Defence Track
Defence Track
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2024
DEFENCE TRACK
Benjamin Haddad – Minister for European Affairs, France
Pål Jonson – Minister of Defence, Sweden
Kajsa Ollongren – Minister of Defense, The Netherlands (2022-2024)
Oleksandr Balanutsa – Deputy Minister for Euroatlantic Integration, Ministry of Defence, Ukraine
Moderator: Terry Martin – TV News Anchor, Berlin
Master of Ceremony: Federica D’Alessandra – Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom
Simona Cojocaru – State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges – Former Commander, US Army Europe, USA
Michał Kobosko – Member of the European Parliament, Poland
Alexandre Escorcia – Assistant Defence Policy Director, Ministry of Armed Forces, France
Moderator: Diana Skaya – News Anchor, TVP World
Gen. (R) Jeff Harrigian – Commander of US Air Forces Europe, Africa and Allied Air Command (2019-2022), NATO
Heino Klinck – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (2019-2021), USA
Maj. Gen. Cezary Wiśniewski – Deputy Commander, Armed Forces General Command, Poland
Lin Fei-Fan – Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Moderator: Lt. Gen. (R) Mary A. Legere – Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army (2012-2017), USA
Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum – Chief of Navy, Swedish Navy, Sweden
VAdm (R) Sir Nicholas Hine – Second Sea Lord (2019-2022), United Kingdom
Marko Mihkelson – Member of Parliament, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Riigikogu, Estonia
Barry Pavel – Vice President, Director of the National Security Research Division · RAND Corporation, USA
Moderator: Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges – Former Commander, US Army Europe, USA
Session sponsored by NATO
Tobias Ellwood – Member of the Parliament, United Kingdom (2005-2024)
Guillaume Ollagnier – Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Rolf Nikel – Vice President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany
Jim Stokes – Director of Nuclear Policy, NATO
Moderator: Teri Schultz – NATO and EU reporter in Brussels, freelance for NPR and Deutsche Welle, Germany
The Warsaw Security Forum 2024 live streaming
DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE TRACK
DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE TRACK
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2024
DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE TRACK
Bilyana Lilly – Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA
Master of Ceremony: Marcin Bużański – Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Nikola Dimitrov – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (2020- 2022), North Macedonia
Carrie Filipetti – Executive Director, Vandenberg Coalition, USA
Pasi Rajala – State Secretary, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Daniela Schwarzer – Executive Board Member, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany
Moderator: Jonasz Rewiński – News Anchor, TVP World
Adam Bodnar – Minister of Justice, Poland
Carl-Oskar Bohlin – Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden
Markus Mäder – State Secretary for Security Policy, Switzerland
Maj. Gen. Karol Molenda – Commander, Cyber Command, Polish Armed Forces
Moderator: Elena Lazarou – Senior Fellow, Chatham House
Session sponsored by NATO
Ararat Mirzoyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Moderator: Anja Wehler-Schöck – Head of International Politics, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
Heather Adkins – Vice President, Security Engineering, Google
Bryce Goodman – Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Heather Adkins – Vice President, Security Engineering, Google
Piotr Sankowski – Research Group Leader, Intelligent Algorithms & Data Structure, NCBR IDEAS, Poland
Moderator: Bilyana Lilly – Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA
Session in partnership with Google
Krzysztof Gawkowski – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland
Magnus Hjort – Director General of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency
Moderator: Federica D’Alessandra – Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom
Maj. Gen. Johan Pekkari – Chief of Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Jarosław Grzywiński – Chief Executive Officer, NASK SA, Poland
Rear Admiral (R) Mark Montgomery – Executive Director, Cyberspace Solarium Commission, USA
Moderator: Benjamin L. Schmitt – Senior Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – Leader of the Belarus Democratic Opposition, Belarus
Moderator: Anna Nalyvayko – Senior Project Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels
Session in partnership with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
The Warsaw Security Forum 2024 live streaming
GLOBAL OUTLOOK TRACK
GLOBAL OUTLOOK TRACK
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2024
GLOBAL OUTLOOK TRACK
Rafał Trzaskowski – Mayor of Warsaw, Poland
Master of Ceremony: Terry Martin – TV News Anchor, Berlin
Xavier Chatel – Advisor for Strategic Affairs to the French President, France
Henrik Landerholm – National Security Adviser, Sweden
Tomáš Pojar – National Security Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office, Czechia
Jacek Siewiera – Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska – Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Session in partnership with the National Security Bureau, Poland
Carl Bildt – Prime Minister (1991-1994), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006-2014), Sweden
Florence Gaub – Director, Research Division, Defense College, NATO
Marcin Przydacz – Member of Parliament, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of President (2023), Poland
Celeste Wallander – Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, USA
Moderator: Michał Baranowski – Managing Director, GMF East & Regional Director, Poland
Session in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the US & Sponsored by NATO
Władysław T. Bartoszewski – Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Anton Hofreiter – Member of the Bundestag, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Germany
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
Lt. Gen. Piotr Błazeusz – Commanding General of Eurocorps
Pål Jonson – Minister of Defence, Sweden
Linas Linkevičius – Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020), Minister of National Defence (1993-1996, 2000-2004), Lithuania
Anna Wieslander – Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden
Moderator: Minna Ålander – Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki – Prime Minister of Poland (1991)
Bart Groothuis – Member of the European Parliament, Vice-chair of Delegation for relations with Iran, The Netherlands
Garry Kasparov – Russian Opposition Leader, Russia
Mallory Stewart – Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, US Department of State, USA
Moderator: Małgorzata Bonikowska – President, Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland
Session in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation, India & Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland
Mikhail Khodorkovsky – Co-Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee
Moderator: Agnia Grigas – Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze – Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Ukraine
Benjamin Haddad – Minister for European Affairs, France
Anna Lührmann – Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany
Moderator: Benjamin Tallis – Democratic Strategy Initiative, Zentrum Liberale Moderne, Germany
Session in partnership with the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation
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ROUNDTABLES
ROUNDTABLES
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2024
ROUNDTABLES
Anna Lührmann – Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany
Dietmar Nietan – Member of the Bundestag, Coordinator of German‑Polish Intersocietal and Cross‑Border Cooperation, Germany
Monika Sus – Visiting Professor, Center for International Security at Hertie School, Germany & Member of Team Europe Direct Poland, Poland
Konrad Szymański – Minister for the European Union (2020-2022), Poland
Katarzyna Ueberhan – Member of the Polish Sejm, Poland
Karolina Wigura – Member of the Board, Kultura Liberalna, Warsaw & Senior Fellow, Center for Liberal Modernity, Berlin
Moderator: Bart Kot – Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland
Session in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany
Minna Ålander – Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Anton Hofreiter – Member of the Bundestag, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Germany
Justyna Gotkowska – Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland
Pekka Haavisto – Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland
Moderator: Roderick Kefferpütz – Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Brussels
Session in partnership with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Germany
Max Bergmann – Director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, CSIS, USA
Yehor Cherniev – Deputy Chairman. Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Vít Dostál – Executive Director, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Czechia
Marketa Gregorova – Member of the European Parliament, Czechia
Maria Sannikova-Franck – Director, Russia Programme, Zentrum liberale Moderne, Germany
Moderator: Wojciech Konończuk – Director, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland
Session in partnership with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Jacek Czaputowicz – Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), Poland
Daniel Fried – Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, The Atlantic Council, USA
Alina Koushyk – Representative for National Revival United Transitional Cabinet, Belarus
Aleksandra Wiśniewska – Member of the Polish Sejm, Poland
Moderator: Bart Kot – Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland
Session supported by the Mieroszewski Centre, Poland
WORKING FORMATS
WORKING FORMATS
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2024
WORKING FORMATS
Hosts:
Katarzyna Pisarska – Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Misty Damvakaris – Vice President, Contracts and Corporate Compliance Officer, Northrop Grumman
Speakers:
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Anna Lührmann – Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka – Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Mark Goldsack – Director of the Department for Business and Trade, UK Defence and Security Exports, United Kingdom (2020-2024)
Opening remarks: Pål Jonson – Minister of Defence, Sweden
Jacek Siewiera – Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Henrik Landerholm – National Security Adviser, Sweden
Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström – Chief of Defense Staff, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Maj. Gen. Maciej Klisz – Commanding General, The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Micael Johansson – President and CEO of Saab, Sweden
Moderator: Anna Wieslander – Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden
Host:
Lt. Gen. Dariusz Łukowski – Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Introduction:
Casimir Pulaski Foundation and Rand Corporation Wargame’s Report presentation
Speakers:
Major General Jukka Jokinen – Chief of Staff, Army Command Finland
Gen. Tod D. Wolters – Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2019-2022), USA
Session in partnership with the National Security Bureau, Poland
Hosted by: Adam Szłapka – Minister for the European Union, Poland
Opening remarks: Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Poland
Khatia Dekanoidze – Member of the Parliament, Georgia
Aron Emilsson – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Sweden, Sweden
Márton Tompos – Member of Hungarian Parliament, Hungary
Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska – Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
With the participation of members of parliament present at the WSF
Session in partnership with International Visegrad Fund
Jacek Lewandowski – President, Ipopema
Micael Johansson – President and CEO, SAAB AB
Moderators:
Daniel Boniecki – Senior Partner, McKinsey
Hugues Lavandier -Senior Partner, McKinsey
Session in partnership with McKinsey
Lucinda Creighton – Minister of State for European Affairs (2011-2013), Senior Fellow, CEPA, Ireland
Marcin Krasuski – Head of CEE Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google, Poland
Guillaume Klossa – President of EuropaNova, Chairman of the Board of Conclave, France
Ieva Ilves – Policy Advisor, WithSecure
Bart Szewczyk – Visiting Senior Fellow, GMF of the US
Moderator: Bill Echikson – Senior Fellow, Digital Innovation Initiative, CEPA
Session in partnership with CEPA
Opening remarks: Simona Cojocaru – State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Solomiia Bobrovska – Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Tacan Ildem – Assistant Secretary General of NATO (2016-2020), Turkey
Nikoloz Samkharadze – Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia
Paweł Soloch – Ambassador of Poland to Romania, National Security Advisor to the President of Poland (2015-2022)
Symeon Tsomokos – Founder & President, Delphi Economic Forum, Greece
Moderator: George Scutaru – Founder & CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
Session in partnership with New Strategy Center, Romania & supported by the Mieroszewski Centre, Poland
Opening remarks:
Cezary Tomczyk – Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, Poland
Speakers:
Heather Adkins – Vice President, Security Engineering, Google
Start-ups representatives:
Ksenia Iliuk – Co-Founder of LetsData
Krzysztof Klimczak – Co-Founder of Authologic
Wenmiao Yu – Co-Founder of Quantum Dice
Moderator:
Session in partnership with Google
Lt. Gen. Krzysztof Król – Chief of Staff of Allied Joint Force Command (2020-2023), Brunssum, NATO
Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti – Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2016-2019), USA
Maj. Gen Jonny Lindfors – Chief of Army, Sweden
Nicolas Tenzer – Senior Fellow, CEPA, France
Reuben Johnson – Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Moderator: Andrew A. Michta – Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Session in partnership with Lockheed Martin
Frederick Benjamin “Ben” Hodges III is a retired United States Army officer who served as commanding general, United States Army Europe. He has been Senior Advisor to Human Rights First since June 2022 and also serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. He previously held the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis.
Tony Housh – Award Committee Chairman, Chairman – American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Zbigniew Pisarski – Founder of the Warsaw Security Forum, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Andrew Michta – Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Marek Kamiński – Jack Strong Foundation Ambassador
Leszek Pochroń-Frankowski – Jack Strong Foundation President
Moderator: Marcin Bużański – Resident Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Andrew A. Michta – Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, USA
Paweł Poncyljusz – Polish Ammunition Sp. z o.o., Poland
Moderators:
Lt. Gen. (R) Mary A. Legere – Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army (2012-2017), USA (confirmed)
Andrea Rigoni– Global Government and Public Services Lead Security, NATO Client Account Lead in Accenture (confirmed)
Session in partnership with Accenture
Zineb Riboua – Research Fellow & Program Manager, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute
Marcin Kubiak – Ambassador to Iraq, Poland
Tarek Megerisi – Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR
Witold Repetowicz – Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Moderator: Josh Martin – Lead Expert, Global Hub for Behavioral Insights in Preventing & Countering Extremism, UN Office of Counter-Terrorism
Session in partnership with International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism in Doha, UNOCT & Energy for Europe Foundation
Minna Ålander – Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Donatas Kupciunas – Baltic Fellow, Baltic Geopolitics Programme, Cambridge University, Lithuania
Tobias Ellwood – Member of the Parliament, United Kingdom (2005-2024)
Anna Wieslander – Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden
Moderator: Charles Clarke – Home Secretary (2004-2006), United Kingdom
Session in partnership with Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom