Defence Industry Conference – Technology, Solutions, Locations, Venues

march 2-4, 2027

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295 days 12 hours 7 minutes 45 seconds

Participate in the industry events as part of the Security & Defence Forum:

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Drone Industry Summit by Polish UAV Chamber

Patronage of the conference

Conference room 1
Hall D

Drone Industry Summit by Polish UAV Chamber

The Polish Chamber of Unmanned Systems (PISB) is an organization supporting the development of the unmanned technology market in Poland, with particular emphasis on supporting SMEs and innovative projects in the field of UAVs.  In its efforts to build an open, safe, and competitive drone market, the Chamber actively cooperates with public administration, research centers, and international partners. 

PISB is involved in legislative activities, the creation of market standards, and the promotion of good practices. The Chamber's key objective is to integrate the industry community and educate the public about modern autonomous technologies.

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10:30 - 11:05

Dariusz Drąg - Director of Development, PWE
Robert Fintak - President of the Polish Chamber of Unmanned Systems, President of TerraHexen Ltd.
Conference moderator: Agnieszka Sygitowicz, President of the Polish-Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce

Official opening of the fair. Start of the conference.

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11:05 - 12:00

Paweł Szymański – Director of the BSP Department at the Civil Aviation Authority
Maciej Włodarczyk - Head of the BSP Department at PAŻP
Karol Cheda – member of the board of the UAV Academy, former LKE examiner
Justyna Siekierczak - President of the Management Board of aeroMind sp. z o.o., sp.k., Vice-President of PISB.
Michał Zawadzak – editor of Świat Dronów (The World of Drones), secretary of PISB
Moderator - Agnieszka Sygitowicz

Discussion panel - “From history to the future - 12 years of history and 12 years of future”

12:00 - 12:20

Coffee break

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12:20 - 13:10

Mariusz Naumienko - President of the Management Board of IWING Sp. z o.o.
Wojciech Majewski - Onde
Maciej Dusza - Agrisky
Elżbieta Mrozek – Head of Airspace Services Department, Emitel
Jarosław Szymański – Director of the Aviation Insurance Office, Mentor SA
Paweł Wójcik - Skysnap
Moderator - Radosław Zych

Panel discussion – “Drones in practice – from concept to operation”

13:10 – 14:00

Lunch & networking

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14:00 - 14:20

Viliam Ostatník - Adaptinstitute

Presentation of the results of an international report (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland) by the Adapt Institute association, prepared in 2025.

Lecture in English.
https://www.adaptinstitute.org/the-future-of-drones-strategic-interregnum/16/12/2025/

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14:20 - 14:40

Sławomir Kosieliński - Index MikroMakro

MicroMacro Institute Report.

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14:40 - 15:20

Szymon Kupaj, Farada
Starcopter - Carsten Rudolph - Germany
Igor Skawiński – Chief Executive Officer of FlyFocus Limited Liability Company

Panel on technological solutions

Panellists:


- Roman Roczniak - solarair.tech - Ukraine

15:20 - 15:35

PAIH support instruments for Polish-Ukrainian cooperation in the unmanned systems sector

PAiH Kijów, Karol Kubica, Tetiana Chuzha 

Innovation ecosystem: How to build trust and safely implement unmanned technologies in civil and defense spaces

Conference room 1
Hall D

Innovation ecosystem: How to build trust and safely implement unmanned technologies in civil and defense spaces

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11:00 - 11:10

Commencement of the conference

11:10 - 11:40

Pavlo Lito - CTO, Drone Technology Developer, Nexero

From improvisation to systematicity: the development of Ukrainian unmanned capabilities

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11:40 - 13:10

Paweł Wiszniewski - Moderator, Deputy Director of the Breakthrough Technologies Department, National Security Office
Wojciech Górecki - Expert in New Technologies and Crisis Management, AGH Cybersecurity Centre, DIANA NATO
Adrian Drzycimski - President of the Foundation for the Support of New Technologies
Anna Mazur - Chief Research Specialist – Area Leader – Head of the Certification Unit, Łukasiewicz Research Network, Institute of Aviation
nadbryg. w st. sp. dr inż Mariusz Feltynowski - Strategic advisor, international expert in crisis management and civil protection, researcher
Paweł Śmiałek - Head of Research and Development Department, Korbowo

The innovation ecosystem, or how to tame unmanned technologies (The innovation ecosystem: how to build trust and safely implement unmanned technologies in civil and defence spaces)

13:10 - 13:40

Break

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13:40 - 14:00

Anna Mazur - Chief Research Specialist – Area Leader – Head of the Certification Unit, Łukasiewicz Research Network, Institute of Aviation

Assessment of the compliance of drones with EU legal requirements, including JC services (compliance assessment, certification, training, risk analysis, SORA, etc.)

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14:00 - 14:30

Paweł Śmiałek - Head of Research and Development, Korbowo

The importance of a technologically sovereign domestic UAV industry for Poland's security.

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14:30 - 14:50

Maximilian Minta - CEO, Neptun Studio / Dratewka Power

Testing and development of multi-domain unmanned systems in virtual environments

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14:50 - 15:20

Wojciech Górecki - Expert in the field of drones and AI in dual-use applications, AGH Cybersecurity Centre

Your drone was hacked before it took off - Cybersecurity in UAV manufacturing and supply chains

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15:20 - 15:50

dr Mariusz T. Kłoda - Faculty of Law and Administration, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Laboratory of Legal Aspects of New Technologies and Space Exploration

Legal aspects of the use of autonomous space objects

Industry Conference

Hall B
TRADE FAIR STUDIO

Industry Conference

 CONFERENCE PROGRAM 



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11:00 - 13:00

Dr Jacek Bartosiak & Piotr Zychowicz from the 'HISTORIA REALNA' channel

Poland Between Stimulus and Response. Can we act preemptively in a world of growing tensions? National interest, the war in Ukraine, and technological evolution as a test of Polish strategic agency

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13:30 - 15:30

Tomasz "Drago" Dzieran
Paweł „Naval” Mateńczuk

Triad: Tactics, Marksmanship, and Teamwork – from the Battlefield to the Shooting Range

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11:30 - 13:00

Jacek Hoga

Defense, Firearms, and Society — Practical Challenges and Perspectives

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13:30 - 15:30

Zbigniew Parafianowicz

**Poland in the Ukrainian mirror. What do Kyiv’s mistakes and successes tell us about our resilience?**

Expert panel discussion: Zbigniew Parafianowicz in conversation with Norbert Bączyk

The war in Ukraine is the greatest test of the resilience of state structures in our contemporary history, carried out “on a living organism.” For Poland, it is both a unique and brutal opportunity: we can see what works under conditions of threat and what is merely a fiction.

Industry, Science, Business

Hall D
TRADE FAIR STUDIO

Industry, Science, Business

The Łukasiewicz Research Network is one of the largest research and development networks in Europe, bringing together nearly 30 scientific and technological institutes throughout Poland. Its mission is to support the development of an innovative economy by providing comprehensive technological solutions for industry, administration, and the public sector. 

Łukasiewicz institutes actively participate in national and international projects, conducting applied research in areas such as aviation, defense, robotics, automation, future mobility, digitization, artificial intelligence, materials engineering, and zero-emission technologies. 

The network includes, among others, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation, specializing in research on aviation and space technologies, and Łukasiewicz – PIAP, a recognized leader in mobile robotics and autonomous systems for the security and defense sector. Łukasiewicz's activities integrate science with the economy, focusing on the implementation of innovation, the development of national competencies, and the support of strategic industrial sectors.



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11:30 – 12:30

PANEL 1. Unmanned technologies: between defence and civilian applications

Dr Hubert Cichocki, President of the Łukasiewicz Centre
Janusz Noga, PhD, former President of Telesystem-Mesko (PGZ)
Krzysztof Pietrzykowski, Deputy President of the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves
Gen. Edward Gruszka, Advisor at the Ministry of National Defence
Moderator: Mateusz Multarzyński, Defence24.pl

11:00 – 11:20

The phenomenon of icing in unmanned operations: risks and countermeasures

Paulina Woroniecka, Research Specialist, CTL, Łukasiewicz – ILOT
Maciej Osiewicz, Senior Research Specialist, CTK, Łukasiewicz – ILOT

11:20 – 12:10

PANEL 2. The use of artificial intelligence in unmanned systems

Prof. Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek, PhD, Vice-President for Research at the Łukasiewicz Centre
Jan Kozak, PhD, professor at the University of Economics in Katowice, director of Łukasiewicz – AI
Ewa Mikos-Romanowicz, Business Development Director, Siemens Sp. z o.o.
Anna Timofiejczuk, PhD, Eng., Professor at the Silesian University of Technology, Director of Academic Programmes at PolSV,
Moderator: Mikołaj Rogalewicz, Defence24

12:10 – 12:30

Real-time infrastructure monitoring (SMILE) and swarm technologies as two examples of areas of development for unmanned systems in the Remote Sensing Department

Karol Bęben, Research Specialist, Aviation Technology Centre, Łukasiewicz – ILOT

11:00 – 11:05

Welcome

11.05 – 11.25

From flight to detection

Wiktor Kozłowski, Mechatronics and UAV Specialist, Innovative Technology Research Centre, Łukasiewicz – AI

11:25 – 12:20

PANEL 3. Consolidation of the science ecosystem's expertise in unmanned systems – the CEZAR initiative

Piotr Szynkarczyk, PhD, Eng., Director of Łukasiewicz – PIAP
General Mieczysław Cieniuch, former head of the Polish Armed Forces
Dr Antoni Niepokólczycki, Director of Research and Development at WZL 1
Aleksander Rajch, Member of the Board of PSNM
Anna Timofiejczuk, PhD, Eng., Professor at the Silesian University of Technology, Director of Academic Programmes at PolSV
Moderator: Mariusz Marszałkowski, Defence24.pl

12:20 – 12:40

One year after the White Paper on European defence and Poland's role in European defence initiatives

Dr Michał Matlak, Director of Łukasiewicz – ITECH

12:40 – 13:00

Batteries of the future and the real capabilities of drones: what will change in the coming years?

Mariusz Walkowiak, PhD, Eng., Director of the Centre for Chemical Power Sources, Łukasiewicz – IMN

13:00 – 13:55

PANEL 4. The application of space technology in the field of unmanned systems support

Adam Okniński, PhD, Eng., Representative for Space Technologies at Łukasiewicz – ILOT
Moderator: Wojciech Kaczanowski, Defence24.pl
Prof. Tadeusz Uhl, PhD, Eng., Dean of the Faculty of Space Technology at AGH University of Science and Technology
Dr Piotr Szynkarczyk, Director of Łukasiewicz – PIAP Błażej Marciniak, President and co-founder of Thaliana Space

13:55 – 14:15

Modern material technologies for unmanned vehicles

Arkadiusz Majoch, PhD, Deputy Director for Research, Łukasiewicz – IChP

14:15 – 14:35

From aviation to automotive to medicine: modern magnetic field shielding coatings

Dr Anetta Walawska, Chief Research Specialist, Circular Economy Centre, Łukasiewicz – ŁIT
Critical infrastructure - Cybersecurity, Crisis Scenarios, Organizational Resilience.

Conference room 1
Hall C

Critical infrastructure - Cybersecurity, Crisis Scenarios, Organizational Resilience.

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11:30 -12:00

Dr Marek Mieńkowski – Łazarski University
Dariusz Drąg – Director of Development at Ptak Warsaw Expo

Opening of the fair, start of the conference.

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12:00 - 12:30

Colonel Tomasz Smyl - ECSC

Cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.

12:30 - 13:00

Karol Nowalski 

Using AI for operational security in critical infrastructure.

13:00 - 13:30

Tadeusz Józef Męciński

The use of scenario methods in critical infrastructure security

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13:30 - 14:20

Jarosław Pudzianowski - Government Security Center RCB

Identification of critical infrastructure in accordance with the amendment to the Crisis Management Act.

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14:20 - 14:40

Tomasz Kozłowski - Polish Construction Cluster

BIM and building resilient critical infrastructure in Poland.

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14:40 - 15:00

Dr Marek Mieńkowski – Łazarski University

End of Day 1 of the conference & Q&A.

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11:30 - 12:00

Dr Marek Mieńkowski – Łazarski University

Start of the second day of the conference.

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12:00 - 13:00

Marek Budzisz

Critical infrastructure as a tool for strategic pressure.

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13:00 - 13:40

Andrzej Machnacz

Simulated disintegration as a way of modeling the collapse of critical infrastructure by AI before an attack occurs.

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13:40 - 14:10

dr Anna Grabowska-Siwiec

Intelligence threats to critical infrastructure.

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14:10 - 14:30

Noemi Malska - FINDINGS

Securing the supply chain in critical infrastructure.

14:30 - 15:00

Lucjan Paszkiewicz

The use of scenario methods in securing critical infrastructure.

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15:00

Dr Marek Mieńkowski – Łazarski University

Summary, conclusion of the second day of the conference.

Education for the changing labor market.

Exhibition Studio
Hall D

Education for the changing labor market.

The Association for Professional Development (ZDZ) is one of the oldest and largest educational organizations in Poland, supporting the development of professional skills and adapting employee qualifications to the needs of the modern economy for over 100 years. 

As part of its activities, ZDZ conducts training, courses, and vocational education centers, emphasizing practical skills and modern technologies. A particularly important center in the context of unmanned technologies is ZDZ Radom, which for several years has been developing proprietary training programs in the field of operation and use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). This branch not only trains UAV operators in accordance with European standards, but is also actively involved in the development of digital and technological competences in the industrial, agricultural, and uniformed services sectors. 

ZDZ's participation in Drone World Expo 2026 is an important signal for the educational and industrial communities, showing how continuing education institutions can help shape the future of the unmanned sector in Poland.



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13:45-14:25

Drone technologies in education, as exemplified by the ZDZ schools in Kielce and Katowice.

14:25-15:00

The Industry Skills Center is an innovative educational institution that responds to the needs of the changing labor market.

ARENA LASER TAG GUN SHOTTING 2026 PL

Conference Organizer

ARENA LASER TAG
HALL B

ARENA LASER TAG GUN SHOTTING 2026 PL

The Battlezone-Arena shooting range is an innovative and safe way to experience or hone your shooting skills without the risk of firearms. 

A laser and airsoft shooting range are the perfect solution. We offer advanced technology that enables realistic shooting training without the need for real ammunition. 

Our airsoft shooting range combines interactive simulators with precise aiming systems, allowing for a perfect simulation of real-world shooting conditions. 

 A LASER TAG system for practicing tactics in enclosed spaces, guaranteeing zero damage. 

At the fair, it will be a safe attraction for anyone trying to get started with military equipment, regardless of age.

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Celebrating Excellence: Medal Awards Ceremony

This event honors the best of the best, highlighting their contributions to the industry’s development and showcasing the most advanced solutions in the following categories:

Trade Fair Premiere: Recognition for exhibitors who introduced innovative products or services at the fair, presenting them to the public for the first time.

Innovation: An award for companies that have presented groundbreaking technologies or solutions with the potential to revolutionize the industry.

Trade Fair Display: A prize awarded for exceptional booth design and aesthetics that stand out for their creativity and attract visitors’ attention.

Trade Fair Product: An award for exhibitors whose product stands out for its quality, functionality, and significance for the industry’s development, earning recognition from both visitors and experts.

The trade fair studio

We invite you to the Trade Fair Studio, where during exclusive interviews with industry experts and outstanding exhibitors, you will learn about the latest trends and innovative solutions. In this inspiring environment, market leaders will share their experiences and visions for the future, providing valuable insights and knowledge. The Trade Fair Studio is also connected with the Medal Award Ceremony, where distinguished exhibitors are honored, adding prestige to the event and highlighting the importance of innovation and excellence in the industry..

Inspiring conversations and new opportunities – the networking zone awaits!

The B2B Networking Zone is an extension of the conference, offering participants a unique opportunity to engage in direct discussions with speakers and other industry experts. In this zone, attendees can exchange insights, ask questions, and establish valuable business connections in a more informal atmosphere.

Join us to deepen your knowledge, continue the inspiring discussions from the conference, and form valuable relationships that can benefit both you and your company!