Welcome to the German-Finnish Defence Dialogue in Oulu, 17.3.2026 | 8.30-12.30
Seminare programme
(Subject to change)
- Welcoming words
- Overview of the German defence market in a dialogue with
- Bernd Schröder, Military Attaché of Germany in Finland
- Juhapekka Rautava, Defence Attache of Finland in Germany
- Ulrich Reineke, Flottillenadmiral, Commander, Regional Territorial Command Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Jan Feller, CEO of AHK Finnland
- Keynote: Finnish Defence Forces - speaker tbc.
- Keynote: Hannu Nikurautio, Research Director at the University of Oulu’s 6G Flagship
- Keynote: Kimmo Halunen, University of Oulu and National Defence University
- Keynote: Fanni Riiho, Business Development Director, Protected Mobility, Patria
- COFFEE BREAK
- Keynote: Øyvind Isachsen, Country Manager, KNDS
- Keynote: Birgit Görtler, Vice President Sales Hydrogen, Corporate Strategy & Development , Rheinmetall AG
- Keynote: Aaron Romatowski, Sales Manager, Airbus
- Keynote: Dr. Jens Haala, Head of Digital Systems Engineering, Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG
- Keynote: Stig Jenssen, Director Group Sales, Nordic Countries, Hensoldt
- Keynote: Prof. Dr. Thomas Dekorsy, Director of the Institute of Technical Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Company cases & pitches from Finland and Germany
The programme is continuously updated. You can already block the date in your calendar and sign up for the first-ever German-Finnish Defence Dialogue! We will also provide a hotel allotment at Lapland Hotels Oulu at an attractive rate for event participants (more info below).
Room allotment at Lapland Hotels Oulu
Please, make your reservation using the room allotment in Lapland Hotels Oulu at Lapland Hotels Oulu using the reservation code ALLDEFTEC150326.
The reservation can be done also by phone (+358 8 881 1110) or via email (Oulu@laplandhotels.com). To apply the allotment room rates, following reservation code should be mentioned: ALLDEFTEC150326
The room reservations from the allotment can be done by February 15, 2026. Afterwards the daily room rates and terms of reservation apply.
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