Erika Kuročkina (Vice-minister, Ministry od Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania)

A fireside chat by Jeremie Hitchcock, Co-founder and Partner at New North Ventures (USA) and Viktorija Trimbel, Managing Director at Coinvest Capital (Lithuania), both VC funds investing in defense and dual-use startups. The discussion was held in Vilnius on January 16, 2024 More information: www.coinvest.lt www.investingfordefense.com

00:00 Showcase of the selected leading defense & dual-use startups presented by Mr. Dominykas Milašius 12:10 The concept of Support Hybrid Warfare by Mr. Jonas Öhman, founder of Blue/Yellow For Ukraine.

CoInvest Capital, Baltic Sandbox Ventures, ScaleWolf, INVEGA and other partners from the Lithuanian VC and defence/dual-use ecosystem are hosting an interdisciplinary, invite-only stakeholder event, showcasing Lithuanian defense innovation to foreign partners, intended to foster future collaboration. These partners are pooling efforts together to organise this event targeting international media & guests arriving in Vilnius on the occation of the NATO Summit 2023. 15:23 Panel 2 - Well established risk capital, acceleration, and mentoring ecosystem to finance defense innovations Moderator: Mr. Andrius Milinavičius, General Partner at Baltic Sandbox Ventures Panelists: Mr. Andrea Traversone, Managing Partner at NATO Innovation Fund, the first supranational defense venture fund in the world; Ms. Edit Komáromi, Policy Officer, Defence Industry Directorate, DG Defence Industry and Space, European Commission (attending online) Ms. Viktorija Trimbel, Managing Director at Coinvest Capital, Board member at INVEGA Mrs. Inga Beiliūnienė, Deputy CEO at INVEGA, National Development Agency Mr. Edvinas Kerza, Managing Partner at ScaleWolf VC 55:35 Closing remarks by Ms. Viktorija Trimbel, Managing Director at Coinvest Capital, Board member at INVEGA

CoInvest Capital, Baltic Sandbox Ventures, ScaleWolf, INVEGA and other partners from the Lithuanian VC and defence/dual-use ecosystem are hosting an interdisciplinary, invite-only stakeholder event, showcasing Lithuanian defense innovation to foreign partners, intended to foster future collaboration. These partners are pooling efforts together to organise this event targeting international media & guests arriving in Vilnius on the occation of the NATO Summit 2023. 0:00 Program announcements by Mr. Matas Ramanauskas 1:05 Ms. Greta Tučkutė, Vice Minister for Defense of the Republic of Lithuania 7:13 Ms. Erika Kuročkina, Vice Minister for Economy & Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania 10:53 Panel 1 - What we might need for the ultimate success in modern warfare Moderator: LTC (ret.) Valerijus Šerelis, founder of the Military Affairs Institute Panelists: Mr. Deeph Chana, CEO of DIANA (NATO Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) (attending online) COL Peter Nielsen, Commander at the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Lithuania Mr. Bryan Rich, Global AI Lead H&PS| SMD Applied Intelligence, Accenture Mr. Edward Ebbern, Founder of Defence BattleLab Mr. Giedrimas Jeglinskas, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, former Assistant Secretary General at NATO