20-21 May 2026, Wilhelm Studios Berlin
20-21 May 2026, Wilhelm Studios Berlin
Join Europe’s No. 1 Defence Deep Tech Marketplace
2 days. 800+ corporate buyers. 1,000+ builders. 20,000 1:1s.
DTM26.Defence brings together Europe's leading defence innovators with decision makers who have the authority to deploy, procure, fund, or integrate next-generation defence technologies.
2 days. 800+ corporate buyers. 1,000+ builders. 20,000 1:1s.
DTM26.Defence brings together Europe's leading defence innovators with decision makers who have the authority to deploy, procure, fund, or integrate next-generation defence technologies.
2 days. 800+ corporate buyers. 1,000+ builders. 20,000 1:1s.
DTM26.Defence brings together Europe's leading defence innovators with decision makers who have the authority to deploy, procure, fund, or integrate next-generation defence technologies.
Meet peers in fields like:
Meet peers in fields like:
Meet peers in fields like:
AI
Drone defence
Drone defence
Deep and precision strike
Deep and precision strike
Electronic warfare
Electronic warfare
ISR
ISR
& more
& more
DTM26 Impact
€350M
€350M
€350M
€350M
Accumulated in investments triggered
Accumulated in investments triggered
€350M
Accumulated in investments triggered
500+
500+
500+
500+
POCs & Partnerships
triggered
Deep tech founders accelerated
POCs & Partnerships
triggered
500+
POCs & Partnerships
triggered
3000+
3000+
3000+
3000+
Attendees
Attendees
Attendees
3000+
Attendees
800+
800+
800+
800+
Corporate Buyers attending
Corporate Buyers attending
Corporate Buyers
attending
Corporate Buyers attending
800+
Corporate Buyers
attending
Top CXOs and senior decision-makers at DTM26
more to come
more to come
What happens at DTM26.Defence
What happens
at DTM26.Defence
Defence decision-makers only
Hand-picked senior defence leaders
Defence decision-makers only
Expect hand-picked senior leaders from primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces, and policymaking bodies. Every participant holds real decision power, ensuring each engagement directly supports Europe’s defence modernisation, operational readiness, and long-term resilience.
Expect hand-picked senior leaders from primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces, and policymaking bodies. Every participant holds real decision power, ensuring each engagement directly supports Europe’s defence modernisation, operational readiness, and long-term resilience.
Expect hand-picked senior leaders from primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces, and policymaking bodies. Every participant holds real decision power, ensuring each engagement directly supports Europe’s defence modernisation, operational readiness, and long-term resilience.
Procurement-ready matchmaking
Procurement-ready matchmaking
Every interaction is aligned with concrete capability gaps, mission requirements, and partnership readiness—enabling faster evaluation of new capabilities in fragmented markets and accelerating deployment, procurement decisions, and large-scale adoption.
Every interaction is aligned with concrete capability gaps, mission requirements, and partnership readiness—enabling faster evaluation of new capabilities in fragmented markets and accelerating deployment, procurement decisions, and large-scale adoption.
Every interaction is aligned with concrete capability gaps, mission requirements, and partnership readiness—enabling faster evaluation of new capabilities in fragmented markets and accelerating deployment, procurement decisions, and large-scale adoption.
Compressed DefTech adoption cycles
Compressed DefTech adoption cycles
Direct, decision-maker–level engagement builds trust and shortens adoption timelines. Identify technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability, while providing high-signal insights mapped to operational needs.
Direct, decision-maker–level engagement builds trust and shortens adoption timelines. Identify technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability, while providing high-signal insights mapped to operational needs.
Direct, decision-maker–level engagement builds trust and shortens adoption timelines. Identify technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability, while providing high-signal insights mapped to operational needs.
Next-gen defence capabilities only
Next-gen defence capabilities only
A tightly focused showcase of next-generation DefTech provides early, actionable insight into emerging technologies, helping decision-makers shape future tenders and align procurement with evolving threats and force requirements.
A tightly focused showcase of next-generation DefTech provides early, actionable insight into emerging technologies, helping decision-makers shape future tenders and align procurement with evolving threats and force requirements.
A tightly focused showcase of next-generation DefTech provides early, actionable insight into emerging technologies, helping decision-makers shape future tenders and align procurement with evolving threats and force requirements.
Who attends and why
Who attends and why
Who attends and why
Procurement Agencies
Procurement Agencies
Procurement
Agencies
Agency Presidents and Directors
Directors General
The challenges you're facing
Detecting emerging defence technology trends early enough to shape future tenders
Evaluating new capabilities across fragmented and fast-moving markets
Ensuring procurement decisions align with future threats, technologies, and force requirements
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Gain direct insight into validated DefTech and Deep Tech solutions from startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Engage in focused dialogue with primes, innovators, and public stakeholders to refine future capability needs
Receive curated technology overviews aligned with long-term capability planning and threat scenarios
Benchmark emerging capabilities to support transparent, informed procurement roadmaps
Discover emerging technologies and suppliers that can feed into future tenders and procurement programs.
The challenges you're facing
Detecting emerging defence technology trends early enough to shape future tenders
Evaluating new capabilities across fragmented and fast-moving markets
Ensuring procurement decisions align with future threats, technologies, and force requirements
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Gain direct insight into validated DefTech and Deep Tech solutions from startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Engage in focused dialogue with primes, innovators, and public stakeholders to refine future capability needs
Receive curated technology overviews aligned with long-term capability planning and threat scenarios
Benchmark emerging capabilities to support transparent, informed procurement roadmaps
The challenges you're facing
Detecting emerging defence technology trends early enough to shape future tenders
Evaluating new capabilities across fragmented and fast-moving markets
Ensuring procurement decisions align with future threats, technologies, and force requirements
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Gain direct insight into validated DefTech and Deep Tech solutions from startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Engage in focused dialogue with primes, innovators, and public stakeholders to refine future capability needs
Receive curated technology overviews aligned with long-term capability planning and threat scenarios
Benchmark emerging capabilities to support transparent, informed procurement roadmaps
MoDs & Armed Forces
MoDs & Armed Forces
MoDs & Armed Forces
MoDs & Armed Forces
MoDs &
Armed Forces
Political Level
Director Generals
Division Heads
Chiefs of Staff
Admirals
Generals
Chiefs of Defence
The challenges you're facing
Rapidly evolving operational requirements driven by new threat environments
Identifying technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability
Coordinating across a complex, pan-European defence and industrial ecosystem
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Engage directly with Europe’s leading defence innovators, startups, and primes
Access high-signal insights on technologies mapped to your priority operational needs
Accelerate alignment with industrial partners on mission-critical capabilities and delivery timelines
The challenges you're facing
Rapidly evolving operational requirements driven by new threat environments
Identifying technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability
Coordinating across a complex, pan-European defence and industrial ecosystem
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Engage directly with Europe’s leading defence innovators, startups, and primes
Access high-signal insights on technologies mapped to your priority operational needs
Accelerate alignment with industrial partners on mission-critical capabilities and delivery timelines
The challenges you're facing
Rapidly evolving operational requirements driven by new threat environments
Identifying technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability
Coordinating across a complex, pan-European defence and industrial ecosystem
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Engage directly with Europe’s leading defence innovators, startups, and primes
Access high-signal insights on technologies mapped to your priority operational needs
Accelerate alignment with industrial partners on mission-critical capabilities and delivery timelines
Defence Primes
Defence Primes
CEOs
CTOs
Country MDs
CVC and Innovation Heads
Leaders in Procurement, R&D and Strategy
The challenges you're facing
Scaling production capacity with partners to meet accelerating procurement demands
Discover new & relevant DefTech and Deep Tech early enough to secure your long-term competitiveness
Communication to public stakeholders your value proposition and public procurement needs
Identifying SMEs and startups with validated, mission-ready technologies
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top defence scaleups that solve your high-priority capability needs
Partner with SMEs that complement and expand your production capabilities
Engage public stakeholders directly
Curated 1:1 meetings with vetted innovators aligned to your operational objectives
The challenges you're facing
Scaling production capacity with partners to meet accelerating procurement demands
Discover new & relevant DefTech and Deep Tech early enough to secure your long-term competitiveness
Communication to public stakeholders your value proposition and public procurement needs
Identifying SMEs and startups with validated, mission-ready technologies
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top defence scaleups that solve your high-priority capability needs
Partner with SMEs that complement and expand your production capabilities
Engage public stakeholders directly
Curated 1:1 meetings with vetted innovators aligned to your operational objectives
The challenges you're facing
Scaling production capacity with partners to meet accelerating procurement demands
Discover new & relevant DefTech and Deep Tech early enough to secure your long-term competitiveness
Communication to public stakeholders your value proposition and public procurement needs
Identifying SMEs and startups with validated, mission-ready technologies
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top defence scaleups that solve your high-priority capability needs
Partner with SMEs that complement and expand your production capabilities
Engage public stakeholders directly
Curated 1:1 meetings with vetted innovators aligned to your operational objectives
NATO & EU DGs
NATO & EU DGs
Directors
Assistant Secretaries General
The challenges you're facing
Coordinating capability development and interoperability across allied nations
Identifying technologies that advance shared European and NATO defence priorities
Ensuring funding and programs reflect rapidly evolving operational and strategic needs
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Access market-ready innovations from Europe’s leading defence startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Receive curated insights that support alignment across NATO and EU capability frameworks
Gain early visibility into emerging technologies to strengthen multinational planning and coordination
The challenges you're facing
Coordinating capability development and interoperability across allied nations
Identifying technologies that advance shared European and NATO defence priorities
Ensuring funding and programs reflect rapidly evolving operational and strategic needs
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Access market-ready innovations from Europe’s leading defence startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Receive curated insights that support alignment across NATO and EU capability frameworks
Gain early visibility into emerging technologies to strengthen multinational planning and coordination
The challenges you're facing
Coordinating capability development and interoperability across allied nations
Identifying technologies that advance shared European and NATO defence priorities
Ensuring funding and programs reflect rapidly evolving operational and strategic needs
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Access market-ready innovations from Europe’s leading defence startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Receive curated insights that support alignment across NATO and EU capability frameworks
Gain early visibility into emerging technologies to strengthen multinational planning and coordination
Members of the European
Parliament (SEDE, BUDG,
and others)
Members of the European
Parliament (SEDE, BUDG,
and others)
Members of SEDE
Members of BUDG
The challenges you're facing
• Ensuring EDF funding aligns with real operational gaps
• Evaluating which technologies are mature, relevant, and scalable
• Understanding how Europe's defence ecosystem is evolving
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
• Ground-level exposure to the next generation of European DefTech
• Curated insights that strengthen funding and policy decisions
• A clear view into capability gaps and market-ready tech shaping EU defence
The challenges you're facing
• Ensuring EDF funding aligns with real operational gaps
• Evaluating which technologies are mature, relevant, and scalable
• Understanding how Europe's defence ecosystem is evolving
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
• Ground-level exposure to the next generation of European DefTech
• Curated insights that strengthen funding and policy decisions
• A clear view into capability gaps and market-ready tech shaping EU defence
The challenges you're facing
• Ensuring EDF funding aligns with real operational gaps
• Evaluating which technologies are mature, relevant, and scalable
• Understanding how Europe's defence ecosystem is evolving
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
• Ground-level exposure to the next generation of European DefTech
• Curated insights that strengthen funding and policy decisions
• A clear view into capability gaps and market-ready tech shaping EU defence
SMEs with
Defence-Relevant Capabilities
SMEs with
Defence-Relevant Capabilities
SMEs with Defence-Relevant Capabilities
CEOs
CTOs
CCOs
The challenges you're facing
Limited visibility with primes, armed forces, and key public stakeholders
Difficulty finding the right partners and customers across the defence value chain
Identifying complementary technologies or partners to strengthen your value proposition
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s leading primes and procurement decision-makers in a single, high-impact afternoon
Showcase defence-relevant, mission-ready solutions in a high-signal, invite-only environment
Gain curated introductions to partners that expand your capabilities and competitiveness
The challenges you're facing
Limited visibility with primes, armed forces, and key public stakeholders
Difficulty finding the right partners and customers across the defence value chain
Identifying complementary technologies or partners to strengthen your value proposition
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s leading primes and procurement decision-makers in a single, high-impact afternoon
Showcase defence-relevant, mission-ready solutions in a high-signal, invite-only environment
Gain curated introductions to partners that expand your capabilities and competitiveness
The challenges you're facing
Limited visibility with primes, armed forces, and key public stakeholders
Difficulty finding the right partners and customers across the defence value chain
Identifying complementary technologies or partners to strengthen your value proposition
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s leading primes and procurement decision-makers in a single, high-impact afternoon
Showcase defence-relevant, mission-ready solutions in a high-signal, invite-only environment
Gain curated introductions to partners that expand your capabilities and competitiveness
Startups & Scaleups
CEOs
CTOs
CCOs
The challenges you're facing
Breaking into complex defence procurement pathways with your specific technology
Demonstrating relevance to operational and political stakeholders
Ensuring adoption of breakthrough technologies at speed
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top SMEs, primes, armed forces, and policymakers in a single afternoon
Meetings matched to current capability needs and mission priorities
A fast-track route to validation, pilots, and adoption in Europe’s defence ecosystem
Startups & Scaleups
Startups & Scaleups
CEOs
CTOs
CCOs
The challenges you're facing
Breaking into complex defence procurement pathways with your specific technology
Demonstrating relevance to operational and political stakeholders
Ensuring adoption of breakthrough technologies at speed
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top SMEs, primes, armed forces, and policymakers in a single afternoon
Meetings matched to current capability needs and mission priorities
A fast-track route to validation, pilots, and adoption in Europe’s defence ecosystem
The challenges you're facing
Breaking into complex defence procurement pathways with your specific technology
Demonstrating relevance to operational and political stakeholders
Ensuring adoption of breakthrough technologies at speed
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top SMEs, primes, armed forces, and policymakers in a single afternoon
Meetings matched to current capability needs and mission priorities
A fast-track route to validation, pilots, and adoption in Europe’s defence ecosystem
The challenges you're facing
Breaking into complex defence procurement pathways with your specific technology
Demonstrating relevance to operational and political stakeholders
Ensuring adoption of breakthrough technologies at speed
How DTM26.Defence helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top SMEs, primes, armed forces, and policymakers in a single afternoon
Meetings matched to current capability needs and mission priorities
A fast-track route to validation, pilots, and adoption in Europe’s defence ecosystem
DTM.Defence features the following tracks:
DTM.Defence features the following tracks:
DTM.Defence features the following tracks:
Co-create or sponsor a track with us. For questions
email us at: amelia.rath@deeptech.build.
Co-create or sponsor a track with us. For questions email us at: amelia.rath@deeptech.build.
Co-create or sponsor a track with us.
For questions email us at: amelia.rath@deeptech.build.
Drone Defence
Mission: Launch 20 European partnerships to deploy drone defence systems with <5% penetration by hostile drones.
Drone Defence
Mission: Launch 20 European partnerships to deploy drone defence systems with <5% penetration by hostile drones.
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Deep & Precision Strikes
Mission: Run 20 precision strike pilots with >90% success against air defences.
Deep & Precision Strikes
Mission: Run 20 precision strike pilots with >90% success against air defences.
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Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Mission: Build a European smallsat ISR constellation to cut detection-to-decision from hours to minutes.
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Mission: Build a European smallsat ISR constellation to cut detection-to-decision from hours to minutes.
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Frontier Defence Tech
Topics beyond our tracks.
Frontier Defence Tech
Topics beyond our tracks.
learn more
Guardian Highlights
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Klaus Kappen
Rheinmetall
CTO
Jan Gutknecht
SAP
Director
Christian Steinborn
Rheinmetall
Head of Business Development Start-up Activities
Claudio Lange
RENK Group
Head of Digital Business & Innovation Management
Mikael Frisell
Armed Forces Sweden
Director General
Helen Wood
BAE Systems Bofors
Group Business Development Executive
Dominic Reese
Police Force NRWE
Head of Innovation
Yannick Marin Isambert
Airbus
Head of Airbus Central Innovation & Ho Corporate Innovation
Marco Herre
DEUTZ
CEO Defense, EVP at DEUTZ Defense Systems GmbH`
Daniel Kliche
IABG
SVP Innovation Centre
Cornelius Heinemann
Rohde & Schwarz
VP R&D Technology & Strategy
Toni Piispa
Millog
Vice President
Claire Falzone
Airbus
Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management
Abdelheq Bouchekioua
Safran
Investment Director
David Williams
BAE Systems Bofors
Regional Managing Director, Europe
Matthew Van Wagenen
NATO
former NATO DCOS OPS & INT
Andy Armitage
Terma
Director Operations
Odd-Harald Hagen
Space Norway
Director, Strategy & Business Developement
Constantin Zeif
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems
VP Strategy & Innovation
Reinis Poznaks
European Parliament
MEP
Sirko Papperitz
Hensoldt
Head of Strategy
Daniel Lim
ST Engineering Ventures
Head of Europe Corporate Ventures
Florian Dorn
Deutscher Bundestag
MdB
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Head of Open Innovation
Dirk, Dr.-Ing., DE ZIMPER
MBDA
Director Future Systems and Member of the Board
David Shapira
Swiss Innovation Forces
CTO
Tobias Riasanow
SAP
Head of Ecosystem Development
Stefanie Schrader
Hensoldt
Chief Innovation Manager
Peter Gielen
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Brigadier General
Mathias Maurer
Swiss Innovation Forces
CEO
Matthias Weidinger
Rohde Schwarz
Vice President Corporate Procurement
Pascal Gaggero
RUAG
Head of Science and Technology
Major General Panousis Georgios
Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Major General
Petar Pelemis
Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Senior Vice President Strategy, M&A and Product Management
Klaus Pachner
Terma
Vice President Operations
Rick Van Holten
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Lieutenant Colonel
Sandra Bussmann
Bundeswehr
Managing Director - BwConsulting
Pierre van Lamsweerde
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Major
Arash Farazdhagi
Amazon Web Services
Head of Solutions Architecture | Global Defense Partners
Johannes Ruoff
Bundeswehr
Head of Engineering Division
A. Ernur Solyemez
Roketsan
Director
Greg Ombach
Airbus
Group Head of Disruptive Research & Technology
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Defence
Manufacturing & Robotics
Space
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Advanced Materials
Klaus Kappen
Rheinmetall
CTO
Jan Gutknecht
SAP
Director
Christian Steinborn
Rheinmetall
Head of Business Development Start-up Activities
Claudio Lange
RENK Group
Head of Digital Business & Innovation Management
Mikael Frisell
Armed Forces Sweden
Director General
Helen Wood
BAE Systems Bofors
Group Business Development Executive
Dominic Reese
Police Force NRWE
Head of Innovation
Yannick Marin Isambert
Airbus
Head of Airbus Central Innovation & Ho Corporate Innovation
Marco Herre
DEUTZ
CEO Defense, EVP at DEUTZ Defense Systems GmbH`
Daniel Kliche
IABG
SVP Innovation Centre
Martin Novak
Czech Air Force
Chief Of Staff
Cornelius Heinemann
Rohde & Schwarz
VP R&D Technology & Strategy
Toni Piispa
Millog
Vice President
Claire Falzone
Airbus
Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management
Abdelheq Bouchekioua
Safran
Investment Director
Mykyta Putz
Azov Brigade
MilTech Procurement and Collaboration Officer
David Williams
BAE Systems Bofors
Regional Managing Director, Europe
Matthew Van Wagenen
NATO
former NATO DCOS OPS & INT
Andy Armitage
Terma
Director Operations
Odd-Harald Hagen
Space Norway
Director, Strategy & Business Developement
Constantin Zeif
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems
VP Strategy & Innovation
Reinis Poznaks
European Parliament
MEP
Sirko Papperitz
Hensoldt
Head of Strategy
Daniel Lim
ST Engineering Ventures
Head of Europe Corporate Ventures
Florian Dorn
Deutscher Bundestag
MdB
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Head of Open Innovation
Dirk, Dr.-Ing., DE ZIMPER
MBDA
Director Future Systems and Member of the Board
Max Hasler
Rheinmetall
David Shapira
Swiss Innovation Forces
CTO
Tobias Riasanow
SAP
Head of Ecosystem Development
Stefanie Schrader
Hensoldt
Chief Innovation Manager
Peter Gielen
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Brigadier General
Mathias Maurer
Swiss Innovation Forces
CEO
Matthias Weidinger
Rohde Schwarz
Vice President Corporate Procurement
Pascal Gaggero
RUAG
Head of Science and Technology
Major General Panousis Georgios
Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Major General
Petar Pelemis
Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Senior Vice President Strategy, M&A and Product Management
Klaus Pachner
Terma
Vice President Operations
Rick Van Holten
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Lieutenant Colonel
Sandra Bussmann
Bundeswehr
Managing Director - BwConsulting
Pierre van Lamsweerde
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Major
Colonel Stylianos Angelopoulos
Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Head Sector Officer - Directrice of Innovation
Arash Farazdhagi
Amazon Web Services
Head of Solutions Architecture | Global Defense Partners
Johannes Ruoff
Bundeswehr
Head of Engineering Division
A. Ernur Solyemez
Roketsan
Director
Greg Ombach
Airbus
Group Head of Disruptive Research & Technology
Jakob Penner
Bundeswehr
Head of Technology Campaigns - Innovation Centre
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Defence
Manufacturing & Robotics
Space
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Advanced Materials
Klaus Kappen
Rheinmetall
CTO
Jan Gutknecht
SAP
Director
Christian Steinborn
Rheinmetall
Head of Business Development Start-up Activities
Claudio Lange
RENK Group
Head of Digital Business & Innovation Management
Mikael Frisell
Armed Forces Sweden
Director General
Helen Wood
BAE Systems Bofors
Group Business Development Executive
Dominic Reese
Police Force NRWE
Head of Innovation
Yannick Marin Isambert
Airbus
Head of Airbus Central Innovation & Ho Corporate Innovation
Marco Herre
DEUTZ
CEO Defense, EVP at DEUTZ Defense Systems GmbH`
Daniel Kliche
IABG
SVP Innovation Centre
Cornelius Heinemann
Rohde & Schwarz
VP R&D Technology & Strategy
Toni Piispa
Millog
Vice President
Claire Falzone
Airbus
Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management
Abdelheq Bouchekioua
Safran
Investment Director
David Williams
BAE Systems Bofors
Regional Managing Director, Europe
Matthew Van Wagenen
NATO
former NATO DCOS OPS & INT
Andy Armitage
Terma
Director Operations
Odd-Harald Hagen
Space Norway
Director, Strategy & Business Developement
Constantin Zeif
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems
VP Strategy & Innovation
Reinis Poznaks
European Parliament
MEP
Sirko Papperitz
Hensoldt
Head of Strategy
Daniel Lim
ST Engineering Ventures
Head of Europe Corporate Ventures
Florian Dorn
Deutscher Bundestag
MdB
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Head of Open Innovation
Dirk, Dr.-Ing., DE ZIMPER
MBDA
Director Future Systems and Member of the Board
David Shapira
Swiss Innovation Forces
CTO
Tobias Riasanow
SAP
Head of Ecosystem Development
Stefanie Schrader
Hensoldt
Chief Innovation Manager
Peter Gielen
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Brigadier General
Mathias Maurer
Swiss Innovation Forces
CEO
Matthias Weidinger
Rohde Schwarz
Vice President Corporate Procurement
Pascal Gaggero
RUAG
Head of Science and Technology
Major General Panousis Georgios
Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Major General
Petar Pelemis
Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Senior Vice President Strategy, M&A and Product Management
Klaus Pachner
Terma
Vice President Operations
Rick Van Holten
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Lieutenant Colonel
Sandra Bussmann
Bundeswehr
Managing Director - BwConsulting
Pierre van Lamsweerde
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Major
Arash Farazdhagi
Amazon Web Services
Head of Solutions Architecture | Global Defense Partners
Johannes Ruoff
Bundeswehr
Head of Engineering Division
A. Ernur Solyemez
Roketsan
Director
Greg Ombach
Airbus
Group Head of Disruptive Research & Technology
Filter Guardians by:
All Guardians
Energy
Defence
Manufacturing & Robotics
Space
High Performance Computing
Advanced Materials
Klaus Kappen
Rheinmetall
CTO
Jan Gutknecht
SAP
Director
Christian Steinborn
Rheinmetall
Head of Business Development Start-up Activities
Claudio Lange
RENK Group
Head of Digital Business & Innovation Management
Mikael Frisell
Armed Forces Sweden
Director General
Helen Wood
BAE Systems Bofors
Group Business Development Executive
Dominic Reese
Police Force NRWE
Head of Innovation
Yannick Marin Isambert
Airbus
Head of Airbus Central Innovation & Ho Corporate Innovation
Marco Herre
DEUTZ
CEO Defense, EVP at DEUTZ Defense Systems GmbH`
Daniel Kliche
IABG
SVP Innovation Centre
Cornelius Heinemann
Rohde & Schwarz
VP R&D Technology & Strategy
Toni Piispa
Millog
Vice President
Claire Falzone
Airbus
Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management
Abdelheq Bouchekioua
Safran
Investment Director
David Williams
BAE Systems Bofors
Regional Managing Director, Europe
Matthew Van Wagenen
NATO
former NATO DCOS OPS & INT
Andy Armitage
Terma
Director Operations
Odd-Harald Hagen
Space Norway
Director, Strategy & Business Developement
Constantin Zeif
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems
VP Strategy & Innovation
Reinis Poznaks
European Parliament
MEP
Sirko Papperitz
Hensoldt
Head of Strategy
Daniel Lim
ST Engineering Ventures
Head of Europe Corporate Ventures
Florian Dorn
Deutscher Bundestag
MdB
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Fincantieri S.p.A.
Head of Open Innovation
Dirk, Dr.-Ing., DE ZIMPER
MBDA
Director Future Systems and Member of the Board
David Shapira
Swiss Innovation Forces
CTO
Tobias Riasanow
SAP
Head of Ecosystem Development
Stefanie Schrader
Hensoldt
Chief Innovation Manager
Peter Gielen
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Brigadier General
Mathias Maurer
Swiss Innovation Forces
CEO
Matthias Weidinger
Rohde Schwarz
Vice President Corporate Procurement
Pascal Gaggero
RUAG
Head of Science and Technology
Major General Panousis Georgios
Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Major General
Petar Pelemis
Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Senior Vice President Strategy, M&A and Product Management
Klaus Pachner
Terma
Vice President Operations
Rick Van Holten
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Lieutenant Colonel
Sandra Bussmann
Bundeswehr
Managing Director - BwConsulting
Pierre van Lamsweerde
Dutch Ministry of Defense
Major
Arash Farazdhagi
Amazon Web Services
Head of Solutions Architecture | Global Defense Partners
Johannes Ruoff
Bundeswehr
Head of Engineering Division
A. Ernur Solyemez
Roketsan
Director
Greg Ombach
Airbus
Group Head of Disruptive Research & Technology
About DTM
About DTM
Powering the European Deep Tech Renaissance
Powering the European Deep Tech Renaissance
€ 350M+
€ 350M+
Investments facilitated post participation
Investments facilitated post participation
DTM is Europe’s No. 1 Deep Tech Innovation Marketplace.
Our goal: 10,000 partnerships between enterprise buyers and European Deep Tech providers, and over €100B in investments catalyzed in European Deep Tech startups by 2030.
“Deep Tech Momentum connects global deep tech ecosystems through its marketplace and conferences. This aligns perfectly with Techstars’ mission to support founders and grow startup communities around the world.”
David Cohen – Founder & CEO | Techstars
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It pays to be early
It pays to be early
It pays to be early
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