

The Israeli DefenseTech Innovation Day 2026
The Israeli DefenseTech Innovation Day, led by 10D, Meitar and Protego Ventures, is designed to bring together founders, innovators, and key industry leaders within the Defense sector for a day of networking, knowledge-sharing, and discussions about the challenges and opportunities in this evolving landscape.
Agenda
Defense Tech 2027 Market Overview: The State of the Industry
David Chinn, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Leader of McKinsey’s Defense Practice in Europe
Panel: The Buyer Is the Bottleneck? From Pilot to Program
Inbal Kreiss, Chief Innovation Officer, Systems Missiles & Space Division, IAI
Asaf Picciotto, Co-Founder & CEO, Spectralx
BG (Ret.) Shimon Tsentsiper, Managing Partner, Ace Capital
Dr. Irit Idan, Idan Technology Insights Former EVP R&D Rafael
Panel: From Dual-Use to Defense: When Commercial Technology Enters the Battlefield
Ido Priel, Co-Founder & CEO, Remondo
Avner Bendheim, Co-Founder & CEO, Tenna Systems
Shuki Yehuda, EVP Chief Technology Officer at Elbit
Yarden Gross, Co-Founder & CEO, Orca AI
The D-Fend Story
Fireside Chat featuring Zohar Halachmi, Chairman & CEO,
D-Fend Solutions
Panel: The Future Battlefield: Remote, Unmanned and Autonomous
Ofer Ballin, Co-Founder & CEO, Shifters
Aviv Shapira, Co Founder & CEO of Extend
Tamar Harari, Co-Founder & CEO, LiteVision
Avi Gil, Former Military Secretary and Defense Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister; Managing Partner, Giveon
The Dynamics and Evolution of Defense Primes
Fireside Chat featuring Alon Dror, Co Founder & CEO of KELA