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09.09.2026

ANNUAL DEFENCE INDUSTRY INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

PRESENTED BY BEATEN ZONE VENTURE PARTNERS

DATE
Wednesday, 09 September 2026

SUPPORTED BY

Reveille Conference 2026

LOCATION
Sofitel Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland

DELEGATES
200+

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BACK THE INNOVATORS

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READY THE NATION

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BACK THE INNOVATORS • READY THE NATION •

Capital Meets Mission. Here.

The world has changed. The mission is clear.

Global defence founders are building the technology that will define the next decade of national security. The United States has shown what happens when private capital backs that mission at speed and at scale. Australia is ready to do the same.

REVEILLE is the call.

Australia's first Defence Investment Conference, hosted by Beaten Zone Venture Partners on the Gold Coast, 9 September 2026. One day. One room. Global defence founders and leading US and Australian investors, side by side, aligned on what needs to be funded and built.

This is the moment private capital steps forward. This is where the conversations that move nations actually happen. This is where founders meet the investors who back missions, not just business plans.

REVEILLE 2026. Gold Coast. 9 September.

REaDY THE NATION.
Back the Mission.

The bugle has sounded. Australia answers.

Australia cannot defend itself with good intentions.

We need sovereign capability in the air, at sea, underground, and in the digital domain. We need founders brave enough to build it and investors willing to back them. We need US and Australian capital in the same room, pointed at the same problems.

REVEILLE was built because that room did not exist.

Beaten Zone Venture Partners created this conference to do one thing: mobilise private capital into the defence asset class and connect it directly to the founders solving the hardest problems in national security.

The name comes from the military bugle call sounded at dawn. The signal to rise. To get ready. To begin.

Australia's moment is now. The capital needs to wake up.

Ready the Nation. Back the Mission.

Private Capital.
Sovereign Capability.

Speakers

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HEADLINE KEYNOTE

JaMES
CHISWELL

Co-Founder & CEO of High Tor Capital

James spent 35 years in the British Army before concentrating in 2018 on emerging technology, advising companies such as Entrepreneur First, Palantir and Mind Foundry. He has strong links with Sweden, centred on Anglo-Swedish innovation and investment. He is passionate about the role technology plays in defending our values and is a co-founder of MissionLink UK, a network to connect the country’s leading technology founders with the defence and security communities.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

STEVE
BAXTER

Founder & Lead Investor, Beaten Zone Venture Partners

Steve Baxter is the founder and lead investor of Beaten Zone Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to backing disruptive technologies that enhance Australia's sovereign defence and space capabilities. A former Army apprentice turned serial tech entrepreneur, he built and exited two landmark Australian technology businesses before becoming one of the country's most active startup investors as co-founder of TEN13.

SPEAKER

MATT
HILL

CEO of Hypersonix Launch Systems

Matt Hill is the CEO of Hypersonix Launch Systems, Australia's leading hypersonic aerospace company developing reusable, hydrogen-powered scramjet technology for defence and space applications. Under his leadership, Hypersonix secured a $46 million Series A backed by global defence investors and achieved Mach 5+ flight, cementing Australia's position at the forefront of sovereign hypersonic capability.

SPEAKER

Steen
Bisgaard

Founding Director of GaardTech

Steen Bisgaard is a former Australian Army officer and the founding director of GaardTech, a defence innovation company with manufacturing facilities across Australia, the UK, and the USA. GaardTech recently won the US Army's xTech Edge Strike Ground competition and is now a recognised commercial leader in combat robotics.

SPEAKER

HEather
RICHMAN

Founder of US Defence Investor Network

Heather Richman is founder of the US Defense Investor Network and has held senior roles across national security, technology, and investment, including at Stanford University and on Capitol Hill. She co-chairs the AUKUS Defense Investors Network, representing over $400 billion in private capital across the US, UK, and Australia.

SPEAKER

MAJOR GENERAL
Mick Ryan AM

Major General Mick Ryan AM is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army with 35 years of service, including command of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan and a strategic role on the US Joint Staff in Washington DC. A Masters graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Distinguished Graduate of the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College, he is now Senior Fellow for Military Studies at the Lowy Institute, an adjunct fellow at CSIS, and the author of three books on modern warfare and strategy.

SPEAKER

Matthew
KIBBLE

Founder & Managing Partner at DYNE Asset Management

Matthew Kibble is the founder and Managing Partner of DYNE Asset Management, focused on national security technology and supply chain resiliency in support of AUKUS and QUAD initiatives. A University of Queensland alumnus with a career spanning JPMorgan and venture capital, he sits on the Board of Advisors at the Center for a New American Security.

WAKE THE INNOVATORS

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READY THE NATION

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ORDER OF OPERATIONS

PILLAR 01

KEYNOTES AUKUS alignment, sovereign capability, emerging technologies ready for adoption.

PILLAR 02

Panels Investment pipelines, early-stage Defence funding, risk frameworks for founders.

PILLAR 03

BReakout Sessions & INVESTMENT ROOMS INVESTMENT READINESS & NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.

PROGRAM REVEILLE 2026, 03 06 2026
SOFITEL, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA

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WAKE THE INNOVATORS

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READY THE NATION

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05 SECURE YOUR SPOT

Register for Reveille 2026
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA

THE EARLY BIRD OBSERVER

EARLY BIRD GA
$TBC

A general admission pass for founders, investors, and innovation enthusiasts looking to engage with the future of Australian defence technology.

THE OBSERVER

GENERAL ADMISSION
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Full access to the Reveille 2026 program, connecting you with the people shaping early-stage defence innovation across Australia and beyond.

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INDUSTRY DELEGATE

THE VIP CONTINUum
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An elevated industry experience designed for defence industry delegates, government representatives, and strategic partners seeking deeper engagement with the Reveille program.

06 WAITLIST ONLY

The VIP INVESTOR EXPERIENCE

THE INDUSTRY INVESTOR EXPERIENCE

THE VIP INVESTOR EXPERIENCE

An exclusive investor-tier experience connecting Australia's most active defence-tech capital with the operators, founders, and decision-makers who are shaping sovereign capability.