The International Defence and Security (IDEaS) Symposium is an annual event that brings together participants in innovation ecosystems from Defence, Industry and Academia to exchange ideas and information and to foster connections and collaborations among Military operations, Defence decision-makers,  Academic researchers and Industry capability developers.

This Symposium aims to bring together subject matter experts from Military, Government, Industry, and Academia to discuss the development of Defence and Industry Sovereign Capability for the Defence and Security of their nations. Key capabilities identified include, but not limited to:

1. Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence
2. Human-Autonomy Teaming
3. Command and Control
4. Decision Support
5. Power and Energy/Green Hydrogen
6. Information Warfare, Cyber and Network Enabled Capability
7. Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
8. Advanced and Networked Sensing
9. Health, Nutrition and Technology Driven Training
10. Quantum Technology for Sensing and Imaging, Communication and Cryptography and Computing and Simulation
11. Space Technologies

This is an invitation to academics, defence research institutions, industrial and commercial organisations, and the military to attend and/or offer ideas and experience in the field of developing Defence and Industry Sovereign capability and associated disciplines.