Experts
Meet the experts driving this programme forward
Speakers
Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema
Head of the Latvian Office for Innovation and Technology in Brussels
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Srimannarayana Baratam
Co-Founder
Perciv.ai
Petronel Bigioi
CEO
FotoNation
Thibaut Claes
Investment Manager
Wallonie Entreprendre
Eloi Delort
Operations & Strategy
Alta Ares
Tom Feys
Chief Investment Officer
SFPIM
Tom Grundy
CEO
Hybrid Air Vehicles
Erwin Hijzen
Portfolio Director Aerospace & Security
IMEC
Danylo Honcharuk
Business Development Manager
Tencore
Oleksandr Iefremov
CEO
Kitsoft Ukraine
Nick Kingsbury
Partner
Amadeus Capital Partners
Claas Kohl
Partner
Airbus Ventures
Steven Krekels
CEO
SenHive
Alex Kugajevsky
Principal
Nato Innovation Fund (NIF)
Marc Lange
Competition Judge - Counter-Drone Technology
SPRIND
Antoine Level
Site Manager - Grenoble
Delair
Jean-David Malo
Director of Executive Agency for European Council and SMEs
European Commission
Bastien Mancini
CEO
Delair
Sorin Moisa
Board Member
Chairman Skyy Network Australia /Coordinating the dual use and defence task force of the EIC Board
Vishal Nayar
Senior Venture Development Manager
imec
Inge Neven
CEO
VITO
Grzegorz Ombach
Head of Disruptive Research, Technology & Innovation, SVP
Airbus
Piet Opstaele
CEO
Blauwe Cluster (Blue Cluster)
Shane O'Seasnáin
Director Digitization and AI
VITO
Stephane Ouaki
Acting Director of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
Ville Saarinen
Officer
European Investment Bank
William Stevens
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Tech Tour Europe
Roope Takala
Chairman & President
Aurora Propulsion Technologies
Steve Takhar
Chief Revenue Officer
Quside
Antoine Toulemont
European & International Affairs adviser
Aura Aero
Kateryna Tryfonova
Angel investor & Operating Partner
Tanja Van Achteren
Director Security & Defence
VITO
Lieutenant General Michel van Strythem
Chief Innovation Defence
Join Staff of the Armed Forces
Pierre Vanbeveren
Coordinator International Relations - European Projects
Brussels Police force
Bram-Ernst Verhoef
Co-Founder & VP of Customer Solutions and Engineering
Axelera AI
Bertrand Wert
Programme Coordinator
EISMEA
Lennart Will
CEO
HyImpulse Technologies
Eugene Yakovlev
VP of Sales EU
Swarmer
Cindy Du Bois
Economy Director
Ministry of Defence, Belgium
Sondre Graff
CFO
sensiBel
Anna Wise
Head of Strategy
Nyobolt
Expert Panel
Lars Böhnisch
Investment Manager
Evonik
Xavier Bourguignat
Executive Director for Drones Domain
Aerospace Valley
Nuno Carvalho
Investment Director
KBC Focus Fund
Olga Chabr Grillova
General Partner
Luminova Ventures
Richard Clarke
Director General
PHABULOuS Pilot Line
Emmanuel Daugeras
Partner
Karista
Jean-Michel Deligny
Chair of the Investment Committee
Triple B
Jorge Fernandez Quesada
Investment Associate
Bullnet Capital
Alexander Galitsky
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Almaz Capital
Koen Geurts
Investment Manager
High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
Paul Gillespie
Managing Director
Sheffield Haworth
Robert Harrison
Independent Advisor
Jesper Hart-Hansen
Founder & General Partner
T|Y|R.vc
Guillaume Haviland
Co-Founder
Edge.40
Sanyu Karani
Co-Founder
FundingBox
Daniel Klier
Associate - Investment Banking (DeepTech, VC & Growth/PE)
FCF Fox Corporate Finance
Ties Klinkhamer
Defence Technology Investment Analyst
Keen Venture Partners
Andriy Kolodyuk
Managing Partner /Brussels -London-Kyiv
Seven Capital
Petri Laine
Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures
Thibaud Le Seguillon
CEO
Industrya
Jerome Leclanche
Partner
Seven Capital
Jari Mieskonen
Managing Partner
Conor Venture Partners
Frédéric Montagard
CEO
ALVEVM
Thomas Mordelle
Equity Research Analyst - Technology
Stifel
Anne-Cecile Payet
Investor Relations Manager
Aerospace Valley
Jarek Pilarczyk
Partner
Balnord VC
Arthur Puig
Investment Manager
Supernova Invest
Luca Scherling
Corporate Venture Capital Investor
Terna SpA
Frederik Tibau
Lead Scaleup Programs / Digital Innovation & Growth
Agoria
Konstantinos Tsanis
Investment Director
Hellenic Center for Defence Innovation
Hendrik-Jan Van Der Gucht
Senior Investment Manager
PMV
Tero Vauraste
President
EIC Scaling Club
David Waroquier
Partner
Oakland Partners
Emilien Watelet
Director ID2Move
CAP Innove
Simon Wouters
Investment Manager
Capricorn Partners
Nils Wuytens
Program Director
VITO
Laura Mendera
Director Business Development
CLEAR Corporate Finance
Luc Berns
Senior Associate
Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital
Aleksander Mokrecki
Managing Partner
TangentLine Ventures
Zigmars Reklaitis
Partner
Buildit VC
Sebastiaan Ranner
Partner
DeepTechXL
Taha Adnan
DeepTech Innovation Scout
Zaz Ventures
Presenting Companies
Niels Bjerregaard
CEO
Quadsat
Attila Borbath
Chief Business Development Officer
Dynali Helicopter Company
Michal Borza
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
RVmagnetics
Lionel Bouchard
CEO
Tyndall FX
Charles Calder
CEO
Wingman AI Agents
Mindaugas Cesnavicius
Analyst
RSI Europe
Maria Costeira
CEO
Complear
Stijn De Vleeschhouwer
Managing Director
SkeyDrone
Ned Dervenkov
CEO
Aviosense
Moritz Ebeling-Rump
Co-Founder and Chief Software Officer
Endless Industries
Raphael Frisch
CEO & Co-Founder
HawAI.tech
Anthony Garetto
CEO
Sapient Perception
Damien Garot
CEO & Co-Founder
Stellar Telecommunications SAS
Pablo Ginel Moreno
Co-Founder, Business Development Director
AGPHOTONICS
Victor Gonzalez
CEO & Founder
ANYVERSE
Thomas Hårklau
CEO & Co-Founder
Kitemill
Vitalii Kapranov
CTO
PowerIn Space
Coaches