This time last month, the NATO Lessons Learned Conference 2024 (NLLC24) kicked off, hosted by the JALLC in Lisbon, Portugal, on behalf of Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. This year’s event was the first full live-in-person iteration since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and saw almost 300 participants from over 160 entities from some 25 nations (including four Partner Nations: Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea) attend the conference, as well as representatives from industry and academia showcasing the latest solutions in augmented reality, hologram technology, and robotics.
The NATO Lessons Learned Conference is the single event on the NATO Lessons Learned Calendar that is designed to bring together all echelons of the NATO Lessons Learned Community and connect with Lessons Learned professionals and experts from industry and academia. It not only provides the community with updates on everything related to Lessons Learned—from improvements to the NATO Lessons Learned Portal to the latest topical lessons—, but it also provides a stage for NATO leadership to convey their Lessons Learned messages, engage with community, and reiterate the importance of Lessons Learned for NATO.
The agenda of the NLLC24 was packed with interesting presentations and opportunities for discussion and questions. Highlights included the formal opening of the NATO Lessons Learned Conference by Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, General Chris Badia, as a recorded hologram appearing on stage, a live video call with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defence, Mr. Stanislav Hader, who spoke about the Ukrainian Lessons Learned experience in the battlefield, and a recorded message from Assistant Secretary General for Operations, Mr Tom Goffus, who spoke on the urgency to learn lessons in general, but especially those being observed from Russia’s war against Ukraine.
You can read more about what happened at the NATO Lessons Learned Conference 2024—including more detail on the various presentations—on our dedicated page here and by watching this short video of the highlights.