MSC Innovation Night 2024

The seventh MSC Innovation Night will place a particular emphasis on partnerships. While the imperative for accelerating innovation and adoption has been accepted throughout the Alliance, views, and experiences of means to reach that end and the kind of partnerships needed to enable and spread innovation diverge widely. The Munich Security Conference, in partnership with the Cyber Innovation Hub of the Federal Armed Forces, seeks to provide a platform for the debate of best practices and lessons learned and is thrilled that some of the most accomplished and forward-thinking minds from the defense and innovation sectors have already agreed to speak at this year’s Innovation Night.

Recommended Reading: "The Defense Innovation Readiness Gap Series: Realizing Partnership Potential"

Speaker
 

Carsten Breuer
General; Chief of Defense, Federal Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin

Dana (Keoki) Jackson
Senior Vice President National Security and General Manager, MITRE Corporation, McLean

David van Weel
Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels

Mykhailo Fedorov
Deputy Prime Minister for Innovations, Development of Education, Science & Technologies and Minister of Digital Transformation, Ukraine, Kyiv

Christian Bruch
President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Energy; Co-Chair of the Security Innovation Board, Munich Security Conference, Munich

Sven Weizenegger
Director, Cyber Innovation Hub, Federal Ministry of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin

Matthew Schlueter
Global Defense and Security Sector Leader, Boston Consulting Group, Washington, DC

Michael Vetter
Lieutenant General; Director General for Cyber and Information Technology, Federal Ministry of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin

Christoph Heusgen
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich

Moderator: Jeanne Meserve
Host, NatSec Tech Podcast, Washington, DC

Start-Up Pitches:

Augmented Common Operational Picture
Christoph Ritschel, Alexandra Spann

Crowdsourced Information Platform
Jakob Ningelgen, Stefan Taing

Multisensor Data Fusion
Jan Philipp Krahn, Patrick O´Keeffe

TYTAN Technologies
Balázs Nagy, Batuhan Yumurtaci

Please make sure to arrive at the venue 45 minutes prior to the event to allow sufficient time for security checks. Access to the Hotel Bayerischer Hof (Main Hall) will only be possible through the "Entrance Prannerpassage" on Prannerstraße.

Unfortunately, the event is already fully booked. However, you are welcome to follow the livestream here.