Dual-Use Dynamics: Balancing Innovation and Geopolitics

In this session, we explore how advanced technologies can move from lab to deployment in an increasingly complex global landscape. What does it take to get innovation to work across civilian and defense applications? And how do founders and investors navigate regulation, security concerns, and shifting political priorities?

Moderated by Alma Jacobson (Vinnova), the panel brings together Ted Elvhage (Expansion Ventures), Olivier Tonneau (Quantonation), KC Agerup (NATO Innovation Fund), and Gabriele Poteliūnaitė (Balnord) for a timely and action-oriented discussion on building, funding, and scaling dual-use technologies in today’s geopolitical reality.