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Strategic Command Annual Conference 2021
The second annual Strategic Command conference took place at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London
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The second annual UKStratCom Conference, Sharpening UK Defence’s Competitive Edge in the 2020s, took place on 26 May 2021 at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London.
The event was opened by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. Also speaking were Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter, Commander UKStratCom General Sir Patrick Sanders, and a host of speakers from Strategic Command, NATO allies and academia.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event was a hybrid conference with both the speakers and the audience able to attend in person or online.
Commander of Strategic Command RUSI conference speech
General Sir Patrick Sanders, Commander of Strategic Command’s speech at the RUSI Strategic Command Conference: Sharpening the UK Defence’s edge in the 2020’s.
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26 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Thank you, Secretary of State and let me add my own welcome to our second annual conference. Fifteen months have passed since we gathered at RUSI on Whitehall for the inaugural Strategic Command conference and it has since been a seminal period for Defence, and for Strategic Command in particular. None of us could have imagined what those 15 months had in store. COVID 19 dominated every aspect of our lives, and Defence was no exception. We’re going to spend most of today focused on the future, but it would be wrong not to dwell briefly on the pandemic and call out the remarkable work that sometimes goes unsung in Strategic Command.
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