It is our pleasure to invite you to the European Defence Challenge IV edition Launch Event, that will be held online, next April 11th.

442 students from 24 different countries and 116 different institutions, have already participated in the three previous editions of the Challenge.

The organizer of this edition is University of Pisa and the TOPIC is: “Leading through Complexity: Effective Management in Defence Environment”.

Join us and discover all the details!

11:00 - Welcome

• Maria Vittoria Salvetti, Director of the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa

11:05 - European Defence Associations 

• Burkard Schmitt, Defence & Security Director of the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)
• Federica Valente, Research, Technology, Innovation Coordinator at the European Defence Agency (EDA)

11:25 - Introducing the Challenge and timeline

• Irene Spada, University of Pisa, EDC IV organizer 

11:35 - European Defence Industry & Bodies

• Michel Bosco, Associate Professor and Researcher IAE Nice Graduate School of Management, Université Côte d’Azur, France
  

• Colonel Anselmo del Moral, Executive Director of the University Centre for the Spanish Civil Guard

11:55 - Experience exchange and motivations from EDC III winners

• Antoine Lebret & Sarah Joron, from Sciences Po Lille, Master Strategy, Economic intelligence, and Risk Management (SIGR)

12:05 - Final Remarks

• Gualtiero Fantoni, University of Pisa, ASSETs+ Coordinator

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