GICA 2025 Spring Conference

Industrial Cooperation in Times of Global Uncertainty

May 5 - May 7, 2025
Calea Dorobanți 5-7, Bucharest, Romania, 010551

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

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