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DSEI 2025 - Breakfast Briefings

Join us for the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Breakfast Briefings, where you can broaden your horizons before the day begins.

A light breakfast will be provided at 0930, offering a chance to network with senior leaders from various departments within our organisation, before the briefings commence.


Wednesday 10 September 2025

Time Location Event Speaker
09:45 Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Forum Global strategic trends and the future operating environment Air Vice Marshal Mark Ridgway, Head of Defence Futures (Presenter)
09:45 Naval Forum Integrated Global Defence Network (IGDN) Dr Samantha Griffiths, Director Overseas Bases (Presenter)

Air Vice Marshal Mike Blackburn, Director Global Defence Network (Presenter)
10:00 Naval Forum Training and education, opportunities for the future Integrated Force Major General Peter Rowell MBE, Commandant and Chief Executive, UK Defence Academy (Presenter)
14:30 Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Forum Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force Air Vice Marshal Tom Ashbridge, Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Director (Presenter)


Thursday 11 September 2025

Time Location Event Speaker
09:45 Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Forum Digital skills for defence and digital bursaries Jon Forman, Head of the Digital Function, Capability & Comms at National Armaments Director Group (NADG) (Presenter)
09:45 Naval Forum Artificial Intelligence, opportunities for the future integrated force Commodore Rachel Singleton, Head Defence Artificial Intelligence Centre (Presenter)
10:00 Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Forum Integrated casualty care – modernising the end-to-end care pathway Major General Phil Carter, Surgeon General, Defence Medical Services (Presenter)
10:00 Naval Forum Operational Lessons and implications for the future Integrated Force Air Vice Marshal Simon Strasdin, Director Integrated Warfare Centre (Presenter)