DisTec 2020

DisTec offers an engaging free to attend live theatre and demo area on the IT²EC showfloor. DisTec focuses on disruptive technology breaking the boundaries of training and simulation. Take a look at confirmed sessions below.

Opening Address by the UK's Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)

DisTec Theatre

30 mins

11:30 – 12:00

Speakers

Representative from DASA

Doing True Innovation in Defence

DisTec Theatre

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30

Chairperson

Mr James White, Executive Director - Defence Innovation Greenhouse

Speakers

Colonel Dan Cheesman MBE RN, Chief Technology Officer - Royal Navy

Mr Crossley McEwen, Innovation Scout - jHub

Lunch Break & Exhibition

60 mins

12:30 – 13:30

Leadership for Disruptive Innovation

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

13:30 – 13:50

Speakers

Mr Adrian Holt, Former RAF Engineer & Innovation Specialist for UK Strategic Command

Warfighter 2.0: Upgrading Military Performance with Neurotechnology

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

13:50 – 14:10

In the context of exciting advancements in “operational neuroscience” and neurotechnology, this talk will motivate thoughts around enhanced performance in the military. It will provide specific examp ...

Speakers

Dr Amy Kruse, Chief Scientific Officer - PlatypusNeuro

Applications for Neural Interfaces

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

14:10 – 14:30

Speakers

Mr Oliver Armitage, Co-Founder & CSO - BIOS Health

Simulating the Cognitive Domain

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

14:30 – 14:50

Speakers

Mr Robert Pratten, CEO - Conducttr

Afternoon Break & Exhibition

20 mins

14:50 – 15:10

Session - Robotics (Participants TBC)

DisTec Theatre

60 mins

15:30 – 16:30

Chairperson

Mr James White, Executive Director - Defence Innovation Greenhouse

Session by Animal Dynamics

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

15:50 – 16:10

Morning Break & Exhibition

30 mins

11:00 – 11:30

Session - Cloud Technology (Participants TBC)

DisTec Theatre

60 mins

11:30 – 12:30

Chairperson

Mr James White, Executive Director - Defence Innovation Greenhouse

Transformational Scale for "Serious Games"

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

12:20 – 12:40

Saving the lives of thousands of service men and women, training and the ability to effectively train and rehearse continues to be critical. However, there are significant challenges to deliver in tra ...

Speakers

Mr Bruce Grove, CEO and Co-Founder - Polystream

Lunch Break & Exhibition

60 mins

12:30 – 13:30

From Burning to VR Learning

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

13:30 – 13:50

This session will discuss the term 'VR' and the limitations of the different types. We will then tell the story of how and why RiVR have designed the world's first photorealistic and fully interactive ...

Speakers

Mr Alex Harvey, Co-Founder & CEO - RiVR

Authentic. Memorable. Measurable - AI Powered VR Simulation

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

13:50 – 14:10

Speakers

Mr Pat O'Connor, Managing Director - VRAI

Certification of Autonomous Vehicles with Synthetic Environments

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

14:10 – 14:30

There is an increasing desire to increase the level of autonomy on the road, both road safety and social access to mobility have plateaued over the last few years. Connected and Autonomous vehicles o ...

Speakers

Mr Nicholas Moylan, Product Specialist - Thales

TBC

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

14:30 – 14:50

Speakers

Mr Marcus Anzengruber, CEO - IPPD Solutions

Afternoon Break & Exhibition

30 mins

15:00 – 15:30

Session by IBM on Quantum Computing

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

15:30 – 15:50

Speakers

Representative from IBM

Session by Cambridge Quantum Computing

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

15:50 – 16:10

Speakers

Mr David Worrall, Head of Quantum Technologies - Cambridge Quantum Computing

Should learning coding replace learning drill?

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

16:10 – 16:30

Speakers

Flt Lt (Dr) James Kuht, jHubMed Fellow/RAF Medical Officer - jHubMed/Royal Air Force

TBC

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

16:30 – 16:50

Using AI to Build a Virtual World

DisTec Theatre

20 mins

09:30 – 09:50

The innovation enables an end-user to interact and build an environment while in VR/AR. The experience is intuitive: the user puts the headset on, grabs the controllers and starts the creation or the ...

Speakers

Mr Harold Dumur, CEO - OVA