PAST SPEAKERS
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Gary
Aitkenhead
then CEO UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
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James
Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
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Joe
Baguley
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMEA, VMware
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Brigadier General Philippe
Barthélemy
Officer in charge of the digital transformation of the Armies, Joint Staff
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Bernard
Clermont
Director of Innovation, John Cockerill Defense
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Major General Stefano
Cont
Capability, Armament and Planning Director, European Defence Agency
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General (ret.) Grégoire
de Saint-Quentin
Senior Vice-President Advanced projects, Preligens Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, French MoD
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Axel
Dyèvre
Partner at CEIS – Forward Global
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Edouard
Galland
Head of the IS division command and control of operations, intelligence, Defense Digital Agency (DDA)
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Edouard
Geoffrois
Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), European Commission
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Major General Pierre-Joseph
Givre
Director of the Center for Doctrine and Command Teaching (CDEC)
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Colonel Mietta
Groeneveld
Director NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2COE)
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Rear Admiral Laurent
Hermann
Head of the Digital Division Joint Directorate for Defence Network Infrastructure and Information Systems (DIRISI), French MoD
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Hugues
Mandoul
Sales & Business Development Manager, Trulifi Public Sector & Education, Southern Europe at Signify
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Brigadier General (ret.) Olivier
Kempf
Director of French strategic institute La Vigie, former Head of Digital Transformation of the French Army Staff
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Major General Thierry
Lasserre
Commander, Communication and Information Systems (COMSIC), French Land Forces
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General (ret.) Jean-Paul
Paloméros
Senior Advisor, CEIS-Forward Global, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT)
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Lieutenant General Bertrand
Toujouse
Commander of the French Land Forces
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Brigadier General Arnaud
Weixler
Deputy Chief of Staff for Resources and Senior National Representative for France, 1 German-Netherlands Corps
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Major General Tony
Wright
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Policies (DCOS SPP), NATO Allied Command Transformation