Future of Security Conference
We invite you to join us for the Deep Tech Security Accelerator Conference, a program organized by SRI with the support of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, on January 24th.
Our cohort of 22 Leading Ukrainian defense startups will close their 2-week Deep Tech Security Accelerator program by Future of Security Conference at SRI Menlo Park.
When & Where?
📍SRI Menlo Park, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025
🗓️ January 24, 2025
⏰ 2:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Day’s Agenda:
📌 2:30 PM - 2:35 PM Welcome word from the Team
📌 2:35 PM - 2:45 PM Welcome Speech Dmytro Kushneruk Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco
📌 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Keynote Speech by Head of the Digital Transformation Directorate at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
📌 3:00PM - 3:45 PM Panel 1: "How Western diplomacy and international collaboration can work to face today's security challenges"
Panelists:
Dmytro Kushneruk, Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco
Paul Salvaire, Deputy Consul General France in San Francisco
Leah Walker, the Lab Director for the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab
📌 3:45-4:00 PM Break
📌 4:00 PM - 4:45 Panel 2: “How Western forces can pivot with greater agility and achieve tactical wins"
Panelists:
Head of the Digital Transformation Directorate at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Solange Massa, founder and CEO of Ecoatoms and the Director of the Aerospace & Defense Academy at the University of Nevada Reno
Justin Zeefe, Founding Partner at Green Flag Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage, innovative Ukrainian tech emphasizing AI & Dual-Use products.
📌 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Break
📌 5:00 PM - 5.30 PM Closing keynote by Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist
📌 5.30 PM - 7.30 PM Closing Reception. Participants, organizers, instructors, mentors, investors, and new allies celebrate the closing of this inaugural SRI Deep Tech Security Accelerator edition.