10:30AM–11:00AM: On the Ground: AI on the Battlefield
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic Defense
- Loïc Mougeolle, CEO, Comand AI
- Will Blyth, CEO, Arondite
- Mouad M'Ghari, CEO, Harmattan
- Scott Sanders, CGO, Forterra
11:00AM–11:30AM: Bytes and Borders: Digital sovereignty and the changing nature of collaboration (Powered by Second Front)
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic Defense
- Tyler Sweatt, CEO, Second Front Systems
- Colonel Christophe Piubeni, Assistant Director For Strategy, French Agency For Artificial Intelligence In Defense
- Lieutenant Colonel Ash Thomas Lubecke, Chief of AI TF MAVEN, NATO SHAPE
- Dave Ferris, Head of Global Public Sector, Cohere
11:30AM–12:00PM: Leaning In: Investing Big in European Defense
Moderator: Mo Islam, ceo, tectonic
Khaled Helioui, Partner, Plural
Antoine Moyroud, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Michelle Le Merre, Finance Director - Corporate Development & Strategy, BAE Systems
- Alex Ferrara, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
1:30PM–2:00PM: Life on the Frontline: European Defense on the Russian Border
Moderator: Helene Sigmond, First Secretary Norwegian Delegation to NATO
Kusti Salm, CEO, Frankenburg Technologies
Nicholas Nelson, general Partner, Archangel
Mikolaj Firlej, Co-Founder & GP, Expeditions Fund
- Karl Rosander, CEO, Nordic Air Defence
2:00PM–2:30PM: How to spot bullshit: Sorting the Lethal from the Hype
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic Defense
Chris Magazzeni, Investment Director, Lakestar
- Louise Boucher, GP, Sisyphus VC
- Samuel Burrell, Partner, Expeditions
- Bastiaan Janmaat, Managing Director, Linse Capital
2:30PM–3:00PM: Cheap and Cheerful: Scaling Up Mass Drone Production
Moderator: Barratt Dewey, Defense Tech Reporter, Tectonic
Balazs Nagy, CEO & Co-Founder, TYTAN Technologies
Soren Monroe-Anderson, CEO, Neros
Srdjan Kovacevic, Co-Founder & CEO, Orqa FPV
Philip Lockwood, Managing Director, STARK
3:30PM–4:00PM: Crossing the Valley of Death
Moderator: Wendy Anderson, Senior fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Ali Hawks, CEO, UK BMNT
JD Englehart, Investment Director, In-Q-Tel
Bertrand Rondepierre, Head of Ministerial Agency of Artificial Intelligence in Defense, French Government
4:00PM–4:30PM: Working Together: Innovation across Europe and NATO
Moderator: Julie Smith, Fmr. US Ambassafor to NATO, Clarion Strategies
Ryan Benitez, Chief Commercial Officer, NATO DIANA
- Max Breet, Director, EMEA, Gingko Bioworks
- Megan Edwards, Head for Innovation Policy & Ecosystem Engagement, NATO
- Oleksandr Kamyshin, Special Advisor, Ukrainian Presidency
10:00AM–10:30AM: Ukraine Beyond the War
Moderator: Caterina Buchatskiy, Military and Defense Technologies Analytics, Snake Island Institute
Eveline Buchatskiy, Managing Partner, D3 Ventures
- Serhii Kupriienko, CEO, Swarmer
- Misha Rudominski, CEO, Himera
- Valeriy Borovyk, CEO, First Contact
10:30AM–11:00AM: The First Line of Defense: European Missile and Drone Defense
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic Defense
Chris Sylvan, Chief Commercial Officer, Cambridge Aerospace
Dan Hermansen, CEO, MyDefence
Dimitrios Kottas, CEO, Delian
- Ash Alexander Cooper, VP EMEA, DeDrone by Axon
11:00AM–11:30AM: Forging Europe’s Arsenal: Solid Rocket Motors and Allied Supply Chains (Powered by Firehawk)
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, tectonic
Will Edwards, CEO, Firehawk Aerospace
Matej Luhovy, Partner, Presto Tech horizons
- Lazar Igrutinovic, Project Development Manager, MSM Group
11:30AM–12:00pM: The Race to Automate: Automation Beyond FPV Drones
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic
Brian Moran, VP & Head of Continental Europe, Anduril
David Roberts, CEO, UK ARX Robotics
- Tristam Constant, Head of Government & Defense for Europe, Applied Intuition
- James Lawson, Director, Land, Uncrewed Systems and Tactical Systems, Helsing
12:00pM–12:15pM: DSACEUR Fireside
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic Defense
Admiral Sir Keith Blount, DSACEUR
1:30pM–2:00pM: Autonomy at Sea: The Power of Maritime Drones in Europe
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Managing Editor, Tectonic Defense
- Erica Dill-Russell, Commercial, Kraken
- Pieter-Jan Note, Co-Founder & CEO, MAHI
- Tom Foldesi, CRO, Havoc AI
2:00pM–2:15pM: Seeing Beyond the Visible: Thermal Intelligence as Europe’s Defense Advantage (Sponsored by Hydrosat)
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, tectonic
- Pieter Fossel, CEO, Hydrosat
2:15pM–2:45pM: European Defense Beyond Ukraine
Moderator: Jack Wang, Partner and Managing Director, Project A
Jan-Hendrik Boelens, Founder & CEO, Alpine Eagle
Hadrien Canter, CEO, Alta Ares
Fiona Murray, Chair, NATO Innovation Fund
3:15pM–3:45pM: Frenemies: The Trouble with Strategic Autonomy
Moderator: Karl-Christian Agerup, Vice Chair, NATO Innovation Fund
Enrique Oti, CSO, Second Front Systems
- Max Buchan, CEO, Valarian
- Leonard Wessendorff, CEO, Project Q
- Hugo Jammes, Founding Partner, EDT
3:45pM–4:15pM: European Defense in a Trump World
Moderator: David Rothzied, Principal, Shield Capital
- Eric Slesinger, GP, 201 Ventures
- Lital Leshem, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Protego Ventures
- Aymerik Renard, Partner, HCVC
- Alexander Fitzgerald, CEO, Isembard
