28 - 30 May, 2019
Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, London, United Kingdom

PRE-CONFERENCE FOCUS DAY | 28 MAY | EXPLOITING AI & ML TO ENHANCE THE OODA LOOP

8:00 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE

Lieutenant General Raymond Palumbo, Former Director for Defense Intelligence - Warfighter Support at U.S. Department of Defense

Lieutenant General Raymond Palumbo

Former Director for Defense Intelligence - Warfighter Support
U.S. Department of Defense

·         Leveraging C4ISR innovation
·         Retaining the information advantage in the digital age
·         Assessing variety, volume, velocity, and veracity of data
·         OSINT and AI for disparate forms of data and data analysis while in motion
·         Employing predictive AI to improve decision-making at all echelons of warfare 
Brigadier Michael Dooley, Head Information Exploitation at British Army

Brigadier Michael Dooley

Head Information Exploitation
British Army

Brigadier Benedict Kite, Head Capability Development at British Army

Brigadier Benedict Kite

Head Capability Development
British Army

10:15 am - 12:00 am PROJECT MAVEN

·         Fielding AI for PED of TUAV, medium altitude, wide-area motion imagery
·         Employing AI for image classification to enhance the kill-chain and close the sensor-shooter gap
·         Outlining R&D priorities in cloud computing and open source algorithms 

10:45 am - 11:45 am TRANSFORMING DATA INTO INFORMATION ADVANTAGE

·         Applying technological advances to increase tempo in the decision-loop
·         Enabling agile decision-making by ensuring effective flow of information
·         Assessing procurement priorities and the need to increase defence budget to attain information advantage 
Major General Odd-Harald Hagen, Head of the Department of Defence Policy and Long term planning at Norwegian MoD

Major General Odd-Harald Hagen

Head of the Department of Defence Policy and Long term planning
Norwegian MoD

11:45 am - 12:15 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: COMMERCIAL INNOVATION FOR THE DEFENCE ENTERPRISE

·         Technological innovation as a capability enabler: involving SMEs in the defence procurement cycle
·         Evaluating ways to better exploit COTS technology and leverage innovation
·         Investing into R&D, disruptive innovation, and S&T synchronisation 

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm LESSONS LEARNED: ACCELERATING PROCUREMENT OF COTS

·         Speeding up acquisition to keep pace with technological development in the commercial sector
·         Integrating innovation to remain a step ahead of the rapidly evolving adversary
·         COTS and rapid innovation 

Adrian Holt, Innovation Scout at jHub

Adrian Holt

Innovation Scout
jHub

12:45 pm - 1:00 pm CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE FOCUS DAY