Inspire & Dine Speaker Announcement

What will defence innovation look like in the next decade, and who is bold enough to rethink it today? 🚀

At our upcoming CDTM Inspire & Dine, we are diving into one of the most complex and fast moving topics of our time: the Future of Defence. 🛩️🛰️💡

You will hear from an outstanding lineup of people working at the edge of aerospace, robotics, AI, and security:

• Dr. Robert Fink (Helsing): CTO at one of Europe’s leading AI defence companies. Previously helped build Palantir Foundry.
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• Maximilian Wied (ARX Robotics): Co-founder & CFO. Former infantry officer, raised €50M to scale autonomous ground robotics.

• Isabel G. (Palladion Defence Accelerator): Supports dual-use and defence startups across Europe, working closely with founding teams.

• Quirin Herz (HENSOLDT): defence & deep-tech investor. Built a pipeline evaluating 4,500+ startups in security and defence.

• Mark Robert Henning (GEME Aviation): Co-founder and Managing Director. 26 years at Airbus, now building next-gen aviation systems.

• Juan Carlos Climent Pardo & Alvaro Ritter (AEREUS): Co-founders & CDTM Alumni. Turning sensing + ML into operational defence tools.

• Henri Z (Soldier (D.R.), Stanford TT4D): Bridging frontier research with real defence needs — making sure innovation doesn’t stay in the lab.

📅 Thursday, December 4th
⏰ 18:30 to 21:00
📍 CDTM, Room 605, Marsstraße 20, Munich

Spots are limited. Grab your ticket here 👉 https://lu.ma/t87po9wc?

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