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First network conference of the TechHUB SVI

27. July 2023

09:00 - 18:00

The aim of the TechHUB SVI, launched in 2023, is to bring together experts from politics, industry and research to jointly drive innovation in both the civilian industry and the security and defense industry.

The TechHUB Security and Defense invites to its First Network Conference

27.07.2023 - Wappenhalle Munich

The aim of the TechHUB SVI, launched in 2023, is to bring together experts from politics, industry and research to jointly drive innovation in both the civilian industry and the security and defense industry.

At the First TechHUB SVI Network Conference, decision-makers and experts from all relevant fields will discuss new developments, challenges and opportunities in the field of security and defense.

The key topics of the conference include:

  • Technological innovations in the defense industry
  • Regulatory framework conditions for innovations
  • Financing and support offers for companies
  • Cooperations between Bundeswehr, Industry and Politics
  • Cross-Industry Cooperation

One of the purposes of the First Network Conference of the TechHUB SVI coordinated by Bayern Innovativ is to explore opportunities for cooperation between sectors that have long driven innovation in isolation, even though similar challenges exist in topics such as digitalization, energy, health, materials and mobility.

In addition to exciting presentations and panel discussions, the conference therefore offers targeted networking opportunities where participants can make valuable contacts with experts from the civil, security and defense industries.

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Check-in and networking
General conditions of the SVI
Moderation
Petra Bindl
Moderatorin und Journalistin
Welcome and introduction
Dr. Rainer Seßner
Managing Director | CEO, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Nuremberg
Greeting
Roland Weigert
State Secretary, Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Munich
Presentation of the TechHUB Security and Defense
Christoph Heinen
Security and Defense, Head of TechHub Security, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Nuremberg
Introduction of the speakers of the TechHUB SVI
Dr. Rainer Seßner
Managing Director | CEO, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Nuremberg
Alexander Gehring
CTO, RENK GmbH, Augsburg
Univ. -Prof. Dr. -Ing. Geralt Siebert
Universität der Bundeswehr, München
Impulse lectures
Alexander Gehring
CTO, RENK GmbH, Augsburg
EU funding and support offers for technology projects in the security and defense industry - the European Defense Fund
Dirk Peters
EU-Kommission, DG Defence Industry and Space
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The presentation describes the development of various EU funding programs for technology projects of the security and defense industry and then presents in detail the current program on the European Defense Fund and the possibilities of participation for German industry.

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The Bundeswehr Planning Office as a central player in innovation management
Oberst i.G. (im Generalstabsdienst) Achim Hesse
Referatsleiter Innovation Bundeswehr extern, Planungsamt der Bundeswehr
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Innovation management is intended to make a significant contribution to increasing and ensuring the innovative capability of the BMVg division. In an open and overarching approach, the focus is on developing strategic topics (fields) in the context of future development, investigating and testing innovative ideas in the form of innovation projects, further developing and operationalizing them, and handing over selected innovation projects to capability management.
Increasing the ability to act and perform and, above all, the time factor are of outstanding importance. In the end, innovations must result in capabilities that are required in the Bundeswehr's capability profile and are thus oriented to demand.
Innovation management promotes the culture of innovation to achieve an innovative mindset in the BMVg division that is characterized by creativity, "out-of-the-box" thinking and independent action in projects.
By networking internal/external, military and civilian innovation actors, innovation management promotes the formation of an innovation ecosystem.
The Bundeswehr Planning Office is a central actor in innovation management. In a coordinative approach, various innovation actors (internal/external) are brought together. The Planning Office is responsible for the fundamental coordination and control of innovation management in the Bundeswehr, the development of strategic, forward-looking topic areas and the inclusion of implementable innovation projects in the capability management task portfolio.

Current development of land systems - importance of international cooperation
Ralf Ketzel
CEO, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
Panel discussion - General conditions of the SVI
Dirk Peters
EU-Kommission, DG Defence Industry and Space
Oberst i.G. (im Generalstabsdienst) Achim Hesse
Referatsleiter Innovation Bundeswehr extern, Planungsamt der Bundeswehr
Ralf Ketzel
CEO, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
Univ. -Prof. Dr. -Ing. Geralt Siebert
Universität der Bundeswehr, München
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In the first panel discussion of our conference, experts will jointly discuss how the framework conditions of the security and defense industry currently stand at the level of the Free State of Bavaria, the Federal Republic of Germany and at the level of the EU - and what developments we can expect.

Lunch break and networking
You will find the afternoon program on the next page

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Please note that hotel accommodation and participation in the dinner is only possible after prior registration and confirmation on our part.

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