Tuesday, 20 February 2024

08.00 – 09.30 Registration

09:30 – 09:45 Opening Remarks

Major General Eugen MAVRIȘ, Rector of the “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania
• Mr. Ionel NIȚU, President, New Strategy Center, Romania

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

11:15 – 11:30 Break

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

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break

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

15:10 – 15:25 Break

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 DEEDRICKStrategic Advisor, Sig Sauer Inc. | former United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee, USA

16:20 – 16:35 Open Discussions

16:35 – 16:50 Break

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

18:00 – 18:15 Break

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

18:45 – 19:25 Panel VI. Defence Industry Cooperation in the Context of the War in Ukraine. The Impact of the Unmanned Systems (part II)

Chair: Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
 
Lieutenant General Teodor INCICAȘ, Chief of the General Directorate for Armaments, Ministry of Defence, Romania
Mr.  Emanuel POPP, director, Autonomous Flight Design, Romania
19:10 – 19:25 Open Discussions

19:25–19:30 Closing Remarks

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