This blog is about the 2025 GSOF Symposium Europe, which will take place in Athens, Greece from 7 – 9 OCT.
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2025 Global SOF Symposium – Europe Situation Report (SITREP)
SITREP #4 – 1 October 2025
We are one week out from execution and this event is looking great. European SOF is growing at an unprecedented rate and nations are adding world-class capabilities. This will be a great event, at a great venue with a great SOF partner.
We look forward to seeing everyone there. Safe travels.
SPEAKERS
- The Honorable Nikolaos Dendias – Minister of National Defence, Hellenic Republic
- Ambassador Kyriakos Loukakis – Deputy Commander of National Intelligence Service
- General Dimitrios Choupis – Chief of Defense, Hellenic Republic
- General Antonios Nomikos – Honorary Army Inspector General, Doctrine and Training Commander, Ministry of National Defense, Hellenic Republic
- Lieutenant General Richard Angle – Commander, Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM)
- Lieutenant General Dimitrios Mallios – Chief of Police
- Lieutenant General Georgios Manouras – Commander, Hellenic Special Warfare Command
- Vice Admiral Kontizas Trifonas – Chief of Hellenic Coast Guard
- Major General Claudiu Dobocan – Commander, Special Operations Forces Command, Romania
- Major General Angel Herrezuelo Perez – Commander, Joint Special Operations Command, Spain
- Major General Jaime Iniguez – NATO Senior Mentor, Advisory Council
- Major General Georgios Panousis – Director, Hellenic National Defence General Staff’s 6th Branch for Transformation, Innovation, and Defence Technology
- Major General Slawomir Drumowicz – Deputy General Commander, Polish Armed Forces
- Brigadier General Eliglen Villaflor – Commander, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Colonel Triantafillos Oikonomou – J7 Director, Hellenic Special Warfare Command
- Commodore Athanasios Dimitriou – E Branch (Military Intelligence), Hellenic National Defense General Staff
- Commodore Athanasios Foskas – A Branch (Operations), Hellenic National Defense General Staff
- Commodore Ioannis Stratogiannis – D Branch (Strategy and Policy), Hellenic National Defense General Staff
- Captain Kurt Muhler – Director of Maritime Development, Allied Special Operations Forces Command, U.S. Navy
- Lieutenant Colonel Efthymios Doukas – Staff Officer, Hellenic Special Warfare Command, Hellenic Defence General Staff
- Captain Lorenzo Prodan – Italian Joint Special Operations Command, Innovation Coordination Branch, Future Developments Section
- Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael Brooks – Senior Technical Advisor, J6, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
- Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) Warren Soeldner – Advisory Board Member, Global SOF Foundation
- Dr. Lisa Costa – CEO & President, Global SOF Advisory Board
- Dr. Konstantinos Ifantis – Professor of International Relations, Department of International and European Studies; President & Director of the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
- Dr. Keenan Yoho – Vice President and Board Member, Global SOF Foundation
- Dr. Michael Hochberg – President, Periplous, LLC
- Mr. T. Michael Baylor – Vice President, Chief Digital & AI Officer (CDAO), Lockheed Martin
- Ms. Ryan Benitez – Chief Commercial Officer, NATO DIANA
- Mr. Steven Hopp – Senior Product Manager International, Amazon Project Kuiper Government Solutions
- Mr. Kenneth Murphy – SATCOM Engineering Team Lead, Senior Engineer, NATO Integrated Mission Services Centre
- Mr. Joel Noutere – Adoption Associate, NATO Innovation Fund
- Mr. Fran Racioppi – Creator & Host, Jedburgh Media Channel
- The Honorable Dr. William Roper – CEO, Istari
- Mr. John Wilcox – Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, By Light
- Ms. Meaghan Keeler – Chief Operating Officer, Global SOF Foundation
REGISTRATION*
Total Registered 570
Industry 310
Active Duty Military 147
Government Civilian 26
*As of 30 SEP
INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- France
- Germany
- Georgia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Philippines
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS
Exhibitors
- AEVEX Aerospace
- Aimpoint AB
- Amazon Kuiper Government Solutions
- Anduril Industries / Paragon
- Azimuth Incorporated
- Babel St
- BAE Systems
- Blue Force Gear
- Bombardier Defense
- Bounce Imaging
- CACI
- Cambium Networks
- Cellebrite
- Chemring Technology Solutions Ltd
- Cogynte
- Crisis Response Company
- Darley Defense
- Delian AI
- DFND
- DNS Alpha
- ELMON SA
- Elsight
- ENCOMPASS
- Exetlos/Vanos
- Falcom
- Flashpoint
- G3 Technologies, Inc.
- Gentex
- Glenair
- Harmattan AI
- Hood Tech Vision
- Intelligent Devices
- Intracom Defense
- Jet Connectivity
- L3Harris
- LiveDropBV
- Lockheed Martin
- Mach Industries
- Magnet Forensics
- Metrea
- Nutanix
- Onebrief
- OSINT Combine
- OTTO Engineering
- Ovzon
- Planet
- Qualco
- Re-liON
- REGENT Defense
- SAS Technology
- Sayari
- SCYTALYS SA
- SIG SAUER
- Silvus Technologies
- Sky-Watch
- SLNT
- Spectra Group
- SUEX srl
- Summit Sol Group
- The Inc Lab
- THEON SENSORS S.A.
- Threod
- UCANDrone SA
- USUL
- Valley IT
- Vatn Systems
- Viasat
- Vigilint
- Wing Group
Sponsors
- Amazon Project Kuiper – Kuiper Government Solutions (Title Sponsor)
- The Inc Lab (SOF Champion)
- Onebrief (SOF Champion)
- Sayari (SOF Advocate)
- L3Harris (SOF Advocate & Registration Sponsor)
- Lockheed Martin (SOF Advocate)
- Embraer (SOF Supporter and Networking Reception Sponsor)
- Google Public Sector (Coffee, Mobile App, Networking break, Signage)
- CRC (Ares Package)
- Vigilint (Lanyard Sponsor)
GREEK SOF REQUIREMENTS BY PRIORITY
- Visual Augmentation
- Weapons Systems
- Ammo/Demo
- Soldier Protection, Survival
- Maritime Systems
- Targeting and Intel capabilities
- C4ISR
- EOD &C-IED
- Unmanned Aviation Systems
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