Navigating toward Resilience: Technological Gamechangers
Disruptive and emerging technologies—such as artificial intelligence, bioengineering, autonomous systems, and quantum computing—present substantial challenges and opportunities to the United States and its allies. To ensure the resilience of deterrence and defense, as well as of civil society, it is critical that allies continue to assess how these technologies could affect security.
Join Hudson Institute and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre (E-ARC) for a workshop on how the US and its allies should address the promises and perils of emerging technologies.
The event will consist of two panels held simultaneously in Washington, DC, and Bucharest, Romania, which will be simulcast.
Agenda
All times in EDT.
Welcome Address
- H.E. Dan-Andrei Muraru, Ambassador of Romania to the United States
- Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks
- Gen. Daniel Petrescu, Chief of Defence Staff, Romania
10:05 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.: Keynote Speech
- Gen. Philippe Lavigne, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
10:35 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: Break
10:40 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.: Session One
Washington DC
Moderator:
- Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor, Defense One
Speakers:
- Lawrence Schuette, Director, Global Research and Innovation, Lockheed Martin
- Bryan Clark, Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute
Bucharest
Moderator:
- Sascha Fahrbach, Technology and Business Journalist
Speakers:
- Patrick O’Neil, Chief Innovation Officer, Blacksky
- Victor Vevera, Director, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics
11:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.: Coffee Break
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.: Session Two
Washington DC
Moderator:
- Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor, Defense One
Speakers:
- Peter Dombrowski, Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College
- David Myers, President and CEO, Ultisat Inc.
Bucharest
Moderator:
- Sascha Fahrbach, Tech and Business Journalist
Speakers:
- Erez Koren, Director, Intelligence, Space and Cyber Directorate, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Arnold Dupuy, Chair, Energy Security in the Era of Hybrid Warfare, NATO Science and Technology Organization
12:45 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Closing Remarks
- Liliana Filip, President, Political Research Group
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