The Very Long Game: Global State of Defence AI

This pre-event will be dedicated to presenting a book published in July 2024 on 25 national case studies of how armed forces of various countries view defence AI; how they are developing AI-enhanced solutions, adapting existing structures and processes, and funding their defence AI endeavours; to what extent defence AI is already fielded and operated; and how soldiers and officers are being trained to work with AI (see free-access volume here). The session will also give a preview of the upcoming Estonia’s Defence AI Strategy.

Speakers

Heiko Borchert

Co-Director of Defense AI Observatory

Kateryna Chernohorenko

Deputy Minister of Defenсe for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitization in Ukraine

Michael Raska

Assistant Professor at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University

Mikk Raud

Deputy Director of the Innovation Department at the Ministry of Defence of Estonia

Moderator

Tomas Jermalavičius

Head of Studies and Research Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security