Exclusive: DefenseTech Europe. A DefenseTech Week 2025 side event

​Join us to meet European investors & companies seeking cutting-edge Israeli DefenseTech innovations.

​DefenseTech Europe connects European investors & company representatives with Israeli startups to explore business & investment opportunities from Germany, Austria & Europe.

​Participants will engage in high-level discussions with European Investors, gain insights into the German & European DefenseTech landscape and connect directly with decision-makers of Europe’s defense innovation ecosystem.

​Agenda:

• ​Welcome by: Noa Heinemann, Israel Foreign Trade Administration, and Col. Yishai Kohn, CIO DDR&D
  

• ​Panel 1: The European DefenseTech landscape:
  - Sebastian Rietz, Nortal
  - Nicholas MacGowan von Holstein, Bifrost Defense 
  - Ulf Haeussler, Head of NATO innovation Initiatives, MoD Germany
  - Dr. Christian Steinborn, Head Business Development Start-Up Activities, Rheinmetall AG
  Moderator: Gilli Cegla, Direct Round
  

• ​Panel 2: Meet the Investors:
  - Sebastian von Ribbentrop, Join Capital
  - Thomas Wendrich, Defence Invest
  - Mats Schütt, Hensoldt
  Moderator: Guy Lachmann, Pearl Cohen
  

• ​Networking

​Note: Participation by pre-registration & approval only. No +1s possible.

​Co-hosts: Pearl Cohen, Foreign Trade Administration of the Israeli Ministry of Economy, Direct Round VC

​Partners: DefenseTech Week 2025, Europe Days Conferences, DDR&D, AHK, Israeli Export Institute, The National Program dor Economic Growth