08:15

REGISTRATION

09:00

OPENING | Opening remarks from the Chair

The Hon Christopher Pyne, Executive Chairman, Pyne and Partners & 54th Australian Minister for Defence

Strengthening Ties and the Challenges Ahead

09:10

Welcome remarks

 Jeffrey Robinson, Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

09:20

Keynote Address – Enhancing ROK’s 3K Defence System Capabilities

• Defence innovation 4.0
• Transforming South Korea into an AI and scientific technology powerhouse
• Workforce challenges arising from the demographic crisis.
• Fostering a collaborative approach of join training and agility to uphold peace in the region.

09:50

Keynote Address – The power of land forces in modern warfare

• How presence, persistence, symmetry, versatility, and being of good value for money will help transform the army from a joint force into an integrated force.
• Optimising littoral operations to best support multi domain combat fight
• Adopting long-range precision fires to assist resilient autonomy at scale
• The need for sharing data at machine speed.

BRIG Rebecca Talbot, Director General Logistics, Australian Army

10:20

The Geopolitical challenges in the region

• Assessing the geopolitical risks facing the Republic of Korea
• Increasing complex security threats
• Introducing ROK’s Indo-Pacific strategy
• Australia as a comprehensive strategic partner

Suon Choi, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses

10:50

Networking and morning refreshment break

Delivering Capability and Export Opportunities

11:20

South Korea’s emergence as a Defence industrial powerhouse

• Assessing the growth of the Korea’s defence industry
• Emerging challenges for South Korea’s defence sector
• Navigating the ever-increasing complexity of the global defence market

Prof Wooyeal Paik, Director, Centre for Security Strategy, Aerospace strategy & Technology Institute, Yonsei University

11:50

Keynote Industry Address

Kwon-Sik Woo, Director, Marketing & Sales Naval & Special Ship Business Unit, Hyundai Heavy Industries

12:10

Challenges in accessing supply chains in Australia and Korea

• Enhancing collaboration with international allies
• Identifying areas of common interests
• Manpower issues
• Financing growth in the defence industry
• Can Korea become the world’s 4^th largest Defence exporter?

Yong-Jun Choi, Secretary General, Korean Defense Diplomacy Association

12:30

Korea-Australia Defence Industry Cooperation and Opportunities for Defence Export

• Outlining current partnerships between Korean & Australian Defence Industry
• Coordinated projects, technology exchange and integration of supply chains
• Opportunities for Korean companies to access the Australian market; where are the areas of demand?
• Regulatory challenges and Australian government’s procurement policy

Julie Quinn, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Seoul, AUSTRADE

13:00

Lunch

Emerging Technology; New Markets; New Challenges; New Opportunities

14:00

Keynote Address – Korea-Australia Common Challenges and Cooperation in the Tech-driven New Cold War

• AI, Quantum and Emerging Technologies: New Cold War Technology?
• Military and Economic, Cyber Security Challenges by Emerging Technologies
• Evolving Cyber Security Threats posed by Emerging Technologies
• Cyber Security and Resilience in the Era of Emerging Technology
• Korea-Australia Joint Cooperation Programs for Enhancing Cyber Security in the New Cold War

Prof Jong Im Lim, Presidential Special Advisor, The Government of the Republic of Korea

14:30

Tangible Strategy for Sustainable Space Collaboration between Korea and Australia

Dr Sunghee Lee, Founder and CEO, CONTEC

14:50

Accessing US government rapid procurement vehicles for allied nations, including in advanced prototyping and experimentation. 

• US government’s ‘Build Allied’ initiative for an allied defence industrial base.
• The fusion of dual-use technology, private capital and rapid procurement vehicles linked to contracts.
• Challenges and opportunities for allied nations.
• Case study: Other Transaction vehicles for allied nations’ advanced prototyping and experimentation.

Guy Boekenstein, Director, Armatus.ai

15:10

Networking and afternoon refreshment break

How AI will Reshape the Future of Defence Capability

15:40

The development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence in Defence

• Establishing the Defense AI Centre – Its purpose, aims and mission.
• Developing AI-based manned and unmanned teaming systems
• Enhancing Battlefield situational awareness
• Applying AI technologies used in the civilian sector to the military.

Dr Ki-ho Kwak, CTO, Defense AI Centre, Agency for Defense Development

16:10

Creating Real-time Military applications for enhanced situational awareness and intelligent decision-making

16:30

Panel Discussion: Emerging technologies for advanced capability

• Ai and autonomy
• Advanced manufacturing
• Cyber capabilities
• Hypersonic advancements
• Quantum technologies
• Electronic warfare

17:00

Closing remarks from the Chair

17:10

Networking Drinks