9^th International Lessons Learned Conference

The Baltic Defence College organized and hosted the 9^th International Lessons Learned Conference in Tartu on 1^st – 4^th June 2015.

The conference was opened by the BALTDEFCOL Dean Dr Augustine Meaher and was followed by a key note address by Brigadier General Bengt Axelsson, Vice Chancellor at the Swedish National Defence University, who elaborated on the importance of training and education in implementing lessons.

The conference, taking the form of three days of facilitating plenary presentations and conversations, focused on Leadership, Strategic Communication and Crisis Management lessons from different missions and research.

The participants were from more than 20 countries and represented over 40 organizations which supported the creative discussions. It was a good mix between military and civilian participants and between practitioners and academics.

The next ILL Conference will be organised by New Zealand in March 2017.