Defense Writers Group
11 February 2025
Moderator: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to this Defense Writers Group which I know will be a very interesting conversation. We’re honored to have Matt Schlueter who’s BCG’s Global Head of Defense and Security to talk about this really compelling report, and thanks to Claude and his team for helping us get a scoop on the Munich Security Conference by releasing it here.
Ground rules, as always this is on the record. Please feel free to record for accuracy of quotes, but there’s no rebroadcast of audio or video.
I’ll ask the first question, as always, then we’ll go around the table. We have an hour. I’ll give Matt the final few minutes for any closing thoughts he wants to share.
But to kind of kick it off, I’m sure everybody’s read the report, scanned it. We’re not as fluent in it as you are. So Matt, take a couple of minutes, if you would, and give us what you think are the top lines that you’ll be presenting at the Munich Security Conference, the major takeaways.
Mr. Schlueter: Wonderful. Thank you, Thom, I’d be happy to.
I also want to introduce my colleague, Lauren Mayer sitting next to me, co-author for this, who’ll be helping through this session.
Let me just start by saying it’s a pleasure to be with you. I really appreciate the time this morning. Innovation is something that we’ve been partnering with the Munich Security Conference for about four years now. And maybe I’ll just take a moment to set the context for what drove this.
