This workshop is about restructuring decision-making processes in hierarchical organisations, like the military, in the light of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning that will soon reach new dimensions (“real AI”). Traditional Command and Control philosophy will increasingly come under pressure by imminent changes to the existing balance between centralised computing power (cloud) vs. computing at the edge (smart phones). H...

The Global SOF Symposium - Belgium will be the 4th Global Special Operations Forces (SOF) Foundation event in Europe. The previous year's event in Madrid, Spain, brought in 400+ attendees from 30 Nations. Symposium Highlights A packed agenda that includes high-ranking speakers and extensive networking opportunities Exhibit and sponsorship opportunities for industry partners Attendees include: active duty and retired military and police, govern...

The underlying theme for this one-day workshop is how to secure key functionalities of government in a less disruptive, more resilient way against various threats and to sustain trust. On the one hand there are well-known but intensifying threats to the public sector, such as malware, spyware and in particular APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats). In addition, there are new categories of threats imminent through a myriad of new attack vectors st...