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Session four

Innovation Under Fire: Adjusting Capabilities and Strategy for Modern Warfare 

September 24, 15:00-16:15

The impact of technology on battlefield outcomes has been highlighted during Russia’s war in Ukraine, where unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and crowd-sourced solutions are among the developments that have transformed the nature of warfare. To what extent are lessons from Ukraine and other recent conflicts […]

Speakers

Marko Kaseleht

Senior Vice President of Defence at Nortal

Nicholas Nelson

General Partner at Archangel / Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

Michael Vetter

Director-General for Cyber and Information Technology at the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany

Vadym Yunyk

Founder of RoGuard Systems

Moderator

Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar

Chair of the Steering Group of the UDCG IT Coalition

The impact of technology on battlefield outcomes has been highlighted during Russia’s war in Ukraine, where unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and crowd-sourced solutions are among the developments that have transformed the nature of warfare.

To what extent are lessons from Ukraine and other recent conflicts transferable to the European context? How can continuous technological innovation help states achieve tactical and strategic advantages against numerically superior adversaries? What is the relationship between emerging technologies and conventional capabilities? What new approaches to innovation and acquisition are required?