Leading voices and pioneers in defense innovation
MISSION 2044 Defense Innovation Night in Berlin featured a total of 23 speakers, including some of the leading founders, VCs, and institutional capital allocators from the US and Europe along with military and political leaders.
MISSION 2044 - Berlin Speakers
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ben Hodges
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David Dana
Head of Venture
European Investment Fund
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Maximilian Wied
Co-Founder
ARX Robotics
Joram Voelklein
Co-Founder
Alpine Space Ventures
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Lora Lacey
Head of Defense Europe/Canada
Palantir
Oleksii Makeiev
Ukrainian Ambassador
to Germany
Dr. Florian Toncar
Parliamentary State Secretary
Federal Ministry of Finance
Stanislas Maximin
Founder
Latitude
Benjamin David
Founder
XSun
Jakob Stöber
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Kelly Chen
Partner
NATO Innovation Fund
Gen. (ret.) Michel Friedling Founder
Lookup Space
Charles Beigbeder
Founder
Expansion
Dr. Benjamin Ullrich
Managing Partner
YPOG
Katharina Wagner
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Brandon Tseng
Co-Founder
Shield AI
Alexander Genzel
Co-Founder
Reflex Aerospace
Neil Keegan
Managing Partner
Marlinspike
Eric Slesinger
Founder
201 Ventures
Daniel Kleinmann
Partner
Balerion Space
Connect with the minds that are shaping the future of defense innovation