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The NAD Group Digital Engineering Conference 2026
2026-03-10 08:00 - 2026-03-11 15:30 (Europe/London) | Thornbury Active Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Thornbury, BS35 3JB
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The NAD Group Digital Engineering Conference 2026
Delivering a digitally enabled future for Defence
Following the direction of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), the UK Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) reinforced that we are in a new era of threat, which demands a new era for UK defence. An era in which we will deter the threats by sustaining warfighting readiness and strengthening security in the Euro-Atlantic. The DIS has committed to REFORM procurement, INNOVATE at wartime pace, and GROW the industrial base. As a key part of this reform, MOD is committed to ‘deliver digitally enabled acquisition’.
The Digital Engineering ‘26 conference, 10-11 March 2026 in Bristol, will provide a unique platform for Defence Leaders to share the vision for digitally enabled acquisition and the key elements that require reform for new requirements to be ‘Born Digital’ and digitally enabled through life. Digital Engineering is at the core of this reform and the conference will focus expert panels from across government, MOD, Industry and academia to address the challenges. Join us at DE’26 to work together sharing knowledge, skills and experience to improve the Digital Engineering contribution to the new era of UK Defence.
However… This isn’t a conference you sit through… It’s one you experience… Complex challenges don’t need longer talks!
They need sharper thinking, fresh perspectives, and real energy in the room.
That’s why this year we’ve reimagined the format—replacing traditional lectures with dynamic, high-impact sessions designed to challenge your thinking, keep you engaged, inspired, and part of the conversation.
The Big Idea Talk
Fifteen minutes. One powerful idea. Fast-paced, focused, and unforgettable—designed to spark debate, and give you something you’ll be thinking about long after you leave the room.
The Deep Dive Conversation
A live, unscripted exchange with leading voices—where ideas are tested, challenged, and taken further. Think podcast-style energy, real-time exchange, and ideas you can use—fuelled by expert voices and audience interaction. Expect less sitting back…More lean-in moments…
And conversations that stay with you long after the conference ends!

See below for details of the conference themes, speakers invited and attending and please note the programme is still growing, this is just a taster – TBC and STC.
The programme so far, watch out for updates!

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Ticket Prices do not include VAT

Members: £600 Both days, £325 Single day & £100 Virtual
Non Members: £900 Both days, £500 Single day & £200 Virtual
MOD: Free of charge

Remember to book Network Extra (as a sub event). Entry is included on Day One and Both Day Tickets… Enjoy a less formal evening (17.30-20.00) to connect with delegates and exhibitors. (Drinks and hot meal provided)
DE26 contacts: sue.russell@teamdefence.info, kelly.gough@teamdefence.info, demi.bowler@teamdefence.info

Defence Energy Conference 2026
2026-04-21 - 2026-04-23
​The Defence Energy Conference 2026 will take place on 21-22 April in Bristol
This is a closed, in‑person conference with strictly limited attendance. Only senior MOD leaders and decision‑makers responsible for Defence’s future energy and resilience requirements will be present, ensuring focused, high‑value discussion throughout.
The Defence Energy Conference 2026 brings partners together to build shared clarity joining defence, energy resilience and industrial capability. In a complex and uncertain environment, no single organisation holds the full picture. Progress depends on collaboration, openness and a common understanding of how energy-related activity connects across the system.
The conference provides a structured forum for defence, allies, partners, industry, finance and academia to align perspectives, share insight and explore credible pathways forward. Grounded in the operational realities of our developing operating context, it supports clearer connections between innovation, infrastructure, supply chains and future capability needs.
The intent is to strengthen coherence: helping partners understand where their efforts intersect, where dependencies exist, and how collective action can improve resilience over time. By improving shared understanding and coordination, the conference supports more confident decision-making and a stronger foundation for future energy-related activity across defence and its partners.
Strategic Coherence in UK Defence, Energy and Industrial Policy (2025–26)
Purpose and importance – Since early 2025, UK strategy has shifted toward a more integrated view of national security, resilience and industrial capacity. Defence, energy and economic policy are no longer treated as parallel tracks but as interdependent parts of a single system operating under sustained uncertainty. This creates both pressure and opportunity for defence. The importance lies not in confirmed programmes or funding lines, but in the growing expectation that defence will articulate its needs in ways that shape wider national priorities, investment logic and industrial behaviour.
Key defence implications – For defence, the implication is a stronger role in setting direction rather than reacting to supply. Energy security and resilience, infrastructure dependence and industrial capacity are increasingly recognised as national security concerns, giving defence greater influence over cross-government thinking. The opportunity is to translate operational energy realities into clear capability signals that inform industrial strategy, innovation focus and long-term resilience planning. Anchored by UK Ministry of Defence, defence can act as a convenor and system integrator, shaping shared understanding of risk, dependency and priority rather than relying on fragmented, short-term solutions.
TD-Info Contacts: sue.russell@teamdefence.info, kelly.gough@teamdefence.info, demi.bowler@teamdefence.info

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2026-07-08 08:00 - 2026-07-09 14:30 | Active Conference Centre, Thornbury Active Lifestyle Centre,Alveston Hill, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 3JB, United Kingdom
SDR One Year On: A Singular Digital Function Reforming, Integrating & Delivering with Industry
Day 1 builds the strategic and structural foundations for Defence’s digital transformation, progressing from intent to operating models, and exemplary case studies from MOD and Industry. Delegates will attain a shared understanding of how the unified Digital Function will change how Defence operates and works with industry.
Opening Plenary: Delivering Transformation

Panel 1: The Digital Function – How the Digital Function will ensure digital and data are central to meeting Defence outcomes and enabling the Integrated Force
Panel 2: Decision Making at the Speed of Relevance – How secure data, AI and federated architectures are enabling timely decision advantage across military domains
Panel 3: Innovation and Industrial Power for Competitive Advantage – Embracing innovation within the defence sector is a strategic imperative for maintaining competitive advantage

Day 1 includes Ted Talks, Early Careers and Conversations and concludes with Network Extra, closing at 20.00 hrs
Transforming UK Warfighting
Day 2 shifts to operational delivery: the frontline difference digital makes.
Keynote: Learning the Lessons – Insights from conflict and NATO adaptation, and what Defence must apply with urgency.

Panel 4: Delivering the Integrated Force – Providing Industry with a framework to interface with the Digital Targeting Web. Strategic Intent needs Purposeful Delivery
Panel 5: Unleashing Innovation – Technology, foresight, and experimentation: what does the future hold?

DAY 2 – WORKSHOP – Delivering the Digital Targeting Web – DI26 will conclude with a two-hour, deep dive workshop on one of Defence’s most ambitious digital programmes: the Digital Targeting Web.
Exhibition Stand Space and Sponsorships are available from £1200 plus VAT, click on the Sponsor/Exhibit button to book.
Ticket Information

TD-Info Members: Both Days £600, Day One or Day Two £325, Virtual £100
Non-Members: Both Days £900, Day One or Day Two £500, Virtual £200
MOD: All tickets FOC

Note: Day One and Both Day tickets include Network Extra, the above prices are subject to 20% VAT.
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