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  • High intensity warfare, Sustainability

Supporting multi-domain operations: “Thinking And Living Through MDO”

Moderated by Hawa-Léa Sougouna, director of the Coges conference program, the panel brought together three defense players particularly well placed to tackle the subject of multi-domain operations (MDO) in the USA and NATO, as well as M2MC in France for multi-field, multi-domain: Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley Cooper, Commander of the 194th Support Battalion, US Army, deployed at Camp Humphreys in Pyongtaek, South Korea; and Dr. Michael Shurkin, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council; and Colonel Emmanuel Devigne, MDO Division Head at the Center for Command Doctrine and Lessons Learned at the Future Combat Command. Before tackling the issue of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) support, Hawa-Léa Sougouna oriented the discussion towards a betetr understanding of what MDO covers and to what extent this concept is transposable among all NATO allies.
  • High intensity warfare, e-conferences iDeaS

Hypersonic technologies: coercion vs defense

In an age of rapidly evolving technologies, hypersonic capabilities have changed the game. These advanced systems have the potential to revolutionize the balance of power between nations. At the COGES EVENTS e-conference entitled "Unveiling Hypersonic Challenges - Missiles and Countermeasures in Modern Military", held on September 19, 2023, the experts Dr. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Politico-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C. (USA), Dr. Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado (USA), and Lionel Mazenq, in charge of hypersonic missile defense programs at MBDA (France), described the technical evolution and geopolitical impact of hypersonic technologies. The panel was moderated by Hawa-Léa Sougouna, Conference Program Manager for COGES Events.
  • e-conferences iDeaS

Supporting military decision-making through advances in modeling and simulation technologies

The use of wargames, modeling and simulation is becoming increasingly widespread within the military, as armed forces face hybrid warfare. In France, the Orion23 military exercise held last spring constantly incorporated the latest feedback from the war in Ukraine into its scenarios during the months of preparation that preceded it.vAt the iDeaS by COGES EVENTS e-conference on October 17, 2023, entitled "Advancing Simulation Training Research in the Military and Defense Industry", Diederick Stolk and Jennifer McArdle highlighted the transformative power of wargaming, describing advances in simulation training as technological leaps accelerate and the security environment continues to evolve. The panel was moderated by Hawa-Léa Sougouna, Conference Program Manager for COGES EVENTS, and a summary of the discussion follows.
  • e-conferences iDeaS

Energy transition and defense: “moving forward together”

Summary of the iDeaS conference on June 20, 2023 - How can new developments in sustainable energy provide answers for the defense sector? The challenges of energy transition for the defense sector are significant, as the military strives to reduce emissions and operate in a world beset by various climate crises, while maintaining the same level of operational efficiency. At the COGES EVENTS e-conference on June 20, 2023, entitled "How can new developments in sustainable energy bring game changing answers to the defense sector", a panel brought together two experts on the subject, namely : - Dr. Constantinos Hadjisavvas, Project Manager, EU-funded programs, European Defense Agency - General (R) Tom Middendorp, former Dutch Chief of Defence and current Chairman of the International Military Council on Climate and Security The panel was moderated by Major Raphaël Danino-Perraud, commissioned officer in the "Research and Capacity" office of the French Ministry of Defence's Operational Energy Service, and Hawa-Léa Sougouna, Conference Manager for COGES EVENTS.
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Joint capability cooperation to meet the challenge of the conflict in Ukraine: a step towards standardization of the European supply chain?

Highlights of the iDeaS by COGES EVENTS e-conference on April 18, 2023 entitled "Capability cooperation: a tri-national perspective": The aim of this discussion was to compare the American approach to surge production capacity - with the specific emphasis placed on certain industrial capabilities by the Biden administration through the Defense Production Act - and the German approach to strategic breakthrough ("Zeitenwende"), alluding to German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz's speech on February 22, 2022, in which he acknowledged a "change of era".
  • High intensity, Sustainability, e-conferences iDeaS

France -War Economy: Surge Capacity And Reversibility

Deputy Director of the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department at the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, explains the concrete steps taken to ensure the transition of the defense industrial and technological base from rightsizing to a reversible war economy.
  • Sustainability, e-conferences iDeaS

NATO Military Stockpiles Policy : Reversing the Just In Time Logic

The return of high-intensity conflict in Europe is having a major impact on the way NATO countries are reconsidering their military stockpiles policies. During the iDeaS by COGES EVENTS e-conference entitled "Military stockpiles challenges within NATO?" held on March 21, three international experts looked into this specific issue.

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