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Strategic Command Speakers
Throughout DSEI 2023 leaders from Strategic Command will be sharing their insight and expertise at various speaking engagements. These include keynote speeches, chairing or joining panel discussions, and our Breakfast Briefings.
A full programme of Strategic Command personnel can be viewed here or in the below tables.
Tuesday 12 September 2023
| Time | Event | Speakers | Location |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Digital Power - Strategic Deterrence in the Information Age | Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes - Deputy Commander Strategic Command (chair) | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Leveraging FVEYS for procurement and delivery of TRL 9 capabilities | Capt(RN) Phil Coope - Deputy Head Space UKStratCom | Space Hub Forum |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | Artificial Intelligence will protect our democracies | Commodore Rachel Singleton - Defence AI Center (DAIC) (chair)
Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes - Deputy Commander Strategic Command |
Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | Achieving resilient networks and infrastructure in an age of information warfare | Maj Gen Richard Spencer – Defence Digital - Dir Deliver Int & Exped Services
RAdm Nick Washer - Defence Digital - Dir Ops |
Land Forum |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | Keynote session | Gen Jim Hockenhull - Commander Strategic Command (keynote speaker) | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | How can data-driven technologies help a force operate in changing climactic conditions and harsher environments? | Lt Gen Richard Wardlaw - Chief of Defence Logistics and Support (CDLS) | Naval Forum |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | UK & Japan: The power of technology to drive strategic collaboration, enhance security and enable growth | AVM David Arthurton – Defence Digital Dir Strategy & Military Digitisation | International Business Forum |
Wednesday 13 September 2023
| Time | Event | Speakers | Location |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | Accelerating Digitisation – the Campaign Advantage presented by Digital Exploitation for Defence (DX4D) | Charlie Forte – Defence Digital Chief Information Officer (chair)
Nina Cope - Chief Operating Officer Maj Gen Robin Anderton-Brown - Director Capability Strategic Command Caroline Bellamy - Defence Digital Chief Data Officer AVM David Arthurton – Defence Digital Dir Strategy & Military Digitisation |
Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | AI in the Royal Navy: how do we exploit integrated technologies to improve capabilities? | Commodore Rachel Singleton – DAIC (chair) | Naval Forum |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | Developing resilient and agile supply chains for cross-border logistics | VAdm Andy Kyte - CDLS (designate) | International Business Forum |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | What are the opportunities and threats of Quantum Computing in Aerospace and Defence? | Air Cdre Jason Young - Head C4ISTAR | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | How do we help the military get the most from its personnel and prepare for long term pinchpoints? | Surgeon Cdr Stuart Collett - Cmdr Joint Hospital Group - Defence Medical Services | Land Forum |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Using data to help integrate across an enterprise and between nations | AVM David Arthurton – Defence Digital Dir Strategy & Military Digitisation (speaker) | Aerospace Forum |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | Accelerating CEMA capability adoption: linking technology with operational need | Air Cdre Steve Thornber - Deputy Director, Integrated Cyber, Electromagnetic and Effects Directorate (ICED)
Gp Capt Andy Ross, Director Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Centre (JEWOSC) |
Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | Modern Cloud for the Modern Battlefield | Dave France - Defence Digital - Dir Delivery Core Information Services
Naomi Roberts - Defence Intelligence - Dir Strat & Ent |
Aerospace Forum |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | Mitigating supply chain risk: a case study in leveraging trusted networks and machine learning to unmask Russian front companies | Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes - Deputy Commander Strategic Command | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
Thursday 14 September 2023
| Time | Event | Speakers | Location |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | How can we address the war for talent in data, digital, technology and cyber security to ensure Defence has the skills it needs for the future? | Claire Fry – Defence Digital - Director Functional Integration (chair) | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | Ops SCORPIUS, SOREHAWK and GREENLIGHTER: Rapid deployment for military and humanitarian logistics | Brig Jo Chestnutt - DefSp - Head of DSCOM | International Business Forum |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | Meeting global commitments to climate change whilst exploiting opportunities to further our operational advantages | Air Cdre Angela Baker - Head Support Futures and Operational Energy Authority | Aerospace Forum |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | Unlocking the Future Force’s potential through digital transformation: how will the future force be optimised, what skills will be needed, and why is data and technology integration so crucial? | Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes - Deputy Commander Strategic Command | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 13:00 - 13:50 | How to drive multi-domain integration in a delegated Levene model | Maj Gen James Roddis - Director Strategy Strategic Command | Land Forum |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | Secure and interoperable by design: the value of integrated and collaborative cyber infrastructures | Christine Maxwell – Defence Digital | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | How can Industry and MOD jointly increase availability, capability and sustainability for enhanced readiness and support resilience in a data-driven future | VAdm Andy Kyte, CDLS (designate) | Naval Forum |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | Keynote session | Secretary of State for Defence (keynote speaker) | Strategic Command & Keynote Forum |