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Left to right: Azeem Azhar (Exponential View), Jack de Santis (Omira AI), Kadi Silde (Helsing) and Giedrimas Jeglinskas (National Security and Defence at the Lithuanian Parliament) discuss defense technologies at the DLD Munich Conference 2025.

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Azeem Azhar

Exponential View
Studio portrait of author and technology expert Azeem Azhar, looking left, smiling.

Azeem Azhar writes the popular Exponential View newsletter, which explains how society and the political economy are changing under the force of technology. He’s also the author of Exponential: How to Bridge the Gap Between Technology and Society and serves on the board of the Ada Lovelace Institute.

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Jack de Santis

Omira AI
Portrait image of Jack de Santis, founder and CEO of Omira AI, wearing a black t-shirt in front of a black-and-white studio background.

Formerly a foreign volunteer in the Ukrainian military, Jack de Santis served as a drone pilot, engineer, and entrepreneur. As the founder of Omira AI he is now building a next-generation platform for electronic warfare, based on battlefield lessons learned.

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Giedrimas Jeglinskas

Lithuanian Parliament
Portrait image of Lithuanian politician and military expert Giedrimas Jeglinskas, wearing a suit and tie, looking at the camera.

Giedrimas Jeglinskas serves as the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defense in the Lithuanian Parliament. Previously he was a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and served as the Assistant Secretary General for executive management at NATO.

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Kadi Silde

Helsing
Headshot portrait of Kadi Silde (Helsing) speaking at the DLD Munich conference.

Kadi Silde is the Director for European Engagement at Helsing, where she focuses on Europe’s Eastern Flank, the EU and NATO. Previously, she worked in various roles in NATO and the private sector, accelerating defence tech start-ups. From 2019-2022, she served as Undersecretary for Defence Policy at the Estonian Ministry of Defence.

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