Joint Future via Defence Programs. URC Side Event by TFUA x Diia.City Union

​Joint Future via Defence Programs is a URC side event organised by Tech Forces in UA and Diia.City Union in Gdańsk, Poland.

​International defence programs — SAFE, EDF, EDIP, USI, UNITE–Brave, NATO initiatives, and others — are actively drawing on Ukraine’s war-gained expertise to strengthen the defence industry across the EU and NATO.

TFUA has mapped out a navigation manual to ease the industry’s journey through these instruments and their abbreviations.

We invite you to a strategic-level discussion with representatives of NATO, the European Commission, BGK (Poland), and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence on the future of defence cooperation between Ukraine’s frontline experience and international stakeholders.

PROGRAMME:

​14:00–14:30: Welcome coffee and registration.

14:30–15:00: Welcome remarks and Defence Programs Navigation Manual Presentation, prepared with experts from each relevant funding and programme stream. It sets out a comparative matrix of SAFE, EDF, EDIP, UNITE–Brave (NATO), USI and bilateral mechanisms — type, scale, access pathway and relevance — with recommendations on how future programme architecture can better integrate Ukraine.

15:00–16:00 Panel discussion: Strategic Role of International Defence Programs: Shared Future via Innovation. Programme owners and decision-makers from Ukraine, Poland, NATO and the European Commission explain entry points, barriers and next steps directly to Ukrainian companies.

16:00 - 17:00 Panel discussion: Build with Ukraine case study: Infozahyst x Rohde & Schwarz GmbH experience.

17:00–18:00 Coordinated networking

18:30–19:30 Cocktails and socialising

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