Resilience Conference Warsaw is the leading gathering for the defence and security innovation ecosystem: a place where breakthrough ideas meet the people with the power to scale them.

This is the first conference of its kind in Warsaw, and it will bring together the people leading defence tech and innovation in the country, and across the region. Our focus is on how we protect the Eastern Flank.

The panels will explore this critical question from a number of angles, from information to the air. Our panels will examine the government initiatives being built to engage with and support defence tech. There will be a strong focus on finance, from venture capital to government funding. The leading investors from the region will be talking about their investment strategy, the wider ecosystem, and some of the startups they are backing. Founders will be talking about their own journeys, and about how their tech is being deployed to defend Europe’s Eastern Flank. The Ukrainian military will share their lessons on a panel curated by our partners at Snake Island Institute, and we will deep dive into the important topic of disinformation with a panel curated with our partner, Athena.

We will look upwards, at drones, counter-drones, and space. We will explore single use defence tech, and the emergence of strong dual-use case studies, for example in the space sector. Some of the smartest people in this industry will be on the stage in Warsaw.

Come to learn, but also come to network. The conference is designed to help develop this important ecosystem and the networking will offer an opportunity for startup, investors, and others involved in the sector to meet leaders in the Polish ecosystem, and for Polish attendees to meet the people building defence tech across Europe and the US.

We are a collaborative and mission-driven organisation focussed on the wider ecosystem; nobody pays be to on our stage. We have designed the conference with support from our presenting partner, Expeditions, and with support from our sponsors, OTB Ventures and Nato Innovation Fund, as well as our partners Darkstar, the Pulaski Foundation, Snake Island Institute, and Athena.