This two-day conference brings together senior land and ground forces leaders, policymakers and experts from the industry and think tanks to discuss and debate the dangerous security challenges that are currently facing the UK and its allies.
Confirmed Speakers
- The Rt Hon John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, UK
- General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, British Army
- Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC, Chief of the Defence Staff, UK
- General Chris Donahue, Commander, US Army Europe and Africa
- Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Chief of Staff, Australian Army
- Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of the German Army
- Major General Jonny Lindfors, Commander, Swedish Army
- Professor Alexei Boyarski, Leiden University
- Professor Anthony King, Exeter University
- Dr Casey Perley, Director, US Army Applications Laboratory
- Dr David Kilcullen, University of New South Wales
- Dr Chris Kolenda, Centre for a New American Security
- Dr Eitan Shamir, Begin-Sadat Centre
- Dr Stuart Lyle, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Oleksandra Azarkhina, We Build Ukraine
- Franz-Stefan Gady, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Programme
Day One: Tuesday 17 June, 12:00 - 17:45
Chief of the General Staff Opening Address
Session One: Fighting Power: Increasing Lethality
Session Two: Operational Energy: Extending Endurance
Session Three: Market Power: From Innovation to Scale
Session Four: Delivering the Integrated Force
Secretary of State's Address
Day Two: Wednesday 18 June, 09:00 - 17:00
Day Two Keynote Address
Session Five: Emergent Tactical Challenges
Session Six: Emergent Operational Challenges
Session Seven: Observations from the Russo-Ukrainian War
Session Eigt: Observations from Conflict in the Middle East
Session Nine: The European Estimate
Cief of the Defence Staff Closing Address