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We are excited to share that Annette Southgate, Head of Homeland Security Science and Technology and ACE, will be speaking at the Global Government Forum’s Innovation 2026 on Tuesday 24 March at ExCeL London.   Annette will be joining the panel “From innovation to implementation: Accelerating defence technology adoption”, taking place from 14.05 to 14.55 on the Transform Stage. The session will explore how defence and security organisations can move faster from promising ideas to real operational capability.   She will be speaking alongside • Chester Butterworth, Head of Strategy, Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office, Royal Navy • Dr Natasha Fox, Deputy Director, UK Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence • James, Deputy Director, Business Development, HMGCC • James Matthews, Defence technology expert, PA Consulting  Moderator: Blythe Crawford, Director of Grail, Tiberius Aerospace This is a free event for all civil servants. If you are attending, do join her session.   #GovernmentInnovation #DefenceInnovation #NationalSecurity #DigitalTransformation #OperationalCapability #ACEAcceleratedCapabilityEnvironment Annette Southgate Chester Butterworth Natasha Fox James Matthews Blythe Crawford CBE