Military Innovation Studies Summit 2024

Program

Wednesday 16 October
Day 1: The Hot Stuff of Military Innovation

Please note that registration will take some time due to security protocols, and all attendees are required to present a valid ID or passport at check-in.

08:00-08:45 Registration at Drottning Kristinas Väg 37, 114 28 Stockholm.

Room: L1

9:00-9:10 Welcome and opening remarks by the chair, July Decarpentrie, Doctoral Student in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University

9:10-9.55 The scientific way of warfare, Antoine Bousquet, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Swedish Defence University

9:55-10:40 Military utility of future technologies, Stefan Silfverskiöld, Captain, Head of Department, Senior Lecturer, Swedish Defence University

10:40-11:00 Swedish fika outside L1

11:00-11:45 Data, attention and control - how digital technologies, datafication and related media practices have transformed war today, Matthew Ford, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Swedish Defence University

11:45-12:30 Big data, big opportunities - big data's application in war, Johanne Jensen Skeie, Associate Researcher, Norwegian Defence University College

12:30-13:30 Lunch outside Sverigesalen (main building, Drottning Kristinas väg 37)

Room: Sverigesalen

13:30-14:15 Military models: a framework for analysing the diffusion of military innovations, Raphael Lima, Doctoral Student, King’s College London

14:15-15:00 Military capability development – perspectives on an entangled ‘ecosystem, LtCol Hanna Jungwallius, Department of Systems Science for Defence and Security, Swedish Defence University

15:00-15:15 Break outside Sverigesalen

15:15-16:15 A snapshot of current research - 15 minutes per speaker

This session is split into two simultaneous sets, so please choose to attend either Room 1 or Room 2.

Room 1: Sverigesalen

Moderator: July Decarpentrie

• The drivers of international defence industrial collaboration
  Mehmet Onur Sahin, PhD Student, University of Warwick King’s College London
  
  
• The roles of Doctrine in military innovation
  John Nisser, PhD Student/Captain (SwAF), Swedish Defence University
  
  
• Operational Research and Historical Analysis in Defence
  John Magill, Military Practioner, Cambridge University
  
  
• Crisis is the Real Mother of Invention – Lessons from Ukraine
  Roland Hellberg, Associate Professor, Swedish Defence University
  
• What is the "problem" in the European Union's cybersecurity policy? The politics of cybersecurity problem representations and governing practices
  Maria Prevezianou, PhD Student, Swedish Defence University

Room 2 - Raab

Moderator: Agnes Termeer

• Determinants of Defence Technology Innovation: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Geopolitical And Policy Factors AcrossLeading and Emerging Nations
  Mümin Ahmedoğlu, Master’s Student in Management & Technology,
  Technical University of Munich
  
  
• The limits of autonomy - Critically assessing factors limiting full autonomy of military ground vehicles
  Liska Suckau, Researcher, PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
  
  
• Human interaction with clever and social machines
  Eva Lagg, Docent, Senior Lecturer, Swedish Defence University
  
  
• Cross-sector collaboration for stronger defence innovation systems and material supply
  Maria Hultqvist, Analyst, FOI - Swedish Defence Research Agency

• Military Innovation from an Innovation System perspective,
  Lt. Col. Stig Tore Aannø, Military lecturer and researcher, Norwegian Defence University College

16:30-19:00 Networking drinks and finger food - Venue Hyllan - TASTE Restaurant (Mlavinas väg 4)

Thursday 17 October
Day 2: All Hands on Deck!

Room: L1

9:00 Welcome and opening remarks by the chair, Agnes Termeer, Doctoral Student, Swedish Defence University

9:00-9:45 How AI changes warfare and strategic competition - getting a deeper understanding of the relationship between information, organizational dynamics, and military power, Benjamin Jensen, Professor, Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting (USA)

9:45-10:30 Ensuring lawful use of autonomous weapons - an operational perspective, Camilla Guldahl Cooper, Associate Professor, Norwegian Defence University College

10:30-10:45 Swedish fika outside L1

10:45-11:30 Let's talk about money - defence budgeting: emerging tech and how it’s chosen, Jacquelyn Schneider, Hoover Fellow and Director of the Hoover Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative, Hoover Institution (USA)

11:30-12:00 Creating a Swedish dual-use defence tech ecosystem for capital, innovation and national security - experiences from the USA
Carl Berg, Principal, Dual Bridge (USA), formerly Combat Boat Commander CB90, Coastal Ranger Company KA1

12:00-13:15 Lunch outside Anna Lindh library (main building, Drottning Kristinas väg 37)

13:15-14:15 Moderated roundtables

The moderated roundtables will provide an interactive platform for discussion, allowing participants to engage with each other on pre-assigned topics in a split session format. Four tables will be operating simultaneously, so you can choose to sit at any of the tables in either Room 1 or Room 2 to contribute to the conversation.

Room 1: Landqvist

Timekeeper: July Decarpentrie

• Use of artificial intelligence by armed forces
  Alastair Finlan, Professor of War Studies, Swedish Defence University
  
  
• Innovation management and value gained from a systematic approach
  Ingrid Kihlander, Adjunct Professor, Swedish Defence University
  

Room 2: N205A

Timekeeper: Agnes Termeer

• Why do armies innovate?
  Raphael Lima, Doctoral Student, King’s College London (UK)

• How are security and technology development framed in social sustainability narratives/practices?
  Irja Malmio, Doctoral Student, Swedish Defence University

14:15-14:30 Break outside Landqvist

Room: Landqvist

14:30-15:30 Panel - Experience sharing - How the private sector and academia can collaborate creatively: joint operation between FHS and Saab AB

Panel Moderator
Jan Ångström, Professor, Swedish Defence University

Panellists
Michael Ekenstedt, Adjunct Professor, Swedish Defence University

Louise Rixon Fuchs, Doctoral Student for The Division Of Robotics, Perception And Learning, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)

Stefan Andersson, Group Strategy, Saab AB

15:30 Summit end