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AI in Defence Summit
2026
February 2, 2026
Brussels
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AI in Defence Summit 2026 — Speakers
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Theo Francken
Minister of Defence
Belgium
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Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence and Space
European Commission
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Andra Migiu
Head of Division - Security and Defence Office
European Investment Bank
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Jerome Leclanche
Founding Partner
Seven Capital
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Andriy Kolodyuk
Founding Partner
Seven Capital
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Michael Galkovsky
CTO, Oracle Cloud NATO & EMEA
Oracle
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Dr. Nadiia Vasylieva
MIT Researcher & Senior Advisor for AI & Defense Innovation
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Ajay Charkavarthy
Chief AI Officer
Thales UK
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Isidoros Monogioudis
Information Technologies & Cyber
European Defence Agency
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Prof. Dr. Christian Hummert
Managing and Scientific Director
Cyberagentur
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Mike Butcher
Founder & Editor, Pathfounders, Former Editor-at-large
TechCrunch
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Eva Sula
Mentor
NATO DIANA
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Dan Nechita
Managing Director
Vanguard Europe
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Borys Nadykto
Co-founder
CEO at Offset Labs
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Tim Mak
Founder & Editor
Arsenal.eu (Formerly Counteroffensive.pro)
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Marijn Markus
AI Lead
Capgemini
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Lusyne Kesziszjan
Head of Office
European Enterprise Alliance
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Marcin Nowacki
President of the TEN Section
European Economic and Social Committee
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Dr. Ignacio Montiel-Sánchez
Researcher and Policy Advisor
European Commission, DG DEFIS
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Jorge Pereira
Head of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Security Unit
EUROCONTROL
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Irene Benito RodrÃguez
Co-Chair of NATO's Autonomy Task Force
NATO
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Brian Abrams
Founder and Managing Partner
B Ventures Group
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Giedrimas Jeglinskas
Member of Lithuanian Seimas
Lithuanian Parliament
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Reinis Pozņaks
MEP
European Parliament
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Roman Vybranovskyy
Co-founder
Ukraine Facility Platform (UAFP)
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Oksana Zolotaryova
Member of the Executive Board
Ukraine Facility Platform
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Leo Exter
Chief Energizer & Founder
Hack Belgium Labs
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Brooks Newmark
Founder and Chairman
Trypillian
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Prof. Dr Daniel Fiott
Assistant Professor
Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
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Dmytro Kuzmenko
CEO
UVCA
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Roman Hapachylo
CEO
DoD Solution
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Björn Pötter
Chief Product Officer
Dropla Tech ApS
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Lyubomyr Senyuk
Head of Research
EOS Robotics, Ukraine
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Tichomir Jenkut
Partner
Presto Ventures
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Radzym Wójcik
Counsel (Warsaw), M&A Lawyer
Baker McKenzie
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Mariusz Aksamit
Head of Cloud
Billennium
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Marie Leppard
Partner, Antitrust & Competition Practice
Baker McKenzie
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Paloma MartÃnez-Lage
Partner
Baker McKenzie
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Dr. Nicolas Kredel LL.M.
Chair, Global Industrials Manufacturing and Transportation Group
Baker McKenzie
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Dr. Katharina Weiner
Partner, Public Sector & Regulatory
Baker McKenzie
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Filiberto Brozzetti
Of Counsel (Milan), Baker McKenzie Italy's IT & Communications practice
Baker McKenzie
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Oleksandr Iefremov
Chief Executive Officer
Kitsoft Ukraine
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Ellina Shnurko-Tabakova
Strategic Growth and Analytics Director
Institute for National Resilience and Security
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José Ruiz Cristina
Security Business Development Lead
IndraMind
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José M. Cela
Director, Department of Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE)
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
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Jean Vieville
Director of Channel & OEM Sales
Axelera AI
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Adrien Becue
AI & Cybersecurity Expert
Thales
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Keane Yarish
Managing Director
MW&L Capital
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Dr. Andreas Braun
Managing Director for Artificial Intelligence
PwC Luxembourg
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Bart Huybrechts
CEO
Priper.eu
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Brigadier General O. Romanov
Head of the Research and Development Department
Defence Forces of Ukraine
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Benjamin B Bargetzi
CEO & Founder
Project MindGuard
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Andre Loesekrug-Pietri
Chairman & Scientific Director
Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI)
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