Wednesday, november 11, 2026
10.00 - 11.30
Energy Resilience Pitches
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Importance of Energy Storage Systems in Defence FOBs
Francisca Hernandez, International Business Development, ARPA Equipos móviles de Campaña
MORPHEUS AECS-H2 20 : Mission-Ready Energy Resilience
Ioannis Gklekas, Director, AEOLIKI Ltd.
TESSERA: One Energy Picture from Equipment to HQ – Interoperable Tactical Microgrids with MIL-STD-3071
Alan Hadžić, Technical & Commercial Lead, Smartis
Modular Solutions for Defence Resilience: Reliable Water and Power Supply
Marko Mandelj, Digital Strategy Manager, Kolektor Sisteh
CRM LAB: Circular Rare-Earth Supply Chains for Energy and Defence Resilience
Dr. Benjamin Podmiljšak, Researcher, Institut “Jožef Stefan”
11:30
Be an Airbus Supplier - understanding our processes and your company's positionning
Anthony Lamberti
Industrial Cooperation Leader, Airbus Helicopters
12:00
From Scan to Decision: AI-Driven 3D Terrain Analysis
Nejc Dougan
Technical Director and Co-founder, Flai d.o.o.
12:15
SIJ Acroni: The Strength of Steel, The Development of Protection Solutions
dr. Andrej Skumavc
Strategic Business Development Manager, SIJ Acroni d.o.o.
12:30
RSI Europe's Full FPV STRIKE SYSTEM - SHPAK
Liudas Abisala
Head of Marketing and Communications, RSI Europe, Lithuania
13:00 - 14:00
MoU Signing ceremony
14:00
The Bulletproof Network: Modern Protection with Data Diodes, Encryption and Secure File Import
Ing. Heinz Knie
Advenica Regional Sales Manager, Optisis in Advenica
14:15
HYPERBUNKER. An offline vault for the data you cannot lose. Recovery for critical infrastructure and defence when AI-driven attacks target the backups first.
Boštjan Kirm
CEO at HyperBunker, Optisis in HyperBunker
14:30
AI Without Barriers. Security and Control Behind the Scenes.
Uroš Strnišnik
Director of the Cyber and Information Security Sector, ACTUAL I.T. d.d.
15:00
NATO RESTRICTED communication on iPhone and iPad
Matthias Schynk
Business Developer Networks and Cybersecurity, Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity GmbH
15:30
A Step Ahead of the Challenge: Alpina Hunting and Tactical Footwear
Žan Grgurič
Head of Development, Alpina d.o.o.
Thursday, november 12, 2026
10:15
Setting the Pace in Advanced Materials
Dr. Patricia Parlevliet
Business Development, SHD Composite Materials Europe d.o.o.
10:30
AI controlled autonomous drones
Jan Knežević
Head of business development TRITRI UAS by SSRD, SSRD d.o.o.
11:00 - 12:30
NATO 3.0 – The Price of Peace: Why Europe is spending billions on defence, and is it enough?
Moderator: Mr Matic Kosirnik
President of the Youth Section of the Euro Atlantic Council of Slovenia (YATA Slovenia)
Panellists:
- Professor Dr Iztok Prezelj, Head of the Defence Research Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
- Prof. Dr Jelena Juvan, Head of the Chair of Defence Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
- Dr Brin Najžer, defence industry consultant and vice-president of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia
12:45
New Innovative and "Lightweight Solutions in Ballistic Protection - Recent developments and Challenges
Rajko Kozmelj
Head of Development, Fortis protection systems group d.o.o.
13:00
The Importance of Logistics in the Defence Industry
Branko Butala
CEO, COMARK d.o.o.
15:00 - 15:20
Solemn Closing of the Official part of SIDEC 2026
Boštjan Skalar
Director of GOIS, Slovenian Defence Industry Cluster
Uroš Korošec
Acting Director-General of the Logistics Directorate, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia