Program
07:30
Registration and coffee
08:30
Opening & Welcome by the Organiser & the Master of Ceremony
08:40
Keynote Address by Minister Backes
Official Welcome
- Yuriko Backes, Luxembourg Defence Minister
08:50
Official Keynote Address
Belgium Ministry of Defence
- Theo Francken, Minister of Defence of Belgium
09:10
Official Keynote Address
Strengthening European security and defence: the role of secure connectivity
- Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission
09:25
Keynote Address
Space as an enabler for multidomain operations
- Stacy A. Cummings, General Manager, NSPA
09:40
Keynote Address
Multi-orbit Innovation for Next-generation Mission Connectivity
- Adel Al-Saleh, CEO, SES
09:55
Keynote Address
Challenges and opportunities in international defense cooperation from the perspective of the CEE region
- Radka Konderlova, Director General Industrial Cooperation, Division Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
10:10
Coffee Break powered by the Luxembourg Space Agency
10:30
Panel Discussions
Turning new technologies into operational assets
- Pinar Yasar Orten, Head of Next Generation Communication Networks (NEXCON), NATO NCIA
- Sabrina Alam, Space Lead, Technology Transfer Office, University of Luxembourg
- Peter op de Beek, Project Officer Satellite Communications and Radio Spectrum, EDA
- Geoffroy Beaudot, Head of Space, Luxembourg Department of Defence
- Arthur Coudray, Policy Officer, European External Action Service (EEAS)
- Moderated by Stephan Heirbrant, Director Governmental Satellite Communications, GovSat
11:15
Keynote Address by Lockheed Martin
How Space Connectivity Strengthens Community Resilience
- Marco Tantardini, Space Strategy and Business Development (S&BD) Lead for Europe, Lockheed Martin
11:30
Keynote Address
Smaller, Faster, Cheaper. The future of secure sovereign communication.
- Steve Collar, Chairman of the Board, Swissto12
11:45
Keynote Address
Sovereign SATCOM
- Don Claussen, CEO, ST Engineering IDirect
12:00
Keynote Address
Protection Against SATCOM Electronic Warfare
- Joshua Cryer, Senior Advisor for SatCom and Defense Technologies, CTech
12:15
Networking Lunch powered by OQ Technology
13:20
Keynote Address
From Partnership to Capability: Delivering Secure SATCOM
- Patrick Biewer, CEO, GovSat
13:35
Keynote Address by NCIA
Maintaining the Operational Edge: NATO's SATCOM Capabilities Today and Tomorrow
- John Blythe, Chief-NATO Integrated Mission Services Centre, NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
13:50
Panel Discussion
What can LEO satcom bring to defence and how should it be woven into PACE planning and hybrid networks?
- Adviser to the President of the National Academy of Sciences, Security and Defence Forces of Ukraine
- Paul Wells, Chief Satcom engineer, Defence Digital UK MoD
- Jack Rockaway, Sr. Government Sales Manager, SpaceX
- Phil Whitacre, Senior Director of Government Services, MTN Satellite
- Don Brown, Head of Global Government, Amazon LEO
- Steve Mills, VP Global Government, Eutelsat Network Solutions
- Moderated by Neil Fraser, Director Defence and Space Programmes, NSSLGlobal
14:45
Keynote Address
Monitoring LEO Communications: Real time visibility and interference control in the multi-orbit era
- Erwin Greilinger, Product Line Manager and CTO, Eviden
15:00
Keynote Address
Cybersecurity in the Space Domain: Strategic Approaches for Mitigating Ground Station Threats
- Daniel Gizinski, President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment, Comtech
15:15
Coffee Break powered by the Luxembourg Space Agency
15:35
Panel Discussions
Securing Space: Cyber Threats, Governance, and Resilience
- Joseph Rooke, Director, Risk Insights, Recorded Future
- Damien Lebrun, Staff Officer - ACOS Transformation Space Office, Belgium MoD
- Dr.-Ing. Martin Hellmann Fregattenkapitän (FKpt), Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum, Bundeswehr
- Philippe Bertrand, Chairman of the Security Accreditation Board, EUSPA
- Moderator by Irina Petrov, VP of Marketing, Communications & Membership, GSOA
16:20
Keynote Address by Airbus
Secure Connectivity: Resilience - PACE - Collaboration
- Steve Rowland, Head of Global Sales - Secure Connectivity, Airbus
16:35
Keynote Address
Enabling the Next Era of Space Defense: Intellian’s Multi-Band, Multi-Orbit Connectivity for Missions on Land and at Sea
- Dr. Blad Stavropoulos, Sr. Director Sales and Solutions Engineering, Intellian
16:50
Keynote Address
Satcom & The Evolving Operational Reality
- Ulf Sandberg, Founder & Managing Director, Paradigm
17:05
Panel Discussions
GEOINT, AI and Analysis: Achieving Speed to Mission
- Jonathan Debilde, Regional Sales Manager, BlackSky in Europe
- Jon Upham, Sr Director Mission Architecture & Systems Engineering, Vantor
- William Formosa, Head of Future Solutions, Mission Systems, Babcock International Group
- Massimo Zotti, Head of Government & Security, Planetek Italia
- Moderated by Michael Geist, Vice President Product Management, SES Space & Defense
17:50
Keynote Address
PACE planning and delivery: observations, lessons and the new operating environment
- Neil Fraser, Director Defence and Space Programmes, NSSLGlobal
18:05
Fireside chat
Deep Dive into IRIS2
- Shruti Vyas, VP IRIS2 Programme, SES
- Jeremie Godet, Head of Unit, DG DEFIS
18:20
Keynote Address
SATCOM for Modern Defense Operations
- Jeanette Irekvist, CCO, Ovzon
18:35
Keynote Address
Resilient.Secure.Mission-Ready. – The Future of Military & Governmental Networks
- Helmut Jaeckle, Head of Product Management, ND SatCom
18:50
Recap & Closing Remarks
- Lt Gen John Shaw (US Space Force, ret)
19:00 - 22:30
Networking Reception
Exhibition area
*This agenda is provisional and is subject to change
