Speakers
General
Oleksandr Syrskyi
The Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General
Andrii Hnatov
The Chief of the General Staff
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General
Ivan Havryliuk
The First Deputy
Minister of Defence of Ukraine
Colonel
Yurii Kliat
The Commandant of the CRI of the AFU
Oleksandr Kamyshin
The Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Strategic Affairs
Herman Smetanin
The Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine
Major General
Oleh Huliak
The General Director of the Joint Stock Company "Ukrainian Defence Industry"
Colonel
Oleksii Nozdrachov
The Deputy Commandant of the CRI of the AFU for moral welfare and recreation
Ms.
Yuliia Osmolovska
The Head of GLOBSEC Office
(Kyiv)
Colonel
Oleg Semenenko
The Deputy Commandant of the CRI of the AFU for Scientific Work
Brigadier General
Andrii Lebedenko
The Deputy Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
General (Ret)
David Petraeus
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (USA) (2011–2012)
Valerii Churkin
The Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine
Andrii Nikolaienko
The People's Deputy of Ukraine
Dmytro Brovchenko
Director of the LLC “Unmanned Technologies”
Colonel
Janne Mäkitalo
The Commandant of the Army Academy (MAASK), Finland
Colonel
Valentyn Chaikovskyi
J3 Representative
Ms.
Sae Schatz
The Executive Director of the Partnership for Peace Consortium
Major General
Vincent Breton
The Director of the Joint Center for Doctrines, Concepts and Experimentations (France)
Colonel
Oleksandr Zakharov
J5 Representative
Vadym Halaichuk
The People's Deputy of Ukraine
First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine's Integration into
the European Union
Colonel
Anatolii Volobuiev
The Chief of the Scientific and Research Directorate at the CRI
of the AFU
Rene Kanayama
The Catholic University of Milan
Colonel
Natalia Semeniuk
Senior Researcher and PhD Student of the CRI of the AFU
Colonel
Josef Schroefl
The Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
Ms.
Andrea Lane
Strategic Analyst in the Embassy of Canada to Ukraine
Brigadier General
Oleh Apostol
The Deputy Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Andrii Kovalenko
The Director of the Center of Countering Disinformation (NSDC of Ukraine)
Peter Apps
The Founder and Director of PS21 Military Journalist and Writer
Colonel Serhii Kirsanov
The Chief of the Centre at the CRI of the AFU
General (Retired)
Denis Mercier
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation of NATO (2015–2018)
Deputy General Manager of the Fives Group
Colonel of Justice
Viktor Masliuk
Deputy Chief of the Directorate - Chief of the Department of International Law of the Law-Making and Defence Legislation Directorate, Department of Legal Support of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Lieutenant Colonel
Dmytro Khomiakov
Chief of the Research Laboratory for Military Law Issues at the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Colonel
Ivan Pavlenko
Representative of the Main Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel
Vadym Sukharevskyi
Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2024–2025)
Captain (N)
Kurt Engelen
Director of the Centre for Security and Defence Studies (CSDS) of the Kingdom of Belgium
Admiral (Retired)
Manfred Nielson
The Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation of NATO (2016–2019)
Colonel
Volodymyr Bashynskyi
Chief of the State Research Institute for Testing and Certification of Armaments and Military Equipment
Ms.
Ivana Stradner
FDD, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (USA)
Lieutenant Colonel
Andrii Ostriev
Representative of the Innovation Activity Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Frank Ledwidge
Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the University of Portsmouth, Royal Air Force College (United Kingdom)
Kostiantyn Udovichenko
The Chief of the Unmanned Systems Development Directorate of the Joint Stock Company “Ukrainian Defence Industry”
Lieutenant of Justice
Nataliia Korneichenko
Research Fellow at the CRI of the AFU
Oleh Donets
Head of Security and Defence Forces Cooperation Division at Brave1
Colonel
Viktor Mykhalevych
Chief of the Branch at the CRI of the AFU
Ms.
Connie Mathiasen
ADS Group Representative
Samuel Horváth
SEC Technology Representative
Iryna Soloshenko
The Head of the CO CF KOLO Medical Division