The Israeli DefenseTech Innovation Day 2026

The Israeli DefenseTech Innovation Day, led by 10D, Meitar and Protego Ventures, is designed to bring together founders, innovators, and key industry leaders within the Defense sector for a day of networking, knowledge-sharing, and discussions about the challenges and opportunities in this evolving landscape. Agenda Defense Tech 2027 Market Overview: The State of the Industry David Chinn, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Leader of McKinsey’s Defense Practice in Europe Panel: The Buyer Is the Bottleneck? From Pilot to Program Inbal Kreiss, Chief Innovation Officer, Systems Missiles & Space Division, IAI Asaf Picciotto, Co-Founder & CEO, Spectralx BG (Ret.) Shimon Tsentsiper, Managing Partner, Ace Capital Dr. Irit Idan, Idan Technology Insights Former EVP R&D Rafael Panel: From Dual-Use to Defense: When Commercial Technology Enters the Battlefield Ido Priel, Co-Founder & CEO, Remondo Avner Bendheim, Co-Founder & CEO, Tenna Systems Shuki Yehuda, EVP Chief Technology Officer at Elbit Yarden Gross, Co-Founder & CEO, Orca AI The D-Fend Story Fireside Chat featuring Zohar Halachmi, Chairman & CEO, D-Fend Solutions Panel: The Future Battlefield: Remote, Unmanned and Autonomous Ofer Ballin, Co-Founder & CEO, Shifters Aviv Shapira, Co Founder & CEO of Extend Tamar Harari, Co-Founder & CEO, LiteVision Avi Gil, Former Military Secretary and Defense Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister; Managing Partner, Giveon The Dynamics and Evolution of Defense Primes Fireside Chat featuring Alon Dror, Co Founder & CEO of KELA