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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Please note the that GICA discounted rate hotel block at the Sheraton Bucharest is now closed. You may still book at the Sheraton, depending on hotel availability, directly from their website.

Schedule at a Glance:

*Industry Training Agenda (registration separate) :

Offset Country Topics (external projects and local offset authorities)
Legal Topics
Internal Stakeholders
Supplier Engagement and Management
Developing an Offset Strategy and Related Examples (case studies)
Simulation exercise

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

George Papangelopoulos

Director of Defence Forecasting

Janes

Future of European Defence Spending and Military Capabilities

Alix Leboulanger

Principal

Janes

GCAP and its Impact on the Defense Industry Cooperation

Michael Formosa

Managing Partner

Renaissance Strategic Advisors

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

Aureliano da Ponte

Consultant

Janes

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

Tom Lindén

Senior Advisor

Ministry of Defence Finland

Industrial Participation for Security of Supply – Finnish Lessons Learned

Adina Chilim-Dumitriu

Partner

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP)

Legal Panelist

Cristina Dragomirescu

Vice President

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

Florin Spătaru

State Counsellor

Chancellery of the Prime Minister - Romania

Dr. Tebogo Makube

Acting Deputy Director General: Sectors Branch

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition - South Africa

Reshme Pillay

Director: National Industrial Participation Programme (NIPP)

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition - South Africa

Inigo Guevara

Managing Director

Janes

Geopolitical and Economic Warfare Dynamics and Their Impact on the Defense Trade

Arturo di Martino

NAPMA Programme Support Division Chief

NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency

NAPMO Industrial Returns Structured Construct and its Management

Joost G.A. van Gemert

Head of Corp. Industrial Participation Management

Rheinmetall

Strategies for Industry Success in Romania

Dr. Benedek Lőrincz

CFO

N7 Holding Ltd.

Financing Defence Cooperation: Grants, Loans and Emerging EU Instruments

Daniel Bilak

Partner

Kinstellar Ukraine LLC

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

Petr Kadlec

Partner

Havel & Partners

Legal Panelist

Arnon Arbel

Foreign Suppliers Director

Industrial Cooperation Authority

From Obligation to Opportunity

Ligia McLean

Director Offset & Industrial Participation

Honeywell

GICA 2025 Spring Conference Sponsor

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

Jacob McMinn

Program Manager, Industrial Development

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Tomasz Darowski

Partner

DZP

Legal Panelist

Dominik Eisenhut

Senior Legal Counsel Special Projects

Airbus

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

Viorel Manole

Executive Director

PATROMIL

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

Prof. Dr. Harry Tzimitras

Director

PRIO Peace Research Institute Oslo

Reconceptualizing Conflict and Cooperation in Europe and the Middle East

Khalid Al Fahdi

Expert

Ministry of Finance of Sultanate of Oman/ Partnership for Development

Christof Emde

General Manager

IAMCO - International Aerospace Management Company

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

Industry Ticket Rates:

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GICA 2025 Spring Conference

Industrial Cooperation in Times of Global Uncertainty

Visas

Sponsorship

Agenda

Please note the that GICA discounted rate hotel block at the Sheraton Bucharest is now closed. You may still book at the Sheraton, depending on hotel availability, directly from their website.

Schedule at a Glance:

*Industry Training Agenda (registration separate) :

Speakers

Industry Ticket Rates:

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