GICA 2025 Spring Conference

Industrial Cooperation in Times of Global Uncertainty

May 5 - May 7, 2025

Calea Dorobanți 5-7, Bucharest, Romania, 010551

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Agenda

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The GICA 2025 Spring Conference has concluded. Photos from the event are available HERE.
Presentations are available to attendees via the conference app, or by emailing info@gica.org. For all other GICA members, presentations will be posted HERE in early August.

We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town in October – Registration open now!

Matthias Schulz

Offset Manager,

Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH

Strategies for Industry Success in Romania

Clay Prosperi

Senior Manager, Industrial Development

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Strategies for Industry Success in Romania

Kevin Cannon

Industrial Development

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Strategies for Industry Success in Romania

Kenan Kurtovic

Director Industrial Development

General Dynamics European Land Systems

A Story of Industry Success in Romania

Mitch Butta

Senior Corporate Director International Industrial Engagement

Northrop Grumman Corporation

How offset can be a catalyst for Advanced Technologies – Quantum Computing Capabilities

Adrian Zanescu

Senior Vice President (SVP) Strategic Subcontracting & Industrial Collaboration

Elbit Systems Ltd

A Story of Industry Success in Romania

Murat Çizgel

Head of Department- Industrialization/ Secretariat of Defence Industries

Secretariat of Defence Industries - Türkiye

Industrialization Policy for Defence Industry

Tomasz Darowski

Partner

DZP

Legal Panelist

Jacob McMinn

Program Manager, Industrial Development

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Strategies for Industry Success in Romania

Daiga Ozola

Head of Section for Industrial Resilience and Security of Supply

Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia

Defence Industrial policy and Security of Supply practice in Latvia

Ligia McLean

Director Offset & Industrial Participation

Honeywell

GICA 2025 Spring Conference Sponsor

Arnon Arbel

Foreign Suppliers Director

Industrial Cooperation Authority

From Obligation to Opportunity

Petr Kadlec

Partner

Havel & Partners

Legal Panelist

Viorel Manole

Executive Director

PATROMIL

PETROMIL: Affordable Bridge Between USA/Japan/Korean Defense Industry and European Defense Industry

Dominik Eisenhut

Senior Legal Counsel Special Projects

Airbus

A Reset for European Defense Procurement Policy: Navigating Between the Internal Market and Industrial Policy

Prof. Dr. Harry Tzimitras

Director

PRIO Peace Research Institute Oslo

Reconceptualizing Conflict and Cooperation in Europe and the Middle East

Adina Chilim-Dumitriu

Partner

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP)

Legal Panelist

Daniel Bilak

Partner

Kinstellar Ukraine LLC

If You want Peace, Prepare for War: Localization of War Production in the Ukrainian Defence Sector

Dr. Benedek Lőrincz

CFO

N7 Holding Ltd.

Financing Defence Cooperation: Grants, Loans and Emerging EU Instruments

Joost G.A. van Gemert

Head of Corp. Industrial Participation Management

Rheinmetall

Strategies for Industry Success in Romania

Arturo di Martino

NAPMA Programme Support Division Chief

NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency

NAPMO Industrial Returns Structured Construct and its Management & Authority Panel

Mark Lengton

Deputy Commissioner Military Production

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy - The Netherlands

Unlocking the Potential of Industrial Participation in Times of Need

Reshme Pillay

Director: National Industrial Participation Programme (NIPP)

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition - South Africa

Florin Spătaru

State Counsellor

Chancellery of the Prime Minister - Romania

Cristina Dragomirescu

Vice President

Romanian Agency for Technological and Industrial Cooperation for Security and Defense (ARCTIS) - Romania

Industrial Cooperation Policy in Romania

Tom Lindén

Senior Advisor

Ministry of Defence Finland

Industrial Participation for Security of Supply – Finnish Lessons Learned & Authority Panel

Aureliano da Ponte

Consultant

Janes

Technological Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for the European Defence Industry

Michael Formosa

Managing Partner

Renaissance Strategic Advisors

Filling the Leadership Vacuum: Securing Europe in the Wake of US Pivot

Alix Leboulanger

Principal

Janes

GCAP and its Impact on the Defense Industry Cooperation

George Papangelopoulos

Director of Defence Forecasting

Janes

Future of European Defence Spending and Military Capabilities

Christof Emde

General Manager

IAMCO - International Aerospace Management Company

IAMCO Industrial Benefit and Offset Management in the Frame of the NATO AWACS DLM Programme

Khalid Al Fahdi

Expert

Ministry of Finance of Sultanate of Oman/ Partnership for Development

The Partnership for Development (PFD) Programme & Authority Panel

GICA 2025 Spring Conference

Industrial Cooperation in Times of Global Uncertainty

Visas

Sponsorship

Agenda

The GICA 2025 Spring Conference has concluded. Photos from the event are available HERE.
Presentations are available to attendees via the conference app, or by emailing info@gica.org. For all other GICA members, presentations will be posted HERE in early August.

We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town in October – Registration open now!

Speakers

Industry Ticket Rates:

Register

GICA 2025 Spring Conference

Industrial Cooperation in Times of Global Uncertainty

Visas

Sponsorship

Agenda

The GICA 2025 Spring Conference has concluded. Photos from the event are available HERE. Presentations are available to attendees via the conference app, or by emailing info@gica.org. For all other GICA members, presentations will be posted HERE in early August.

We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town in October – Registration open now!

Speakers

Industry Ticket Rates:

Register

The GICA 2025 Spring Conference has concluded. Photos from the event are available HERE.
Presentations are available to attendees via the conference app, or by emailing info@gica.org. For all other GICA members, presentations will be posted HERE in early August.