Track | Security & Defence

Europe's new security reality

A track on OT/IoT security, cybersecurity, and—new this year—the broad European rearmament as an industrial opportunity for Danish business. Featuring NATO's Chief Scientist Steen Søndergaard and a panel on Danish industry's transition to defense suppliers, the track directly connects security policy to concrete business opportunities for manufacturing and electronics companies.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Anders Overgaard Bjarklev - Rektor, Professor, ph.d., dr.techn. - DTU
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Tiziano Santilli - Post Doc - MMMI, Software Engineering, SDU
Francesco Daghero - Post Doc - MMMI, Software Engineering, SDU
Sani Abdullahi - Assistant Professor - MMMI, Center for Industrial Software, SDU
Maximilian von Zastrow - Assistant Professor - MMMI, Center for Industrial Software, SDU
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Jos Poortvliet - Co-founder, VP Communications and Product Strategy - Nextcloud
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Wanig Le Pennec - Managing Director - Wireless Logic Nordic
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Boel Nelson - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Louise Skovdal - IT Privacy Manager and Lead Data Ethics Responsible - Enterprise IT in Novo Nordisk
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Niels Henrik Sodemann - Vice President & medstifter - EUCLORA
Jan Madsen - Head of department, Professor - DTU Compute
Christina Egelund - Forsknings-, uddannelses- og digitaliseringsminister - Regeringen
Nikolaj Bramsen - CEO - Systematic
Mette Finnemann - Director of digital policy - DI Digital
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Peter Aagaard Kristensen - Vice President IT & Technology - Prevas
Matthew J. Spaniol - Senior Researcher in Strategic Foresight - Roskilde Universitet
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Daniel Møller Ølgaard - Assistant Professor - Royal Danish Defence College
Shreyas Srinivasa - Senior Manager, Cyber & Quantum R&D - Terma
Lena Trabucco - Assistant Professor, Centre for Military Studies - University of Copenhagen
Jeffrey Saunders - Chief Technology Officer and Strategic Advisor - Danish National Defence Technology Centre
Moderator: Anne Amtrup Sprogøe - Project Lead for FE and DTU’s track - DTU
Carl Johan von Lowzow - Studerende - STAND
Esben Gadsbøll - Co-Founder - Defense Innovation Highway
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Abhishek Tiwari - Associate Professor - University of Southern Denmark
Thomas Riisgaard Hansen - Director - Digital Research Centre Denmark - DIREC
Sofie Freja Christensen - Cyber Risk Advisory Manager - Conscia
Simon Simonsen - Lead security specialist - Systematic
Mikael Ostman - Industry Advisor, SAP EMEA Discrete Industries - SAP
Nikolaj Lyngfeldt - VP, Chief Architect EMEA - SAP
Suresh Somasundaram - Global Lead for Sovereign Cloud Initiatives - SAP
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Mikkel Storm Jensen - Military analyst, major, Ph.d. - Royal Danish Defence College
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
Jens Myrup Pedersen - Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Aarhus University
Noah Syrkis - _ - _
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Carla Florencia Griggio - Assistant Professor - AAU
Andrea Burattin - Associate Professor - DTU Compute
Sisse Houlberg Winther - Lead Value Engineer - Celonis
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Rasmus Dahlberg - Associate professor - RUC
Rasmus Koss Hartmann - Associate professor - CBS
Kristian Pedersen - Head of the Technology Department in the Development Division - the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO).
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Roberto Galeazzi - Associate Professor, Group Leader, Head of DTU Centre for Collaborative Autonomous Systems - DTU Electro
Morgan Louédec - Postdoc - DTU Electro
Dimitrios Papageorgiou - Associate Professor - DTU Electro
Marie Buss - Head of DR Verificerer and TV News at DR Nyheder - DR
Jeppe Nørregaard - Co-founder and CEO - InReality
Mads Vestergaard - Post.doc - RUC
Moderator: Jari Kickbusch - Research Communicator - ITU
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Christian Damsgaard Jensen - Professor of Cybersecurity - Aarhus University
Jerome Joufroy - Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark and Head of the SDU Drone Mechatronics group. - SDU
Ken Friis Larsen - Head of the Department of Computer Science - University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
Lasse Kronborg - Major, Militæranalytiker - Forsvarsakademiets Institut for Militær Teknologi
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Kerim Martinez - Senior Executive Officer - DTU Space Ventures
Camilla Frost - Senior Advisor - DI Forsvar & Sikkerhed
Kasper Hjortborg Kristiansen - CEO & Co-Founder - SagaLabs ApS
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Moderator: Bo Koch-Christensen - Eco-system Manager - KU Lighthouse
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
Søren Reime Larsen - Professor - Nord Sky ApS
Juan Miguel Valverde - DTU Compute
Kasper Hjortborg Kristiansen - CEO & Co-Founder - SagaLabs ApS
Rasmus Stig Beck Jensen (moderator) - Senior Executive Officer & Business Unit Manager, DTU Compute
Stefan Ovesen Banke (moderator) - Business Coach & Deep Tech Specialist - DTU Space Ventures
Jonathan Andersen - CEO & Co-Founder - Webscout
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Peter Mayer - Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU.
Oksana Kulyk - Associate Professor - IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
Florian Echtler - Associate Professor - AAU
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab