Dina has been Head of the Software and Cloud Services category in Defence Digital Commercial since 2019. She has supported delivery to key areas such as Cyber, Crypt Key, Intelligence, Software enterprise agreements, Cloud and hosting services and the Foundry team through a strong category focus. She joined the MOD from Worldpay, the UK’s largest payments processing company and has worked in procurement and supply chain roles within financial services throughout her career. Dina now leads the Commercial X programme alongside her Software and Hosting role. She is committed to simplifying the way MOD procures digital, innovation and technology products and services through the pan-MOD CommercialX function.

Professor Meers is a Fellow at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) specialising in application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to Defence and Security challenges. He is the Technical Strategy Leader for Dstl’s AI & Data Science Capability and the Head of Research & Experimentation in the UK’s Defence AI Centre. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton where he is focussed on responsible and trustworthy adoption of AI. He provides advice at the highest levels within the Ministry of Defence regarding the opportunities and threats presented by artificial intelligence and machine learning and how the UK can responsibly & safely adopt these technologies to strengthen Defence and National Security.

David Sully is the CEO and co-founder of Advai, a UK-based leader in AI safety and security. With over a decade of experience in Defence and Security within the UK Government, David brings a deep understanding of national security challenges to Advai's purpose. Since its establishment in 2020, Advai has become a trusted partner to UK Defence, Security, and Industry, delivering cutting-edge AI assurance capabilities. The company ensures that advanced AI systems meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and operational readiness, supporting the secure deployment of technology critical to national and strategic interests.

Charlie has 39 years industry experience gained from leading IT globally as Deputy Group Global CIO at BP, as CEO of Global IT Services at Prudential and as Interim CIO at Thames Water. He has worked as an independent consultant helping businesses transform their ability to exploit digital technology.

Charlie Forte was appointed the Chief Information Officer for the Ministry of Defence in January 2018. He is the primary advisor to the Defence Board on Information and Digital and is responsible for strategy and policy on the exploitation, operation, interoperability and protection of information and digital technology across the Ministry of Defence. This includes cyber security and resilience; the promotion of new ways of working, information technology-enabled innovation; and the delivery of effective IT services. Charlie is a member of the Defence Executive Committee and the Strategic Command Executive Committee.

Robin Riley has had a diverse career across MOD and wider Government at the interface between science, technology, strategy, delivery, and operations. Robin began his career in MOD's experimental weapons division and has a track record as an innovator and disruptor, including numerous 'firsts' in the adoption of AI, digital, hackathons and more. Robin has expertise in a range of defence-related technologies and has served as an advisor to Ministers on complex and high-profile issues. He specialises in cohering and leading teams with a mix of technical expertise. Robin currently leads the UK's central pathfinding effort to harness AI at scale and pace for Defence, as Head of AI Capability in the Defence AI Centre.

Chrissy Wong is the Assistant Head Technical Lead for DAIC Capability Development, responsible for the technical direction, developments, and delivery of the AI programmes in DAIC.  Chrissy graduated with a PhD in physics from the University of Edinburgh, specialising in optics, biophysics, and condensed matter physics.  She then joined Dstl as an Operational Analyst, working on a variety of Land Environment challenges with the Army, such as within the Challenger 2 Life Extension Programme, Army Training Data Exploitation and Land Formation Analysis.  Chrissy then moved to the Dstl Underwater Group as a Senior Scientist, leading the modelling and simulation work strand for active acoustic signature, working with the Royal Navy. Finally moving to the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) as the Defence Partner for UK Strategic Command, focusing on the exploitation and adoption of innovation into UKStratCom, including helping to enable industry SME’s to transition the “valley of death”.  This diverse technical career within Defence has given Chrissy an extensive understanding of the S&T and innovation ecosystem within Defence, which is grounded in ensuring that S&T innovation directly meets the needs of Defence end users.   This includes having a deep understanding of the challenges Defence faces with adopting and scaling innovation, which leads to Chrissy’s passion as the technical lead for the Defence AI Centre; to be able to solve and remove these challenges to enable safe, responsible and explainable AI capability to be deployed and serviced at an enterprise scale.