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    Funding, Scaling, and Deploying Defence Startups: The DEFINE Playbook
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    How do you turn promising defence and dual-use startups into real, deployable capability? This session unpacks the DEFINE playbook — a practical, ecosystem-driven approach to funding, scaling, and int …
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    Teemu Seppälä
    Teemu Seppälä, Technology and Innovation Director - Defence Innovation Network Finland
    Navigating Defence Pathways: Funding, Procurement, and What Happens Next
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    Claudia Faraday
    Claudia Faraday, Platform Development & Defence Innovation Pathways Lead - DefTechLink
    Digital Combat Academy presentation
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    Or Ben Shabat
    Or Ben Shabat, Founder & CEO - Digital Combat Academy (DCA)
    Tarkus Pod Demonstration
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    GMSPAZIO Pod Demonstration
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    Serious Simulations Pod Demonstration
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    Christopher Chambers
    Christopher Chambers, Founder & CEO - Serious Simulations, LLC
    Skua Defence Pod Demonstration
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    Blackshark.ai Pod Demonstration
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    The Challenge Introduction and Welcome -Dstl
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    Tim Colebrooke
    Tim Colebrooke, Head of Portfolio - Cambridge Future Tech
    The Challenge Finalist 1 - BioRICS NV
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    Human centric AI for defence learning and performance monitoring: Real time neuroplasticity monitoring to improve training performance
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    Cato Leenders
    Cato Leenders, Algorithm Engineer - BioRICS NV
    The Challenge Winner Announcement
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    Tim Colebrooke
    Tim Colebrooke, Head of Portfolio - Cambridge Future Tech
    The Challenge Finalist 3 - Nordfen
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    AI scenario builder
    The Challenge Finalist 2 - Intelligent Artefacts
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    Optimising wargaming with human-in-the-middle AI planning
    Acquisition, acceleration and adoption
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    This panel will explore how defence organisations procure, accredit, and scale the adoption of training and simulation technologies to deliver operational capability at pace. The session will examine …
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    Martijn Boosman
    Martijn Boosman, Director of International Sales - SimX Inc
    Speakers
    Andre Turville
    Andre Turville, Chief Executive Officer - Morphose Capital Partners
    Blythe Crawford
    Blythe Crawford - Tiberius Aerospace
    Erin Hallock
    Erin Hallock, Partner - NATO Innovation Fund
    What makes a company investable?
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    This session explores how public and private funding differ, how organisations can navigate funding gaps, and what defines investability in emerging technologies. The discussion will highlight how ven …
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    Tim Colebrooke
    Tim Colebrooke, Head of Portfolio - Cambridge Future Tech
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    Ben Goodwin MBE
    Ben Goodwin MBE, Adjunct Fellow - Council on Geostrategy
    Conor Hannigan
    Conor Hannigan, Governance Officer, Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) - NATO International Staff
    Katie Underwood
    Katie Underwood, General Partner - Future Tech VC
    Wargaming showcase
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    Autonomous Platform Interaction – The Next Training Challenge
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    CAE
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    Brian Stensrud
    Brian Stensrud, Technical Fellow, Artificial Intelligence - CAE USA