Defence & Dual-Use Summit - TechBBQ

2026-09-17 · Copenhagen

Bella Center

Center Boulevard 5, 2300 København

The Defence & Dual-Use Summit at TechBBQ connects defense leaders, investors, stakeholders, and dual-use startups for a vital two-day event focusing on raising capital and B2B sales. Day 1 covers the Future of Defence with sessions curated in collaboration with ODIN and TYR.vc, while Day 2 features the Defence Tech & Cyber Arena opened by Industriens Fond.

Organizer: TechBBQ

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At a glance

Sectors
Deeptech, Cybersecurity

Agenda

  1. 09:30 – 10:45 · How a single-use product becomes a dual-use business, and what changes in the sale. — Panel at 09:45, cases at 10:15. Curated in collaboration with ODIN and TYR.vc.
  2. 10:45 – 11:30 · Who actually writes cheques into defence, and what they want to see before they do. — Panel at 10:45, case at 11:15.
  3. 11:45 – 12:25 · Whether a European defence supply chain can be trusted end to end, and where the weak links actually are.
  4. 13:15 – 14:15 · How an investor values a product that changes every few weeks, and what that does to diligence.
  5. 14:15 – 15:15 · What a startup has to get right to sell into a defence prime, told by the primes. — Ends with a case conversation.
  6. 15:15 – 17:00 · Whether Nordic capital and industry can build the defence capability the region needs. — Drinks and networking from 16:00.
  7. 09:30 – 10:00 · The Danish Industry Foundation opens the Defence Tech & Cyber Arena to founders, investors, researchers and procurement.
  8. 10:00 – 10:25 · Where defence and cyber innovation is happening right now, and what still stands between a lab and a deployment.
  9. 10:25 – 10:55 · A closing conversation tying the strategic threads together. — Line-up to be announced.
  10. 10:55 – 11:30 · Facilitated, action-oriented conversations in small groups.

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Jean-Jacques Djonga — Head of Partnerships (Host)
  • Blythe Crawford (Speaker)
  • Charlotte Wetche — Direktør, VERÁ/Netcompany (Speaker)
  • Claudius Laskawy — Investor, DTCP (Speaker)
  • Elya Chiechienieva — Partner, D3 (Speaker)
  • Erlend Prestgard — Investor (Speaker)
  • Esben Gadsbøll — Chairman, Danish Tech Startups (Speaker)
  • Frederik Oliver Busch — Co-founder Partner, ETNA (Speaker)
  • Frederik Søndergaard — Founder/CEO, STORMBORN (Speaker)
  • Jack Wang — Managing Director, Project A Ventures (Speaker)
  • Jens Holzapfel — Business Development, Nordic Air Defence (Speaker)
  • Jesper Møller Johansen — Director, Transformative Investments & Platform, EIFO (Speaker)
  • Johan Bitsch Nielsen — Investment Manager, EIFO (Speaker)
  • Kenneth Richard Geisel — CCO/Co-founder, Robotto (Speaker)
  • Linda Krondahl — CEO and Co-founder, THINGS (Speaker)
  • Lindsay Heil — Director, International Cooperation, DARPA (Speaker)
  • Manuel Kliese — Vice President, Business Development, Rheinmetall (Speaker)
  • Morten Hald — COO, Okapi (Speaker)
  • Mykyta Rozhkov (Speaker)
  • Nicholas Hawtin — Founder, ODIN (Speaker)
  • Nicholas MacGowan von Holstein — Managing Director, BiFrost Defence (Speaker)
  • Oisin Zimmermann — Managing Director, Di5 (Speaker)
  • Samant Khajuria — Vice President, Cyber and Quantum Technology, Terma (Speaker)
  • Søren Elmer Kristensen — CEO, Odense Robotics (Speaker)
  • Tobias Billström — Nordic Air Defence (Speaker)
  • Viktoria Yaremchuk — Co-Founder/CEO, Farsight Vision (Speaker)

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