Program
SecD-Day Conference and Exhibition 2023 - Preliminary Program
Theme: Defence Industry in the New Era
(Organizer reserves the right to any changes in the program.)
8 February 2023
10.00 Opening Ceremony
Opening Address by Mr. Mikko Savola, Minister of Defence of Finland
10.30 Keynote Speech by Ms. Wendy Gilmour, NATO Assistant Secretary General,
Defence Investment
11.30 Conference Program I - The New Era
Panel discussion on Defence Industry in the New Era moderated by
Commodore Jukka Anteroinen, Chief of Staff, Finnish Navy Command
Panelists
- Ms. Tarja Jaakkola, National Armaments Director of Finland
- Mr. Niklas Alm, Deputy Secretary General, SOFF
- Mr. Esa Rautalinko, CEO, Patria and Chairman of the Board AFDA
13.00 DA-Group presentation
New Era of Sea Mines
- VADM (ret) Kari Takanen, Senior Advisor DA-Group,
former Chief of the Finnish Navy
13.30 WithSecure Presentation "Building Strategic Visibility to Cyber Security"
- Mr. Antti Laatikainen, Principal Consultant
14.15 Conference Program II
Strategic and Emergent Technologies
COL (eng) Jyri Kosola
Panel moderated by LTC (eng) Tero Solante, Insinööriupseeriliitto
Panelists
Dr. Pasi Niinikoski, Patria
Dr. Erja Turunen, VTT
Mr. Jarmo Puputti, Digital Defence Ecosystem
15.15 AFDA Strategy Group Presentation
- Mr. Sauli Eloranta, VTT, representing AFDA Strategy Group
16.00 Exhibition closes
16.30 AFDA’s Pre-Valentine’s Day Reception for invitees
9 February 2023
9.00 Exhibition opens
9.30 Keynote speech by Major General Janne Jaakkola, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Strategy, Finnish Defence Forces,
Second Keynote Speech by Mr. Timo Pesonen
Director-General for Defense Industry and Space, European Commission
10.30 Insta Presentation
Intelligent Data-Centric Defence
- Mr. Jari Mielonen, Executive Vice President
11.00 Time to pitch!
Company pitches
11.30 Conference Program III
Strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base -
The European Defence Agency in support of the European defence industry
- Mr. Marian Savu, Policy Officer Industry Relations & Support,
European Defence Agency
12.30 Millog presentation
Threats and Resilience - Millog's point of view
- Mr. Petri Seppälä, VP, Readiness and Operational Planning
13.00 Conference Program IV
The War in Ukraine – what are lessons learned from a
technological perspective (language Finnish and English)
National Defence University of Finland
14.30 Saab in Finland
- Mr. Anders Gardberg, Managing Director
- Mr. Jani Pelkonen, Head of Engineering
15.00 KNL Presentation
Resilient Communication in Modern Crisis
- Mr. Toni Lindén, CEO
16.00 Event closes