Boots to Bots: From Cyber To The Grey Zone

Tuesday 23rd March, 10:00 – 17:00 GMT

We face a world where the unexpected happens overnight, technology is changing, enemies are unorthodox and virtual conversations have real-world impact. How can Western militaries adapt to a world where international players are manipulating cyberspace, using proxies to warp the information environment in ways that shape operations?

Join the Project for the Study of the 21st Century, the Wavell Room, and the British Army Cyber Association for a one day conference about the changing face of warfare. Sessions will include presentation and discussion of recent trends in cyber, high-tech, information and other forms of confrontation.

Boots to Bots – From Cyber to the Grey Zone

1000 – Introduction (Army Cyber Association/PS21)

1005 – Delivering in an Uncertain Age

Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb – Former UK Director Special Forces and Command the Field Army

Liisa Past – Former National Cyber Risk Officer, Estonia. Head of Cyber Security Development, Cybernetica

1050 – The Future in Practice – Operating in the Grey Zone Today

Dr Ivo Juurvee – International Centre for Defence and Security, Tallin, Estonia

Lt Col Chris Fogarty MBE– Commanding Officer 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)

Lt Col Anthony Neylan – Army Information Directorate, Army Headquarters

James Athow-Frost – Major, Parachute Regiment. Founder, Wavell Room

Ruaridh Arrow – Former Harvard Fellow, BBC journalist and open source specialist. Army Reservist.

1130 – Break

1140 – Imagining war in 2030

Dr Christopher Ankersen – former Canadian Army officer, Clinical Professor, New York University

Harry Porteous – former British Army Officer, now working on AI and UAVs

Delina Goxho – Complete specialist focusing on remote warfare in the Sahel

1210 – Breakout Groups on “Hybrid and Cyber in 2030”

1245 – Lunch Break

1400 – International Approaches to Cyber and the Grey Zone

Kristen Hajduk – Former Operations Director, US Department of Defense National Security Innovation Network

Nigel Inkster – Former Deputy Chief, UK Secret Intelligence Service

Nina Jankowicz – Disinformation Fellow, Wilson Center, author of “How to Lose the Information War”

1455 – Break

1500 – GCHQ After 9/11: Lessons for Today

John Basset – Former senior GCHQ official

1510 – 10 Things I’ve Learned in Public Sector Cyber Security

Owen Pritchard – Cyber Lead, Local Government Association.

1520 – Breakout Groups on “What UK Defence Must Do to Adapt”

1545 – Beyond The Integrated Review

Abigail Watson – Conflict and Security Policy Coordinator, Saferworld

Nick Reynolds – Land Warfare Associate, Royal United Services Institute

Dr. Larry Lewis – Director of the Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence at CNA

1630 – Ending

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