Adam Hogan
Vice President Hivemind – Australia, Asia & Middle East Shield AI
Adam Hogan is Vice President of Hivemind for Australia, Asia and the Middle East at Shield. He leads the growth of the company's AI pilot autonomy software across the region. He brings more than three decades of experience in defence and aerospace, most recently at Thales, where he led the Air Traffic Control and Digital export business unit across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, managing a team of 270 people and more than $130 million in revenue. Earlier in his career he served as an Aircraft Navigator and Instructor in the Royal Australian Air Force. He holds a BSc from UNSW and an MBA in International Business and Corporate Finance from Deakin Universit
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4:40 PM Partner Case Study | Trust is the Asymmetric Advantage
As AI moves into national security, how can Australia accelerate capability while retaining the authority to shape, assure and evolve it? Drawing on Australian and international partnerships across air and maritime platforms, Adam Hogan explores how mission autonomy can scale without tying defence to a single platform or supplier. He outlines three priorities: open interfaces and common standards that preserve choice; acquiring mission autonomy separately from the platform; and earning trust through transparent evidence, Australian-defined guardrails and Run-Time Assurance. The keynote examines how close collaboration between defence, industry and allies can reduce integration risk, strengthen Australian Design Authority and sustain human control and accountability. The goal is lasting sovereign capability built on partnerships that preserve Australia's freedom to choose.
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