Friday, 24 February
Registration
08.00 – 09.30
Panel VII. Key Legal Issues Facing the RPAS Industry
09.30 – 10.30
Chair: Mr. Augustin LUPU, Chairman, UVS Romania Association, Romania
• Mrs. Nicoleta PAULIUC, President, Committee on National Defence, Senate, Romanian Parliament
• Mr. Remus DOGARU, Civil Aeronautical Authority, Head of National Certification Department / Airworthiness Directorate, Romania
• COL (Air Force) Florin BĂLAN, Director of the National Military Aeronautical Autority, Romania
10:10 – 10:30 Open Discussions
Break
10.30 – 11.00
Panel VIIIa. Critical Infrastructure on the Economic Exclusive Zone of Romania. How Can We Better Protect Energy Projects? (Part I)
11.00 – 11.40
Chair: Mr. Laurențiu PACHIU, Vice President, Energy Policy Group, Romania
• Rear Admiral (FH) Liviu COMAN, Deputy Chief for Operations & Training, Romanian Navy
• Brigadier General Anton ROG, Director, National CyberInt Center, Romanian Intelligence Service
11:20 – 11:40 Open Discussions
Panel VIIIb. Critical Infrastructure on the Economic Exclusive Zone of Romania. How Can We Better Protect Energy Projects? Lessons Learned from Other States (Part II)
11.40 – 12.20
Chair: Mr. Ionel PAVEL, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Mr. Alexandru MAXIMESCU, VicePresident, OMV Petrom, Romania
• Clément THERME, Non-resident Fellow at the International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) (via VTC)
• Mr. Jakub GODZIMIRSKI, Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – NUPI
12:05 – 12:20 Open Discussions
Working Lunch. „Unmanned systems on the battlefield. Ukraine`s approach. Russia`s approach”
12.20 – 13.45
• Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS, Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Ukraine
• Mr. Phill PETERSEN, Chairman, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA
Panel IX. Battlefields of the Future and the Air Domain. Lesson Learned from Ukrainian Front
13.45 – 14.30
Chair: Mr. Greg MELCHER, Chief Operations Officer, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA
• General (Ret) Frank GORENC, former Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Africa and Commander of NATO Allied Air Command, USA (via VTC)
• Air Flotila General Valerică VRĂJESCU, Commander of Air Component Command
14:10 – 14:30 Open Discussions
Panel X. Autonomous Vehicles and Air Domain. Defense Strategies for the Black Sea
14.30 – 15.30
Chair: COL (AF) (Ret) Mihai ȘTIR, associated expert New Strategy Center, Romania
• Mr. Christophe FONTAINE, Vice president for concept and capabilities development NATO/EU International Strategic Development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., USA
• Mr. Or MASTEY, UAS specialist, IAI, Israel
15:00 – 15:30 Open Discussions
Break
15.30 – 15.45
Panel XI. Drones War. Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Future Combat Environment
15.45 – 16.55
Chair: Mr. Marcel FOCA, Senior Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Col. Cornel ARGINT, EW & Cyber Expert, Military Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
• Mr. Frédéric MARCHAL, representative for the Eastern Europe zone, CERBAIR, France
• Mr. Adrian IACOB, Executive Director, Lockheed Martin Global Inc., Romania
• Mr. Nic VÂLCEANU, Chief Network Officer, Vodafone Romania
16:15 – 16:45 Open Discussions
Break
16.55 – 17.10
Panel XII. Defence Industry Cooperation in the Context of the War in Ukraine. The Impact on Unmanned Systems
17.10 – 18.00
Chair: Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Lieutenant General Teodor INCICAȘ, Chief of the General Directorate for Armaments, Ministry of Defence, Romania (confirmed)
• Mr. Emanuel POPP, General Manager, Representative of Autonomous Flight Technologies, Romania
17:30 – 18:00 Open Discussions