AI in Defence Summit 2026 — Invited Speakers

Featured Speakers

Invited Speakers

  • Theo Francken
    Minister of Defence
    Belgium
  • Klaus Welle
    DG DEFIS
  • Fabio Liberti
    DG DEFIS
  • Remi Roland
    DG DEFIS
  • Arūnas Vinčiūnas
    DG DEFIS — Ukraine support and military mobility
  • Francois Arbault
    Director for Defence Industry
    European Commission
  • Guillaume Brosse
    Head of Unit – Defence Industrial Policy
    European Commission
  • Andra Migiu
    Head of Division - Security and Defence Office
    European Investment Bank
  • Camille Grand
    Secretary General
    ASD – Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe
  • Monika Venckauskaite
    Head of Artificial Intelligence Research Group
    BPTI
  • Rob Murray
    Chief Executive Officer
    Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) Development Group
  • Orest Tokač
    Private Investments & Strategic Industries of Ukraine (Lead)
    European Commission
  • Adrien Becue
    AI & Cybersecurity Expert
    Thales
  • Loïc Mougeolle
    Founder
    Comand AI
  • Janaína Amaral
    AI Research Engineer
    Airbus Defence and Space
  • Luis Giraldo
    AI Governance Expert
    NATO Science and Technology Organization
  • Patrick Schneider-Sikorsky
    Deep Tech Investor
    NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)
  • Marija Sulce
    Strategy Analyst, Europe & NATO
    Northrop Grumman
  • Kyrylo Budanov
    Chief
    Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine
  • Fabrice Pothier
    Chief Executive Officer
    Rasmussen Global
  • Philip Lockwood
    Managing Director
    STARK
  • Dan Magy
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Firestorm Labs
  • Fateh Kaakai
    Safety Expert & AI Assurance Researcher
    Thales
  • Gabriel Pedroza
    Principal R&D Engineer in Safety-Security
    Ansys
  • Chrystèle Johnson
    Head of GenAI Transformation Policy and Compliance
    MBDA
  • Isidoros Monogioudis
    Project Officer
    European Defence Agency
  • Michel Barretau
    Research Engineer Leader in End-to-end Trustworthy AI
    Thales
  • Denys Gurak
    Founder
    MITS Capital & biodrook
  • Yvonne Hofstetter
    Chief Executive Officer
    21strategies
  • Hadrien Canter
    CEO
    Alta Ares
  • David Cledon
    Director Technology & Products
    Quantum Systems
  • Ryan Benitez
    Chief Commercial Officer
    NATO DIANA
  • Alex Orlowsky
    Metatron Analysis
  • Valentin Storz
    Chief Revenue Officer
    Varjo
  • Alessio Cavallin
    System Engineer
    Leonardo
  • Alexander Schuster
    Director Public Affairs
    Heckler & Koch GmbH
  • Ajay Charkavarthy
    Head of AI
    Thales UK