From 12 to 13 March 2026

Program for professionals

Exhibitors, government institutions, international buyers, state delegations and the specialized press. These two days will be devoted to product demonstrations, contract negotiations and high-level networking.


11:00 AM 12:00 PM	Event Stand Defence - 7239 en Official opening BEDEX Mark Rutte Secretary General NATO Bart de Wever Prime minister of Belgium David Clarinval Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Pierre-Yves Jeholet Vice-President of the Walloon Government Matthias Diependaele Minister-President of the Government of Flanders Boris Dilliès Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
12:30 PM 1:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Sofa Talk: Moderator Cindy DUBOIS Mark Rutte Secretary General NATO Theo Francken Minister of Defence Belgium
1:00 PM 1:30 PM	Event Conference Room 1 en Keynote CHOD Frederik Vansina Chief of Defence \| Belgium
1:00 PM 3:00 PM	Event Conference Room 2 en Belgian-French Matchmaking event, organized by Agoria- BSDI
1:30 PM 2:30 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Transformation of Industrial Global Defence Landscape Jeff Harrigian Lockheed Martin \| Vice-President, Strategy and Business development Jean-Brice Dumont Airbus Defence and Space \| Head of Air Power Biljana Weber Hewlett Packard Enterprise \| Senior Vice-President Ozgür Taylan Sari Aselsan \| Vice President Bernard Phaleg Belgian Defence \| National Armament Director Doug Stevenson Raytheon \| VP requierments and Capabilities Moderator Nico Lange Rasmussen Global
2:30 PM 3:30 PM	Conference To be confirmed en The New Drone Playbook Christophe Fontaine General Atomics \| Vice president (VP) Concept & capabilities Development EU/Nato Jonas Cederlof Commission \| Deputy Head of Unit Mikhail Kokorich Destinus \| Chief Executive Officer Nadia Maaref Tekever France \| General Manager Adam Bartosiewicz WB Group \| Vice-President Claudio Palestini Head of Innovation and Technical Adoption \| NATO Moderator Arthur de Liedekerke Partner & Senior Director \| Rasmussen Global
3:00 PM 4:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 2 en Wallonia Defence Ecosystem: Unlocking innovative industrial opportunities and powering Europe’s value chains Register here
3:30 PM 3:45 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Keynote Julien Compère \| FN Herstal
3:45 PM 4:30 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Holding the Ground: Europe's Land Defence Pierre Gerard John Cockerill Defence \| Public Affairs Manager Francis Gelfi KNDS \| EU & NATO Business Manager Denis Servais MoD \| Deputy National Armaments Director Elvira Bermudez European Land Defence Industry Group of ASD \| SD manage
4:30 PM 5:15 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Breaking Down Barriers: SMEs and Startups Robbie Boyd Defence security and resilience bank \| Senior leader Bianca Neumaier European Defence Agency \| Policy officer Anaïs De Boulle Deloitte \| Scale-up Ecosystem Leader Mathieu Demaré Phoenix AI \| Business Developer and Customer Satisfaction Officer Moderator Andréas C. Hatzidiakos Co-Director \| OPEWI
4:30 PM 5:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 2 en ILIAS: Combat Ready! Harry Corstens Vice President Europe \| ILIAS
5:00 PM 5:20 PM	Conference Conference Room 2 en Enabling Defense Manufacturing Through Advanced Laser - Material Processing Johannes Vierling TRUMPF Laser Technology \| Head of Distribution & Direct Markets
5:30 PM 6:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 2 en A secure, connected approach to distributed supply chains Bart Van der Schueren Materialise \| Chief Technology Officer
6:00 PM 11:30 PM	Event Hall 10 en Official Gala Dinner Side event for which a ticket is required.


10:30 AM 11:30 AM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Ukraine's Wartime Transformation: Redefining Modern Defence Production - In partnership with the Royal Higher Institute For Defence Maarten Danckaert Moderator Elena Dushenok Chief Growth Officer \| SkyFall Cyrille Kabbara CEO and Founder \| Shark Robotics Mariia Shamota Head of the Defence Alliance of Ukraine Kurt Engelen Director Centre for Security and Defence Studies \| Royal Higher Institute for Defence Nikos Loutas Director Innovation \| NATO
10:30 AM 11:15 AM	Conference Conference Room 2 en Winning Tomorrow’s Battles Starts with People and Culture – Solving Defense’s Talent Crunch Lieven Geeraert General \| Belgian Defence Joost Heins Global Head of Intelligence \| Randstad Roeland Delrue CRO & Co-founder Perrine Daniel Thales Belgium & Luxembourg \| HR Director Idris Menon Partner and GCSP UK Mod \| E&Y
11:15 AM 12:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 2 en Emerging Defense Technologies Domien De Ruyck Intersoft \| Managing Director Chris Pogue Calian Defence \| Vice-President, Defence and Space Jan Paul Stein TYTAN \| Head of Commercial Matteo Merialdo Nexova \| Director, Cyber Technology and Innovation Baudouin Heuninckx European Defence Agency \| Acting Director for Industry, Synergies & Enablers
11:30 AM 12:30 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Space Security in a Contested World: Europe's Strategic Capabilities Celia Delaz Spire \| Chief Operational Officer Pascal Legai ESA \| Security Advisor Marjolijn van Deelen EEAS \| Special Envoy for Space Officer Benoit Deper AeroSpaceLab \| Chief Executive Officer Moderator Lise Erard Rasmussen Global \| Senior Project Manager
12:00 PM 1:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 2 en Comment positionner votre entreprise dans le secteur de la défense ? - Hoe positioneert u uw onderneming in de defensiesector? Séverine Waterbley Présidente du Comité de direction du SPF Economie Xavier Hazebrouck SPF Economie Sander Drieghe SPF Economie Anton Van Den Abbeele SPF Economie Oussama Ghemati Autorité Nationale de Sécurité (ANS)
1:00 PM 1:15 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Keynote: Michael Schoellhorn – CEO of Airbus Defence and Space
1:00 PM 6:00 PM	Event Conference Room 2 en Belgian-German Industry day (conference+matchmaking) organized by Agoria- BSDI
1:30 PM 2:30 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Digital Frontlines: IT & Cybersecurity in Modern Defence Johan Elegheert General Manager \| TPF Tom Hendrickx Partner \| S.A.F.E. Mérédith Martinez Defense & Aerospace Executive \| Intel Eric Viseur Head of Cybersecurity \| Thales Moderator Andréas C. Hatzidiakos Co-Director \| OPEWI
2:45 PM 3:30 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en From Mine to Mission moderated by Rasmussen Global Aleksandra Kordecka European Commission \| Cabinet Expert Francesco Gattiglio Albemarle \| VP for External Affairs Wouter Ghyoot Umicore \| VP Government Affairs Ambre Geert Muylle Belgian MFA \| Special Envoy for Critical Raw Materials Moderator Lise Erard Senior Project Manager \| Rasmussen Global
3:30 PM 4:00 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en LS² : un partenariat stratégique Belgian Defence John Cockerill FN Herstal Thales
4:00 PM 4:30 PM	Conference Conference Room 1 en Sofa Talk Theo Francken Be MOD Andrius Kubilius EU Commissioner for Defence Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone Chair of the NATO Military Committee

Do you have any questions?

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Yes, but only on Saturday, March 14. Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13 are strictly reserved for defence and security professionals (industry, institutions, armed forces, public authorities, research and accredited media).

Visitors must be able to justify a professional activity related to defence/security: official delegations, industrial companies, subcontractors, authorities, relevant NGOs, researchers, accredited media, exhibitors’ guests.

Yes. Access is prohibited to those under 16 years of age on the professional days (Thursday 12 and Friday 13 March). On Saturday 14 March, the exhibition is also open to the general public, and access is permitted to minors under 18 years of age.

In all cases, minors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.