DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
9:00 am - 9:30 am
KEYNOTE: BLACK SEA SECURITY: CHALLENGES, DETERRENCE, AND POSSIBLE WAY AHEAD
Lieutenant General Cristian Dan -
Commander,
Multinational Corps Southeast HQ
• Solving issues in awareness through persistent ISR and unmanned systems
• Managing contested airspace and supporting existing infrastructure
• Multi-domain integration across maritime, air, and land for long-range strike
9:30 am - 10:00 am
ARRC PROACTIVE APPROACHES TO PREPAREDNESS IN THE CURRENT THREAT CONTEXT
Major General Massimiliano Quarto -
Deputy Commander,
NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)
• Sharing outcomes from recent exercises to shape the future of warfighting
• Future plans for recce strike and manoeuvre at the Corps level
• Protecting and sustaining the Corps for the 21st century fight
10:00 am - 10:30 am
INTEGRATION OF PERSISTENT SENSORS, UNMANNED ZONES AND ALL-DOMAIN C2 FOR EASTERN FLANK DETERRENCE
Brigadier General John Mountford -
Deputy Commanding General - Readines,
U.S. Army V Corps
• Insights into the US V Army Corps role in Eastern Flank Deterrence
• Leveraging advanced technologies and innovative tactics for EFDI
• Innovative approaches to current Eastern Flank Deterrence
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK
STREAM A: FORCE DEVELOPMENT, READINESS, AND INDUSTRIAL MOBILISATION
11:00 am - 11:30 am NSPA STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT PRIORITIES FOR NATO Allan McLeod - Life Cycle Management Director, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)• Strategically planning for upcoming NATO defence requirements
• Understanding how to promote logistics support and resilience across NATO
• Management strategies for equipment procurement and maintenance
STREAM B: BATTLEFIELD INTEGRATION, EFFECTS, AND OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGE
11:00 am - 11:30 am KEYNOTE: MODERNISATION EFFORTS AND CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS Lieutenant General Iulian Berdila - Deputy CHOD for Operations and Training, Romanian Armed Forces• Utilising new systems across air defence, artillery, and armoured platforms
• Preparing forces for emerging challenges
• Using simulation to improve combat readiness
Lieutenant General Iulian Berdila
Deputy CHOD for Operations and TrainingRomanian Armed Forces
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCES: DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2032
Brigadier General Martin Jawurek -
Chief of Strategy,
Austrian Ministry of Defence
• AI integration and innovation challenges
• Adapting the armed forces for the threats of tomorrow and implications for a
neutral Austria
• Strategic plan for new capabilities procurement for armed forces
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
INTEGRATION OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FOR HUNGARIAN LAND FORCES
Brigadier General Zsolt Molnár -
Deputy Commander (Land Forces),
Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Operations Command
• Understanding how Hungarian Land Forces are modernising for lethality
• Addressing integration challenges being faced
• Update on new capabilities in use
Brigadier General Zsolt Molnár
Deputy Commander (Land Forces)Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Operations Command
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
FUTURE PROCUREMENT OUTLOOK FOR ROTARY WING CAPABILITIES
Colonel Stefan Okos -
Commander, 51st Helicopter Wing,
Slovak Air Force
• Modernising rotary wing capabilities for multi-role missions
• Integrating new capabilities with Slovak Air Force personnel
• Addressing future programme priorities and directions for Slovak Air Force
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
APPLICATION OF MODERN AI, ROBOTICS, AND MITIGATING THE DATA SECURITY PROBLEM
• Scouting new technologies to apply to modern warfare
• Speeding up the innovation cycle for AI and robotics applications to meet
armed forces demands
• Addressing Italian Army General Staff current experimentation campaigns directing the future battlefield
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AND INFORMATION OPERATIONS
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: INTEGRATING NATIONAL STRATEGIES WITH THE WIDER ALLIANCE Major General Cezary Wiśniewski - Polish National Military Representative, NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)Major General Constantin-Adrian Ciolponea - SACTREP Europe, NATO HQ
Magnus Hallberg *subject to final confirmation - Chair, NATO NAAG LCGDSS and EDA CEG FSS
Lieutenant General (Ret'd) Corneliu Postu - Former Director, Romanian Defence Staff
• How to align national strategies with capability targets set by NATO?
• How are you delegating military workforce priorities to meet both NATO and national tasks?
• How to solve interoperability issues to achieve standardisation between
nations?
Major General Cezary Wiśniewski
Polish National Military RepresentativeNATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
MULTI-DOMAIN TRANSFORMATION
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm POLISH MARITIME ROLE IN BALTIC SEA WARFARE Rear Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski - Commander of the Polish Maritime Component Command, Polish Navy• Supporting NATO operations in the Baltic
• Maritime surveillance and awareness
• Maritime integration and collective Baltic security
Rear Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski
Commander of the Polish Maritime Component CommandPolish Navy
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
CASE STUDY: MND-NE MULTI-DOMAIN INTEGRATION TO ACHIEVE TECHNICAL INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN ALLIED FORCES
Major General Jarosław Górowski -
Commander,
NATO Multinational Division North-East
• Developing and leveraging interoperability measurement tools to inform practical military decisions
• Utilising applications to minimise risk across military procedures and personnel
• Implementing digitally driven training exercises to inform bottom-up combat readiness
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
MULTI DOMAIN INTEGRATION AND CAPABILITY PROGRAMME PRIORITIES
Greg Ivey -
Director, Armaments and Major Capability Programmes,
NATO
• Capability priorities across domains and establishing integration
• Navigating data sharing challenges in the current threat context
• Aligning national military requirements to deliver NATO capabilities
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
ISR: IMPROVING INACCURACIES IN DECISION MAKING THROUGH INTEGRATED C4ISR
Colonel Kevin Grenier -
Operations and Integration Division Chief,
The Joint Staff
• Overcoming data silos to create a seamless data flow to the decision makers
• Creating reliable and realistic integrated partnerships to increase efficiencies
• Embracing non-standard ISR solutions to accelerate decision making for kinetic and non-kinetic effects
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT: INCREASING RELIANCE ON AUTONOMOUS DRONES FOR THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD
Lieutenant General Michel Van Strythem *subject to final confirmation -
Chief of the Drones and Innovation Taskforce,
Belgian Defence HQ
Lieutenant General Ralph Wooddisse - Commander, NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)
• How to scale production of drones to meet frontline demands?
• How to leverage innovation to adapt to the rapidly changing battlefield?
• How are we enabling greater autonomy and interoperability across drone fleets?
Lieutenant General Michel Van Strythem *subject to final confirmation
Chief of the Drones and Innovation TaskforceBelgian Defence HQ
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
KEYNOTE: ADAPTIVE LOGISTICS AND INDUSTRIAL BASE READINESS FOR PROLONGED MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS
Lieutenant General Jari Mikkonen -
Deputy Chief of Staff Armament and Logistics,
Finnish Defence Forces.
• How Finland is enabling logistics resilience and smarter operations in modern warfare
• Supporting readiness through logistics
• Armaments priorities for Finnish defence
Lieutenant General Jari Mikkonen
Deputy Chief of Staff Armament and LogisticsFinnish Defence Forces.
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
SUPPORTING STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS FOR MODERN WARFARE THROUGH LONG-TERM INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
Cristina Dragomirescu -
Vice President,
Romanian Agency for Technological and Industrial Cooperation for Security and Defense (ARCTIS)
• Addressing how to bridge the gap between industry and military to respond to urgent requirements for modern warfare
• Adopting top-down strategic planning to align acquisitions with national security goals and regional security
• Outlining ARCTIS priority acquisitions and assets - facilitator of a sustainable national defence industry
Cristina Dragomirescu
Vice PresidentRomanian Agency for Technological and Industrial Cooperation for Security and Defense (ARCTIS)
