What are the practical challenges with quickly building up a nation’s military capabilities? After decades of stability operations abroad, both the US and Germany are now preparing for a peer-to-peer conflict. In this panel, we will hear from a diverse set of voices in the defense industry, politics, the military, and academia what they perceive as the biggest challenges in implementing the “Zeitenwende” – and discuss ways to overcome them.

SPEAKERS:

• Thomas Erndl: Deputy Chair Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag, CDU/CSU
• Dr. Elisabeth Hauschild: Senior Vice President / Head of Governmental Affairs, Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG
• Eric Rosenbach: Senior Lecturer and Director of the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program, Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School
• Sven Weizenegger: Head of Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub
• Lieutenant Colonel Hekja Marlen Werner: Commander, Armored Artillery Battalion 375, Bundeswehr; first female battalion commander in the Bundeswehr
• Moderation: Marshall Reid: ​​Senior Manager, US-EU-Asia Dynamics, Bertelsmann Foundation