Event Agenda
11/02/2026
08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00
09:00 - 09:15
Opening Remarks
09:15 - 09:35
Institutional Roadmaps & Procurement Priorities
09:35 - 09:50
Keynote: European Defence Cooperation, Funding & Strategic Positioning
10:25
10:25 - 10:35
Pitch Session 1 | Supply Chains & Defence Logistics
11:00
11:00 - 11:40
Panel 2 | Surveillance & the High North
11:40 - 11:50
Pitch Session 2 | Sensing, Space & Arctic Operations
11:50 - 12:30
Panel 3 | Subsea, Autonomous Systems, Sensors & Naval Defence
12:30
12:30 - 12:40
Pitch Session 3 | Autonomy, Naval Systems & Subsea
12:40 - 13:00
Closing Remarks & MOU
14:00
14:00 - 14:10
Keynote: Opening/Welcome
PascalLagarde (Bpifrance)
14:10 - 14:25
Keynote: Europe's Defence Industrial Moment: Building Capacity, Speed and Sovereignty
AirisRikveilis (The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia)
14:25 - 14:35
Keynote: Defence Industrial Readiness: From Strategic Urgency to Operational Delivery
14:35 - 14:45
Official signature of European Defence Alliance, between LIAA & BPI
14:35 - 15:25
Panel Session: Can Europe Scale its defence industrial base fast enough?
MathieuCaron (Euronext)AriJonsson (NATO Innovation Fund)AmbroiseFAYOLLE (European Investment Bank)
15:30
15:30 - 15:40
Keynote: State of the Baltics Defence
KasparasJurgelionis (Iron Wolf Capital)
15:30 - 16:20
Panel Session: Procurement as Indutrial Strategy - Buying European, buying faster?
Dr. GeraldWalther (Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit)BastienMassé (ICEYE)Alexander-EdgarSchermerhorn (Dutch Ministry of Defence)MartinEverard (Entreprise Europe Network - CCI Paris IDF)
15:30 - 16:15
Panel Session: Women in Defence
15:40 - 16:25
Expert Roundtable: Baltics Defence Perspectives
Participation is subject to prior approval.
Lieutenant Colonel EdgarsAllers (LVA MOD)ArthurKenigsberg (Iron Bridge)KasparasJurgelionis (Iron Wolf Capital)
16:25
16:25 - 17:15
Panel Session: From Defence Tech Startup to Defence Partner
OleAguirre (DTCP)CedricLowenbach (Bpifrance)OndřejProcházka (INFRAHEX)ArthurKenigsberg (Iron Bridge)
16:25 - 17:15
Panel Session: The hidden defence industry: Critical components, Materials and Subcontractors
AlessandroCavallo (Ghisalba S.p.A.)BastienMassé (ICEYE)SabineLe Blond (Stirweld)
17:15
17:15 - 18:00
Closed Door Session: Arming the Supply Chain: How To Keep Up With a New Era of Demand?
Participation is subject to prior approval.
17:15 - 18:00
Panel Session: Weaponised supply: Securing Europe's Critical Materials for Rearmament?
KjetilLarsen (Norner AS)FrodeLindvik (NORSmaterials AS)EricDusseux (ARCANA ALTA - CONCORD EMDX CONSULTING)
17:15 - 18:00
Panel Session: 3 industrial priorities for a more secured Europe
DianaBaranova (Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia)
18:00
18:00 - 21:00
Opening Cocktail
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