Day 1: 2nd March, 2023
Physical Format
08:45 - 09:30 | Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 10:00 | Opening session
- José Neves, President @ AED Cluster Portugal;
- Krastio Preslavsky, Deputy Head of Unit @ DG DEFIS;
- Major-General Jorge Côrte-Real Andrade, Deputy Director @ Defence Resources Directorate
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Keynote addresses
10:00 -10:20 | Opportunities for SMEs under the European Defence Fund (EDF)
- Edouard Geoffrois, Policy Officer @ DG DEFIS
10:20 - 10:40 | Partner search tools and opportunities
- Pierre Di Toro, Project Manager @ EDA
10:40 - 11:00 | Defence Dual use and national economic impact
- Goran Basarac, President @ Croatian Competitiveness Cluster of Defence Industry
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Coffee Break
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Roundtable 1
11:30 - 12:30 | The role of SMEs in the development of the Defence supply-chain
- Moderator: Daniele Dosi, Project Advisor @ EISMEA
- Speaker: Andrea Barbagelata, Vice President Strategic Projects and Initiatives @ Leonardo
- Speaker: Klaus Bolving, CEO @ CenSec
- Speaker: Ricardo Pinheiro Alves, Business Strategy Director @ idD Portugal Defence
- Speaker: Pedro Petiz, Innovation Director @ TEKEVER
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Lunch Break
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Roundtable 2
14:00 - 15:00 | Exploring disruptive technologies as a way into the supply-chain
- Moderator: Victor Lobo, President @ AFCEA
- Speaker: Jaanus Tamm, CEO @ DefSecIntel
- Speaker: João Neves, Manager of Ground Segment Space Systems @ EDISOFT
- Speaker: María Ángeles Martín Prats, Director of Aeronautical Research @ University of Seville
- Speaker: Commander João Piedade, Head of the Innovation and Transformation Division @ Portuguese Navy
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B2B Sessions
15:00 - 18:00 | B2B Sessions (onsite and online)
Day 2: 3rd March, 2023
Digital Format
B2B Sessions
09:00 - 18:00 | B2B Sessions (just online)
