome Leclanche, Partner, Seven Capital
Dr. Nadiia Vasylieva, Sr. Advisor for AI & Defence Innovation
Prof. Dr. Christian Hummert, Scientific Director, Cyberagentur
Prof. Ajay Chakravarthy, Chief AI Officer, Thales UK
Marijn Markus, AI Lead, Capgemini
11:4011:40
Autonomous Intelligence for UAVs
Moderator: Lusyne Kesziszjan, Head of Office, European Enterprise Alliance
Roman Hapachylo, Founder, DoD Solutions
Brooks Newmark, Chairman, Trypillian
Björn Pötter, Dropla Tech ApS, Chief Product Officer
Lyubomyr Senyuk, Head of Research, EOS Robotics, Ukraine
12:1012:10
LUNCH BREAK
13:3013:30
PANEL - AI POLICY IN DEFENCE AND DUAL-USE
Moderator: Dan Nechita, Vanguard Europe
Ignacio Montiel-Sanchez, DG DEFIS
Reinis Pozņaks, MEP
Irene Benito Rodríguez, NATO
Giedrimas Jeglinskas, Lithuanian Parliament
14:1514:15
SHOWCASE: TRUSTWORTHINESS OF AI IN DEFENCE
Presentation of EDA Whitepaper on Trustworthiness of AI in Defence
Fireside interview with Isidoros Monogioudis, European Defence Agency
Moderated by Eva Sula, Defence & Security Leader, Mentor @ NATO DIANA
14:4514:45
PANEL - AI FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE & SECURITY
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Fiott, Head of the Defence and Statecraft Programme at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Brussels School of Governance
Marcin Nowacki, President of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure, EESC
Oksana Zolotaryova, Ukraine Facility Platform, Member of the Executive Board.
José Ruiz Cristina, Business Development Lead, IndraMind Security
Jorge Pereira, Head of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Security Unit, Eurocontrol
15:3015:30
COFFEE BREAK
15:4515:45
PANEL - AI SOVEREIGNTY IN EUROPE: FROM EDGE TO DATACENTERS & GIGAFACTORIES
Moderator: Dr. Andreas Braun, Managing Director, AI, PwC Luxembourg
José M. Cela, CASE Department Director, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Alberto Sempere Blanco, Global Director for Product & Innovation, Telefónica
Jean Vieville, Director of Channel & OEM Sales, Axelera AI
Adrien Becue, AI & Cybersecurity Expert, Thales
Alain Wilmouth, CEO, 2CRSI
16:3016:30
PANEL - HOW TO NAVIGATE THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE IN AI AND DEFENCE
Presented by Baker McKenzie
Moderator: Marie Leppard, Baker McKenzie
FDI: Paloma Martínez-Lage, Baker McKenzie
Merger control / FSR: Dr Nicolas Kredel, Baker McKenzie
Procurement / Certification and other regulatory challenges in M&A: Katharina Weiner, Baker McKenzie
AI Reg: Filiberto Brozetti, Baker McKenzie
17:2017:20
PANEL - M&A IN DEFENCE
Moderator: Andriy Kolodyuk, Partner, Seven Capital
Radzym Wójcik, Counsel (Warsaw), M&A Lawyer, Baker McKenzie
Keane Yarish, Managing Director, MW&L Capital
Benjamin B Bargetzi, CEO & Founder, Project MindGuard
Andre Loesekrug-Pietri, Chairman & Scientific Director, Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI)
Closing & Networking
17:5517:55
CLOSING WORDS
Andriy Kolodyuk, Seven Capital
Jerome Leclanche, Seven Capital
18.00 - 19:0018.00 - 19:00
NETWORKING COCKTAILS
19:30 - 21:0019:30 - 21:00
VIP DINNER (By invitation only)