1800    Reception Starts

1830    Opening Remarks and Keynote

1915    End of formal program - Supper

2130    Reception Ends

0645 Breakfast

0700    Registration

0815    Welcome Announcements

0820    Challenge to the Conference

0830 Roundtable: Will Transformative Technologies Fundamentally Change the Nature of War?

The opening session will take the form of a roundtable that asks if transformative technologies will reshape war as we know it. Preparedness for the next generation of technologies requires cutting through hype cycles while also recognizing potential for revolutionary impacts on the horizon. From artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons to cyber operations and space-based capabilities, emerging disruptive technologies are transforming how wars are fought at an unprecedented pace. Yet a fundamental question endures: are these innovations reshaping the very nature of war, or simply altering its character? 

1000    Break

1015    Keynote Address

1100    Break

1130 Panel: Revolutions in Navigation and Sensing

New technologies in navigation and sensing promise major advantages in the context of military operations. These include next-generation navigation systems that overcome the threat of GPS denial and spoofing, the development of covert sensing capabilities to improve awareness from seafloor to space, and breakthroughs in long-range and early-warning systems. This panel explores the transformative technologies driving a revolution in navigation and sensing, their impacts on military operations, and the challenges that they promise to overcome.  

1300    Lunch

1400 Panel: Developing Defence and Dual-Use Technologies—International Cooperation or Sovereign Capabilities?

Novel technologies often emerge as a result of scientific collaboration and advances shared across a global scientific community. But countries are becoming increasingly aware that these international partnerships may risk a trade-off in terms of domestic industrial development of technologies as sovereign capabilities. This panel will discuss the tensions between international cooperation and stewardship of through industrial policy, as well as the potential impacts of these decisions on acquiring advanced military capabilities that can provide a technological and operational advantage in the field. 

1530    Break

1600    Keynote Address

1645    End of Sessions

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1845    Event

0700    Breakfast

0730    Registration

0825    Welcome and Announcements

0830    Keynote Address

0915 Panel: Use and Misuse of Transformative Technologies

As novel technologies emerge from the laboratory, end-users may use or misuse technologies, creating novel threats and opportunities from the perspective of national security. Especially in the case of dual-use technologies, where technologies are applicable to military and civilian use-cases, the potential for new harms to proceed from the development of technologies in increased. This panel considers the importance of preparing for use and misuse in the context of transformative technologies.  

1045    Break

1115 Panel: New Cyber Threats and Quantum Cryptographic Resilience

The convergence of sophisticated cyber threats and the imminent arrival of quantum computing pose an unprecedented challenge to digital security infrastructure. This panel explores the nature and scale of emerging cyber vulnerabilities, the risks posed by quantum-capable adversaries to current encryption standards, and the state of quantum cryptographic resilience as a countermeasure 

1245    Lunch

1345    Closing Keynote

1430    Closing Remarks