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ICEBREAKER


APRIL 29, 2025

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WELCOME

  • Colonel Sylvain DEBARRE
    NATO Space COE Director

INTRODUCTION

  • Professor Anu OJHA
    Director – International, ESA, Education, Communications and Parliamentary Engagement UK Space Agency
    Master of Ceremony

OPENING REMARKS

  • Admiral Pierre VANDIER (Virtual)
    NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT)
  • TBD

FRAMEWORK NATION ADDRESS

  • General Jérôme BELLANGER
    Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force

KEYNOTE: Integration of Space in NATO Operations

  • TBD

KEYNOTE: Space Threat Brief

  • General Stephen N. WHITING
    US Space Commander

KEYNOTE: NATO Allied Command Operations’ (ACO) perspective on Space – Space as a Key Domain in the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)

  • Air Marshal Johnny STRINGER
    NATO Deputy Commander Allied Air Command

Coffee Break & Networking, INDUSTRY SPONSOR BOOTH VISIT


PANEL 1: Space as the Keystone of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)

Moderator: Lieutenant Colonel Johannes WIEDEMANN, Division Head Doctrine & Standardization of the NATO Space COE

  • Brigadier General Marc LOBEL, Assistant Chief of Staff Strategic Development of Forces at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)
  • Colonel Tolga ÇINAR, Turkish Air Force Space Commander
  • Brigadier General Heinz Volker SAMMANS, Head of Joint Air Power and Space Staff Element, NATO HQ
  • Colonel Anna GUNN-GOLKIN, Plans and Policy Advisor at the US Military Delegation to NATO
  • Colonel Daniele DONATI, Chief of the Space Policy Office within the Italian Defence General Staff

Standing Buffet Networking / VIP lunch


INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS

  • Contributions by
    Two “Supernova” Sponsors

KEYNOTE:  NATO Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Perspective on Space

  • Vice Admiral Jeffrey W. HUGHES
    NATO ACT-Deputy Chief of Staff, Capability Development

KEYNOTE: Interoperability in the Space Domain

  • Major General Devin R. PEPPER
    NATO ACT-Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy

Coffee Break & Networking, INDUSTRY SPONSOR BOOTH VISIT


PANEL 2: Interoperability as a Deterrent in the Space Domain

Moderator: Squadron Leader Emily SHIELDS, Deputy division head concept development and experimentation of the NATO Space COE

  • Major General Paul TEDMAN, Commander UK Space Command
  • Major General Philippe ADAM, Commander French Space Command
  • Major General Michael TRAUT, German Space Component Commander
  • Major General Isaac Manuel CRESPO ZARAGOZA, Air and Space Force, Space Commander
  • TBD

INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS

  • Contributions by
    Two “Supernova” Sponsors

INDUSTRY TOUR


Networking Dinner


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APRIL 30, 2025

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KEYNOTE:  NATO Space Policy: Key Updates and Strategic Directions

  • Mr. Francois Marie GOUGEON
    Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO HQ

KEYNOTE:  Harnessing Industry’s Role in Implementing the Space Domain within NATO Operations

  • TBD

KEYNOTE:  Industry integration in Space operations

  • Lieutenant General André STEUR
    Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS

  • Contributions by
    Two “Supernova” Sponsors

Coffee Break & Networking, INDUSTRY SPONSOR BOOTH VISIT


PANEL 3: Engaging Industry to Achieve Military Goals

Moderator: Lieutenant Colonel Cédric SAUVION, Staff officer division concept development and experimentation of the NATO Space COE

  • Brigadier general Marcin GORKA, Director of Department of Innovation, Minister of National Defence’s Plenipotentiary for Space
  • Mr. Ron NULKES, Chair, NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG)
  • Mr. Bruce McClintock, Lead of the RAND Space Enterprise Initiative, senior policy researcher, professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School
  • TBD
  • TBD

CLOSING REMARKS

  • Colonel Sylvain DEBARRE
    NATO Space COE Director

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SPONSORs

A number of partners aligned with our missions are sponsoring the Conference at different levels. You can meet them during the event.

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