The Commandant of the Military Academy Karlberg and the  Swedish Defence University hosted ISOMA 2019 (International Symposium of Military Academies) in Stockholm 20-23 May 2019.

The theme of the 2019 symposium was “Managing Adaptation in Military Education and Training” 

Adapting to new Strategic Environments

  • Are traditional approaches still relevant?
  • What type of officer is needed?
  • Is a more closely integrated force structure inevitable due to the impact of new technologies?

Adjusting to Social Change

  • Young officers and traditions: An inevitable conflict?
  • Training the young officers of the 21st century
  • Responding to contemporary social expectations in military academies.

The Challenge of Expansion

  • Managing the quantity vs quality tension
  • Adjusting training regimes to the demand of higher numbers
  • Higher numbers and the impact on military education

Isoma Welcome (pdf)
Isoma Ceremony program (pdf)
Isoma Schedule of events (pdf)

For further information, please contact us at this email address: isoma2019@mil.se

Military Academy Karlberg, Stockholm (Solna)