Topics & Schedule

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NATO

• Official delegation
• Gen. Mieczyslaw Bieniek  Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (NATO Allied Command Transformation)
• Mr. Richard Froh  Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations (NATO HQ Defence Investment Division)
• Col. Mariusz Lewicki  Executive Assistant to the DSACT (NATO Allied Command Transformation)
• Lt. Col. Cezary Reginis  Military Assistant to the DSACT (NATO Allied Command Transformation)
• Mr. Cihangir Aksit  Director, NATO Standardization Agency (NATO Standardization Agency)
• Mr. Cesare Balducci  Deputy Director, NATO Standardization Agency (NATO Standardization Agency)
• Mr. Robbert Smit  Deputy Director of Procurement & Competition Advocate, NSPA (NATO Support Agency)
• Mr. Suleyman Anil  Head of Cyber Defence Section (NATO Computer Incident Response Capability)
• Col. Randy Lee Smith  Chief of Staff (Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Centre of Exellence)
• Col. Roman Hruda, M.D.   Chief of Interoperability Branch (NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine)
• Mrs. Anne Bardy   (Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement)
• Col. Jiri Drapalik  Czech Liaison Officer to NSPA (NATO Support Agency)
• Mr. Samuel Henze  Advisor / Conseiller (Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement)
• Lt. Col. Jan Stinissen  Senior Analyst in the Legal and Policy Branch of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence (NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence)
• Mrs. Eva Svobodova, Ph.D.  Defence Adviser, Permanent Delegation of the Czech Republic to NATO (Official delegation)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

European Defence Agency

• Official delegation
• Air Commodore Peter Round  Capabilities Director, EDA

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

Europol

• Official delegation
• Mr. Troels Oerting  Assistant Director Operations Department, EUROPOL

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Mr. David Wallace  Unit Chief, Cyber Division, FBI

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Albania

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Ekrem Spahiu  Deputy Defence Minister
• Brig. Gen. Dushku Zyber  Deputy Chief of Staff

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

United Arab Emirates

• Official national delegation
• Staff Col. Essa Ahmed Abdulla Al Malek  UAE Army, Land Forces
• Nofal Ebraheim Ahmed Al Dhanhani  UAE Army, Land Forces
• Salem Mohamed Salem Al Ameri  UAE Army, Land Forces
• Saif Khalfan Juma Al Kaabi  UAE Army, Land Forces

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Australia

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

Austria

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Dr. Col. Jörg Aschenbrenner  editor-in-chief (Trüppendienst)
• Dr. BG Hermann Heller  
• Maj (ret.) Martin Klein  freelance writer
• Mrs.Eva Maria Leitner  observer(Der Soldat)
• BG Wolfgang Peischel  editor in chief ( Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift (ÖMZ))

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Belgium

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Maarten Mostmans  Director - Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Johan Dillen  

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

Bulgaria

• Official national delegation
• Col. Dimitar Stefkov Zlatarov, PhD.  Chief of Investments Activities Coordination Department, MoD

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Official national delegation
• Mrs. Marina Zdravko Pendeš  Deputy Defence Minister for Policy and Planning
• Mr. Zoran Šajinović  Assistant Minister of Defence for International Cooperation

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

Canada

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Enric Bouoffard  National Defence, Canadian Forces

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Christopher Renahan  

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

Switzerland

• Official national delegation
• Lt. Col. Mathias Seiler  Joint Armed Forces Command, Armed Forces Planning

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Lt. Col. Mathias Seiler  Joint Armed Forces Command, Armed Forces Planning

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Dr. Col. GS (Ret.) Hans Wegmüller, M.A., Ph.D.  2nd Vice President(EMPA)
• QMSgt (ret.) Jean-Paul Gudit  Treasurer(EMPA)
• Ms. Regula Ferrari  Business Manager(ASMZ - Sicherheit Schweiz)
• Specialist Officer Maj. Andreas Hess  redactor(Schweizer Soldat)
• CMDSGTMAJ. Robert Nussbaumer  president of media (Schweizer Soldat)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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Czech Republic

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Alexandr Vondra  Minister of Defence
• Mr. Vlastimil Picek  First Deputy Minister of Defence
• Mr. Petr Gandalovič  Ambassador to the USA
• Lt. Gen. Petr Pavel, M.A.  Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces
• Maj. Gen. Miroslav Žižka  First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
• Maj. Gen. Bohuslav Dvořák  Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Chief of Staff
   ...overview of all participants »

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Lt. Gen. Petr Pavel, M.A.  Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces
• Col. Jaroslav Kočovský (Ret.)  Director of Security Department, Ministry of Defence
• Lt. Col. (Ret.) Josef Strelec, Ph.D.  President, AFCEA Czech Chapter
• Vlastimil Červený  leader of Deloitte’s Security & Privacy services
• Prof. Jaroslav Dočkal  Director, Institute of Applied Informatics, Karel Englis College
• Mr. Petr Jirásek  Chairman AFCEA Cyber Security Working Group
   ...overview of all participants »

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Maj. Vít Ducháček  
• Lt. Col. (Ret) Richard Mácha  Armaments Management and R&D Department, MoD
• Mr. Jan Mazal  
• Mr. Karel Soukup  
• Lt. Col. Tomáš Túró  
• Dr. David Vališ  
   ...overview of all participants »

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Miloš Soukup  Editor-in-Chief ( MS Line)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Germany

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Klaus-Peter Treche, GEAF  General Manager, AFCEA Europe

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Hans Josef Maas  
• Mr. Frank Schwarz-Müller  
• Mr. André Volk  
• TRDir. Andreas Zekorn  Chairman / President

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Lt. Col. (ret.) Peter Uhde  Journalist(Gesellschaft für Wehr - und Sicherheitspolitik)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Denmark

• Official national delegation
• Ms. Konny Sprogel  Chief Foreman, Technical Staff Uniforms, MoD
• Warrant Officer II Henrik T. Staal  Technical Staff equipment, MoD

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Maj. Niels Erik Andersen  
• Maj. Henrik Kolding Kristensen  

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

Egypt

• Official national delegation
• Brig. Gen. Abd Elnaser Fawzy Mohamed Mohamed  Egyptian MoD/Armed Forces
• Col. Osama Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud  Egyptian MoD/Armed Forces

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Spain

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Estonia

• Official national delegation
• Maj. Ahto Alas  Estonian Defence League
• Maj. Tónu Miil  Estonian Defence League, Chief of Logistics Branch

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Finland

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
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to be determined (TBD)

France

• Official national delegation
• Col. Christian Helmstetter  Armaments Directorate, International Cooperation Section, MoD
• Mr. Frederic Didier  Deputy Defence Attaché

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Dr. Jean-Paul Calvel  
• Nicolas De Fontages  

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

United Kingdom

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Col. John Doody (Ret.)  Strategic Cyber Adviser
• Air Commodore Bruce Wynn, OBE, FBCS, CITP (RAF Ret.)  Freelance Cyber Consultant and member of AFCEA's International Cyber Committee (program adviser)
• Mr. Michael Drury  Solicitor, Burton Copeland
• Mr. Peter Warren  Journalist & Chairman,(Cyber Security Research)

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Mark Critchley  
• Mr. Paul Macro  

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Greece

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Croatia

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mrs. Vesna Pintaric  deputy editor in cheif(Hrvatski vojnik)
• Mr. Zeljko Stipanovic  editor in chief(Hrvatski vojnik)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Hungary

• Official national delegation
• Gen. (Ret.) Lajos Fodor  Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
• Brig. Gen. Sándor Vass  Director of CIS and Information Security Department, Ministry of Defence
• Col. Károly Kassai, Ph.D.  Security Department, Ministry of Defence
• Dr. Barnabás Tomka  Director, Armament and Quartermaster Office, Procurement Directory, Ministry of Defence
• 1LT Judit Schafarek  Protocol Officer, MoD
• Mr. Róbert Királyfalvi  Director General, Arzenal Electromechanical Stock Co., Ministry of Defence
   ...overview of all participants »

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Bence Bodo  

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

India

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Ireland

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Italy

• Official national delegation

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Lt. Col. Antonio Camerino  

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Kazakhstan

• Official national delegation
• Maj. Gen. O. B. Saparov  Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Defence
• A. B. Esengraev  Head of Information and Communications, MoD
• Maj. V. A. Genne  General Directorate of Protection of State Secrets and Information Security, MoD
• Lt. A. B. Azhibaev  Managing Information Security, MoD

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Latvia

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mrs. Līga Lakuča M.A.  President,(EMPA) / Director, Recruitment and Military Information Department, Republic of Latvia Recruitment and Youth Guard Centre / Editor-in-Chief, Military Magazine “Tēvijas Sargs”
• Mrs. Vineta Žilinska  Executive Assistant to the President(EMPA)
• First Lieutenant (res.) Kārlis Līdaks, LNAF  Public Relations Adviser to the President

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Netherlands

• Official national delegation
• L.M., BEng, IPMA B Luc de Beer  Directorate of Projects and Procurement, Defence Materiel Organisation, MoD

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. J. Westerduin  

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Cpt. (res.) John Akkerman  VP Seles Development (Netherlands Military Medical Reviw)
• Ms. Johanna Mulder  VP Creative Development (Netherlands Military Medical Reviw)

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to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Norway

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Vegard Flom  
• Mr. Einar Ostevold  Chief Scientist

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Erling Eikli  deputy editor in chief (F-Forsvarets forum)
• Maj.(ret.) Walter Christian Haaland  Freelance reporter, (Military System Line, s.r.o.)
• Mr. Tor Eigil Stordahl  editor in chief(Forsvarets Forum)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Poland

• Official national delegation
• Col. Piotr Grzybowski  Security Director, Ministry of Defence
• Dr. Romuald Hoffmann  Director, Information Technology & Telecommunication Department, Ministry of Defence
• M.Sc. Wladyslaw Przyjemski  Senior Specialist, Armaments Inspectorate, MoD
• Col. Leszek Janicki, M.Sc.  Principal Expert, IT&T Department, Ministry of Defence
• Col. Krysztof Borucki  Head of the Uniform Branch, MoD
• Lt. Col. Witold Fedejko  Senior Specialist of the Uniform Branch, MoD
   ...overview of all participants »

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Col. Piotr Grzybowski  Security Director, Ministry of Defence

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Ltc. Tomasz Lewczak  
• Mr. Maciej Zajac  

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Wojtek Nurzyński   editor in chief(Przegląd obrony cywilnej)
• Mr. Marek Sternlicht  observer(Przegląd obrony cywilnej)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Portugal

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Qatar

• Official national delegation
• H.E. Air Vice Marshal Ghanem Bin Shahin Al-Ghanem  Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Romania

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Russian Federation

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Aleksander Sukhorukov  First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
• Mr. Konstantin N. Biryulin  Deputy Director, FSMTC
• Mr. Igor Shcherbenko  Deputy Head of Department, FSMTC
• Ms. Yulia Smirnova  Adviser to the First Deputy Defence Minister
• Col. Oleg Vashchenko  Chief of Intellectual Property Department, MoD
• Col. Yuri Bibik  Military Attaché Accredited to Czech Republic
   ...overview of all participants »

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Saudi Arabia

• Official national delegation
• H.E. Rear Admiral Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Sultan  Vice Commander Naval Forces
• Brig. Gen. Waleed Al Zamil  Saudi Arabian Armed Forces/MoD
• Navy Commodore Saleh Zarea Abu Drihem  Saudi Arabian Armed Forces/MoD
• Staff Col. Yanallah Abdullah Saad  Saudi Arabian Armed Forces/MoD

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Serbia

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Radenko Mutavdzic  editor in chief(ODBRANA)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Slovakia

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Miloš Koterec  Secretary of State
• Lt. Col. Radovan Rusnák  Security Director, Ministry of Defence
• Mr. Gabriel Merňák  Director General, National Armaments Director
• Col. Ivan Ilavský  Commander, J6, Slovak Armed Forces
• Col. Dr. Miroslav Brvnišťan, PhD  Deputy Director, National Security Agency

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Lt. Col. Radovan Rusnák  Security Director, Ministry of Defence
• Col. Ladislav Kollárik (Ret.)  President, AFCEA Slovak Chapter
• Col. Ivan Ilavský  Commander, J6, Slovak Armed Forces
• Col. Dr. Miroslav Brvnišťan, PhD  Deputy Director, National Security Agency
• Mr. Július Baráth, Ph.D.  IT and Cyber Security Expert, Armed Forces Academy of M. R. Stefanik

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Pavol Vitko, PhD.  editor in chief (OBRANA)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Slovenia

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Andrej Vilar  

• EMPA publications and periodicals represetative (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Marko Pislar  journalist(Slovenska vojska)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Sweden

• Official national delegation
• Brig. Gen. Håkan Bergström  Special Adviser, Air Force
• Capt. Birger Ekdahl  MoD/Armed Forces
• Lt. Col. Joachim Grohp  MoD/Armed Forces
• Capt. Urban Lindfors Bo  MoD/Armed Forces
• LTC Per Råstedt  Military and Air Attaché
• Lt. Col. Kennet Tapper  MoD/Armed Forces
   ...overview of all participants »

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Bjorn Kongsbak  
• Mr. Rickard O. Lindström  

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Turkey

• Official national delegation
• Col. Hayri Ozden  Ministry of National Defence, Head of Section
• Col. Tevfik Zengin  Ministry of National Defence, Chief of Department

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Mehmet Sercan Arslan  
• Mr. Bulent Bilgin  

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

Ukraine

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Andrii Artiushenko  Chief of Department of Development & Purchasing of Military Goods, MoD
• Col. Pavlo Kaika  Senior Officer, Department of Development & Purchasing of Military Goods, MoD
• Lt. Col. Vadym Maliovany  Senior Officer, Division of Military-Technical Cooperation & Export Control, MoD

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

United States

• Conference Main Speakers (overview of participants »)
• Col. Michael B. Warlick, USMC (Ret.)  Vice President, AFCEA International
• Lt. Gen. John A. Dubia (Ret.)  Executive Vice President, AFCEA International

• Representative of working group NATO LCG - Land Engagement (overview of participants »)
• Mr. Paul Bounker  
• Mr. Roger Mayfield  

confirmed
to be confirmed (TBC)
invited
to be determined (TBD)

South Africa

• Official national delegation
• Mr. Hentie Van Rensburg  Executive Manager, Defence Decision Support Institute, MoD