08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening Remarks
Péter Lánczi (Deputy Director General, MCC)

09:10 Keynote Address
Under organization

09:40 Industry Leader Presentation
István Sárhegyi (Chairman & CEO, 4iG Space and Defence)

10:00 MCC Research Presentation
Péter Pál Palkó (Researcher, Center for Business Studies, MCC)

10:20 Coffee Break

10:40 Panel I – Building Resilient Regional Defense Value Chains: Securing Raw Materials, Critical Components, and Sovereignty
Dávid Klacsmann (Head of Strategy, HM EI Zrt.)
Łukasz Wojdyga (Director of Center for Strategic Studies, Warsaw Enterprise Institute)
Host: Ákos Zulik (Senior Lecturer, Head of CEE Connectivity Hub, MCC)

11:30 Panel II – Capabilities & Competitiveness of Defense Manufacturing in CEE vs. Western Alternatives
Gyula Pomázi (former Deputy State Secretary for Industrial Strategy and Economic Regulation) 
Zoltán Póser (CEO, N7 Holding Zrt.) 
Host: Tamás Bernáth (Senior Lecturer, Center for Business Studies, MCC)

12:20 Networking Lunch

13:20 Industry Expert Presentation
Ármin Ladányi (Managing Director, Hypex Consulting)

13:40 Panel III – New Technologies of Defense: Drones, Cybersecurity, AI
Tomasz Szlązak (Defence Sector Supervisory Director, Sygnis)
Marek Michalewicz (Founder, Siranga) 
Zsolt Zsebe (Business Development Manager, 4iG Space and Defence) 
Moderator: Dr. Zoltán Cséfalvay (Head of Center for Next Technological Futures, MCC) 

14:30 Closing remarks – Durable Peace Lies on Central European Connectivity
Ákos Zulik (Senior Lecturer, Head of CEE Connectivity Hub, MCC)