Outpost Rome: Frontier Defence and Dual-Use Innovation Summit

A half-day summit on dual-use and defence technology in Italy and Europe, organised by Ulixes Capital Partners with NATAM, manager of the NVM Venture Lazio Fund, and presented by NVM Ventures. Part-funded by Regione Lazio.

Confirmed speakers include Massimo Artini, vice president of NATO's DIANA accelerator and national expert for the Italian foreign ministry; Francesco Cerruti, director general of Italian Tech Alliance; Giorgio Gulienetti of nvm Ventures; Giuseppe Lacerenza of Keen Venture Partners; Pierluigi Paracchi of Genenta Science; Sabrina Zuccalà, CEO of 4ward360 and president of the Polo Nazionale Droni; and Giulio Napolitano of Chiomenti and Roma Tre. More are to be announced.

Runs 14:00 to 18:30 at the Ara Pacis, closing with a networking cocktail. Free, mainly in Italian with some English, seats limited and every registration confirmed by the organisers.

Why go: it is run by fund managers rather than a defence trade body, so the conversation is about where capital actually goes. Best for deeptech founders and investors looking at dual-use.