PRE-CONFERENCE FOCUS DAY | 28 MAY | EXPLOITING AI & ML TO ENHANCE THE OODA LOOP
8:00 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:00 am - 9:15 am CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Lieutenant General Raymond Palumbo
Former Director for Defense Intelligence - Warfighter SupportU.S. Department of Defense
9:15 am - 10:15 am OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE AND TRANSFORMATION OF ISR
· Leveraging C4ISR innovation
· Retaining the information advantage in the digital age
· Assessing variety, volume, velocity, and veracity of data
· OSINT and AI for disparate forms of data and data analysis while in motion
· Employing predictive AI to improve decision-making at all echelons of warfare
10:15 am - 12:00 am PROJECT MAVEN
· Fielding AI for PED of TUAV, medium altitude, wide-area motion imagery
· Employing AI for image classification to enhance the kill-chain and close the sensor-shooter gap
· Outlining R&D priorities in cloud computing and open source algorithms
10:45 am - 11:45 am TRANSFORMING DATA INTO INFORMATION ADVANTAGE
· Applying technological advances to increase tempo in the decision-loop
· Enabling agile decision-making by ensuring effective flow of information
· Assessing procurement priorities and the need to increase defence budget to attain information advantage
11:15 am - 11:45 am MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
Major General Odd-Harald Hagen
Head of the Department of Defence Policy and Long term planningNorwegian MoD
11:45 am - 12:15 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: COMMERCIAL INNOVATION FOR THE DEFENCE ENTERPRISE
· Technological innovation as a capability enabler: involving SMEs in the defence procurement cycle
· Evaluating ways to better exploit COTS technology and leverage innovation
· Investing into R&D, disruptive innovation, and S&T synchronisation
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm LESSONS LEARNED: ACCELERATING PROCUREMENT OF COTS
· Speeding up acquisition to keep pace with technological development in the commercial sector
· Integrating innovation to remain a step ahead of the rapidly evolving adversary
· COTS and rapid innovation
