The area below highlights the main topics of this year's Industry Day. The main titles link to a downloadable PDF with information about the Panel or Breakout Session, while the names of lecturers and titles of lectures (when in bold) link to the lecturer's biography or the presentation/summary of the lecture, when available.

• Opening Remarks by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
• Opening Remarks by Latvian Minister of Defence
• Opening Remarks by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• Keynote Address by NATO Secretary General
• Keynote Address by Chairman of Military Committee
• Closing Remarks by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• Key Take-Aways by Mr Damon WILSON

Panel 1 – "A Dynamic Context"
Moderated by Mr Damon WILSON

• Mr Patrick Auroy, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
  "Chicago Summit outcomes"
• Major General Peter C. Bayer, Jr., ACT Deputy Chief of Staff Strategic Plans and Policy
  "New threats and challenges: analysis of the current and future environment"
• Major General (Ret.) Barry Bates, Vice-President for Operations, National Defence Industrial Association
  "Industry perspective on a new dynamic context / The changing industrial landscape"
• Mr Marc Cathelineau, Chairman ASD External Affairs Committee, Aerospace and Defence Industries Association in Europe (ASD)
  "Industry perspective on a new dynamic context / The changing industrial landscape"

Panel 2 – "Adapting to the game changers"
Moderated by Mr Damon WILSON

• General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
  "Adapting to the game changers"
• Ms Claude-France Arnould, European Defence Agency Chief Executive
  "European perspectives"
• Mr Ernest J. Herold, Deputy assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment and Director Strategy
  "Multinational Challenges"
• Mr Janusz Zakręcki (President PZL Mielec, Poland)
  Transatlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation: Sikorsky's development of PZL Mielec
• Mr John Ponsonby, Agusta Westland Ltd Senior Vice President Training
  "Improving the rotary wing value proposition for military requirements: the Agusta Westland roadmap"

Panel 3 - Discussion on "Frameworks for engagement with Industry and actionable items to enhance NATO-Industry relationship"
Moderated by Mr Damon Wilson

• Strategic-level panel led by Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger, ACT Deputy Chief of Staff Capability Development
  • Mr Phil Choppen, NATO Support Agency representative
    "Medical & NATO/Industry success story"
  • Mr Brett Lambert, Deputy Assistant US Secretary of Defence for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy
  • Mr John I. Laugerud, Norwegian Deputy National Armaments Director
    "Multinational and Industrial Cooperation - A Norwegian Perspective"
  • Mr Michael Maiden, Northern Defence Industries Chairman
  • Mr Martin Hill, NATO Industrial Advisory Group Vice-Chairman

Breakout session I "Technology Trends and Science Challenges"

• Moderator - Major General Albert Husniaux, NATO Chief Scientist
• Brigadier General Jorgen Hansen-Nord, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Requirements
  "Technology Trends and Science Challenges"
• Doctor William Halal, Professor Emeritus of Management, Technology, and Innovation, George Washington University
  "Tracking the Technology Revolution: Highlights from the TechCast Project"
• Dr Raffaele Esposito, NIAG Honorary Chairman
  "Technology Trends and Science Challenges and Industrial Perspective"
• Dr Peter Collins, NATO Industrial Advisory Group

Breakout session II "Framework for NATO engagement with Industry"

• Moderator – Mr Wayne Fujito, Chairman NATO Industrial Advisory Group
  "Framework for NATO Engagement with Industry"
• Brigadier General Giovanni Fungo, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Engineering
  "Framework for NATO engagement with Industry"
• Mr John Louth, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
  "Smart Defence – The Building Blocks"
• Mr Mike Lyden, NATO Support Agency General Manager
  "Framework for NATO Engagement with Industry: Smart Defence, Smart Support, and Smart Engagement"
• Mr David Burton, Chief Technology Officer, NATO Communications and Information Agency
  "NATO Agency Reform and the new NATO Communications and Information Agency"
• Mr Manuel de Pablo Daza, Navantia Systems General Manager; and
• Mr. Douglas Wilhelm, Director of MS2 Naval Combat & Missile Defense Systems International Programs, Lockheed Martin
  "Spain's F-100 AEGIS Frigate Program"
• Mr Paolo Venturoni, Senior Executive, Finmeccanica
  "Framework for NATO engagement with Industry"
• Mr Lennart Källqvist, Saab Group
  "Framework for NATO engagement with Industry: A PfP Industry Perspective"
• Mr Gagan Puranik, Associate Director, Verizon Wireless
  "Framework for NATO engagement with industry"

Breakout session III "Immersive Training Environments"

• Moderator – Mr Paul Thurkettle
  "NATO Immersive Training Technologies Status & Projects"
• Brigadier General Dourouklis, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Joint Education Training and Exercises.
  "NATO developments in ITE and requirements for future coordinated development with Nations and Industry"
• Mr Craig Turner - Bohemia Simulations Ltd.
  "Working for NATO and national governments – successes and frustrations"
• Ms Phaedra Boinodiris. Serious Games program Manager, IBM
  "Serious Games beyond Training: From Process optimization to complex problem solving"
• Mr Vladimir Simanski, Virtual Reality Media, Chief Executive Officer
  "International/Transatlantic Industry Cooperation"
• Mr Amit Talati, Head of Strategy and Military Products Training & Simulation, Thales
  "Immersive Training Environments: Training for The Front Line"
• Governmental Representative from United Kingdom

Breakout session IV "Joint ISR"

• Moderator - Mr Ludwig Decamps, Defence Investment Division, NATO HQ
• Brigadier General Michelle D. Johnson, Head Operations & Intelligence Division, Allied Command Operations
• Colonel Rachel A. McCaffrey, Chief Intelligence Division, HQ AAC Ramstein
• Mr John Neumayer, Deputy Head JISR Branch, Allied Command Transformation
• Brigadier General Jaroslaw Stróžyk, Deputy Director Intelligence Division, International Military Staff
• Mr Rob Munday – Chairman Study Group 164 - NATO Industrial Advisory Group
• Mr Charles Gulledge, C4ISR Systems, Lockheed Martin IS & GS-Defence
• Ambassador Marisa Lino, Corporate Director for Federal Agencies, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Brief on "Priority Shortfall Areas and Capability Packages"

• Brigadier General Jorgen Hansen-Nord, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Requirements
  "Capability Development Priorities"
• Mr Tony Solomon, Programme Manager, NATO Security Investment Programme Branch, HQ SACT
  "Translating Capability Requirements into Capability Packages"