Defence Track
Defence Track
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st 2024
DEFENCE TRACK
Zbigniew Pisarski – CEO, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Poland
Jacek Siewiera – Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Master of Ceremony: Federica D’Alessandra – Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom
Lord Vernon Coaker – Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Bjørn Arild Gram – Minister of Defence, Norway
Celeste Wallander – Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, USA
Moderator: Zbigniew Pisarski – CEO, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Jason Crow – Member of the House of Representatives, US Congress, USA
Hanno Pevkur – Minister of Defence, Estonia
Tytti Tuppurainen – Member of Parliament, Finland
Ana Isabel Xavier – Secretary of State for National Defence, Portugal
Moderator: Christoph Heusgen – Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany
Session in partnership with the Munich Security Conference, Germany
Helene Conway-Mouret – Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces, French Senate, France
Stacy Cummings – General Manager, NATO Support & Procurement Agency, NATO
Roger Hill – Vice Chair and US Defense, Security and Justice Leader, Deloitte
Wouter van Wersch – Executive Vice President, Airbus
Moderator: Tomasz Smura – Member of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Maj. Gen. Karol Dymanowski – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Claudia Major – Head of the Research Division on International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany
Gen. (R) Sir Mark Carleton-Smith – Chief of the General Staff (2018-2022), United Kingdom
Gen. (R) Curtis Scaparrotti – Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2016-2019), USA
Moderator: Justyna Gotkowska – Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland
Stephen E. Biegun – Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2019-2021), USA
Tod D. Wolters – Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2019-2022), USA
Rita Flaherty – Vice President Strategy and Business Development Defense & Systems GE Aerospace, USA
Moderator: Terry Martin – TV News Anchor, Berlin
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ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE TRACK
ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE TRACK
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st 2024
ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE TRACK
Michał Kurtyka – Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
Master of Ceremony: Wojciech Jakóbik – Editor-in-Chief, BiznesAlert.Pl, Poland
Frederik Doyé – Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy
Sebastian-Ioan Burduja – Minister of Energy, Romania
Krzysztof Bolesta – Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate & Environment, Poland
Cristina Pereteatcu – State Secretary for International Affairs, European Integration, and Digitalization, Ministry of Energy, Moldova
Tinne Van der Straeten – Minister of Energy, Belgium
Albinas Zananavičius – Deputy Minister of Energy, Lithuania
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
Session in partnership with International Visegrad Fund
François-Xavier Bellamy – Member of the European Parliament, France
Klaus-Dieter Borchardt – Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Germany
Frederik Doyé – Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy
Jan Vincent-Rostowski – Minister of Finance (2007-2013), Poland
Moderator: Maria Tadeo – European correspondent, Le Grand Continent
Session in partnership with Siemens Energy
Opening remarks: Kai Mykkänen – Minister of Climate and the Environment, Finland
Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega – Director, Center for Energy & Climate, IFRI, France
Sebastian Płóciennik – Director, Member of the Board, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Poland
Sergey Lagodinsky – Member of the European Parliament, Germany
Monika Morawiecka – Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Moderator: Piotr Przybyło – Resident Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Mikhail Kasyanov – Prime Minister of Russia (2000-2004)
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
Josh Freed – Senior Vice President for Climate & Energy, Third Way, USA
Georg Zachmann – Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Daniel Poneman – US Deputy Secretary of Energy (2009-2014), USA
Reka Szemerkenyi – Senior Advisor, Equilibrium Institute, Hungary
Moderator: Michał Kurtyka – Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
Session in partnership with the Central European Initiative
Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment (2020-2023), Poland
Markus Reichel – Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
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GLOBAL OUTLOOK TRACK
GLOBAL OUTLOOK TRACK
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st 2024
GLOBAL OUTLOOK TRACK
Katarzyna Pisarska – Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Master of Ceremony: Kasia Madera – News Anchor, BBC News
Andrzej Duda – President of Poland
Salome Zourabichvili – President of Georgia
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
Szymon Hołownia – Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Poland
Radosław Sikorski – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderator: Kasia Madera – News Anchor, BBC News
Session in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany
Micael Johansson – President and CEO of Saab, Sweden
Baiba Braže – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia
Gabrielius Landsbergis – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Radosław Sikorski – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Maria Malmer Stenergard – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Andrii Sybiha – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska – Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Andrzej Domański – Minister of Finance, Poland
Catherine Ashton – Global Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, former EU High Representative, Vice President of the European Commission (2009-2014), United Kingdom
Karan Bhatia – Vice President and Global Head, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google
Beth McGrath – Global Industry Leader for Government and Public Service, Deloitte
Moderator: Nathalie Tocci – Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Dafna H. Rand – Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, US Department of State, USA
James Carafano – Senior Counsellor to the President & E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Lord Vernon Coaker – Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Gen (R) David Petraeus – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), USA
Kurt Volker – United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017-2019)
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
Albin Kurti – Prime Minister, Kosovo
Norbert Röttgen – Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Nicolas Tenzer – Senior Fellow, CEPA, France
Moderator: Kasia Madera – News Anchor, BBC News
Opening remarks: Věra Jourová – Vice-President for Values and Transparency, European Commission
Matthew Boyse – Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute, USA
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka – Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Moderator: Jakob Hallgren – Director, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
Session in partnership with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
Michael R. Carpenter – Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director, European Affairs, National Security Council, USA
Muriel Domenach – Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the French Delegation to NATO (2019-2024), France
Daria Kaleniuk – Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Ivan Krastev – Founder and Chairman of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
Moderator: Fredrik Löjdquist – Director, SCEEUS, Sweden
Session in partnership with the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, Sweden
Andreas von Beckerath – Ambassador, Embassy of Kingdom of Sweden to Poland
Phyllis Berry – National Intelligence Officer for Europe, National Intelligence Council
Hanna Hopko – Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Garry Kasparov – Russian Opposition Leader, Russia
Nicolas Tenzer – Senior Fellow, CEPA, France
Moderator: Mitchell A. Orenstein – Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Session in partnership with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
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ROUNDTABLES
ROUNDTABLES
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st 2024
ROUNDTABLES
Testimonies:
Olena Turas – Senior combat medic, 36th Separate Marine Brigade, Prisoner of War during the Russian full scale invasion, Ukraine
Oleh Pylypenko – Head of Shevchenkivska hromada, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine
Speakers:
Radosław Fogiel – Member of the Polish Sejm, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Rihards Kols – Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Stephen J. Rapp – Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (2009-15), USA
Michał Szczerba – Member of the European Parliament, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2023-2024), Poland
Victoria Voytsitska – Member of Parliament, Secretary, Committee on Fuel Energy, Nuclear Policies and Security (2014-2019), International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Moderator: Hanna Hopko – Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Session in partnership with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine & supported by the Leaders of Change Foundation
Ilan Berman – Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Rihards Kols – Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Brig. Gen. (R) Zvika Haimovich – Commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces (2015-2018), Israel
Arkady Mil-Man – Head of the Russia Program, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel
Tomáš Pojar – National Security Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office, Czechia
Moderator: Marta Kubica – Chief Executive Officer, ELNET CEE
Session in partnership with ELNET – European Leadership Network
Hosted by: Paweł Kowal – Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Andrew Caruana Galizia – Head of Europe and Eurasia, World Economic Forum
Anna Jarosz-Friis – Director, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission
Katarina Mathernova – Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
Tytti Tuppurainen – Member of Parliament, Finland
Arseniy Yatsenyuk – Chairman, Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016)
Moderator: Marta Prochwicz Jazowska – Deputy Head, Warsaw Office, Policy Fellow, ECFR
Session in partnership with the European Commission
Hosted by: Paweł Kowal – Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze – Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Ukraine
Tim Lardner – Regional Director Europe & Central Asia Region, United Nations Office for Project Services
Maj Gen (R) James Cowan – CEO, The HALO Trust, United Kingdom
Mark Lennon – Managing Director, Global Public Sector Strategic Initiatives, Accenture, USA
Moderator: Marcin Bużański – Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Hosted by: Paweł Kowal – Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Pierre Heilbronn – Special Envoy of the French President for Ukraine’s relief and reconstruction, France
Tomáš Kopečný – Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Czechia
Ros Eales – Director for Ukraine Recovery & Reconstruction, FCDO, United Kingdom
Moderator: Ignacy Morawski – Chief Economist, Puls Biznesu
WORKING FORMATS
WORKING FORMATS
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st 2024
WORKING FORMATS (by personal invitation only)
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński – Deputy Inspector of the Branches of Armed Forces, General Command of the Armed Forces, Poland
Group Captain C G J Brown RAF – Defence Attaché to Poland, United Kingdom
Session in partnership with Babcock
Yehor Cherniev – Deputy Chairman. Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Deborah Fairlamb – Founding Partner, Green Flag Ventures
Melinda Haring – Senior Advisor, Razom for Ukraine, USA
Michał Szczerba – Member of the European Parliament, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2023-2024), Poland
Moderator: Bilyana Lilly – Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA
Moderator: Norbert Röttgen – Member of the Bundestag, Germany & Governor, Ditchley Foundation
Session in partnership with the Ditchley Foundation
Sebastian-Ioan Burduja – Minister of Energy, Romania
Krzysztof Bolesta – Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate & Environment, Poland
Kai Mykkänen – Minister of Climate and the Environment, Finland
Frederik Doyé – Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy
Cristina Pereteatcu – State Secretary for International Affairs, European Integration, and Digitalization, Ministry of Energy, Moldova
Tinne Van der Straeten – Minister of Energy, Belgium
Albinas Zananavičius – Deputy Minister of Energy, Lithuania
Moderator: Michał Kurtyka – Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate
and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
Stephen E. Biegun – Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2019-2021)
Yehor Cherniev – Deputy Chairman. Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Moderator: Michał Baranowski – Managing Director, GMF East & Regional Director, Poland
Session in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the US
Bryce Goodman – Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Brig. Gen. Marcin Górka – Director of the Innovation Department, Ministry of National Defence, Poland
Tomasz P. Michalak – Head AI for Security Program, IDEAS NCBR, Poland
Sebastian Straube – Venture Partner, Sunfish Partners
Mateusz Zawistowski – CEO, MS TFI, PGZ, Poland
Moderator: Anna Wittenberg – Journalist, INFOR
Session in partnership with NCBR IDEAS
Reinhard Bütikofer – Former Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China, Germany
James Carafano – Senior Counsellor to the President & E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Marcin Jerzewski – Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy, Czechia
Janka Oertel – Director, Asia Programme, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, Germany
Moderator: Alicja Bachulska – Policy Fellow, ECFR, Poland
Session in partnership with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Pekka Haavisto – Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland
Magdalena Bartoś – Vice President of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer, ORLEN S.A., Poland
Moderator: Georg Zachmann – Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Session in partnership with Orlen, Poland
Dóra Csernus – Director for Climate & Environmental Policies, Equilibrium Institute, Hungary
Pavel Havlíček – Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs, Czechia
Monika Morawiecka – Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), Poland
Benjamin L. Schmitt – Senior Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ivana Stradner – Research Fellow, Barish Center for Media Integrity, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, USA
Moderator: Maia Mazurkiewicz – Head of StratCom, Alliance 4 Europe
Session in partnership with the Central European Initiative
Sergio Coronado – Chief Information Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), NATO
Bryce Goodman – Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Moderator: Tony Reeves – Digital Defense, AI Strategy Leader, Deloitte, United Kingdom
Session in partnership with Deloitte
First Q&A session with:
Michael R. Carpenter – Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director, European Affairs, National Security Council, USA
Second Q&A session with:
Maj. Gen. Christian Freuding – Head, Planning and Command Office, Ukraine Unit, Ministry of Defence, Germany
Session in partnership with Bundeswehr Centre for Public Affairs