NOICE 2026: Schedule & Questions

08:00 - 09:00
REGISTRATION & MORNING COFFEE @Accreditation Center @Catering Tent
09:00 - 09:45
OPENING ADDRESS @Black Box
  • MC: Bart Hollant - Chairman of the NATO Innovation Network
  • Siim Sukles - Undersecretary for Defence Industry and Innovation 
  • Lisa Tarja Jaakkola - Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments
  • Major General Olivier Pernaudet - AI Champion, Allied Command Transformation  
09:45 - 10:45
PANEL DISCUSSION HOW CAN INDUSTRY BETTER ENGAGE WITH NATO @Black Box

Moderator: David Bray

Panelists:

  • Tarja Jaakkola
  • M Gen Pernaudet
  • B. Gen Wass 
  • Joel Noutere
  • Kaari Kink
10:45 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK @Catering Tent
11:00 - 12:00
ESTONIAN INNOVATION @Black Box

Moderator Angelica Tikk:

Panelists:

  • Miiko Peris
  • Mart Noorma
  • Kristjan Muuli
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch @Catering Tent
13:00 - 14:00
EXPO @Expo Area
14:00 - 14:45
BREAKOUT SESSIONS : Beacon Project @Black Box

Moderator: Tom Kehler

Panelists:

  • Captain James T. Holland
  • Bart Hollants
  • Nora Malchin
14:00 - 14:45
BREAKOUT SESSIONS : Innovation in the Nations @Terrace Hall   

Moderator: David Bray

Panelists:

  • Sarah Sandmann
  • Matthew Hays
  • Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Otten
14:00 - 14:45
BREAKOUT SESSIONS : Ukraine reality of the battle field @Stalker Hall

Moderator: Dmytro Tolstoluzhskyi

Panelists:

  • Captain Dmytro Ilin
  • 1st Lieutenant Oleksandr Nazarov
  • 2nd Lieutenant Andrii Onyshchuk
15:00 - 16:00
ROUNDTABLE: INNOVATION AT NATO EDT (AI AND QUANTUM) @Black Box

Moderator: Joonas Vainumäe

Panelists:

  • Silver Siniavski
  • Julia Cornoyer
  • Pietro Paglierani
16:00 - 16:15
CLOSING REMARKS & LOOK AHEAD @Black Box
16:15 - 18:00
EXPO @Expo Area