The Atlantic Council | In-Person Event

Description: Please join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense program for the hybrid public launch of the Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption’s Final Report on Tuesday, January 16, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET at the Atlantic Council headquarters (1030 15th Street, 12th Floor, NW, Washington, DC 20005) and via Zoom. This event will launch the Commission’s final report which expands on the recommendations of the interim report released in April, and adds eight vignettes which examine cases of innovation success in the defense enterprise. The event will feature remarks by Commission Co-chairs, former Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper and former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James as well as a panel with the report authors and Commissioners. The event will also honor the recipient of the Atlantic Council’s 2023 Award for Defense Innovation, which is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and dedication to advancing the Department of Defense’s ability to innovate by overcoming challenges of adopting cutting-edge technology from commercial and defense industries. This final report advances ten policy recommendations and includes eight cases of success to demonstrate how the Department of Defense and Congress can increase the speed at which technological innovation can be transformed into capabilities in the hands of US warfighters.

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