Apex Europe 2026

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11:20 11:50
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Panel Discussion: Adapt or Lose - Lessons from the Ukraine Armed Forces

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Maryna Hyrtsenko, Executive Director & Co-Founder - Serpens Center for International Security

Speakers

412 "Nemesis", Unmanned Systems Forces - Armed Forces of Ukraine

2nd Corps - National Guard of Ukraine “Khartiia”

"Azov" Corps - National Guard of Ukraine “Khartiia”
09:50 10:10
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Industry Keynote: Blue Yonder Defense Solutions

Keynote Stage

Speakers

LtGen (USMC, Retd) Michael S. Cederholm, Chief Executive Officer - Blue Yonder Defense Solutions
13:25 13:35
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Capability Solution Presentation: Havoc

Keynote Stage
08:45 08:50
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Lead Partner Welcome

Speakers

Ned Baker, Managing Director - Helsing
16:10 16:20
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Small Business Sprint: Q5D

Breakout Room

Speakers

Stephan Krause, BD Director - Q5D
16:05 16:15
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Capability Presentation: Archangel Autonomy

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Dan Sola, Founder and CEO - Archangel Autonomy Limited
16:20 16:30
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Small Business Sprint: Everfox

Breakout Room

Speakers

Aaron Mulgrew, Field CTO - Everfox
16:30 16:40
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Small Business Sprint: Ultra Systems

Breakout Room
16:40 16:50
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Small Business Sprint: Granta Autonomy

Breakout Room

Speakers

Gediminas Guoba, CEO - Granta Autonomy
17:40 18:40
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Networking Reception @Magazine

All participants are invited to drinks and canapes on the exhibition floor.
08:45 09:00
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Keynote Address

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Paul (Tex) Marshall, Director General Plans & Portfolios - National Armaments Director Group
09:05 09:50
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Industrial Base Panel: Scaling the Industrial Base at Speed, Scale and For Protracted Warfare

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe

Speakers

Paul (Tex) Marshall, Director General Plans & Portfolios - National Armaments Director Group

John Ridge, Chief Adoption Officer - NATO Innovation Fund

Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, CEO - Ploughshare

Dr Benjamin Tallis, Head of Policy and Analysis - Helsing
10:50 11:20
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Break
11:50 13:10
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Panel & Breakout: Innovation at the Speed of the Frontline

Breakout Room

Speakers

Andy Fell, Senior Consultant - TTP

Jan Duthel, Adoption Principal - NATO Innovation Fund

Martin Smith, Chief of Staff - jHub
10:10 10:50
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In Conversation: Innovation at the Speed of the Frontline

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe

Speakers

Air Vice-Marshal Mark Ridgway, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, Futures and Force Design, Force Development, Military Strategic Headquarters (MSHQ) - UK Ministry of Defence

Major General (Retd) Karl Ford CB CBE, Director of Defence Planning, International Staff - NATO
11:50 12:40
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Operational Problem E: Countering Low-Cost, Rapidly Proliferating UxS Threats

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Major General (Ret) Gary Deakin, CEO - Kingfisher Consulting

Speakers

Arbo Probal, UXS and C-UXS Programme Manager - Estonian Armed Forces

Brigadier General Ronald Rietbergen, International Project Lead for the EU Priority Capability Area Drones/Counterdrones - Netherlands MoD

Squadron Leader Dan Quayle, OC, Training, C-UAS, No. 2 C-UAS Wing - Royal Air Force

Kerry Hoppe, BD & Government Affairs - TYTAN Technologies

"Azov" Corps - National Guard of Ukraine “Khartiia”
12:40 12:50
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Capability Presentation: Voyant Vision

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Lyudmil Vladimirov, Chief Technology Officer - Voyant Vision

Simon Maskell, Chief Science Officer - Voyant Vision
12:50 13:00
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Capability Presentation: Sphere Defense

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Alexis Franck, Co-Founder & COO - Sphere Defense
13:00 14:00
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Lunch
13:50 14:40
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Operational Problem G: Fighting in a Denied, Degraded and Contested Battlespace

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe

Speakers

Marlan Macklin, Deputy Principal Director, FutureG - US Department of War

Chris Moore CBE, Strategic Advisor - Iridium

Nigel Benwell, Director, UK National Security & Defence - Red Hat

Janne Hietala, CEO - kelluu

Maryna Hyrtsenko, Executive Director & Co-Founder - Serpens Center for International Security
14:40 14:50
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Capability Presentation: Iridium

Keynote Stage
15:10 15:10
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Close
13:35 14:35
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Networking Lunch
08:50 09:10
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Opening Keynote Address

Keynote Stage

Speakers

General Dame Sharon Nesmith DCB ADC, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff - UK Ministry of Defence
09:10 10:00
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European Operational Leadership Panel: From Deterrence to Warfighting Readiness: Confronting the Evolving Threat Landscape Facing Europe

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe

Speakers

General Sir Rob Magowan CB CBE ADC RM, Commander - Cyber & Special Operations Command

Lieutenant General Krzysztof Król, Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff - General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces

Vice Admiral Hervé Hamelin, Vice Chief of Defence - International - French Ministry for Armed Forces
10:00 10:50
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European Industrial Leadership Panel: The Role of Industry in Delivering for The Current Threat Environment

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe

Speakers

Ned Baker, Managing Director - Helsing

Kerry Hoppe, BD & Government Affairs - TYTAN Technologies

Rob Sergeant, Chief Technology Officer

Air-Vice Marshall (Ret) Gary Waterfall CBE DL, Senior Defence Advisor - Clarion Defence and Security
11:20 12:10
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Operational Problem A: Interoperability and Integration of Uncrewed Systems Across European and NATO Partners

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Commodore Neil Mathieson, Head Regulation and Certification, - UK Military Aviation Authority

Brigadier General Ilmars Lejins, Deputy Commander - NATO Multinational Division North

Colonel Thomas Erlenbruch, Cyber and Information Domain Service - Bundeswehr

Peter Goldsborough, Co-Founder & CTO - Rune Technologies

Simon Briggs, Director BD UK, Middle East & Africa - Tekever
11:20 12:20
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Panel & Breakout: Sustaining Forces in the High North

Breakout Room

Speakers

Colonel A.D. Haynes, Director Joint Capability Development - Canadian Joint Operations Command

Colonel John McCrann, DACOS Logistics & Force Gen Logisitcs - Royal Navy

Janne Hietala, CEO - kelluu
10:50 11:20
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Networking Break
12:10 12:20
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Capability Solution Presentation: Frazer-Nash

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Mike Doyle, Uncrewed Systems Consultant - Frazer-Nash
13:15 13:25
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Capability Solution Presentation: Seeing Systems

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Matthew Le Maitre, CTO - Seeing Systems
14:35 15:10
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UKDI: Engine for Growth

Keynote Stage

Speakers

James Gavin, Deputy Director, UKDI & Head of Technology Transition - National Armaments Director Group
13:05 13:45
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Briefing: Defence Safety Authority: Uncrewed Systems

Breakout Room

Speakers

Commodore Neil Mathieson, Head Regulation and Certification, - UK Military Aviation Authority

Commodore Alan Tracey, Head Defence Maritime Regulator - UK Ministry of Defence

Brigadier Darren Fisher, Head Defence Safety Regulator - UK Ministry of Defence
08:40 08:45
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Apex Welcome & Chairman's Opening Remarks

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Nick Waite, Prodcut Director - Apex Europe & Apex Defense

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe
15:15 16:25
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Operational Problem C: Generating Combat Power Through Deep Precision Effects

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe

Speakers

Lieutenant Colonel Chris Billups MBE, Royal Artillery - British Army

Bryan Grubert, Chief Growth Officer - Attalon

Iryna Terekh, CEO - Fire Point LLC

Lukas Koestler, Founder & CEO - SE3 Labs

412 "Nemesis", Unmanned Systems Forces - Armed Forces of Ukraine

Lieutenant General (Ret) Stuart Skeates CB CBE, Chairman - Apex Europe
12:25 13:15
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Operational Problem B: Delivering Warfare Advantage Through Autonomous Mass

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Nikos Loutas, Director Innovation - NATO

Freddie Bradshaw, Head of Business Development - Ark Robotics

Mike Wilmott, Head of UK Land - Helsing

Antony Quinn, Europe Director - Havoc

2nd Corps - National Guard of Ukraine “Khartiia”
16:15 16:25
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Capability Presentation: Labrys Technologies

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Luke Wattam, Co-Founder - Labrys Technologies
16:25 17:15
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Operational Problem D: Countering Undersea Threats and Protecting Critical Infrastructure

Keynote Stage

Chairperson

Captain (Ret) Adrian Pierce, Senior Defence Advisor - Clarion Defence and Security

Speakers

Captain Anna Jonsson, Commander, 4th Naval Flotilla - Swedish Navy

Burton David, ASW Barrier Initiative - NATO & Royal Navy

Simon Goldsworthy, Global Business Development Manager - Intruder Detection Systems - Kraken Robotics
17:15 17:25
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Capability Presentation: Kraken Robotics

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Simon Goldsworthy, Global Business Development Manager - Intruder Detection Systems - Kraken Robotics
17:25 17:35
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Capability Presentation: Augur

Keynote Stage

Speakers

Harry Mead, CEO - Augur
15:40 15:50
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Small Business Sprint: Augur

Breakout Room

Speakers

Harry Mead, CEO - Augur
15:50 16:00
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Small Business sprint: Tycho AI

Breakout Room

Speakers

Phil Pitsky, SVP Growth - Tycho AI
16:00 16:10
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Small Business Sprint: BlueShadow

Breakout Room

Speakers

Charlie Maher, Founder & CEO - BlueShadow
15:05 15:40
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Panel & Small Business Sprints: From Capital to Frontline Capability

Breakout Room

Speakers

Denys Demko, Economic Secretary - Embassy of Ukraine

Maryna Hyrtsenko, Executive Director & Co-Founder - Serpens Center for International Security

Jan Duthel, Adoption Principal - NATO Innovation Fund

Vago Muradian - Defense & Aerospace Report

Lt Col (Ret) Dan Eaton, CEO - MISTT

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