The EURO DEFENCE EXPO offers genuine added value through the accompanying strategic conference on European defence capabilities: the EUDEX Conference by CPM.

Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving security landscape, the EUDEX Conference by CPM, taking place from 23 to 24 September, will place a greater emphasis on one of the key capability gaps in European defence: the European Deep Strike Capability.

The conference brings together decision-makers from the armed forces, politics and industry to address key issues relating to European deep strike capability.

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Theme

I³ – Information. Improvisation. Innovation.

From Battlefield Lessons to European Readiness

In an increasingly contested security environment, Europe must accelerate the way military capability is generated, integrated and sustained. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that operational success depends not only on advanced systems, but on the ability to combine information advantage, rapid battlefield adaptation and scalable innovation.

The EUDEX Conference by CPM, taking place within the framework of EUDEX in Essen, brings together senior decision-makers from governments, NATO, the armed forces, European institutions and the defence industry.

The conference examines the full capability cycle that will define Europe’s future readiness:

Information – ISR, space-based capabilities, cyber, targeting, command and control, and sensor-to-shooter integration as the basis of operational superiority.

Improvisation – battlefield adaptation under pressure, rapid force innovation, drones, UGVs and pragmatic solutions developed in real operational environments.

Innovation – transforming lessons learned into deployable capability through procurement reform, industrial scale-up, technological integration and faster delivery cycles.

Across strategy, operations and industry, the conference focuses on one central question: how can Europe turn battlefield lessons into credible military readiness?