29th & 30th May 2024
2024 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
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Major General Peter B.
Andrysiak Jr.
Chief of Staff of the US European Command
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Engineer-General Patrick
AUFORT
Head of the French Agency of Defence Innovation
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Alexis
Balloy
Aerospace & Defence Business Consultant Director, Dassault Systèmes
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Lieutenant General Piotr
Blazeusz
Commander of the European Rapid Reaction Corps (EUROCORPS)
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Dr. Heiko
Borchert
Co-director of the Defence AI Observatory, Helmut Schmidt University (co-directeur de l’observatoire de l’intelligence artificielle de défense à l’université Helmut Schmidt)
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Major General Jürgen
BRÖTZ
Commander of NATO CIS Group and Deputy Chief of Staff, Cyberspace, NATO SHAPE
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Major General Norbert
Chassang
Commander of Cyber and Digital Land Support of the French Army
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Captain (N) Antoine
Colombier
Deputy Director for Lessons Learned of the French Joint Centre for Concepts, Doctrine and Experimentation (CICDE)
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Major General Stefano
Cont
Capability, Armament and Planning Director, European Defence Agency
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Brigadier Mike
FAYERS
Head of Military Capability Plans of the British Army
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Major General Hans
Folmer
Chief of Staff of the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) (Chef d’état-major de l’agence des systèmes d’information et de communication de l’OTAN)
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Lieutenant General Emmanuel
Gaulin
Commander of the Rapid Reaction Corps – France (RRC-Fr)
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Brigadier General Filip
Gillet
Chief Information Officer of the Belgian Ministry of Defence
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Major General Stéphane
Groën
Deputy Commander of the French Air Defence and Air Operations Command
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Major General Gabór
HORVÁTH
Deputy Director General and Chief of Staff of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS)
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Colonel Frédéric
Jordan
Chief of Staff of the French Joint Force Command
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Brigadier General Ilmars
Lejins
Deputy Director, Policy and Capabilities Division, NATO International Military Staff (IMS) (Directeur adjoint en charge de la division politiques et capacités de l’état-major international de l’OTAN)
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Colonel Andrzej
Lis
Commander of the Doctrine and Training Centre of the Polish Armed Forces
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Engineer-General Dominique
LUZEAUX
NATO Allied Command Transformation Digital Transformation Champion and Special Advisor (ACT)
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Brigadier General Ivan
Martin
Defence Attaché, French Embassy to Ukraine
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General (ret.) Denis
MERCIER
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and former Chief of the French Air Force, member of Helsing’s board
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General (ret.) Jean-Paul
Paloméros
Senior Advisor at Forward Global, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) and former Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
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Lieutenant General Jean-Pierre
PERRIN
Chief of Staff of the Allied Joint Force Command of Brunssum (JFC)
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Major General Davide
Re
Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Development and Preparation Directorate, NATO SHAPE (Chef d’état-major adjoint en charge de la direction du développement stratégique et de la planification de SHAPE)
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General Pierre
Schill
Chief of Staff of the French Army
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Vice Admiral (ret.) Henri
Schricke
Senior Advisor at Forward Global and former Military Representative of France to the EU and NATO
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Major General Timothy
N. Thombleson
Deputy Commander of the US Army V Corps
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Lieutenant General Sir Ralph William
WOODDISSE, KCB, CBE, MC
Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)