DAIMEX Baltic

1st Day - CONFERENCE - DAIMEX Baltic 2026

12 May 2026 | Vilnius, Lithuania

Tuesday, 12 May 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15

Ministerial Panel: Building Capability Through Investment

Moderator:

  • Robert Juodka, Board Member, Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Association

Special Intervention – Lithuania Case:

  • Linas Idzelis, Colonel, Commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union (Lietuvos šaulių sąjunga)

Total Defence in Practice: Lessons Learned and Ongoing Efforts of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union

  • Special Intervention – Canada Case (Due to unexpected changes, Canadian intervention will be moved to the second part of the day.)

Simmi Dixit, Deputy Director – International, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of National Defense

Panelists:

  • Guillaume de La Brosse, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), European Commission

  • Miiko Peri, Head of Defence Industry Development Department, Ministry of Defence of Estonia

  • Matas Radavičius, Head of Industrial Cooperation Policy Division, Defence Resource Agency under the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania

  • Solveiga Silkalna, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Lithuania

7 speakers

  • Deputy Director

    Department of National Defence Canada

  • Commander

    Lithuanian Riflemen's Union

  • Board Member / Managing Partner / Founder

    Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Association

  • Defence Industry Development Department, Director

    Ministry of Defence of Estonia

  • Head of Industrial Cooperation Unit

    Resources Agency MOI of Lithuania

  • Ambassador

    Embassy of Latvia to Lithuania

  • Head of Unit - Defence policy and innovation - DG DEFIS

    European Commission