Track | Security & Defence: Digital Tech Summit 2026

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM	Opening Keynote Anders Overgaard Bjarklev - Rektor, Professor, ph.d., dr.techn. - DTU
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Software Engineering for AI 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	Europe's Sovereign Tech Stack - with Frank Karlitschek (Nextcloud) Frank Karlitschek - CEO & Founder - Nextcloud
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	183 Days too late: How AI and IoT Turn Early Warning Signs into Opportunities Wanig Le Pennec - Managing Director - Wireless Logic Nordic
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Anonymization is all you need – or is it? From privacy in theory to privacy in practice 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
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Prediction Markets and Strategic Foresight Matthew J. Spaniol - Senior Researcher in Strategic Foresight - Roskilde Universitet	Practical CRA Compliance for Embedded Products Peter Aagaard Kristensen - Vice President IT & Technology - Prevas
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	What Should Denmark’s Next Generation of Engineers Build for the Future Battlefield? Carl Johan von Lowzow - Studerende - STAND
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM	AI-generated code – a cyberbomb waiting to happen? Abhishek Tiwari - Associate Professor - University of Southern Denmark Thomas Riisgaard Hansen - Director - Digital Research Centre Denmark - DIREC
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	The Bright Idea Award 2026 Nis Alstrup - Chairman of the board - Otto Mønsteds Fond
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Defence 1 - From digital vulnerability to digital advantage How cyber, AI and data research are shaping the future of security. 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 - PhD student - ITU University of Copenhagen
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	You Can't Improve What You Can't See: Process Mining for AI and Cybersecurity (DTU Industrial AI Program) Andrea Burattin - Associate Professor - DTU Compute Sisse Houlberg Winther - Lead Value Engineer - Celonis	Breaking the walls of messaging apps: challenges and opportunities of messaging interoperability Carla Florencia Griggio - Assistant Professor - AAU
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Defence 2 - From research to national resilience building new partnerships between authorities, universities and industry 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	Cyber-Physical Security and Autonomous Systems: Securing the Next Generation of Industry (DTU Industrial AI Program) Roberto Galeazzi - Associate Professor, Group Leader, Head of DTU Centre for Collaborative Autonomous Systems - DTU Electro	New Technology, Cyber Challenges & Media Credibility: Can We Trust The Visuals? Moderator: Martin Skjold Lind Grøntved - Innovation & Collaboration Manager - ITU
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Defence 3 - Deep tech for security and sovereignty which technologies will define the future of defence? 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	Defence 4 - From intelligence to enterprise Can Intelligence needs become market opportunities? 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	Pitch Session: Open to all
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Next Generation Pitch & Panel 2: Digital action for sustainable impact Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab	Defence 5 - From intelligence to enterprise Can your technology strengthen Denmark’s security? 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	Could a cyberattack paralyze Denmark? Peter Mayer - Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU. Oksana Kulyk - Associate Professor - IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)	Digital Self-Determination through Federated Nanoservers Florian Echtler - Associate Professor - AAU
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Next Generation Pitch & Panel 3: Resilience through digitalisation Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Next Generation Young Academics Award Ceremony Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab