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Mr Charalampos GIANNAKOPOULOS
Policy Officer Defence Industry, Directorate General Growth, Internal Market,
Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs, I.4 Defence, Aeronautic & Maritime Industries,
European Commission
Charalampos Giannakopoulos works as a defence industry policy officer in the European Commission
since 2013. He has been involved in the development of the governance, modalities and the
content of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research and the preparation of the future European
defence research programme. Previously, he had worked in the defence industry.
"Preparatory Action on Defence Research a milestone towards a
European Defence Research Programme"
The presentation covers the political context for the EU funded defence research activity, explains the
function and structure of the preparatory action, provides information on the 2017 work programme
and gives an overview of the preliminary work on the future European defence research programme.