Among Our Defense Tech.IL Speakers
Brig. Gen. (Res.)
Ran Kochav (RanKo)
Defense.Tech Chairperson
Former IDF Head of Israel’s Air & Missile Defense Forces
IDF Spokesperson
Hadas Lorber
Head of the Institute for Responsible AI, HIT;
Tech Partnerships, INSS
Col. (Res.) Merav Davidovits
Head of Technical Partnerships, Moonshot
Noam Elsberg
Innovation Arena Seminar Moderator;
Director, Sosa Innofense
Col. (Res.) David Rokach
Innovation Arena
Seminar Chair
Managing Partner, SOSA HLS & Defense Innovation Hub
Inbal Arieli
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
Renana Ashkenazi
Managing Partner,
GROVE Ventures
BG (Res.) Eden (Abraham) Attias
General Partner, OpImpact
Col. (Res.) Ofer Ballin
Co-Founder and CEO, Shifters AI
Hagai Balshai
CEO and Co-Founder
Robotican
Col. (Res.)
Aviv Bar-Zohar
Matrix Defense, Israel National Drone Initiative
MG (Ret.)
Yacov Bengo Ph.D.
Military Expert
Hanan Brand
VP and Head of Startup Division, IIA
Norman Coleman
Former U.S. Senator
Admiral Giampaolo
Di Paola
Former Chief of Defense of Italy, Former Chairman NATO Military Committee,
Former Minister of Defense of Italy, President of Aerea Italian Defense Company
BG (Res.)
Eytan Eshel
EVP Technology and R&D – CTO, IAI
Rear Admiral (Res.) Yuval Eylon
Executive Leader & Strategic Adviser;
Senior Research Fellow INSS
Michael Gale
Group CEO of Al Liwan Group,
Abu Dhabi
Eyal Greenglass
CTO & VP R&D Dagan Optics
Brig. Gen.
Yael Grossman
Commander, C4I Branch’s Lotem Technological Unit, The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Vered Haimovich
Senior VP Strategic BD & Innovation, Elbit Systems
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yoav Har-Even
Former President and CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
Maj. Gen. (Res.)
Tamir Hayman
Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Brig. Gen. (Res.)
Guy Hazoot
CO GF Lessons Learned Center during the “Iron Swords” War;
INSS Senior Researcher
Tal Inbar
Strategic Aerospace and Missile Research
Senior Research Fellow at Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
Lieutenant General (Ret.)
John M. Jansen
Retired United States Marine Corps
Shlomo Kalish
General Partner, Corundum Open Innovation Fund Ltd.
Dr. Yehoshua Kalisky
Senior Researcher, INSS
Aviv Kanelbaum
Head of Advanced Systems Directorate, IAI Space Division
Inbal Kreiss
Chief Innovation Systems Missiles and Space Division, IAI
INSS, Board Member
Frederic Landau
General Partner, Kinetica
Col (Res.) Talya Lankri
Former senior official, National Security Council
Sarig Lev
CUAS BD & Marketing Manager, IAI – Israel Aerospace Industries
Boaz Levy
President & CEO
Israel Aerospace Industries
Eliora Lubin
Policy Chief of Staff, 8VC Fund
Israel Lupa
Executive VP Dual Use Business, Israel Aerospace Industries
Alex Moore
General Partner for Defense, 8VC Fund; Board Member, Palantir
Michal Mor
CEO and Founder, Smart Shooter
Dr. Gergely Németh
CEO, Hungary Defense Innovation Research Institute
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amikam Norkin
Former Commander, Israeli Air Force (IAF)
Brig. Gen. (Res.)
Yoely Or
Founder & CEO,
Cando Drones
Brig. General (Res.)
Eran Ortal
BESA Center, Senior Researcher, Head of Military Program
Brig. Gen (Res.)
Guy Paglin
Former Head of the Merkava and Armored Vehicles Directorate in the IMOD; VP Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Advanced Sensors, Elbit
Dr. Deganit Paikowsky
Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Amitai Peleg
Co-Founder & CEO,
Sealartec
Asaf Picciotto
CEO & Co-Founder
SpectralX
Raul Rikk
Capability Development Director at Milrem Robotics,
Estonia
Col. (Res.)
Yonatan Rom
Co-Founder, Givon Defense, Former Commander of the IDF Special Operations
Eitan Rotberg
Co-Founder, Airobotics and Ondas Autonomous Systems
Minister Gideon Sa’ar
Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel
Lior Segal
CEO
Third Eye Systems
Lilach Shoval
Journalist,
Israel Hayom
Major General (Res.)
Saar Tzur
Operating Partner, Kinetica
Shuki Yehuda
EVP Strategy Innovation & CTO, Elbit Systems
BG (Ret.)
Pini Yungman
President, TSG
