DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2021
DEFENCE & RESILIENCE TRACK
WELCOME
Zbigniew Pisarski – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum & President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
OPENING SPEECH
Mariusz Błaszczak – Minister of National Defence, Poland
Nicolae Ciucă – Minister of National Defence, Romania
Kalle Laanet – Minister of Defence, Estonia
Olivera Injac – Minister of Defence, Montenegro
Moderation: Ali Aslan – International TV Presenter and Journalist
Alessandro Profumo – CEO of Leonardo, Italy
Tim Cahill – Senior Vice President, Lockheed Martin, USA
Paul W. Jones – Vice President International Government Relations, Raytheon Technologies & Ambassador to Poland (2015-2018), USA
Małgorzata Darowska – Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Infrastructure for UAV (2019-2021), Poland
Brig. Gen. (R.) Adam Duda – Head of Armament Inspectorate, Poland (2015-2016)
Greg Melcher – COO, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA
Yurii Punda – General Director, Defense Policy Directorate, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine
Moderation: Jerzy Aleksandrowicz – Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Matteo Bisceglia – Director, OCCAR-EA, Italy
Piotr Dardziński – President of Łukasiewicz Research Network, Poland
Jadwiga Emilewicz – Member of Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister (2020), Poland
Marek Niedużak – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, Poland
Col. Andrea Truppo – General Manager, Eurofighter Program for Kuwait, Joint International Program Office, Italy
Moderation: Paulina Zamelek – Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove – Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Brig. Gen. Andreas Delp – Air Force Command, Germany
Gen. (R) Vincenzo Camporini – Chief of the Defence General Staff (2008-2011), Italy
Lt. Gen. Tadeusz Mikutel – First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Poland
Col. (R) Krystian Zięć – Expert, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Moderation: Tomasz Smura – Director of Research Office, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 2021
DEFENCE & RESILIENCE TRACK
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński – Commander, 3rd Air Defence Brigade, Poland
Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges – Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), USA
Col. Michał Marciniak – Plenipotentiary for the Wisła Program, Poland
Radoslava Stefanova – Head, Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section, NATO
Moderation: Marek Świerczyński – Head of Security and International Affairs Desk, Polityka Insight, Poland
Cdr Claudia de Cesare – Italian Navy General Staff, Italy
Cpt David Goldsmith – UK Ships Acquisition – Future Systems, Royal Navy, United Kingdom
RAdm. Krzysztof Jaworski – Commander, Maritime Component Command, Poland
Reuben Johnson – Defence technology analyst and political affairs correspondent, USA
RAdm. Jarosław Ziemiański – Inspector of the Navy, Poland
Moderation: Beata Górka-Winter – University of Warsaw, Poland
Robert Kośla – Director, Department of Cybersecurity, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Marcin Krasuski – Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google, Poland
Anett Numa – Digital Transformation Adviser, e-Estonia Briefing Centre, Trade and Innovation Centre, Enterprise Estonia, Estonia
Justyna Orłowska – Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for Govtech, Poland
Moderation: Wanda Buk – Vice President of the Management Board, PGE Group, Poland
Lt. Gen. Andreas Marlow – Commander of 1 German-Netherlands Corps in Münster, Germany
Phillip A. Petersen – President, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA
Lt. Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski – Commander of Armed Forces Operational Command, Poland
Brig. Gen. (R) Dariusz Wroński – Commander of the 1st Aviation Brigade, Poland
Moderation: Anna Maria Anders – Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (2016-2019), Poland
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH 2021
GLOBAL OUTLOOK
Katarzyna Pisarska – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Michał Baranowski – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Paweł Soloch – Head of National Security Bureau, Poland
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
Pekka Haavisto – Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Dmytro Kuleba – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Zbigniew Rau – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderation: Katarzyna Pisarska – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Session in partnership with GMF Black Sea Trust , USA
Baiba Braže – Assistant Secretary General, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
Paweł Soloch – Head of National Security Bureau, Poland
Péter Szijjártó – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Moderation: Michał Baranowski – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Opening remarks: Lorenzo Guerini – Minister of Defence, Italy
Gen Rajmund Andrzejczak – Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
Gen (R) Philip M. Breedlove – Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Gen (R) Vincenzo Camporini – Chief of the Defence General Staff (2008-2011)
Sonia Lucarelli – University of Bologna, Member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Moderation: Ali Aslan – IInternational TV Presenter and Journalist
Session in partnership with Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Andrzej Duda – President of the Republic of Poland
Florence Gaub – Deputy Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Fritz Felgentreu – Member of Bundestag, SPD
Artis Pabriks – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Latvia (online)
Moderation: Jana Puglierin – Head, European Council on Foreign Relations Berlin Office
Session in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany
Opening remarks:
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – Leader of the Belarusian Democratic Movement
Discussion:
Mantas Adomėnas – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Hanna Hopko – Member of Parliament (2014-2019), Ukraine
Paweł Kowal – Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Katarina Mathernova – Deputy Director General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission (online)
Moderation: Alina Inayeh – Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Romania
Session in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany
Laudation:
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia (2006-2016)
Acceptance speech on Alexey Navalny’s behalf:
Vladimir Milov – member of Russian democratic opposition, Deputy Minister of Energy, Russia (2002)
Leonid Volkov – Head of Alexey Navalny’s Regional HQ Network
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH 2021
GLOBAL OUTLOOK
Rafał Trzaskowski – Mayor of Warsaw, Poland
Zbigniew Rau – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Helga Schmid – Secretary-General, OSCE
Robert Rydberg – Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Moderation: Jacek Czaputowicz – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland (2018-2020)
Olha Stefanishyna – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
Reinhard Bütikofer – Member of European Parliament, Alliance 90/Greens
Linas Linkevičius – Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020), Lithuania
Lt Gen (R) H.R. McMaster – US National Security Advisor (2017-2018) (online)
Marcin Przydacz – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderation: Alan Riley – Atlantic Council, Senior Fellow
Session in partnership with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Germany
Benedetta Berti – Head of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Theresa Fallon – Director Centre for Russia, Europe, Asia Studies (CREAS), Brussels
Mike Rogers – Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, US Congress (2011-2015), Member of the Board of Directors, Atlantic Council, USA (online)
Radosław Sikorski – Member of the European Parliament, EPP (online)
Moderation: Dean Cheng – Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Session in partnership with the Heritage Foundation, USA
Toomas Hendrik Ilves – President of Estonia (2006-2016)
Vladimir Kara-Murza – Chairman, Boris Nemtsov Foundation
Daria Kaleniuk – Co-founder and Executive Director, Anticorruption Action Centre, Ukraine
Michał Kobosko – Chairman, Polska 2050, Poland
Moderation: Roland Freudenstein – Vice President, GLOBSEC, Bratislava, (fmr Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Belgium)
Session in partnership with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Belgium
Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič – Vice President of the European Commission, Interinstitutional Relations (online)
Moderation: Terry Martin, TV News Anchor & Journalist
Opening Remarks: The Honorable Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Co-Chair of the Poland Caucus, Ukraine Caucus, and Hungary Caucus, USA (online)
Tobias Ellwood – Chair of the Defense Select Committee, House of Commons, UK
Dereck J. Hogan – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, USA (online)
David Petraeus – Director of CIA (2011-2012), USA
Moderation: Shashank Joshi – The Economist
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2021
ROUNDTABLES
09:00-10:00 | BRUSSELS ROOM MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE | Discussing the Potential of the Lublin Triangle
Dmytro Kuleba – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Zbigniew Rau – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Mantas Adomėnas – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Moderation: Katarzyna Pisarska – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Jan-Olof Lind – State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Sweden
Alessandro Marrone – Head of Defence Programme & Documenti IAI editor, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy
Moderation: Robert Pszczel – Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with Woodrow Wilson Center, USA
Siim Valmar Kiisler – MP, Estonia
Konstaninos Kyranakis – MP, Greece
Cătălin Teniță – MP, Romania
George Tuță – MP, Romania
Krista Baumane – MP, Latvia
Uldis Budrikis – MP, Latvia
Pavel Fischer – Senator, Czech Republic
Botond Csoma – MP, Romania
Žygimantas Pavilionis – MP, Lithuania
Szél Bernadett – MP, Hungary
Răzvan Prișcă – MP, Romania
Andrey Černigoj – MP, Slovenia
Roundtable in partnership with International Republican Institute, USA
Megi Fino – Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania
Uroš Lampret – State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Slovenia
Frano Matušić – State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Croatia
Bujar Osmani – Minister of Foreign Affairs, North Macedonia
Đorđe Radulović – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
Moderation: Bart Szewczyk – Adjunct Professor, Sciences Po & Non-resident Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the US, USA
Jacek Czaputowicz – Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018 – 2020), Poland
Jens Plötner – Political Director, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Nils Schmid – Member of the Bundestag, SPD, Germany
Nicolas Tenzer – President, Centre d’étude et de réflexion pour l’action politique (CERAP), France
Moderation: Florence Gaub – Deputy Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Roundtable in partnership with German Atlantic Association, Germany
Vladimir Milov – Member of Russian opposition, Associate of Alexey Navalny, Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation (2001-2002), Russia
Leonid Volkov – Head, Network of Regional HQs for Alexey Navalny, Russia
Zhanna Nemtsova – Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation, Russia
Moderation: Adam Eberhardt – Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
Session in partnership with Center for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
Report Presentation:
Maria Langan-Riekhof – U.S. National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Future, USA
William Berkley – U.S. Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe, USA
Reactions:
Suzanne Raine – Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (2015-2017), Affiliate Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Bogdan Klich – Senator, Chair of Foreign and European Affairs Committee, Poland
Moderation: Łukasz Pawłowski – Political commentator, journalist, speechwriter, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with National Intelligence Council, USA
Mantas Adomėnas – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Anna Maria Anders – Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (2016-2019), Poland
Hanno Pevkur – Member of Parliament, First Vice President of the Parliament, Estonia
Loredana Teodorescu – Head, European and International Affairs, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, Italy
Moderation: Franak Viacorka – Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus
Report Presentation:
Samuel Charap – Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, USA
Reactions:
Leszek Jażdżewski – Editor-in-Chief, Liberte journal, Poland
Nad’a Kovalcikova – Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Helmut Brandstätter – Member of Parliament, Speaker for Foreign Affairs, NEOS, Austria
Linas Linkevičius – Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012 – 2020), Lithuania
Moderation: Reinhard Krumm – Head, FES Regional Office in Vienna for Cooperation and Peace in Europe
Roundtable in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 2021
ROUNDTABLES
Małgorzata Bonikowska – President, Center for International Relations, Poland
Shashank Joshi – Defence Editor of the Economist
Tobias Ellwood – Chair of the Defence Select Committee, House of Commons, United Kingdom
Suzanne Raine – Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (2015-2017), Affiliate Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Moderation: The Rt Hon Charles Clarke – Home Secretary (2004-2006), United Kingdom
Roundtable in partnership with University of Cambridge, Centre for Geopolitics, UK
Hanna Hopko – Chairwoman, Democracy in Action: Zero Corruption Conference & Member of Parliament, Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2014-2019), Ukraine
Nikoloz Samkharadze – Member of Parliament, Chair, Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia
Alessandro Marrone – Head of Defence Programme & Documenti IAI editor, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy
Andrew Michta – Dean, College of International and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, USA
Moderation: Terry Martin – TV News Anchor, Journalist
Roundtable sponsored by GMF Black Sea Trust, USA
Consultation Meeting of CEE Heads of Delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Opening Remarks: Rik Daems – President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe
Inese Libina-Egnere – Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Latvian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Latvia
Ionut-Marian Stroe – Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Romanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Romania
Ahmet Yildiz – Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Turkey
Emanuelis Zingeris – Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Lithuanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lithuania
Host: Arkadiusz Mularczyk – Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Roundtable hosted by the Polish Delegation to the PACE, Poland
Tomasz Chłoń – NATO Office in Moscow, Ambassador of Poland to Estonia (2005-2010) and Slovakia (2013-2015), Poland
Marko Mikhelson – Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Estonia
Anett Numa – Digital Transformation Adviser, e-Estonia Briefing Centre, Trade and Innovation Centre, Enterprise Estonia, Estonia
Nitzan Levi – Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Israel
Rytis Rainys – Director, National Cyber Security Center, Lithuania
Moderation: Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska – Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Israel, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with ELNET-Poland
Presentation by:
Jacob Poushter – Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research Center
Reactions:
Dean Cheng – Senior Research Fellow, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Theresa Fallon – Director, Centre for Russia, Europe, Asia Studies (CREAS)
Moderation: Terry Martin – TV News Anchor, Journalist
Roundtable in partnership with the Pew Research Center, USA
Lenka Burgerova – Councillor for Development of Urban Planning, Architecture and Public Space of Prague, Czech Republic
Eva Nemcovska – Deputy Mayor of Trnava, Slovakia
Jakub Mazur – Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw, Poland
Gábor Kerpel-Fronius – Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Momentum Party, Hungary
Moderation: Zuzana Papazoski – Resident Director for Central Europe, NDI
Roundtable in partnership with National Democratic Institute (NDI), USA
Opening remarks: Matteo Mecacci – Director, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Sandra Bencic – Member of Parliament, Croatia (online)
Alicia Homs Ginel – Member of the European Parliament, Spain
Thomas Greminger – Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy, OSCE Secretary-General (2017-2020), Switzerland
Marta Pardavi – Co-Chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary
Bruno Stagno Ugarte – Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, Costa Rica
Moderation: Wojciech Przybylski – Editor-in-chief, Visegrad Insight, Res Publica, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with the ODIHR
Sylvie Hartlief – Ambassador of the European Union to Benin
Clare Hutchinson – NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018-2021)
Moderation: Federiga Bindi – Jean Monnet Chair, Università di Roma Tor Vergata & Director, Foreign Policy Initiative, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, USA
Roundtable in partnership with “The State of Women” – a Erasmus+-network on Women Leadership
Jacek Bartosiak – Founder, Strategy & Future & Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Jan Havránek – Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
Barbora Maronkova – Communications Advisor on Strategic Concept, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Jana Puglierin – Head, European Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin Office, Germany
Moderation: Robert Pszczel – Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with NATO
BY PERSONAL INVITATION ONLY
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2021
WORKING SESSIONS (BREAKFAST/LUNCHES)
Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove – Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Lt Gen. (R) Ben Hodges – Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), USA
Moderation: Michał Baranowski – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Poland
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 2021
WORKING SESSIONS (BREAKFAST/LUNCHES)
Clare Hutchinson – NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018-2021)
Irene Fellin – Founder and President, Women in International Security, Italy
Helga Schmid – Secretary-General, OSCE
Olha Stefanishyna – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
Host: Christine Harbison – Sector Vice President and General Manager, Northrop Grumman
Moderation: Katarzyna Pisarska – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Moderation: Zbigniew Pisarski – Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum & President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland