As part of the professional accompanying program of the NATO Days in Ostrava, a defense technology conference organized by the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic and the Jagello 2000 Association took place on Friday at the Clarion Hotel. The main topic was the debate on the role and impacts of emerging and groundbreaking technologies in the field of defense, namely the development of space technologies, artificial intelligence, cybernetics and quantum technologies. Robert Murray (Head of Innovation, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO) and Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee spoke at the conference (commander of the US Air Force Reserve Comman).