Defence Innovation 2023: Getting the edge in industry and in the field

Program

Opening

08:30 – 09:30 Registration and welcome coffee
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome
Dr. Jiří Hynek, President, Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic
09:40 – 09:50 Speech by representative Czech Ministry of Defence
Name, title, Ministry of Defence of Czech Republic
09:50 – 10:00 Speech by representative European Commission
Paul Anciaux, Policy Officer, European Commission

10:00 – 10:30 Key note speech
Dr. Michael Lauster, Professor, Fraunhofer

Defence Technologies: how to accelerate innovation to defence and adopt civil technologies?

10.30 – 12:00 Moderator
Dr. Kristyna Helm, Deputy Director, Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic
Panelists
Vitalija Rubeziene, Head of Textile Physical-Chemical testing Department, State
Research Institute of Lithuania
Hugo Leyte, Strategic Advisor, Dutch Ministry of Defence – Innovation Center FRONT
Cecilia Gullström, Research Engineer, Swedish Defence Research Agency
Isabelle Desjeux, Head of European Affairs, Safran
Libor Gajdoš, Head of Trade and Marketing, AURA
… tbc

Registration