Leading voices and pioneers in defense innovation 

Dr. Klaus Hommels

Chairman

Lakestar

Klaus Kappen

Chief Technology Officer

Rheinmetall 

Walter Ballheimer

Founder & CEO

REFLEX Aerospace​

Ryan Morfin

Managing Partner

Irongate​

Sebastian von Ribbentrop

Founding Partner

JOIN Capital​​

Dr. Dirk Zimper

Director Future Systems

MBDA​

Dr. Markus Federle

Founder

MISSION 2044 / Tholus Capital​​

Ben Cistecky

Managing Partner

Certitude Holdings (TEMASEK) ​​

Magdalena Nasilowska

Partner

A&O Shearman​​

Prof. Rafaela Kraus

University of the Bundeswehr

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Hendrik Kramer

Co-Founder & CEO

Fernride​​

Mikhail Kokorich

Founder & CEO

Destinus​​

John James

Founding CEO

BOKA Capital​​

Oberst i.G. Michael Fraas

Bundeswehr

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Nathanael Liminski

Minister for Federal, European
and International Affairs, NRW

Joram Voelklein

Co-Founder

Alpine Space Ventures

Hendrik Roehricht

Partner

A&O Shearman​

Gideon Adugna 

Security and Defence Policy Advisor

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Marc Wietfeld

CEO & Co-Founder

ARX Robotics

Ricardo Mendes

Co-Founder & CEO

Tekever

Juliana Suess

Associate/Wissenschaftlerin

Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik​​

Matthias Wachter

Managing Director

BDI -NewSpace Initiative ​​

Kelly Chen

Partner

NATO Innovation Fund ​​

Simon Brunjes

VP Land Systems

Helsing ​​

David Dana

General Partner

Expansion Aerospace & Defence​​

Lippold von Oldershausen

Managing Director

BASED​​

Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien

Managing Director

BDSV​​

H.E. Oleksii Makeiev

Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany

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Michael Brown

Partner, Shield Capital

(former Director of DIU)

Alessio Lorusso

Founder & CEO

Roboze​

Karen Florschütz

EVP Connected Intelligence

Airbus Defence and Space​

Sven Kruck

Co-CEO

Quantum Systems​

Jakob Stoeber

Partner

McKinsey & Company 

Sven Weizenegger

Head and CEO

Cyber Innovation Hub BW​​​

Stefan Thumann

Founder & CEO

Donaustahl​​

Stefan Wilhelm

CEO

SWARM Biotactics ​​

Zach Beecher

Partner

ScoutVC​​

Katharina Brienne

Office of the CEO

Palantir Technologies​​

Dr. Werner Schnappauf 

Council for Sustainable Development 

Former Minister of State​​

Leif Petersen

CEO & Founder

Hologate​​