The following speakers have already confirmed their participation:

Dieter Behrens
Member of the Management Board – Deutsche Leasing AG, Business Unit Savings Banks and SMEs
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Prof. Dr. Rainer Bernnat
Partner, Head of Public Sector – PwC Strategy& Germany
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Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock
Head of Innovation Center of the German Armed Forces
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Lukas Breitenbach
Director Strategic Communications & Public Affairs – ZANATTA Defense

Dr. Daniele Calisti
Head of Unit Merger Policy – European Commission
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Mykhailo Diachenko
Chief Business Development Officer – TAF Industries
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Oliver Dörre
CEO and Chairman of the Board – HENSOLDT AG
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Bastian Ernst, Member of Parliament
President – Association of Reservists of the German Armed Forces e. V.

Christian Fischbach
Head of Markets & Customers – Schwarz Digits Defense
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Andreas Frank
Defense Leader & Partner – EY Germany
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Elisa Füchsl
Head of Finance (CFO) – COMTEL Electronics GmbH
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Marcus Gerlach
Chief Purchasing Officer – Rheinmetall AG
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Matthias Graefe
Director of Supply Chain Transformation – IBM Deutschland GmbH
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Manfred Hader
Senior Partner – Roland Berger
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Daniel Van der Hout
Board Member for Sales – Dillinger and Saarstahl
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Michael Humbek
CEO – Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH

Dr. Sven Jung
Director Economic Analysis & Financial Planning – Handelsblatt Research Institute
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Jan F. Kallmorgen
Partner with a focus on Geopolitical Advisory & Defence – EY-Parthenon
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Dr. Rainer Kambeck
DIHK Head of Economic and Financial Policy – SMEs

Hendrik Kramer
Vice President Land Domain, Quantum Systems – Managing Director Quantum Tencore Industries
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Dr. Nicolas Kredel, LL.M. (Michigan)
Lawyer, Partner – Baker McKenzie
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Anne Lauenroth
Managing Director of the BDI Raw Materials Committee – BDI
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Federico Magno
Group CEO – MHP Management and IT Consulting GmbH
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Fabian Mattes
Senior Vice President Procurement & Supply Chain Management – TKMS GmbH

Patrick Mesenbrock
Principal Security & Defense – BCG
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Svenja Meyer
Purchasing Management – Duisburg Port AG
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Dr. Klaus Michel
Managing Director – Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
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Tobias Mühlbayer
Director Sales Defense – Dürr Systems AG

Knut Müller
Senior Vice President Global Governmental – Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG
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Mona Neubaur
Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy – and Deputy Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Sassan Parvin
Director Public Sector & Defense – SThree

Dr. Dale Rickert
Managing Director – TECH by Handelsblatt

Andreas Pilz
Key Account Director DACH & EU at Skyeton Germany GmbH – Scientific Director „Procurement of the German Armed Forces“ at Carl Crantz-Gesellschaft eV.

Jens Plötner
State Secretary – Federal Ministry of Defence

Tom Plümmer
CEO and Co-Founder – Wingcopter
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Colonel (ret.) Matthias Puschnig
Managing Director – Puschnig Management and Investment
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Harald Rauer
Managing Director – CUONICS GmbH
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Dr. Alexander Sagel
CEO – RENK Group AG
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Dr. Sebastian Schäfer, Member of Parliament
Member of the Budget Committee – Alliance 90/The Greens
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Dr. Michael Schneider
Head of Department in the Legal Office – Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support of the German Armed Forces (BAAINBw)
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Dr. Sebastian C. Schulte
Chairman of the Board (CEO) – DEUTZ AG
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Michael Steinmetz
Head of Production / Engineering – THYRA
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Beate Tempel
Chief Product Officer – constellr GmbH
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Carsten Volkery
Correspondent for Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Russia – Handelsblatt

Cathrin Wilhelm
Shareholder, Avilus GmbH – SME representative, BDSV
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Marcus Zanatta
Founder & CEO – ZANATTA Defense
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Mirjam Zeller
Head of Competence Center Defense Procurement – BME
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Daniel Zittel
Chief Sales Officer – Daimler Truck Defense, Daimler Truck AG
Moderation:

Nicole Bastian
Head of Podcast, Video & Live Journalism Department – Handelsblatt

Nana Brink
Editor-in-Chief – Tagesspiegel Background Security & Defense

Markus Fasse
Editor Defense Briefing, Chief Correspondent – Handelsblatt

Moritz Schönleber
Community Lead – Handelsblatt Defense Circle

Frank Specht
Co-Editor Defense Briefing, Editor – Handelsblatt
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