Program

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9:00 a.m.
Check-in at the Bremenhalle for accreditation and coffee
10:00 a.m.
Opening and Welcome
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
10:10 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Senator Kristina Vogt, 
Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports, and Transformation
10:15 a.m.
Introduction to the Partner Country: the Netherlands
Meindert Stolk, 
Regional Minister for Economic Affairs and Innovation for the Province of South Holland in the Netherlands
10:20 a.m.
A Message from Our Patron
Uwe Schmidt, Member of the German Bundestag, 
Member of the German Bundestag
10:25 a.m.
Opening Presentation & Remarks by the Bremen Economic Development Agency
Andreas Heyer, 
CEO
 | WFB Bremen Economic Development Agency
10:40 a.m.
Panel 1: Research, Technology & Smart Infrastructure

Hosted by: 

Kai Brune, 
Department Head
 | Fraunhofer IFAM
Johann Dauer, B.S. in Engineering, 
 | DLR
Dr. Helen Almey, 
Head of Security & Resilience Capabilities
 | ADS Group Ltd
Prof. Dr. Christof Büskens, 
Professor of Optimization and Optimal Control & Head of the Optimization and Optimal Control Research Group
 | University of Bremen
12:10 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Thomas Röwekamp, Member of the German Bundestag, 
Member of the German Bundestag & Chair of the Defense Committee
1:10 p.m.
Panel 2: Security, Resilience, and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Hosted by: 

Götz Anspach von Broecker, Dipl.-Ing., 
 | AIRBUS Defence & Space GmbH
Thomas Röwekamp, Member of the German Bundestag, 
Member of the German Bundestag & Chair of the Defense Committee
Thomas Szczepanski, 
Lieutenant Commander
 | Naval Air Wing 3 “Graf Zeppelin” Base Group
Dirk Fasse, 
Chief of Police
 | Bremen Police Department
René Picard, 
Head of Corporate Security
 | BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG
2:40 p.m.
Partner Country Presentation
Theo de Vries, 
Director of Unmanned Valley
Elwin van Beurden, 
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
 | Partner Country: The Netherlands
Co Petersen, 
R&D Engineer / Consultant
 | NLR – Royal Netherlands Aerospace Center
3:10 p.m.
Coffee break
3:45 p.m.
Panel 3: Regulation, U-Space, and National Frameworks

Hosted by: 

Prof. Rolf Henke, 
Aviation Coordinator for the State of Bremen
Sabrina John, 
Managing Director
 | GLVI Society for Aviation Information Technology, LLC
Florian Vogt, 
Flight Operations Division (Bremen Aviation Authority)
 | Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports, and Transformation, Bremen
5:15 p.m.
Evening Lecture
Prof. Dr. Christof Büskens, 
Professor of Optimization and Optimal Control & Head of the Optimization and Optimal Control Research Group
 | University of Bremen
5:45 p.m.
Wrap-Up & Announcement of the Next Day: “Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield”
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
6:00 p.m.
Please arrive at the "Bremenhalle" at Bremen Airport for the evening event—separate registration required
6:30 p.m.
Opening remarks at the evening event – separate registration required
Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte, 
Mayor of Bremen & President of the Bundesrat
9:00 a.m.
Arrival at Oldenburg-Hatten Airport for accreditation and coffee
10:00 a.m.
Welcome
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
10:10 a.m.
A Message from Our Patron
Bastian Ernst, Member of the German Bundestag, 
Member of the German Bundestag
10:15 a.m.
A Message from the County Administrator
Dr. Christian Pundt, 
District Administrator of Oldenburg District
10:20 a.m.
A Message from the Mayor of Hatten
Guido Heinisch, 
Mayor Hatten
 | Had
10:25 a.m.
Entrepreneurs' Associations of Lower Saxony e.V. (UVN): “How to Defense? How Can Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Enter the Defense Industry?”
Dr. Joachim Algermissen, 
Head of the Security and Defense Industry Division (Lower Saxony Defense Industry Cluster)
 | Lower Saxony Business Associations (UVN e.V.)
10:35 a.m.
M4Com System GmbH
10:45 a.m.
Solidtec GmbH: Rapid Tooling for Prototyping and Small-Volume Production Using Plastic Injection Molding
Timo Wittmann, 
Technical Customer Service Representative
 | Solidtec GmbH
10:55 a.m.
Cast Coil GmbH
11:05 a.m.
enviacon, Inc.
Dr. Helen Almey, 
Head of Security & Resilience Capabilities
 | ADS Group Ltd
11:15 a.m.
Deharde
11:25 a.m.
Cavemus Systems Association GmbH: Beyond Anti-Jamming: A Layered Approach to Mission Continuity (EN)
Amir Rabinovitz, 
 | Cavemus Systems Association, LLC
11:35 a.m.
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær: Improving GNSS-Based Navigation Without Line of Sight Using Inertial Sensors (EN)
Ian Moore, 
Field Applications Engineer​
 | Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) 
11:45 a.m.
Allied Vision Gilching GmbH: Low SWaP-C Quantum Dot SWIR Imaging for Drone Applications (EN)
Dr. Artem Shulga, 
Founder & CEO
 | QDI Systems
11:55 a.m.
UAS Competition for Drone Days
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Start of the afternoon with presentations and pitches
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
1:05 p.m.
Atlas Air Service, Inc.
1:15 p.m.
Fraunhofer IFAM
1:25 p.m.
AIRBUS Defence & Space GmbH
1:35 p.m.
BIMAQ: Measurement Technology on Flying Platforms
Dr.-Ing. Axel von Freyberg, 
Group Leader, Optical and Thermographic Measurement Systems
 | Bremen Institute for Measurement Technology, Automation, and Quality Science (BIMAQ)
1:45 p.m.
B&W International GmbH: More Than Just Energy—How a Suitcase Became a Mobile Infrastructure.
Joachim Lügtenaar, 
Sales Director
 | B&W International GmbH
1:55 p.m.
RSI Europe
2:05 p.m.
Edneo AG
2:15 p.m.
Kassel Airport, LLC
2:25 p.m.
Hamburg Aviation: “Drones and Logistics—A Good Match?”
Lisa Altrath, 
Project Manager
 | Hamburg Aviation
Gerhard Sells, 
Project Manager
 | Hamburg Aviation
2:35 p.m.
BAB - The Development Bank
Tim Schmohl, 
Innovation Manager
 | BAB – The Development Bank
2:45 p.m.
Dutch-German Pitching Session, organized by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)
Tim Schmohl, 
Innovation Manager
 | BAB – The Development Bank
3:15 p.m.
Coffee break
3:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Grant Hendrik Tonne, 
Minister of Economic Affairs, Transportation, and Construction of Lower Saxony
3:45 p.m.
Parragone
3:55 p.m.
Deutsche Windguard Engineering: Noise Emissions from Drones: Wind Tunnel and Open-Field Measurements
Nicholas Balaresque, 
Managing Director
 | Deutsche WindGuard Engineering GmbH
4:05 p.m.
Aerial Protection Group Project
4:15 p.m.
OHS Engineering
4:25 p.m.
Exhibitor Presentation
4:35 p.m.
Helsing, LLC
4:45 p.m.
Air shows
5:55 p.m.
Wrap-Up & Announcement of the Next Day: “Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield”
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
6:00 p.m.
Evening event “End-of-Season BBQ” with live “Baroque” music at Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield – separate registration required
9:00 a.m.
Arrival at Oldenburg-Hatten Airport for accreditation and coffee
10:00 a.m.
Welcome
Harald Rossol, 
Managing Director
 | b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, LLC
10:05 a.m.
Panel 4: The Drone Economy: Markets, Mobility, and Business Models

Hosted by: 

Matthias Brucke, 
Senior Business Development Expert
 | Ignite GmbH
Saskia Wegge, 
 | BAB – The Development Bank
11:35 a.m.
OptoPrecision GmbH
11:45 a.m.
Hanseatic Aviation Solutions GmbH: The Connected Drone with Real-World Examples
Michael Schmidt, 
Managing Director
 | Hanseatic Aviation Solutions GmbH
11:55 a.m.
H18 Defense & Intelligence Products
12:05 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Start of the afternoon with presentations and pitches
1:05 p.m.
Introduction to the SMAS Consortium Meeting
Dirk Jan Hummel, 
1:10 p.m.
Introduction to the ZIM Innovation Network Dronesky.digital
Matthias Brucke, 
 | Dronesky Digital
1:15 p.m.
Presentation by the DLR Aviation Research Project Management Office – Networking Initiative for Real-World Labs & Test Centers in Germany
Jonathan Berberich, 
1:20 p.m.
Weytronik, Inc.
1:30 p.m.
SKD SE (STARK Defence)
1:40 p.m.
M&D Aircraft Manufacturing GmbH & Co. KG
1:50 p.m.
Rolf Schwiering GmbH (schutzkoffershop.de)
2:00 p.m.
TOPAS Industrial Mathematics Innovation gGmbH
2:10 p.m.
iMAR Navigation, Inc.
2:20 p.m.
Thierry Tartarin, M.D.
Thierry Tartarin, M.Ed., 
Senior Researcher, Business Models Research Group
 | Saxion University of Applied Sciences (NL)
2:30 p.m.
Exhibitor Presentation
2:40 p.m.
Walaris: "Drone Detection and Situation Awareness"
Marco Tietze, 
Business Development Manager
 | Walaris GmbH
2:50 p.m.
Assmy & Böttger Electronic, Inc.
3:00 p.m.
SMAS Project Meeting for "Smart Maintenance at Sea" Participants
Dirk Jan Hummel, 
3:00 p.m.
ZIM Network Meeting for dronesky.digital Members
3:00 p.m.
DLR Project Meeting for Participants in the Aviation Research Project Organization - Networking Initiative for Real-World Labs & Test Centers in Germany
Jonathan Berberich, 
3:00 p.m.
Coffee break
3:15 p.m.
tfc tools for composite, LLC
3:25 p.m.
IGNW Senso GmbH: The DroneHunter. Detect early. Act safely. Protection against unauthorized drones.
Philip Nodorp, 
Co-founder & Managing Director
 | Datacept GmbH
Jürgen Helms, 
Managing Partner
 | IGNW – Northwest Engineering Company
3:35 p.m.
Fraunhofer IDMT: When Sensors Can Hear Around the Corner – Acoustic Drone Detection and Localization for Safe Airspace
Christian Colmer, 
Head of Marketing and Communications & Head of the Defense Business Area
 | Fraunhofer IDMT
Christian Rollwage, 
Group Leader for Audio Signal Enhancement
 | Fraunhofer IDMT
3:45 p.m.
TÜV SÜD AG: Drone Ready—Achieving Successful Market Entry Through Pre-Compliance
Fabian Schmidt, 
Senior Account Manager
 | TÜV SÜD AG
3:55 p.m.
TRIGO ADR Germany, LLC
Andrea Piontek-Macht, 
Director of Sales, Aerospace & Defense
 | TRIGO ADR Germany GmbH
4:05 p.m.
Rheinmetall Technical Publications GmbH
4:15 p.m.
Ignite GmbH
4:25 p.m.
Hasenauer & Hesser, LLC
4:35 p.m.
AirHub
4:45 p.m.
Closing Ceremony and Conclusion of Drone Days 2026, and a Look Ahead to Drone Days 2027

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