08.00 – 09.30 Registration

09:45 – 11:15 Panel I.  Two Years of the Aggression War in Ukraine. An impact assessment and possible developments

Chair: MG (Ret.) Paul HURMUZ, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
 
• Lieutenant General Dragoș-Dumitru IACOB, Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Romania 
• Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS, Director, New Geopolitics Research Network | Non-resident expert New Strategy Center, Ukraine
• Mr. Peter WATKINS, Visiting Senior Fellow with LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics, Visiting Professor with King’s College London, UK
• Mr. Phill PETERSEN, Chairman, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA

10:45 – 11:15 Open Discussions

11:30 – 12:45 Panel II. The War in Ukraine and the Future of the Maritime Domain

Chair: Major General Eugen MAVRIȘ, Rector, “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania
 
• Admiral (Ret.) Ihor KABANENKO, former Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukraine (VTC)
• Vice Admiral Mihai PANAIT, Chief of the Naval Forces, Romania
• Mr. Greg MELCHER, Chief Operations Officer, Center for the Study of New  Generation Warfare, USA
• Mr. Oscar ROJAS, Vice President for Global Operations, Ocean Aero, USA
 
12:15 – 12:45 Open Discussions

14:00 – 15:10 Panel III. Strategic Stakes of the Exclusive Economic Zone. Role of Unmanned Systems

Chair: Mr. David CARSTENS, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, USA

• Mr. Mykhailo GONCHAR, president of the Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”, Editor-in-Chief Black Sea Security Analytical journal, Ukraine (via VTC)
• Rear Admiral Liviu COMAN (LH), Commander of the Romanian Maritime Component, Naval Forces, Romania
• Chief Police Commissioner Nicolae MERLĂ, Head of Coordinating Centre for Protection of Critical Infrastructure, Romania

14:55 – 15:10 Open Discussions

15:25 – 16:35 Panel IV. The War of Drones. Lesson Learned from the Ukrainian Front

Chair: Mr. Greg MELCHER, Chief Operations Officer, Center for the Study of New  Generation Warfare, USA
 
• Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS, Director, New Geopolitics Research Network | Non-resident expert New Strategy Center, Ukraine
• Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN, Member of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Head of the Taskforce Logistics / J4 of the Netherlands MOD, Netherlands
• Mr. Christophe FONTAINE, Vice president for concept and capabilities development NATO/EU, International Strategic Development General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., USA
• Mr. Haluk BAYRAKTAR, CEO, BAYKAR Tech, Türkiye
• Lieutenant General (Ret.) E. John DEEDRICK, Strategic Advisor, Sig Sauer Inc. | former United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee, USA

16:20 – 16:35 Open Discussions

16:50 – 18:00 Panel V. How do we fight drones? Systems and solutions against aerial and naval drones

Chair: Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN, Member of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Head of the Taskforce Logistics / J4 of the Netherlands MOD, Netherlands
 
• COL Romeo-Mihail TĂBÎRCĂ, Deputy Chief for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Military Intelligence Directorate, Romania
• Brigadier General Marius PATRICHE, Deputy Director, General Directorate for Internal Protection, Ministry of Interior, Romania
• Mr. Davey GIBIAN, Chief Product and AI Officer, DZYNE Technologies, USA
• Mrs. Daniela HILDENBRAND, Head of Business Unit Counter-UAS Solutions, ESG ELEKTRONIKSYSTEM- UND LOGISTIK-GMBH, Germany

17:45 – 18:00 Open Discussions

18:15 – 18:45 Panel VI. Defence Industry Cooperation in the Context of the War in Ukraine. The Impact of the Unmanned Systems (part I)

   18:15-18:25 Key-note speaker:
• H.E. Radu OPREA, Minister of Economy, Romania

   18:25 -18:45 Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania in a dialogue with H.E. Radu OPREA, Minister of Economy, Romania

19:25–19:30 Closing Remarks

• Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania