• The evolving landscape of drone warfare and defense, examining both the protection against drone attacks and the defense of drones themselves.
• Current threats, strategic innovations, and emerging technologies shaping drone security.
• Countermeasures from the domains including cyber, electronic warfare, and machine learning.

Bernhards Blumbergs, Lead cybersecurity expert, CERT.LV

Gorazd Mirkovski, Project Director, Dimetor

Kusti Salm, CEO, Frankenburg Technologies

Artis Pabriks, CEO, Association for Military Technology, Drones, and Robotics (MilTech)

• Digitalization as a driver of sustainable growth. How can digital tools boost efficiency and innovation while also advancing environmental and social goals?
• Competitiveness through responsibility. Why combining digital innovation with sustainability builds resilience, attracts talent, and earns customer and investor trust.
• How are public and private sector currently approaching digitalization and sustainability? Where we see the biggest challenges or gaps in adopting these practices effectively?
• What mechanisms — such as policy incentives, public–private collaboration, and procurement models — can effectively embed sustainability together with digitalization? If there are examples – how LVM integrate this in organization processes? How public sector and finance sector sees it?

Oskars Priede, Moderator, Me & Media

Māris Kuzmins, Board Member, AS "Latvijas valsts meži"

Rinalds Celmiņš, Director of the Digital Policy Department, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of Latvia (VARAM)

Artūrs Āķis, Sustainability Expert, Futurcene

• How can digital technologies serve as tools for diplomacy and international cooperation?
• Should Europe push for greater digital independence, or is collaboration with global tech giants as well as other regions of the world inevitable?
• How does the European Union balance their interests and workings with geopolitical pressures?
• How effective are digital sanctions as economic tools, and do they have unintended consequences?
• What are the technologies that our speakers are focusing at the moment, where should our attention and funding be pointed at?

Marjorie Paillon, Presenter, Speaker, Founder, I Love Productions

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission

Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia

• What are the technologies that our speakers are focusing at the moment in their organizations, where should our attention and funding be pointed at?
• In a world of rapid technological change, how can we ensure that digital transformation makes societies safer, not more vulnerable?
• Technology is often seen as a tool for growth, but increasingly it is also becoming a tool for competition and control. How do we navigate the line between global cooperation and strategic autonomy in critical tech sectors?

Marjorie Paillon, Presenter, Speaker, Founder, I Love Productions

Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Assistant Secretary General, Cyber and Digital Transformation Division | Special Coordinator for Hybrid Threats, NATO

Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Viktors Valainis, Minister of Economics, Republic of Latvia

• Why choose a private 5G network over Wi-Fi or a public mobile network? What specific use cases justify the investment?
• The open networks movement seems to be slowing in public networks but gaining traction in private ones—why is that, and what does it mean for future deployments?
• Can operators of venues, campuses, or ports monetize premium connectivity services in new ways?
• Are private networks a stepping stone toward more flexible, software-defined mobile networks overall—or are they creating new silos?

Mika Skarp, Senior Business Development Manager, Cumucore

Slawomir Pietrzyk, CEO, IS-Wireless

Kārlis Vilciņš, Head of System Integration Business, LMT

Dustin LaMascus, VP Business Development, Enterprise Wireless, Ericsson

Maria Lema Rosas, CEO, Weaver Labs

In this exclusive session, the new book “Cybersecurity in Latvia: Forging Resilience amidst Emerging Threats” will be launched. Following the presentation of the book, authors of the book will discuss the main questions:

• How military-grade global cyber threats translate into everyday digital risks, and why collective international efforts are vital to address them
• What it takes to develop a digitally resilient and cyber-aware population
• How to close the skills gap through targeted education and training
• How national strategies can support – rather than bypass – grassroots capabilitiesWhy shared responsibility must be more than a slogan in the age of hybrid threats

Mihails Potapovs, Defence Counsellor, Embassy of Latvia to the United Kingdom

Bernhards Blumbergs, Lead cybersecurity expert, CERT.LV

Rūta Pirta, Associate professor, Riga Technical University

Sigita Struberga, Secretary-General, Latvian Transatlantic Organisation

Kate Elizabete Kanasta, Counsellor of the Ministry of Defence to the EU, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia

• Has 5G underdelivered—or has the real challenge been the industry’s failure to monetize its capabilities?
• Can upcoming innovations like 5G Advanced, network slicing, and private networks redeem the current narrative around 5G?
• As connectivity expands beyond traditional telecom, has the mobile industry been too complacent in adapting to its new role within the broader digital ecosystem?

Will Townsend, VP & Principal Analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy

Sanna Brandt, Market Segment Manager, Infrastructure, Rohde & Schwarz

Colin Willcock, Board Chair, 6G-IA

Dean Bubley, Director, Disruptive Analysis

William Webb, CEO, Commcisive

Patrick V Kelly, Executive Director, CONNECT Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks

• Quantum key distribution in public and critical infrastructure, balancing security demands with scalable network integration.
• Integration of quantum tech into telecom infrastructure, driven by advances in computing, control systems, and hardware.
• Software and system challenges in scaling quantum communications and the movement toward a standardized quantum internet.
• Europe’s quantum priorities, focusing on investment needs, realistic innovation paths, and unresolved technical gaps.

Dean Bubley, Director, Disruptive Analysis

Leo Trukšāns, Lead Quantum Key Distribution Engineer, LVRTC

Nils Kleemann, CTO Central Europe, Nokia Corporation

Simone Capeleto, CEO, ThinkQuantum