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Symposium Workshops & Networking | September 21

Pre-registered workshops at Energy Discovery Centre (building connected to the main venue)

14:00 - 15:30
Autonomy Workshop: “Trusted AI & Autonomy Roadmap”. Curated by AI & Robotics Estonia (AIRE)
Duration: 90 min
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Keynote speech by Dr. Katrin Franke
Principal Engineer, KONGSBERG AI Centre of Excellence
Panel: Data readiness, testing/certification, safety, counter-autonomy, integration
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Christophe Muratet
Chief Product Officer of Milrem Robotics
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Martin Karkour
CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) of Quantum Systems GmbH
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Arnaud Castaignet
Senior Vice-President, Strategic Affairs of Skeleton Technologies
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Moderator: Marko Kaseleht, Nortal
Defence Tech Executive, Nortal
16:00 - 17:00
Space Workshop: “Doing Business with the European Space Agency: First Steps”. Curated by Space Estonia
Duration: 60 min
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Keynote speech: Stephen Airey
Head of the Country Capability Division in ESA

Head of Country Capability and Support, European Space Agency (ESA)

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Co-Speech by Silver Lodi
CEO and Co-Founder of Spaceit
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Moderator: Gloria Kõrgel
Space Policy Expert, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia
17:00 - 17:30
Questions & Answers
Duration: 30 min
18:00 - 19:30
Industry Workshop: What are the government’s expectations of the defence industry and what does industry need for rapid production scaling? Curated by EDIA
Duration: 90 min
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Keynote: Miiko Peris
Director of the Defense Industry Development Department at the Estonian Ministry of Defense
Task Force for European Defence Readiness: An Airbus Defence and Space initiative

The Task Force for European Defence Readiness is a unique mission-driven coalition that brings together European Defence Industry primes, agile newcomers, and operational end users to share insights, sharpen our strategies, and - most importantly - accelerate collective action.

It has become a trusted and candid forum for networking, offering the cross section of European defence leaders privileged industrial and operational insights. With a first focus on the Baltic region, the Task force held its first meeting one year ago at Estonian Defence Week. The founder of the Task Force, Caroline Sevier of Airbus Defence and Space is delighted to be back to share insight and progress.

Panel 1: European Defence collaboration

The discussion will explore the importance of European Defence collaboration and reflect upon:

  • Regional & international integration to secure the Eastern Flank.
  • Industry and end user connectivity.
  • Ecosystems and alliances.
  • Total Defence and Societal Readiness.
  • Strategic action and frameworks to hit real-world battlefield metrics.
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Caroline Sevier
Airbus Defence and Space, Founder of Task Force for European Defence Readiness
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Nele Loorents
ICDS
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Jaanus Tamm
CEO and Founder of Defsecintel Solutions
Panel 2: Predictable demand from the government, multi-year procurement contracts, long-term supply chain resilience, funding mechanisms.
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Robert Jakobson
Co-Chief Technology Officer of Threod Systems
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Raul Vahisalu
CTO and Board Member at Metrosert AS
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Mihkel Kaeval
HEVI Optronics
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Moderator: Ingvar Pärnamäe
CEO and Founder of Vegvisir
19:30 - 22:00
EDIA/EDW Networking & Reception at Energy Discovery Centre by invitations
Duration: 150 min

Bringing together industry, decision-makers, investors and end-users; to warm up for the following day.

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