Business Finland’s Defense and Digital Resilience program and Generative AI campaign welcome you to a webinar focused on Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the opportunities it offers for Finnish dual use companies.
DIU is a unit under the U.S. Department of Defense that supports innovation and technology development in the defense sector. DIU exists to accelerate the adoption of dual-use commercial technologies into the US Department of Defense. By responding to mission partners' most immediate needs using a bespoke vendor selection process, DIU fast-tracks prototype awards for best-in-class technologies from around the world. Mission partners can then directly sign production contracts with proven solutions from the commercial sector.
In the webinar, Scott Sumner from DIU will give us an introduction to DIU, how they operate and how to get involved.
Agenda
- Opening, Kirsi Kokko and Timo Sorsa, Business Finland
- DIU presentation, Scott Sumner, DIU
- Q&A
Join us on May 8th to hear about opportunities to innovate with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)!
About the speaker
Scott Sumner is a Technical Project Manager in the AI/ML Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
As a DIU embed at USINDOPACOM, he is currently helping to lead the Thunderforge project, which will integrate commercial AI-powered decision-making into operational and theater-level planning. He is also assisting the Global Partnerships Portfolio with international vendor outreach.
Scott has lived and worked in Silicon Valley for the past 25 years, holding VP-level positions at various mobile start-ups. He also has experience in international business development and management consulting, having done overseas tours in Germany, the UK, and Japan.
