Lt Gen (ret.) Dr. Dennis Gyllensporre
Chair, Board of Directors
Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Dr. Dennis Gyllensporre is the Chairperson of the NATO DIANA (Defence
Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) Board of Directors and Associate Professor in Security
Policy and Strategy at the Swedish Defence University. He also holds office as the Vice President of
the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.
Gyllensporre completed three years of service as the Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). He came from a four-year appointment as the Chief of Defence Staff and Head of Special Forces of the Swedish Armed Forces. Gyllensporre has served as a staff officer in various positions, including tours abroad in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sudan, and served as a military advisor in international crisis management at the MoD. He has served as chief of staff at the Swedish Joint Operations Command and later as head of the Doctrine and Concepts Branch at the European Union Military Staff. In 2008, he was deployed to Afghanistan as the Chief of Staff in Regional Command North of the NATO-led operation (ISAF).
He has studied at multifold military institutions and holds several academic degrees, including a Master of Science in Computer Science (Royal National Institute of Technology, Sweden), Master of Business Administration (Warwick University, United Kingdom), Master of Military Arts and Science (US Army Command and General Staff College), as well as a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis and Governance (Maastricht University, the Netherlands).
Gyllensporre is the recipient of the Swedish Royal Order of the Sword for leadership excellence and the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit in gold for distinguished leadership during combat and war-like situations. He was awarded the French Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. Gyllensporre is inaugurated to the Hall of Fame at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (2017) and the U.S. National Defense University (2022).
He is the author of several books and academic articles on military strategy and security studies, including European Security.
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Keynote
Dennis Gyllensporre, Chair, Board of Directors, Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
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Fireside-Chat: Innovation for enhancing Europe’s resilience and security
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has shown that innovation is key to ensuring security and resilience. In the past, Europe has often lagged behind the United States when it comes to fostering effective cooperation between industry and military. With its network of more than 20 affiliated accelerator sites and over 180 test centres, NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) aims to identify and accelerate dual-use innovation across the Alliance. But how can this network be integrated into the wider existing support frameworks of the EU and NATO member states? How has the paradigm shift brought about by Germany’s “Zeitenwende” influenced cooperation between German industry and NATO? And what regulatory changes are necessary to further develop an innovative defense-tech ecosystem that ensures that NATO stays ahead of potential adversaries?
Dennis Gyllensporre, Chair, Board of Directors, Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
Peter Leibinger, Präsident, BDI
