Van 12 tot 13 maart 2026

Programma voor professionals

Exposanten, overheidsinstellingen, internationale kopers, staatsdelegaties en de vakpers. Deze twee dagen staan in het teken van productdemonstraties, contractonderhandelingen en netwerken op hoog niveau.


11:00 12:00	Evenement Stand Defence - 7239 en Officiële 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 13:00	Conferentie Conference Room 1 en Sofa Talk: Moderator Cindy DUBOIS Mark Rutte Secretary General NATO Theo Francken Minister of Defence Belgium
13:00 13:30	Evenement Conference Room 1 en Keynote CHOD Frederik Vansina Chief of Defence \| Belgium
13:00 15:00	Evenement Conference Room 2 en Belgian-French Matchmaking event, organized by Agoria- BSDI
13:30 14:30	Conferentie 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-Président 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
14:30 15:30	Conferentie 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
15:00 16:00	Conferentie Conference Room 2 en Wallonia Defence Ecosystem: Unlocking innovative industrial opportunities and powering Europe’s value chains Schrijf u nu in
15:30 15:45	Conferentie Conference Room 1 en Keynote Julien Compère \| FN Herstal
15:45 16:30	Conferentie 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
16:30 17:15	Conferentie 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
16:30 17:00	Conferentie Conference Room 2 en ILIAS: Combat Ready! Harry Corstens Vice President Europe \| ILIAS
17:00 17:20	Conferentie Conference Room 2 en Enabling Defense Manufacturing Through Advanced Laser - Material Processing Johannes Vierling TRUMPF Laser Technology \| Head of Distribution & Direct Markets
17:30 18:00	Conferentie Conference Room 2 en A secure, connected approach to distributed supply chains Bart Van der Schueren Materialise \| Chief Technology Officer
18:00 23:30	Evenement Hall 10 en Officieel galadiner Parallel evenement waarvoor een ticket vereist is.


10:30 11:30	Conferentie 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 11:15	Conferentie 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 12:00	Conferentie 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 12:30	Conferentie 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 13:00	Conferentie Conference Room 2 en 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)
13:00 13:15	Conferentie Conference Room 1 en Keynote: Michael Schoellhorn – CEO of Airbus Defence and Space
13:00 18:00	Evenement Conference Room 2 en Belgian-German Industry day (conference+matchmaking) organized by Agoria- BSDI
13:30 14:30	Conferentie 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
14:45 15:30	Conferentie 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
15:30 16:00	Conferentie Conference Room 1 en LS² : un partenariat stratégique Belgian Defence John Cockerill FN Herstal Thales
16:00 16:30	Conferentie 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

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Ja, op zaterdag 14 maart is BEDEX geopend voor gezinnen, familie etc informa. Donderdag 12 en vrijdag 13 maart zijn strikt voorbehouden aan professionals in defensie en veiligheid (industrie, instellingen, strijdkrachten, overheden, onderzoek en geaccrediteerde media).

Professionele bezoekers moeten een activiteit in defensie/veiligheid kunnen aantonen: officiële delegaties, industrie, onderaannemers, overheden, betrokken NGO’s, onderzoekers, geaccrediteerde media, genodigden van exposanten. + iets over B2C toevoegen, dat het publiek wel toegang heeft.

Ja. De toegang is verboden voor jongeren onder 16 jaar tijdens de professionele dagen (donderdag 12 en vrijdag 13 maart). Op zaterdag 14 maart is de beurs ook toegankelijk voor particulieren en hebben minderjarigen jonger dan 18 jaar toegang.

In alle gevallen moeten minderjarigen onder 18 jaar worden begeleid door een volwassene.