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SUMMARY:How (Startup) Innovators Are Fighting to Transform Europe’s Defe
 nse System
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DESCRIPTION:French Tech Brussels is organizing its first event dedicated t
 o innovation in DefenseTech:\n« David vs. Goliath: How (Startup) Innovato
 rs Are Fighting to Transform Europe’s Defense System ».\nThis event\, d
 esigned as a breakfast discussion from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM\, will be held 
 entirely in English on May 21st at BNP Paribas’s auditorium on Rue Royal
 e in Brussels and aims to create synergies between industrial players\, in
 stitutions\, and startups/scaleups to jointly explore the challenges and o
 pportunities in the defense sector. \n \nWhy join? Here are some of the 
 topics that we will cover:\n\nEurope’s DefenseTech Race: Can Startups Ou
 t Innovate the Primes?\nFollow the Money: How to Fund DefenseTech’s Futu
 re\nClash of Cultures: Making Startups and Militaries Work Together\nThe T
 alent War: Who Will Build Europe’s Defense Future?\n\n \nDetailed Sched
 ule:\n\n\n8:00 AM – 8:20 AM: Coffee reception and networking.\n\n\n8:20 
 AM – 8:35 AM: Welcome & Introduction (15 min) to the panel on DefenseTec
 h in Europe by Antoon Boeykens (Agoria BSDI).\n\n\n8:40 AM – 9:35 AM: Pa
 nel Discussion (55 min) with representatives from:\n\nModerator : Agoria B
 SDI or WiDT\n\nEuropean Institutions : Mrs Dinka Dinkova from EUDIS/DG DEF
 IS\n\n\nMilitary Innovation : Lieutenant General Van Strythem\, Belgian De
 fence’s first Chief Innovation Defence (CID)\n\n\nIndustry : major corpo
 rate in Defence (tbc)\n\n\nFinancing: Mrs Julie Dossogne from BNP Paribas 
 Fortis\n\n\nScale-ups: Mr Eloi Delort or Mr Hadrien Canter from Alta Ares 
 (FR) & Mr Thomas Petracca from Senhive (BE): a Belgian-French perspective
  (anti-drones technology)\n\n\n\n\n9:40 AM – 9:50 AM: Pitches from 5-6 s
 tartups (10 min total).\n\n9:55 AM – 11:00 AM: Networking & breakfast - 
 drinks and pastries (>45 min).\n\n \nWith the support of our main event p
 artner:\n\nand our organization partner\n\nOur French Tech Brussels strate
 gic partner\;\n\n \nCommunity partners : \n                  
     
GEO:50.8448576;4.3612019
LOCATION:20 Rue Royale 1000 Bruxelles - BE
ORGANIZER:French Tech Brussels
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