BISI co-organised a high-level conference at King's College London, in partnership with King's Defence, Security and Policy (KDSP), the Centre for Defence Studies, the NATO Defence College Foundation, the Kyiv School of Economics and the One Decision Podcast.

This conference brought together senior Ukrainian and Western experts to discuss how the Ukraine War can inform Western strategy and preparedness across the domains of information warfare and counter-propaganda, protection of critical national infrastructure and wartime economic resilience. The sessions included 4 former ministers from 3 different countries, renowned academics and economists, CEOs and accomplished intelligence practitioners.

The sessions featured:

• Sir Ben Wallace, former Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom

• Dr. Alessandro Politi, Director at NATO Defence College Foundation

• Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom

• Volodymyr Omelyan, former Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

• Elisabetta Trenta, former Minister of Defence of Italy

• Oleksandra Azarkhina, former Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine

• Dr. Ofer Fridman, Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London

• Dr. Dmytro Iarovyi, Academic Director of the PhD Program in Public Policy at the Kyiv School of Economics

• Nathaniel Fried, CEO at OSINT Industries

• Alice Borene, Former Director for Human Rights and War Crimes at Office of the Director of National Intelligence

• Dr. Hugo Rosemont, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI

• Dr Luke Cooper, Professorial Research Fellow at LSE and Director of PeaceRep’s Ukraine Programme

• Timothy Ash, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and Senior EM Sovereign Strategist at BlueBay Asset Management

• Olena Yurchenko, Advisor at Economic Security Council of Ukraine

• Taras Prodaniuk, Partner at DataDriven Group

We are committed to facilitating multilateral dialogue between Western and Ukrainian experts in an open and inclusive setting, welcoming both crowds of students and the broader public. The exchange of knowledge was constructive and deeply aligned with our continued commitment to delivering free, accessible and meaningful events.