INOVARMY Summit & Expo 26

19 – 20 May 2026 | Fórum Braga, Portugal

INOVARMY Summit & Expo 26

May 19th, 2026

08:30 - Check-in

09:10 - Opening Ceremony

09:30 - Panel - "Military Transformation: Innovation and the Land Force 2045":

  • The Portuguese Land Force 2045;

  • Innovation in the Portuguese Army: Building the Future Today;

10:00 - Visit to the Technological Exhibition

10:30 - Panel 1 - "Strategic Autonomy: the Nexus Between Industry, Science and Land Defence":

  • Session A: "The Role of the National Armaments Directorate in the Defense's Innovation Ecossystem"

  • Session B: "European Defense Funds (EDF): Challenges and Opportunities"

  • Session C: "From Innovation to Operation: Accelerating the Transfer of Technology"

  • Session D: "Collaborative Innovation: Bridges Between the Civilian Industrial Complex and Defense"

  • Session E: "Dual-Use Innovation: the Role of Universities in the New Defense Economy"

  • Discussion

12:30 - Lunch

14:00 - Panel 2 - "Biotechnology and Human Performance":

  • Session A: "NATO's Strategy for Biotechnology and Human Enhancement"

  • Session B: "European Defense Agency's Capability Technology Group (EDA CapTech) CBRN and Human Factors"

  • Session C: "The Employment of Biotechnology in the Land Domain"

  • Discussion

15:00 - Networking Break

15:15 - Project Presentation: "AMIDA-UT"

15:35 - Industry and R&D Centres' Pitch Presentations

16:30 - Networking Break

May 20th, 2026

09:00 - Welcome Remarks

09:15 | 16:00 - B2B Meetings (Foyer)

09:15 - Panel 4: "Technological Innovation in Defense: Instruments for New Opportunities"

  • Session 1: "The Defense Innovation's Ecossystem: Existing Opportunities Between NATO and EU";

  • Session 2: "EDA's CapTech CBRN&HF";

  • Session 3: "EDA's CapTech Land";

  • Session 4: "EDA's Captech Materials & Structures";

  • Discussion

10:30 - Panel 5: "National Ecosystems: Biotechnological Innovation and Human Enhancement of Excellence"

11:30 - Networking Break

11:40 - Panel 5: "National Ecosystems: Biotechnological Innovation and Human Enhancement of Excellence" (continuation)

12:30 - Lunch Break

14:00 - Panel 6: "Cooperation Between the Portuguese Army and the Industry, with contributes to the Portuguese Army's Innovation and Modernization":

  • Session A: "Nanofibres and Next Generation BCR Suits with Active Protection"

  • Session B: "Biotechnology in the new era of BC Defense: Project NATO SPS | EnZiL"

  • Session C: "Biometrical Monitorization and Intelligent Sensors: the Digitalization of the Soldier in 2045"

  • Session D: "Operational Innovation: 3D-Printing Medication Pills"

  • Session E: Human-Machine Interface: Exoskeletons and the Evolution of Tactical Mobility

  • Discussion

15:45 - Networking Break

15:55 - Conclusions of the Event

16:05 - Closing Remarks

16:15 - Networking Break