Day 1 Programme Agenda - Tuesday 17 June 2025

11:00 - 12:00 REGISTRATION

Registration will take place between 11:00 and 12:00.

12:00 - 12:30 Session 1: Welcome and CGS Keynote

Chair: Rachel Ellehuus, Director General, RUSI

Speaker: General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, British Army

12:30 - 13:30 Session 2: Multiplying Fighting Power

Chair: Professor Anthony King, Director Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter

Speaker: Major General Alex Turner DSO, Director Futures, British Army

Speaker: Professor Alexey Boyarski, Leiden University

Speaker: Ned Baker, Managing Director, Helsing

13:30 - 14:00 BREAK

Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available to conference delegates.

14:00 - 15:00 Session 3: Growth Through Transformation

Chair: Tom Keatinge, Director Centre for Finance and Security, RUSI

Speaker: Anthony McGee CBE, Director RAPSTONE, British Army

Speaker: Dr Casey Perley, Director Army Applications Laboratory, US Army

Speaker: Bobby Vedral, CEO Scyld Capital

15:00 - 16:00 Session 4: The Evolution of NATO

Chair: Dr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director, RUSI

Speaker: Rachel Ellehuus, Director General, RUSI

Speaker: Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor, The Economist

Speaker: Guy Anderson, Head of Country Intelligence Data - Defence Markets, Janes

16:00 - 16:30 BREAK

Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available for conference delegates.

16:30 - 17:15 Session 5: Towards the Integrated Force

Chair: Paul O'Neill CBE, Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI

Speaker: General Sir James Hockenhull, KCB ADC, Commander, UK Strategic Command

Speaker: Admiral Sir Ben Key KCB CBE ADC, First Sea Lord, Royal Navy

Speaker: Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB ADC FREng, Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Air Force

Speaker: General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, British Army

17:15 - 17:45 Session 6: Secretary of State's Keynote

Chair: Sir David Lidington KCB CBE, Chairman, RUSI

Speaker: The Rt Hon Mr John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence