Main Stage
08:0008:00
DOORS OPEN
Registration & Coffee
08:5508:55
OPENING WORDS
Seven Capital - AI in Defence Summit
09:0009:00
OPENING KEYNOTE
Theo Francken - Belgian Minister of Defence
09:1009:10
KEYNOTE - EUROPEAN DEFENCE POLICY
Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, DG DEFIS
09:3009:30
PANEL - LESSONS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
Moderator: Tim Mak, Editor, Arsenal.eu
Pekka Toveri, MEP
Borys Nadykto, Co-Founder at Offset Labs
Yurii «Phoenix», Lasar Group
10:1510:15
COFFEE BREAK
10:3010:30
KEYNOTE - AI, CLOUD, AND 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, 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
Brian Streem, CEO Vermeer
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
With contribution from Monika Venčkauskaitė, Head of Artificial Intelligence Research, BPTI
14:4514:45
PANEL - AI FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE & SECURITY
Marcin Nowacki, President of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure, EESC
Roman Vybranovskyy, Co-founder, Ukraine Facility Platform (UAFP)
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
With participation from Axelera.ai
16:3016:30
PANEL - HOW TO NAVIGATE THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE IN AI AND DEFENCE
Presented by Baker McKenzie
17:1517:15
PANEL - M&A IN DEFENCE
Moderator: Andriy Kolodyuk
Radzym Wójcik, Counsel (Warsaw), M&A Lawyer, Baker McKenzie
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)
Main Stage
08:0008:00
DOORS OPEN
Registration & Coffee
08:5508:55
OPENING WORDS
Seven Capital - AI in Defence Summit
09:0009:00
OPENING KEYNOTE
Theo Francken - Belgian Minister of Defence
09:1009:10
KEYNOTE - EUROPEAN DEFENCE POLICY
Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, DG DEFIS
09:3009:30
PANEL - LESSONS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
Moderator: Tim Mak, Editor, Arsenal.eu
Pekka Toveri, MEP
Borys Nadykto, Co-Founder at Offset Labs
Yurii «Phoenix», Lasar Group
10:1510:15
COFFEE BREAK
10:3010:30
KEYNOTE - AI, CLOUD, AND 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, 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
Brian Streem, CEO Vermeer
12:1012:10
LUNCH BREAK
Policy Track
Startups & Investments
13:30
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
13:30
PANEL - THE AI INVESTMENTS LANDSCAPE
Moderator: Andriy Kolodyuk
Andra Migiu, European Investment Bank
Nicholas Nelson, Founder and General Partner, Archangel
Tichomir Jenkut, Partner, Presto Ventures
Filiberto Brozetti, Baker McKenzie Italy, Data Protection Specialist UN Office of Counter-Terrorism
14:15
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
With contribution from Monika Venčkauskaitė, Head of Artificial Intelligence Research, BPTI
14:15 - 15:30
PITCH COMPETITION
Presented by Yuliya Dmytryshyn, UAtech & Seven Capital
Featuring 10 startups in the AI & Defence Space
14:15-14:25
Opening
14:25-14:30
Soloma Avionics
14:31-14:36
Alias Robotics
14:37-14:42
Dropla Tech ApS
14:43-14:48
Emproof
14:49-14:54
Baltic Aerospace
14:55-15:00
BaBayte OÜ
15:01-15:06
PanoptesAI OU
15:07-15:12
Treble
15:13-15:18
DeepKeep
15:19-15:24
UncovAI
15:25-15:30
MindGuard
14:45
PANEL - AI FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE & SECURITY
Marcin Nowacki, President of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure, EESC
Roman Vybranovskyy, Co-founder, Ukraine Facility Platform (UAFP)
José Ruiz Cristina, Business Development Lead, IndraMind Security
Jorge Pereira, Head of Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Security Unit, Eurocontrol
15:30
COFFEE BREAK
15:30
COFFEE BREAK
15:45
PANEL - AI SOVEREIGNTY IN EUROPE: FROM EDGE TO DATACENTERS & GIGAFACTORIES
With participation from Axelera.ai
15:45
JUDGE PANEL
Dmytro Kuzmenko, CEO UVCA
Dr. Nadiia Vasylieva, Sr. Advisor for AI & Defence Innovation
Nicholas Nelson, Founder and General Partner, Archangel
Tichomir Jenkut, Partner, Presto Ventures
Leo Exter, Chief Energizer & Founder, Hack Belgium Labs
+1 Mystery Speaker
16:30 - 16:50
PANEL - HOW TO NAVIGATE THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE IN AI AND DEFENCE
Presented by Baker McKenzie
16:30
AWARDS CEREMONY
Presented by UAtech
16:50 - 17:30
PANEL - COUNTERING RUSSIAN CYBER-WARFARE AND AI PROPAGANDA
Ellina Shnurko-Tabakova, Institute for National Resilience and Security
Oleksandr Iefremov, Chief Executive Officer, Kitsoft Ukraine
David Antunes, Program Manager Cyber Defence, European Defence Agency
Mariusz Aksamit, Head of Cloud at Billennium
17:15
PANEL - M&A IN DEFENCE
Moderator: Andriy Kolodyuk
Radzym Wójcik, Counsel (Warsaw), M&A Lawyer, Baker McKenzie
17:55
CLOSING WORDS
Andriy Kolodyuk, Seven Capital
Jerome Leclanche, Seven Capital
17:55
CLOSING WORDS
18.00 - 19:00
NETWORKING COCKTAILS
18.00 - 19:00
NETWORKING COCKTAILS
19:30 - 21:00
VIP DINNER (By invitation only)
19:30 - 21:00
VIP DINNER (By invitation only)