On July 9th, 2024, the Warsaw Security Forum held an official side-event to the NATO Summit in Washington D.C –  a high-level dinner entitled. “Programming for the Upcoming Challenges: Vision for NATO & Transatlantic Security 2024 & Beyond.” The event was organized in partnership with the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, with Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. and Rep. William Keating serving as Honorary Co-Hosts. Additionally, the event was co-hosted by Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Władysaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, Sweden’s Minister of Defense, Pål Jonson and National Security Advisor to the President of Poland, Jacek Siewiera.

The presence of Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna and Minister of Defence, Rustem Umerov was particularly significant, emphasizing the key role Ukraine is playing in Transatlantic security by fighting back Russian aggression.

The high-level dinner focused on addressing current and future challenges to NATO’s defense and security in Europe, including strengthening political and military support for Ukraine. Key topics included also boosting NATO member states’ industrial capabilities, and the perspectives for NATO expansion to include Ukraine.

The WSF high-level dinner hosted the following groups of guests:

• Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Poland
• Pål Jonson – Minister of Defense, Sweden, Co-Host
• Jacek Siewiera – National Security Adviser to the President of Poland, Head of the National Security Bureau, Co-Host
• Thomas Kean Jr. – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Chair, House Subcommittee on Europe, Honorary Co-Host
• William Keating – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Ranking Member, House Subcommittee on Europe, Honorary Co-Host
• Olha Stefanishyna – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
• Bill Blair – Minister of National Defence, Canada
• Baiba Braže – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia
• Bjørn Arild Gram – Minister of Defence, Norway
• Gordan Grlić Radman – Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
• Thórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
• Antti Häkkänen – Minister of Defence, Finland
• Hanno Pevkur – Minister of Defence, Estonia
• Troels Lund Poulsen – Minister of Defence, Denmark
• Rustem Umerov – Minister of Defence, Ukraine
• Jason Crow – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, USA
• Nathaniel Moran – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, USA
• Michal Szczerba – Member of the European Parliament; President, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly (2023-2024)
• Adm. Rob Bauer – Chair of the NATO Military Committee
• Gen. Philippe Lavigne – Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
• Prof. Katarzyna Pisarska – Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Organizer
• Zbigniew Pisarski – President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Organizer
• Hanna Hopko – Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (2014-2019), the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine