Colonel Mietta Groeneveld

Director NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence (C2COE)

Colonel Mietta Groeneveld is the Director of the NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence (C2COE). The C2COE’s core mission is to accelerate NATO’s transformation in Command and Control, focusing on enabling NATO’s Multi-Domain Operations, transforming multinational headquarters through technology, and improving multinational decision-making in the age of AI. Colonel Groeneveld has substantial expertise in emerging technologies, cybersecurity and their impact on the command and control of multinational Deterrence and Defence. She is a frequent public speaker at international NATO and technology events and a driver for change in the art of war.

DAY ONE: TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

11:30 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: DECISIONS AT SPEED: C2 IN MODERN CRISIS RESPONSE

Join senior leaders from across NATO Centres of Excellence and operational command for a high-level discussion on how decision-making must evolve to keep pace with modern crises, this panel brings together expertise spanning cyber, command and control, crisis response, and maritime security.

As operational environments become increasingly complex and communications contested, the ability to make timely, informed decisions is critical. This session will explore how NATO members are integrating multi-domain operations to enhance interoperability, strengthen resilience, and maintain effective command and control under pressure.

Panellists will examine the practical challenges of aligning national capabilities with NATO priorities, ensuring coordination across land, sea, air, cyber, and space domains, and leveraging emerging technologies without over-reliance on them. The discussion will also address how to balance speed with accuracy in high-stakes environments, and what organisational, cultural, and technical changes are required to accelerate decision-making during crisis response.

Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how to operate effectively in degraded or denied communications environments, how to improve interoperability across allied forces, and what it truly takes to deliver decisions at speed in modern warfare.

4:00 PM OVERCOMING DATA INTEGRATION CHALLENGES THROUGH AI-DRIVEN DATA FUSION AND C2

• Creating robust and adaptable systems to overcome bottlenecks

• Working to integrate information across domains to improve C2

• Perspectives on new systems being used by Nato's C2COE

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Mietta.

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