Modernise. Mobilise. Secure.
The leading event in partnership with the Lithuanian Land Forces at the epicentre of NATO’s eastern flank, driving integrated capability and regional deterrence.

9 - 10 December 2025 | Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Center Litexpo Vilnius, Lithuania

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Meet the Speakers

2025 SPEAKERS

General Raimundas Vaiksnoras
Chief of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
Lithuanian Armed Forces

Lieutenant General Adam Joks
Commander, 2 Polish Corps - Land Component Command
Polish Army

Major General Jarosław Górowski
Commander, Multinational Division North-East
NATO

Major General Brian Nissen
Deputy Commander Multinational Corps Northeast
NATO

Brigadier General Aurelijus Alasauskas
Commander
Lithuanian Army First Division

Brigadier General Boštjan Močnik
Force Commander
Slovenian Armed Forces

Brigadier General Christoph Huber
Commander, 45th Panzer Brigade
Bundeswehr

Brigadier General John Mountford
Deputy Commanding General - Readines
US Army V Corps

Brigadier Mark Comer
Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) PLANS
Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC)

Brigadier General Sami-Antti Takamaa
Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Operations
Finnish Army

Brigadier General Nerijus STANKEVIČIUS
Commander
Lithuanian Land Force

Brigadier General Štefan Acsai
Commander, 1st Mechanized Brigade
Slovak Land Forces

Brigadier (Retd) Jānis Kažociņš
Distinguished Fellow
Center for Geopolitical Studies Riga

Colonel Viesturs Masulis
Chief
Latvian Air Force

Colonel Kris Reeves
Commander, Multinational Brigade Latvia NATO
Canadian Armed Forces

Colonel (Ret.) Rainer Peltoniemi
Former Plans and Policy Division
Finnish Defence Command

Colonel Georgios Nellas
Commander of the Hellenic Artillery School
Hellenic Army

Colonel Jan Mazal
Chief of the Military Robotics Department
Czech Defense University

Colonel Jernej Peternelj
Chief of the Capability Development Division
Slovenian Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel Allan Raidma
Artillery Battalion Commander
Estonian Defence Forces

Dr. Michael Santaspirt
Deputy Chief of Staff, G2, and the Chief Futures Officer
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center

US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Andrew Plater
Programme Manager for Air and Land Combat Systems
NSPA

David Colliquet
Deputy Director of Life Cycle Management
NSPA

Nele Loorents
Research Fellow
ICDS

Matthew West
BOXER Programme Division Deputy Technical Section Leader
OCCAR-EA

Jonas Waltari
Head of Indirect Fires Army Systems Division
Swedish Defence Material Agency (FMV)

Colonel Christopher M. Hill
Director of the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate
US Army

Tugrul Gazi Apa
Program Manager, Main Battle Tank Systems
Defence Industry Agency, SSB

Pranciškus Vaišvila
Industry Development Manager
Innovation Agency Lithuania

2025 INDUSTRY SPEAKERS

Thomas H. Stanton
Director, International Business Development
Lockheed Martin – Missiles and Fire Control

Dale Butler
International Business Development HIMARS, MLRS, GMLRS, ATACMS, PrSM Tactical
Lockheed Martin

Eben Frankenberg
CEO
Echodyne

Cahit Utku Aral
General Manager
SYS Group

Donatas Sirgedas
Company Executive – Lithuania & Estonia
Quantum Systems

Jesús Sánchez Loureiro
Business Development and Sales Director
ARQUIMEA

2025 CHAIRMEN

Lieutenant General (Retd) Sir Nick Borton
Former Commander
NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

Air Vice-Marshal (Retd) Bruce Hedley
Former Director Joint Warfare
UK Armed Forces

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Tony Aguto
Former Commanding General
Security Assistance Group Ukraine

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