Below is the Conference Outline Agenda. The programme is still being confirmed and will be updated regularly.
Outline Agenda
Keynote
VIP keynote will provide a reflection on the 12 months since the SDR and the key areas of progress in delivering the Integrated Force, introducing the event topic of “Delivering the SDR, one year on. What is changing in the cyber and EM, intelligence and digital communities?”
- Session 1 – Move to Warfighting Readiness
- What we need to be ready for – Ukrainian MOD speaker – (speaker name to be announced closer to the event).
- Geopolitical and Operational Context- Bob Tollast – Research Fellow Land Warfare – RUSI
- Establishing the Defence Cyber & EM Force (DCEMF) Force- Brig Mike Morton DCEMF Head Force Development
- Session 2 – Innovation driven by lessons from Ukraine
- Ukraine/NATO lessons and implications for Command & Control(speaker name to be announced closer to the event).
- Lessons from UK support to, and collaboration with Ukraine – UK MOD Speaker (speaker name to be announced closer to the event)
- Adapting at the pace of threat- Andy Dobson – Vice President of Military Communications Domo Tactical Communications.
- Session 3 – Engine for Growth – Innovation and Industry
- Digital Targeting Web – Delivering Defence’s Digital Mission- Rich Allen DTW CTO
- Growing UK innovation, skills and capabilities- James Gavin – Dep Director UKDI
- The criticality of data and lessons from outside Defence- Tom Dibble-Burge CCO & Co-Founder The Dot Collective
- Session 4 – Defence Dividend – Security & Prosperity at Home
- Digital Resilience an Eastern Flank perspective- Andres Raieste – Nortal SVP Global Head Public Sector
- The Trust Imperative – Why National Resilience is a Whole of Society Challenge – Sally Walker – Human Digital Thinking
- Building Britain’s Sovereign AI Advantage – Alistair Pullen – CEO Cosine
- The Value of Volunteers in Crisis Response and Resilience – Commander Charlotte Fiander – Communications Officer First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps) (FANY (PRVC)).
- Plus Panel Guest
- Tom Larter CEO WithYouWithMe