Build With Ukraine
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Europe doesn't lack innovation. It lacks the pathways that turn battlefield-proven technology into industrial capacity at scale.
This event is designed to build those pathways.
For the first time, we're bringing together European defense companies, industrial suppliers, and investors to accelerate the next generation of defense manufacturing partnerships.
Co-organized by the European Defense Tech Hub (EDTH) and IPOL GmbH, this event is where these worlds meet.
Together, we will explore one central question:
How do industry, defense companies, and private capital form the partnerships needed to produce what NATO requires?
The focus is practical.
We will discuss partnership structures, financing mechanisms, European-Ukrainian industrial cooperation, and how battlefield-proven systems can navigate NATO procurement processes.
We will also examine production opportunities across Europe and Ukraine, supported by export credit guarantees, investment protections, and emerging public funding instruments.
The event is designed for CEOs and COOs of industrial manufacturers, founders and executives of defense companies, investors active in defense and dual-use technologies, and policymakers shaping Europe's industrial response to a changing security environment.
This conversation builds on our previous conference, From Prototype to Arsenal, which explored how Europe can scale drone production by applying principles from the automotive industry. If that event focused on the blueprint for defense industrialization, this one is about establishing the partnerships to make it happen.
Confirmed Speaker
Dr. Jörg Wissdorf, Colonel (Reserve), German Armed Forces
Perry Boyle, Co-Founder and CEO of MITS Capital
Agenda (10:00 – 17:00)
Moderated by Roger Hilton, GLOBSEC
09:30 – 10:30 | Arrival & Coffee
Informal networking and participant onboarding
10:30 – 11:00 | Welcome and Opening
Opening Remarks by Frank Wolters, Managing Director of Berlin TXL
Welcome by Organizers: Thomas Rücker (IPOL) and Mariia Onufriievych (EDTH)
Keynote by Dr. Jörg Wissdorf, Colonel (Reserve), German Armed Forces: From Arsenal to Alliance
11:10 – 11:40 | Frontline Insights: What Ukraine Needs Europe to Build Next
Operational insights from Ukrainian military practitioners on which technologies are changing the battlefield—and which capabilities Europe should prioritize for production and investment.
Maksym Anisimov — Staff Sergeant (3rd Category), Unmanned Systems Group, Headquarters of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion, Military Unit A7394
Mykhailo Shpyt — Operator, Command and Control Section, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (C-UAV) Battery, Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion
11:40 - 12:00 | Lightning Talk by Peter Rasenberger und GRANTIRO Think&Do Tank
From Hidden Champions to Defense Champions: Mobilizing Germany's Industrial Base
12:00 – 13:00 | Structuring the Cooperation by CMS Hasche Sigle
Vitaliy Radchenko (CMS Ukraine)
Ole Jani (CMS Germany)
Gerd Leutner (CMS Germany)
13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch & Curated 1:1 Matchmaking
Pre-scheduled meetings between Ukrainian scale-ups, German industrial companies, and investors
14:30 - 15:00 | Keynote by Perry Boyle, MITS Capital
Built Under Fire: How Ukraine Scaled Defense Production in Wartime
15:00 – 16:00 | Building the First Danish-Ukrainian Defense Prime: From Battlefield Innovation to Institutional Capital
How to build the first Danish-Ukrainian defense prime — and what it takes to move from frontline innovation to institutional capital, trusted governance, export pathways, and scalable production for NATO and allied markets.
Fire Side Chat with
Roger Hilton, GLOBSEC
Perry Boyle, Co-Founder and CEO of MITS Capital
David Wagner Reinhard, Chief Product Officer, MITS Industries
V'yacheslav Shvaydak, Co-Founder & CEO, Dropla Tech
16:00 – 16:15 | Closing & Call to Action
Concrete next steps: pilot joint ventures and matchmaking follow-ups
17:00 | End (Optional Informal Networking)
Berlin Defense Tech Week 2026
Berlin Defense Tech Week brings together founders, engineers, operators, investors, policymakers, industry leaders, and military personnel from across Europe for a week of events focused on the future of defense and security.
Taking place during the final plenary week of the German Bundestag before the summer recess, it creates the density needed for meaningful collaboration, rapid feedback, and new partnerships across the European defense ecosystem.
Learn more: https://eurodefense.tech/berlin-2026/