{"id":11721,"date":"2026-02-01T21:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeddays.com\/2026\/?page_id=11721"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:21:00","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aeddays.com\/2026\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"SPEAKERS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hugo Esp\u00edrito Santo<\/h3>\n\n

Secretary of State for Infrastructures | Ministry of Infrastructures and Housing<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Tenente-General Jo\u00e3o Boga Ribeiro<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-Chief of Staff of the Army | Portuguese Army<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Tenente-General Jo\u00e3o Caldas<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-Chief of Staff of the Air Force | Portuguese Air Force<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Comodoro Jo\u00e3o Silva<\/h3>\n\n

Sub-Director - Directorate of Ships | Portuguese Navy<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nuno Lemos Pires<\/h3>\n\n

Tenente-General do Ex\u00e9rcito | General Director | DGPDN<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Ant\u00f3nio Baptista<\/h3>\n\n

General Director | DGAPDN<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Jos\u00e9 Neves<\/h3>\n\n

President | AED Cluster Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nathalie Hellard-Lambic<\/h3>\n\n

Country Representative and Managing Director | Airbus Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Peter Nilsson<\/h3>\n\n

Vice President and Head of Business Unit Advanced Program | SAAB<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Rafael Schvartzman<\/h3>\n\n

Regional Vice President | IATA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Sofia Tenreiro<\/h3>\n\n

CEO | Siemens Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Filip Czernicki<\/h3>\n\n

CEO | Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (Port Polska Programme)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Paulo Monginho<\/h3>\n\n

CEO | OGMA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Gerrit van Tilborg<\/h3>\n\n

Above Water Systems PRT Naval Director | THALES<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Eus\u00e9bio Rodrigues Parente<\/h3>\n\n

Senior Manager, Cyber Defence | Indra<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Marco Borghi<\/h3>\n\n

Manager | Novaspace<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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T\u00e2nia Cardoso Sim\u00f5es<\/h3>\n\n

Aviation Transformation Director | EUROCONTROL<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Hans Bracquen\u00e9<\/h3>\n\n

Chairman | SME4SPACE<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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JR Hammond<\/h3>\n\n

Executive Director | Canadian Advanced Air Mobility<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Manuel Kiefer<\/h3>\n\n

VP Key Account Manager for NATO and EU Defence | Airbus Defence and Space<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Jos\u00e9 Rui Marcelino<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-President | AED Cluster Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Ant\u00f3nio Moura Portugal<\/h3>\n\n

Managing Director | RENA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Luis Gargate<\/h3>\n\n

CRO | Critical Software<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nuno Rogeiro<\/h3>\n\n

Senior Analyst | SIC<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Rainer Bernnat<\/h3>\n\n

Senior Partner, Strategy& | Industry Leader Government & Public Services | Strategy&<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Paul Eijssen<\/h3>\n\n

Managing Director | Netherlands Aerospace Group <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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James Sallembien<\/h3>\n\n

SAF Officer Europe | Airbus<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Mark Stolze<\/h3>\n\n

Regional Director of Sustainability Engagement | Boeing<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Antoinette Nassopoulos<\/h3>\n\n

Deputy Head of Studio | Senior Partner - Architect | Foster and Partners<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Diogo Almeida<\/h3>\n\n

Head of Business Development | Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels | GALP<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Dermot Casey<\/h3>\n\n

Manager Airport Development | IATA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Viktoria Dahlrot<\/h3>\n\n

Associate Principal | Renaissance Strategic Advisors<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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M\u00e1rio Martinho<\/h3>\n\n

Project Officer Land Systems Technologies | European Defence Agency<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Felipe Franco<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-President of Environmental Policies | Air France-KLM<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nuno Correia<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-President | AED Cluster Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Ana Vieira da Mata<\/h3>\n\n

President | ANAC<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Rebecca Hall<\/h3>\n\n

Deputy Director | Defence Industrial Strategy Team | Department of National Defence Canada<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Marcos Resende<\/h3>\n\n

ATM Business Director | Atech - Embraer Goup<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Fernando Cunha<\/h3>\n\n

CEO | Beyond Composite<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Jo\u00e3o Fonseca Santos<\/h3>\n\n

Head of Office Portugal | European Investment Bank<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Ivo Vieira<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-President | AED Cluster Portugal <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Ricardo Conde<\/h3>\n\n

President | Portugal Space Agency<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Martin Walzer<\/h3>\n\n

Vice President Marketing & Sales Air Force Systems | Diehl Defence<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Rui Santos<\/h3>\n\n

Managing Director | AED Cluster Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Bruno Fernandes<\/h3>\n\n

Senior Economist | Santander<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Pedro Patacho<\/h3>\n\n

City Councillor | Oeiras Municipality<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Cornelis Eldering<\/h3>\n\n

Head of ESA Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation Office | European Space Agency<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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David Antunes<\/h3>\n\n

Cyber Defence Programme Manager | European Defence Agency<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Alexander Wolf<\/h3>\n\n

Head of Product Management Unmanned Systems | Diehl Defence<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Raul Louren\u00e7o<\/h3>\n\n

Defence Manager | AED Cluster Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Eug\u00e9nio Fernandes<\/h3>\n\n

General Coordinator | Estrutura de Gest\u00e3o e Acompanhamento dos Projetos de Aeroportos, IMT<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Jo\u00e3o Campos<\/h3>\n\n

Executive Director - Space Systems MBE | IST<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Helena Correia Mendon\u00e7a<\/h3>\n\n

Principal Consultant | VdA - Vieira de Almeida<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nuno \u00c1vila<\/h3>\n\n

Vice-President | AED Cluster Portugal <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Dave Green<\/h3>\n\n

CEO | Green Aero<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Louis Deltour<\/h3>\n\n

Business Development Director Drones, Autonomous and Collaborative Systems | Naval Group<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Jens Bauer<\/h3>\n\n

Senior Director Customer Service | General Dynamics European Land Systems<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Leonardo Oliveira<\/h3>\n\n

Space Manager | AED Cluster Portugal<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Gian Luca Usai<\/h3>\n\n

Country Manager, Naval Vessels Division | Fincantieri<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Nuno Cordeiro<\/h3>\n\n

Director of Engineering | EID<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Raimonds Gruntins<\/h3>\n\n

Director Regional Affairs Europe | IATA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Rob Weitzman<\/h3>\n\n

Director F-35 International Business Development | Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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\u00c1lvaro Ramos<\/h3>\n\n

CTO | Beyond Vision<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Andr\u00e9s Juez Mu\u00f1oz<\/h3>\n\n

Head of European GNSS | GMV<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Katerina Pena<\/h3>\n\n

Space Market Downstream Officer | EUSPA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Artur Sousa<\/h3>\n\n

Economic Regulation Directorate | ANAC<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Jo\u00e3o Bentes de Jesus<\/h3>\n\n

Head of Institutional Affairs | Geosat<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Christos German<\/h3>\n\n

Key Account Manager | AIRBUS Defence & Space<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Alexandre Faria<\/h3>\n\n

President | Cascais Din\u00e2mica<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Pedro Petiz<\/h3>\n\n

Director of Strategic Development | Tekever<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Harm Kappen<\/h3>\n\n

Commercial Director | Damen<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Luc Van den Avyle<\/h3>\n\n

Commercial Director | Advisory : Partnerships & Business Development | Elysian Aircraft <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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