Frontline Innovation - Opportunities in Ukraine & the Baltics

Agenda

14:00 Welcoming remarks

• Ralf Schlindwein, Managing Director International Business Division, IHK Düsseldorf 
• Stefan Kägebein, Head of Department for Eastern and Southeastern Europe, South Caucasus / Head of the Ukraine Task Force, International Security and Defence Contact Point, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Baltics: Cyber resilience, digital defence and testbeds for autonomous systems
  Florian Schröder, CEO German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce
   
• Ukraine: Engineering under fire – rapid prototyping and adaptive production models
  Reiner Perau, CEO, German-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce

Moderation: Ralf Schlindwein, Managing Director International Business Division, IHK Düsseldorf

14:30 How to build a defence tech ecosystem – Lessons learned from Brave1
           Olha Popovych, Head of the Ecosystem Department at BRAVE1

14:45 Frontline Innovations – Use case pitches from Ukraine and the Baltics 

15:15 Between protection and progress: export control as a framework for innovation in dual-use technologies
           Verena Becker, Head of Division for Export Authorizations of Dual-Use Goods, Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control 

15:35 Financing defence and security: opportunities for medium-sized industrial companies 

• How Venture Capital Can Empower SMEs
  Benjamin Krahmer, Managing Partner Verne Capital Advisory GmbH

• The European Defence Fund - opportunities for industrial companies
  Dr. Lino Schneider-Bertenburg, National Contact Point for the European Defence Fund 

16:05 Current challenges facing the defense industry from the perspective of a major systems integrator
          Dr. Christian Steinborn, Head of Business Development – Startup Activities, Rheinmetall AG
 

Afterwards: Networking with Alt-Beer and Snacks (end by 17:30 h)

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