Government
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration & Minister of Justice, Ukraine
Pekka Olavi Haavisto
Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland
Marcin Przydacz
Member of Polish Sejm, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of President (2023), Poland
Jacek Czaputowicz
Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), University of Warsaw, Poland
Jan Havránek
Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
Marek Niedużak
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, Poland
Dereck J. Hogan
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, USA (Online Speaker)
William Berkley
U.S. Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe, USA
Maria Langan-Riekhof
U.S. National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Future, USA
Robert Kośla
Director, Department of Cybersecurity, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Justyna Orłowska
Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for Govtech, Poland
Yurii Punda
General Director, Defense Policy Directorate, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine
Lenka Burgerova
Councillor for Development of Urban Planning, Architecture and Public Space of Prague, Czech Republic
Tomasz Fijołek
Director of the Office, Paweł Adamowicz Union of Polish Metropolises (UPM), Poland
Gábor Kerpel-Fronius
Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Momentum Party, Hungary
Anna Maria Anders
Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (2016-2019), Poland
Simona Cojocaru
State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Linas Linkevičius
Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020) Minister of National Defence (1993-1996, 2000-2004), Lithuania
Paweł Soloch
Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland (2015-2022)
Parliament
Reinhard Bütikofer
Former Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China, Germany
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Co-Chair of the Poland Caucus, Ukraine Caucus, and Hungary Caucus, USA
Bogdan Klich
Senator, Chair of Foreign Affairs and EU Committee, Senate, Poland
Paweł Kowal
Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Inese Libina-Egnere
Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Latvian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Latvia
Mariia Mezentseva
Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Ukraine
Marko Mihkelson
Member of Parliament, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Riigikogu, Estonia
Arkadiusz Mularczyk
Member of Polish Parliament, Co-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Nikoloz Samkharadze
Member of the Georgian Parliament, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia
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
Anna Zaborska
Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Slovak Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Slovakia
Emanuelis Zingeris
Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Lithuanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lithuania
International Organizations
Maroš Šefčovič
Vice-President, Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, European Commission
Despina Spanou
Head of Cabinet, Vice-President Mr. Margaritis SCHINAS, European Commission
Benedetta Berti
Head, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the NATO Secretary General, NATO
Matteo Mecacci
Director, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Radoslava Stefanova
Head, Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section, NATO
Tomasz Chłoń
NATO Office in Moscow, Ambassador of Poland to Estonia (2005-2010) and Slovakia (2013-2015), Poland
Barbora Maronkova
Communications Advisor on Strategic Concept, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Military
Brig. Gen. (R) Dariusz Wroński
Commander of the 1st Aviation Brigade, Poland
Lt. Gen. (R) Herbert Raymond H.R McMaster
National Security Advisor to the President of the United States (2017-2018), USA
Gen. (R) Vincenzo Camporini
Scientific advisor, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Chief of the Defence General Staff, Italy (2008-2011)
Lt. Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski
Operational Commander of the Armed Forces, Poland
Lt. Gen. Tadeusz Mikutel
Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Gen. (R) Rajmund Andrzejczak
Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (2018–2023), Poland
Vice Adm. Krzysztof Jaworski
Commander of Maritime Component Command, Poland
Brig. Gen. (R.) Adam Duda
Head of Armament Inspectorate, Poland (2015-2016
Col. Andrea Truppo
General Manager, Eurofighter Program for Kuwait, Joint International Program Office, Italy (Online Speaker)
Lt. Gen. Andreas Marlow
Commander of the German Elements MN Corps at the Army HQ, Germany
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński
Deputy Inspector of the Branches of Armed Forces, General Command of the Armed Forces, Poland
Gen. (R) David Petraeus
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), USA
Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove
Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Think-tanks, Civil Society & Academia
Jerzy Aleksandrowicz
Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Federiga Bindi
Jean Monnet Chair, Università di Roma Tor Vergata & Director, Foreign Policy Initiative, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, USA
Małgorzata Bonikowska
President, Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland
Dean Cheng
Senior Research Fellow, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Theresa Fallon
Founder & Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS), Belgium
Irene Fellin
Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security, NATO
Thomas Greminger
Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy, OSCE Secretary-General (2017-2020), Switzerland
Hanna Hopko
Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Clare Hutchinson
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018-2021)
Alina Inayeh
Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Romania
Daria Kaleniuk
Co-Founder, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Nad’a Kovalčíková
Senior Analyst, Transnational Security, EU Institute for Security Studies, France
Nitzan Levi
Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Israel
Sonia Lucarelli
Member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy
Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska
Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Israel, Poland
Alessandro Marrone
Head of Defence Programme & Documenti IAI editor, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy
Andrew A. Michta
Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Vladimir Milov
Member of Democratic Opposition, Associate of Alexey Navalny, Russia
Łukasz Pawłowski
Political commentator, journalist, speechwriter, Poland
Zbigniew Pisarski
Founder, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Jacob Poushter
Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research Center, USA
Suzanne Raine
Affiliate Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, Member of the Board of Trustees, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), United Kingdom
Alan Riley
Professor of Law at the City Law School | City University of London, United Kingdom
Mike Rogers
Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, US Congress (2011-2015), Member of the Board of Directors, Atlantic Council, USA (Online Speaker)
Marek Świerczyński
Head of Security and International Affairs Desk, Polityka Insight, Poland
Loredana Teodorescu
Head, European and International Affairs, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, Italy
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Leader of the Belarus Democratic Opposition, Belarus
Bruno Stagno Ugarte
Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, Costa Rica
Leonid Volkov
Head, Network of Regional HQs for Alexey Navalny, Russia
Industry
Christine Harbison
Sector Vice President and General Manager, Combat Systems and Mission Readiness, Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA
Paul Jones
Vice President for Relations with Strategic Partners, Raytheon Technologies, USA
Marcin Krasuski
Head of CEE Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google, Poland
Masters of Ceremony
Rachel Van Horn
Program Officer, National Endowment for Democracy, USA, WSF New Security Leader 2022
Marcin Bużański
Director Center for Diplomacy, Civitas University; Senior Advisor, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Zbigniew Pisarski
Founder, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation