The Security and Defence Agenda 2027
Subject to changes in timing and content.
Program
Monday, January 25, 2027, Kick-off event: Space: the special dimension
Program item
- 2:00 PM: Check-in
- 3:00 PM: Welcome and program
- 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Get-together at the conference hotel
Security, sovereignty and industrial capabilities in space
- Between cooperation and dependence: How sovereign can Europe become in space?
- Access to space: Which launcher options will lead into the future?
- Billions for military space travel: Who benefits – and how can industrialization succeed?
- Satellite constellations and SPOCK 2: Which technologies and consortia will prevail?
Tuesday, January 26, 2027, First day of the conference
Program item
- 8:00 AM: Check-in
- 9:00 a.m.: Start of the program
- 1 p.m.: Networking Lunch
- 6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Dinner event
Dimension: World order and politics
- Five years of a turning point: How capable of defending themselves and acting are Germany and Europe?
- Europe before the election in France: New balance of power, new uncertainties?
- Armaments, resilience and reforms: How long will societal and political support last?
Dimension: Industry
- Between optimism and reality: How predictable is the industrial ramp-up?
- More capacity, higher costs: Are military capabilities becoming too expensive?
- Europe after FCAS: Which collaborations are sustainable and what new models are needed?
- Established corporations, neo-primes and new players: How is the defense market reorganizing itself?
- Ukraine as an industrial and innovation partner
Dimension: Capital and Investments
- Where will defense stocks stand in February 2027?
- Lots of capital, high expectations: Is a defense bubble forming?
- Who will finance the next scaling phase of the European defense industry?
- The state as an anchor customer: how effective are the new strategies?
Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Program item
- 9:00 AM: Program
- 1:30 p.m.: Networking Lunch
- 2:30 p.m.: End of the conference
Dimension: Technology and Data
- The geopolitical AI race: How will Europe hold its own between the US and China?
- Software, cloud computing and military data: How can technological sovereignty be achieved?
- Innovation under operational conditions: What Europe can learn from Ukraine and develop together
Dimension: Civil defense and societal resilience
- Security concerns everyone: How do the state, the economy, the armed forces and society interact?
- Critical infrastructure, cyberattacks and sabotage: How resilient is Germany?
- Democracy under pressure: What protects against disinformation and cognitive warfare?
