Sydney, Australia – 2020Partners kicks off its inaugural Advanced Technology Dialogue in Sydney and Canberra, with support from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and our media partner, KBI.Media. This initiative aims to facilitate greater connections between Australia, United Kingdom and the United States on mission critical technology innovation under AUKUS Pillar2.

The AUKUS Advanced Technology Dialogue is set to bring together industry leaders, government officials, and private sector executives to share insights and strategies for managing strategic security challenges. This three-day event will serve as a platform for knowledge for exchange and collaboration, aiming to identify our shared technology future and what we need to do now to best defend ourselves and take advantage of innovation and the opportunities being created in the private sector.

Greg Sim, Partner from 2020Partners commented,

“I’m delighted to lead this Dialogue in Australia. Our approach has been successful in the United Kingdom and the United States of America and we’ve always wanted to do the same for Australia.”

Sim continued,

“We want to showcase what’s out there in terms of innovation by small to medium enterprises and ask the hard questions about how we’re realistically going to draw on these capabilities to strengthen our collective security posture. We’re thrilled to be doing that at ASPI with government and industry partners.”

Sim went on to say,

“We believe this event demonstrates how we can come together in a trusted environment where the idea is to bridge the divide between what we think we know and what we actually know.”

Special Guests:

A warm welcome to and mention to some of our special guests travelling from the USA and the UK.

Beth Sanner | Former Deputy Director for National Intelligence, ODNI

Beth Sanner served in the U.S. Intelligence Community for 35 years holding senior roles at ODNI and CIA. She was former Deputy Director for Mission Integration at ODNI, and served the daily intelligence briefer to President Trump. Beth is now a senior fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Centre and contributor to CNN.

Paddy McGuinness | Former Deputy National Security Advisor United Kingdom

From 2014 – 2018, Paddy McGuinness was the UK’s Deputy National Security Advisor for Intelligence, Security and Resilience and Government Chief Security Officer advising two successive British Prime Ministers on UK Homeland Security policy, capabilities and related legislation. This included the UK’s National Risk Assessment and ability to respond to and recover from all hazards and threats, National crisis response and coordination, Cyber strategies and programmes, Counter Terrorism and approach to managing Hostile State Activities including the resilience of Critical National Infrastructure. He chaired the Investment Security Group re-viewing FDI and M&A for National Security purposes.

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About ASPI

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank established by the Australian Government in 2001. ASPI provides expert and timely advice to Australian and international policymakers on a wide range of critical strategic issues.