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3 December 2025

Saloni di Rappresentanza della Caserma dei Carabinieri “Salvo D’Acquisto”

Speeches placement is not definitive and may be subject to changes and additions

8:30 a.m. Guest reception and welcome coffee

🟦 MORNING

9:00 a.m. – Official opening and Institutional greetings

Opening remarks

  • Salvatore Luongo, Lieutenant General, Commander General of the Carabinieri Corps

Keynote Address

  • Guido Crosetto*, Minister of Defence

Keynote Address

  • Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission

Keynote Address – “New Global Threats and Hybrid Challenges, the Cybersecurity Strategy for Space and Underwater”

  • Bruno Frattasi, Director General, Italian National Cybersecurity Agency

Keynote Address – “Space Economy, the Role of Italy and Europe as Protagonists for Autonomous Access to Space”

  • Eva Spina, Eva Spina, Head of Department for Digital, Connectivity and New Technologies, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Panel – “The Navy’s Strategy to Protect the Underwater Dimension from Physical and Cyber Threats”

Individual Speeches:

  • Pierpaolo Ribuffo, Squadron Admiral, Head, Sea Policies Department, Presidency of the Councils of Ministers

Speech – “Leonardo for Underwater”

Interview one-to-one

Panel – “Underwater: cyber threats, security and new geopolitical dynamics”

11:10 – 11:40 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK

Keynote Speech – “Resilience, Security and Exploration: Building Europe’s Next Space Architecture”

Speech – “Hybrid warfare and space domain: new threat and defence scenarios”

  • Mauro Lunardi, Air Force General, Head of the General Office, Administrative Responsibility Centre, Air Force

Speech – “How to accelerate the Space Economy and Space Defence in Europe”

  • Stefano Mele, Head of Cybersecurity & Space Economy Law Department, Gianni & Origoni

One-to-one Interviews

  • Interview: “Protecting information superiority in net-centric infrastructures”
    Domitilla Benigni, CEO & COO, ELT Group
  • Interview:
    Daniele Rossi    , Director, Division XI, Space Economy and Industry, Aeronautics and Defence Industry, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Demo – “Satellite Hacking: la nuova frontiera della Cyber Security”

Speech

One-to-one Interviews

Interview

Interview: “Space, Data and the Sixth Domain”

Interview

1:40 – 2:30 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING

Pitches

🟦 2:45 – 4:45 p.m. AFTERNOON – THEMATIC HALLS view the programme

🟦 4:45 p.m. CLOSING – PLENARY

Panel – Reports from the Thematic Hall’s Ambassadors

Keynote Address

  • Alessio Butti, Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Speech video

Panel – “Towards integrated governance between space and underwater”

  • Pino Bicchielli, IV Committee (Defence), Chamber of Deputies
  • Andrea Casu, Vice-President, IX Committee (Transport, Post and Telecommunications), Chamber of Deputies
  • Salvatore Deidda, Chair, IX Committee (Transport, Post and Telecommunications), Chamber of Deputies
  • Andrea Mascaretti, Chair of the Parliamentary Intergroup on Space Economy, Chamber of Deputies
  • Giulia Pastorella, IX Committee (Transport, Post and Telecommunications), Chamber of Deputies

Speech

  • Elena Donazzan, Vice-Chair, Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee, European Parliament

Closing remarks

* To be confirmed

🟦 2:45 – 4:45 p.m. AFTERNOON – THEMATIC HALLS

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2:45-3:45 p.m. – Aula Biblioteca
“International cooperation and alliances in both sea and space”

  • Marco Brancati,  SVP Technology, Innovation & Systems Technology – Leonardo Space Division
  • Augusto Cramarossa, Head of Strategic Area, Italian Space Agency
  • Sara Dalledonne, Lead, EU Relations & Regulatory Affairs, ESPI
  • Remo Ricci, Founder, Celeste Technology
  • Marcello Spagnulo, Scientific Advisor to Limes, Expert Technical Table COMINT, Interministerial Committee for Space and Aerospace Policies of the Government – Ambassador

2:45-3:45 p.m. – Salone Plenaria
“Submarine infrastructure and cybersecurity”

  • Edoardo Balestra, Rear Admiral (CP), Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and General Command of the Port Authority – Coast Guard – Ambassador
  • Mauro Biagi, Associate Professor of Telecommunications Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
  • Laura Camardelli, Cyber Security, Space Economy and Privacy Department, Gianni & Origoni
  • Roberto Candela, CEO di EOSS, Prysmian
  • Alessandro Manfredini, President, AIPSA
  • Roberto Setola, Professor, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome and Director of Master in Homeland Security
  • Davide VĂ©roux, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

3:45-4:45 p.m. – Salone Plenaria
“Hybrid warfare and space domain”

  • Alessio Bonucci, Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group
  • Filippo Cristian DaffinĂ , Deputy Head of Defence & Intelligence and COSMO-SkyMed Commercial and Business Development, e-GEOS
  • Jacopo Diamanti, Space Head of Engineering, GMSPAZIO
  • Valeria Di Cecco, III Security & IT Directorate, Italian Space Agency
  • Francesco Di Maio, Chief Security Officer, ELT Group
  • Alessandro Marrone, Head of Defence, Security & Space Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali
  • Antonio Sturiale, Director, Domain Telecommunication Italy, Thales Alenia Space – Ambassador

3:45-4:45 p.m. – Aula Biblioteca
“Sustainability and Agenda 2030 in the new domains”

  • Maria Libera Battagliere, Strategic Coordination Office Ufficio Coordinamento Strategico, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana – Ambassador
  • Simonetta di Pippo, Director, SEE Lab, SDA Bocconi
  • Annamaria Nassisi, Manager Space Economy Observation and Navigation, Thales Alenia Space
  • Rosalia Santoleri, Associate, Earth Observation Office, Italian Space Agency

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