Proposals for presentations of 3,000 words (max.) are invited from established scholars, early career academic researchers, industry leaders, policy advisers and uniformed personnel of the ADF on aspects of air power in an evolving disruptive world. The areas that could be explored are: strategic impact of disruptive technologies, Uninhabited Aerial Systems, effectiveness of air power, opportunities and challenges to air power in a disruptive scenario, operational concepts, doctrine, logistics, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, resilience of air power in a disruptive environment, air power and force projection, Artificial Intelligence and air power, imperatives for air power in the digital age and similar topics.
Proposals addressing the topic of Air Power in a Disruptive World should include the title of the presentation, a 300-word summary and a brief bio-data no later than 23 April 2018 to airpower@defence.gov.au
Advice to successful presenters will be send before 30 April 2018. Presenters will be invited to convert their seminar presentations into a chapter for inclusion in the proceedings of the Seminar series for publication.
The seminar program will be posted on-line before 30 April 2018.