Space and Defense Festival 2026

Feltöltés alatt

1. Terem

2. Terem

3. Terem

4iG HALL

9:00

Organizer’s Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Áron FELLEGI

Chairman of the Board, HypeX Consulting Plc.

09:05

Opening Presentation

Marton NAGY

Minister, Ministry for National Economy, Hungary

09:25

Main Sponsor Presentation

Dr. István SÁRHEGYI

Chief Executive Officer, 4iG Space & Defence Technologies Plc.

09:45

Keynote

Szabolcs SZOLNOKI

Deputy State Secretary, Ministry for National Economy

09:45

Panel Discussion

Success in Space: The Future We Build in Space

Tibor KAPU

Astronaut, HUNOR

Sławosz UZNAŃSKI-WIŚNIEWSKI

Astronaut, European Space Agency (ESA)

TBA

11:00

Coffee Break

11:20

Panel Discussion

The State of the Defense Industry in the CEE Region

Emre AKIN

Chief Operating Officer, Nurol Makina

Tamás ÉZSIÁS

Managing Director, Airbus GEO

András WEIN

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, HM EI Plc.

Szabolcs SZOLNOKI

Deputy State Secretary, Ministry for National Economy

11:40

Panel Discussion

Defense Industry Associations in the Visegrad Plus+ Defense Ecosystem

Ervin HARAMIA ​

Vice President for Strategy and Legislation, Association of the Security and Defence Industry of Slovakia​

Goran BASARAC

President, Croatian Defense Industry Competitiveness Cluster

Kristyna HELM

Vice President, Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic

Dr. Zsolt VERON

Secretary General, Defence Industry Association of Hungary

11:40

Presentation

Dr. Zsolt KUTNYÁNSZKY

Dr. Zsolt KUTNYÁNSZKY – State Secretary for Military Development and Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Hungary

13:40

Lunch Break

14:25

Presentation

Changes in the global financing / investment market and its effects on defence

Péter FEKETE

Vice Chairman, International Business Affairs, 4iG Plc.

14:40

Presentation

Financing needs of the space and defence industry from the point of view of a Hungarian prime

Dr. István SÁRHEGYI

CEO, 4iG Space and Defence Technologies Plc., Vice Chairman, Government Affairs, Space and Defence

14:40

Presentation

Strengthening the European defence industry – industrial and institutional perspectives

Pablo GONZÁLEZ SÁNCHEZ-CANTALEJO

Director of NATO and EU Defence Programmes, Indra Group

15:30

Presentation

What has changed in the EIB’s financing policy and how will it affect the commercial banks?

Stefania CIRAOLO

Head of the European Investment Bank Group office in Hungary

15:30

Presentation

Opportunities & limits in public financing of space and defence industries

Kornél KISGERGELY

Secretary of State for Public Finance

15:30

Presentation

ING’s Global Defence Industry Strategy

Krisztina BOGDÁN

Chief Executive Officer, Country Manager, ING Hungary

15:30

Panel discussion

Best practices in financing defence projects (What makes a defence project bank‑friendly?)

Russell BEST (Moderator)

Senior Advisor, Arthur D. Little

Stefania CIRAOLO

Head of the European Investment Bank Group office in Hungary

Krisztina BOGDÁN

Chief Executive Officer, Country Manager, ING Hungary

Pablo GONZÁLEZ SÁNCHEZ-CANTALEJO

Director of NATO and EU Defence Programmes, Indra Group

15:30

Closing keynote

Defence funding as a strategic economic policy driver

Jan HAMÁČEK

External Affairs Director, CSG

Vex Hall

9:00

Presentation

General Dr. Gábor BÖRÖNDI

Chief of Defence Staff, Hungarian Defence Forces

9:00

Panel Keynote

Róbert PACHNER

President, Defence Industry Association of Hungary

9:00

Panel Discussion

The Role of Universities within the Defense Industrial Ecosystem

Prof. Dr. Charaf HASSAN

Rector, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Prof. Dr. Levente KOVÁCS

Rector, University of Óbuda

Prof. Dr. Zita HORVÁTH

Rector, University of Miskolc

Prof. Dr. Ferenc FRIEDLER

Rector, Széchenyi István University, Győr

9:00

Panel Discussion

From Procurement to Partnership: Making European Defence and Space Programmes Work for CEE

Martin WILBERG

Head of Defense Team, Kreab Consulting

László JÓNÁS

Managing Director, Design Terminal

Dr. Bernadett PETRI

Ministerial Commissioner for the Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development,
Managing Director of the Hungarian Development Promotion Office (MFOI Advisory).

10:30

Lunch Break

11:00

Panel Discussion

H.E. Eng. Salem AL QUBAISI

Director General, UAE Space Agency

Pascal LEGAI

Senior Security Advisor, European Space Agency (ESA)

Andrea NEMES

Seconded National Expert, EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)

Giulia Pavesi

Lead on Security & Defence European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

11:00

Panel Keynote

Prof. Dr. László PALKOVICS

Hungarian Government Commissioner for Artificial Intelligence

11:00

Panel Discussion

Strategic Innovation Ecosystems in Emerging Technologies

Prof. Dr. László PALKOVICS

Hungarian Government Commissioner for Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Shreeram IYER

Chairman of the Board, Prisma AI

Prof. Dr. Gábor SZABÓ

President, ELI-ALPS

Lawrence Aronhime

Lawrence ARONHIME

Professor, Johns Hopkins University

11:00

Presentation

Gergely BÖSZÖRMÉNYI-NAGY

Founder, Brain Bar

11:00

Panel Discussion

Geopolitics and Strategy in Defense & Space

Dr. Péter TÖRCSI

Chairman of the Board, Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation

Lukas WOJDYGA

Director, Warsaw Enterprise Institute

Dr. Balázs BARTÓKI-GÖNCZY PhD

Director of the Institute of Aerospace and Telecommunications Law, University of Public Service

TBA

Neumann Hall

9:00

Panel Discussion

From Startup to Strategic Capability: Building the Space–Defense Innovation Pipeline

Leo EXTER

Chief Energizer, Hack Belgium Labs

Jakub MOLSKI

Senior Partner, Clean Valley

Emilien WATELET

Director, ID2MOVE

Tuan TRINH

Regional Director, 28Digital

Presentation

Radomir SALITROS

State Secretary, Slovakia

09:45

Panel Discussion

H.E. Ilirian KUKA

Ambassador of Albania to Hungary

H.E. Jonathan LACÔTE

Ambassador of France to Hungary

H.E. Tamás Iván KOVÁCS

Ambassador of Hungary to Belgium and Luxembourg

TBA

10:30

Lunch Break

11:00

Panel Discussion

Space as Infrastructure: Security, Sovereignty and International Cooperation

Borbála TÓTTH

Space Partnership Officer, NATO

Tamás STUKOVSZKY

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Defence Procurement Agency Hungary

Zoltán NAGY

Chief of Staff, NATO Support & Procurement Agency (NSPA)

Heinrich KRISPLER

Project Officer, European Defence Agency (EDA)

11:20

Presentation

Prof. Dr.Gergely DELI

Rector, University of Public Service

11:40

Panel Discussion

Space Industry

Daniel SAGATH

Director, Slovak Space Office

Grzegorz WROCHNA

Director, Creotech Instrument S.A

Gyula HORVÁTH

Managing Director, C3S Ltd.

TBA

11:40

Panel Discussion

Crossing the Line: Traditionally Civil Companies in the Defense Supply Chain

László BARITS

Head of Defense Business Develeopment Waberer’s Group

Róbert BARÓCSI

Chief Sales and Strategy Officer, KÉSZ Group

Kornél SZEPESSY

Business Development Director, PharmaFlight

TBA

13:40

Panel Discussion

TBA