With the kind support of the Italian Embassy and under the patronage of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK, and the UK Science & Technology Network:

3 November 2025, 6:00 - 8:45 pm, The Italian Embassy, 4, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 4AE - Event schedule:

18:00 – Arrivals

18:15 – Institutional greetings and introductions

18:30 – Speakers’ presentations

19:15 – Group discussion

20:00 – Networking and refreshments

20.45 – Event ends

DESCRIPTION:

The seminar will explore Italian-UK cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) in the security sectors with particular attention to the following areas:

Applications

• Defence Applications
• Cyber-security Applications
• Intelligence

Ethics

• Human-in-the-loop
• Geneva Convention
• Is machine-decision-making on death inevitable?

Geopolitical implications

• Algorithms, chips, connectivity, data … data … data
• East vs West, North vs South

Industry implications

• Dual Use
• Supply chain resilience
• Insurance and risk management
• Import/export restrictions
• Frontiers of innovation
• Economic impact of Defence & Security on wider industry

PANELLISTS

SIMONA CASAZZA, Head of Future Strike Italy, Future Systems IT department, MBDA Italia

DANIEL DOBROWOLSKI MPhys FDIRDI, Director, The Durham Institute of Research, Development, and Invention (DIRDI); Chief Scientific Advisor to the Chairman Deputy Director, Centre for Underwater Acoustic Analysis (CUAA); Head of Research, Coltraco Ultrasonics Limited

DR ANNA MARIA MANDALARI, Assistant Professor - Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University College London; Honorary Research Fellow – ISST, Imperial College London; Visiting Assistant Professor, Yokohama National University

JULIAN RUSSELL, VP finance, Leonardo UK

PROFESSOR MARIA ROSARIA TADDEO, Digital Ethics and Defence Technology, Oxford University

Chair and Moderator:

PROFESSOR MICHAEL MAINELLI KStJ OMRI FCCA FCSI (Hon) FBCS, President, Club di Londra; Chairman, Z/Yen Group; President, London Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Late Lord Mayor of London 2023-2024