DGI 2026

23 - 25 February 2026

Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London

Brigadier General Danail Baev

Director of Intelligence Directorate European Union Military Staff (EUMS)

Day 3 | 25th February 2026

9:20 AM Government Keynote –Leveraging Lessons Learnt from Modern Operations to Transform Intelligence Processes

  • Identify Operational Gaps: How to turn recent mission insights into improvements across the intelligence lifecycle. 
  • Modernise Intelligence Workflows: How to redesign collection, fusion, and analysis processes for speed, precision, and adaptability. 
  • Enable Agile Decision-Making: How to apply battlefield lessons to accelerate command responsiveness in complex environments. 
  • Drive Continuous Improvement: How to institutionalise learning from real-world operations into future ISR planning and execution. 


9:40 AM Leadership Fireside Chat – NATO-EU Collaboration on Interoperable Intelligence: How Can Alliances and Nations Work Together to Share Verifiable Intelligence in an Age of Disinformation and Misinformation?

  • Strengthen Allied Trust: How to establish shared protocols that ensure secure, validated intelligence across NATO-EU partners. 
  • Combat Information Threats: How to verify sources and counter adversary deception through transparent, multi-source intelligence fusion. 
  • Build Interoperable Systems: How to align technical architectures to enable real-time data sharing without compromising sovereignty. 
  • Support Unified Response: How to deliver credible, shared situational awareness that drives coordinated action across allied missions. 


Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Danail.

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