Meet the Speakers

2026 Chairmen

Major General (Ret'd) Mike Keating
Former Chief of Staff
NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

Major General Gary Deakin
Former Chief of Staff
NATO Joint Force Command

Lieutenant General Dariusz Parylak
Commander
NATO Multinational Corps Northeast

Major General Andrii Malinovskyi
Chief of Artillery
Armed Forces of Ukraine

Major General Indrek Sirel
Estonian Division Commander
Estonian Land Forces

Major General John Pippy
Commander
Pennsylvania Army National Guard

Major General Jörg See
Commander
Bundeswehr 10th Panzer Division

Brigadier General Nerijus Stankevičius
Commander
Lithuanian Land Force

Brigadier General Sergii Baranov
Chief Missile Program Office
Ukranian MoD

Brigadier General Štefan Acsai
Commander
Ground Forces of Slovak Republic

Brigadier General Aurelijus Alasauskas
Commander
Lithuanian Army First Division

Brigadier General István Tóth
Commander of the 1st Klapka György Armoured Brigade
Hungarian Defence Forces

Brigadier General Igor Šepec
Deputy Force Commander
Slovenian Armed Forces

Colonel Antanas Matutis
Commander
Lithuanian Air Force

Colonel Matti Sopanen (FIN-A)
Concepts and Policy
NATO Joint Support and Enablement Command

Colonel Roman Bobal
Commander, Fires Centre of Excellence
Armed Forces of Slovak Republic

Colonel David Brassard
Commander
Multinational Brigade Latvia

Colonel Yevhen Shamataliuk
Deputy Commander
Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade

Colonel Gunārs Kauliņš
Incoming Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations/Land component
Latvian Armed Forces

Colonel Robert Berej
Chief of Intelligence and EW
Polish Armed Forces

Colonel Craig Cotner
Incoming Fires Transformation and Integration Director
US Army

Colonel Peter Elston
Deputy Commander, 101 Operational Sustainment Brigade
British Army

Colonel Chris Hill
Director Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate
US Army

Lieutenant Colonel Andris Brūveris
Commander, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
Latvian Land Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Madis Koosa
Scouts Battalion Commander 1st Infantry Brigade
Estonian Defence Forces

Colonel Annelie Olausson
Commander of the Swedish South Skåne Brigade
Swedish Army

Mr. Raimondas Martinavičius
Chief Advisor
Ministry of Economy and Innovation

Ms. Diāna Baranova *subject to final confirmation
Director Defence Industry And Innovation Policy Department
Ministry of Defence Republic of Latvia

Mr. Matas Radavicius
Head of Defence Industry Unit
Lithuanian Defence Material Agency

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