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This year's Resilience Conference is dedicated to the future.
Resilience Conference 2025 is dedicated to the future -- how technology, strategy, and investment are reshaping defence and security today, and where they are headed next.
Across panels, keynote conversations, and breakout sessions, leaders, operators, investors, and founders will dive into the critical questions driving innovation in defence. From autonomy and encryption to industrial resilience and national security ecosystems, we’ll explore how technology is deployed to protect and strengthen democracies.
Join us at Resilience Conference 2025 for two days of vital conversations at the intersection of technology, defence, and democracy.
Technology
The Future of Kinetics
Weapons are no longer just the domain of traditional heavy industry. Tech investors are backing weapons development, and founders are applying lessons from mainstream tech to defence.
Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy
From supply chains to manufacturing, technology is reshaping how nations prepare for deterrence and conflict.
The Autonomous Battlefield
Autonomy is advancing rapidly. We’ll hear from innovators shaping everything from cutting-edge technologies to the ethics of the human role in the kill chain.
What the Next War Will Look Like
Is the war in Ukraine a model for the future, or will conflicts evolve differently? Military experts and technologists share their perspectives.
War in the Water
Autonomy and technology are rapidly reshaping maritime warfare. Investors, founders, and naval officers provide an insider’s view.
The Modern Battlefield
An in-depth look at the technologies transforming combat today and what will define tomorrow’s battlespace.
The Future of Encryption
Brilliant minds at the frontier of encryption and quantum-resistant security discuss how to protect critical infrastructure.​​
Policy
The UK Strategic Defence Review: Four Months On
Policymakers and authors of the UK's SDR reflect on its early impact and the role of major reviews in shaping strategy.
The UK National Security Tech Ecosystem
Three national security agencies share how they are investing, co-creating, and engaging with startups to bring innovation into national security.
The Technologies at the Heart of National Security
HMGCC outlines the technologies it is prioritising to strengthen the UK's future security.
Real Lessons from Ukraine
Beyond drones: Ukraine’s wartime tech revolution reveals lessons about digital infrastructure, startups, and alternative capital.
Changing Defence Acquisition
Veterans of defence innovation discuss new approaches to pull-through and adoption in acquisition systems.​
Investment and Funding
The Rise of Pan-European Defence Tech Funds
National funds are scaling across borders. Investors leading this transformation explain how Europe’s defence investment landscape is changing.
Building Defence Tech Ecosystems
Estonia’s DarkStar shares how hackathons, bootcamps, angel investment, and dedicated funds helped create Europe’s most dynamic defence tech ecosystem.
Investors and Founders Defending Nations
Plural, General Catalyst, Lakestar, and other leading funds and startups discuss the role of capital, networks, and know-how in protecting their countries.