Government
Krzysztof Gawkowski
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Poland
Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Anna Lührmann
Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany
Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Oleksandr Balanutsa
Deputy Minister for Euroatlantic Integration, Ministry of Defence, Ukraine
Krzysztof Bolesta
Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate & Environment, Poland
Lord Vernon Coaker
Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Simona Cojocaru
State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Cristina Pereteatcu
State Secretary for International Affairs, European Integration, and Digitalization, Ministry of Energy, Moldova
Pasi Rajala
State Secretary, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Dafna Rand
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, USA
Jacek Siewiera
Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Mallory Stewart
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, Department of State, USA
Cezary Tomczyk
Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defence, Poland
Celeste Wallander
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, USA
Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Poland
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka
Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Andreas von Beckerath
Ambassador, Embassy of Kingdom of Sweden to Poland, Sweden
Phyllis Berry
National Intelligence Officer for Europe, National Intelligence Council, USA
Michael R. Carpenter
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the US National Security Council, USA
Xavier Chatel
Advisor for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament to the President, France
Bryce Goodman
Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Pierre Heilbronn
Special Envoy of the French President for Ukraine's Relief and Reconstruction, France
Magnus Hjort
Director General of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency, Sweden
Tomáš Kopečný
Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Czech Republic
Alina Koushyk
Representative for National Revival, United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Belarus
Fei-Fan Lin
Deputy Secretary General, National Security Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Linas Linkevičius
Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020) Minister of National Defence (1993-1996, 2000-2004), Lithuania
Lt. Gen. Dariusz Łukowski
Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Col. Glenn McCartan
Defense Innovation Unit, US Department of Defense, USA
Guillaume Ollagnier
Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Tomáš Pojar
National Security Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office, Czech Republic
Alice Rufo
Director General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry for the Armed Forces, France
Paweł Soloch
Ambassador of Poland to Romania, National Security Advisor to the President of Poland (2015-2022), Poland
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Leader of the Belarus Democratic Opposition, Belarus
European Union
Věra Jourová
Vice-President for Values and Transparency, European Commission
Anna Jarosz-Friis
Director, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission
NATO
Stacy A. Cummings
General Manager, NATO Support & Procurement Agency, NATO
Sergio Coronado
Chief Information Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), NATO
Parliament
Yehor Cherniev
Deputy Chairman, Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Helene Conway-Mouret
Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces, Member of the French Senate, France
Jason Crow
Member of the House of Representatives, US Congress, USA
Robert Aron Emilsson
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Sweden, Sweden
Radosław Fogiel
Member of the Polish Sejm, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Bart Groothuis
Member of the European Parliament, Vice-chair of Delegation for relations with Iran, The Netherlands
Pekka Olavi Haavisto
Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland
Anton Hofreiter
Member of the Bundestag, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Germany
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Member of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Ukraine
Paweł Kowal
Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Marko Mihkelson
Member of Parliament, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Riigikogu, Estonia
Dietmar Nietan
Member of the Bundestag, Coordinator of German‑Polish Intersocietal and Cross‑Border Cooperation, Germany
Marcin Przydacz
Member of Polish Sejm, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of President (2023), Poland
Nikoloz Samkharadze
Member of the Georgian Parliament, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia
Military
Maj. Gen. Karol Dymanowski
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström
Chief of Defense Staff, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Maj. Gen. Christian Freuding
Head, Planning and Command Office, Ukraine Unit, Ministry of Defence, Germany
Lt. Gen. Krzysztof Król
Chief of Staff of Allied Joint Force Command (2020-2023), Brunssum
Maj. Gen. Karol Molenda
Commander, Cyber Command, Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Maj. Gen. Johan Pekkari
Chief of Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Maj. Gen. Cezary Wiśniewski
Deputy Commander, Armed Forces General Command, Poland
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński
Deputy Inspector of the Branches of Armed Forces, General Command of the Armed Forces, Poland
Maj. Gen. Maciej Klisz
Commanding General at the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Brig. Gen. Marcin Górka
Director of the Innovation Department, Ministry of National Defence, Poland
Gen. (R) Sir Mark Carleton-Smith
Chief of the General Staff (2018-2022), United Kingdom
Gen. (R) Jeff Harrigian
Commander of US Air Forces Europe, Africa and Allied Air Command (2019-2022), NATO
Gen. (R) David Petraeus
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), USA
Gen. (R) Curtis M. Scaparrotti
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2016-2019), USA
Gen. (R) Tod Daniel Wolters
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2019-2022), USA
Lt. Gen. (R) Mary A. Legere
Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army (2012-2017), USA
Rear Admiral (R) Mark Montgomery
Executive Director, Cyberspace Solarium Commission, USA
Maj Gen (R) James Cowan
CEO, The HALO Trust, United Kingdom
Brig. Gen. (R) Zvika Haimovich
Commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces (2015-2018), Israel
Experts
Minna Ålander
Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Baroness Catherine Ashton
Global Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, former EU High Representative, Vice President of the European Commission (2009-2014), UK
Max Bergmann
Director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, CSIS, USA
Ilan Berman
Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Carl Bildt
Prime Minister (1991-1994), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006-2014), Sweden
Klaus Dieter-Borchardt
Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Germany
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute, USA
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 Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Andrew Caruana Galizia
Head of Europe and Eurasia, World Economic Forum
Lucinda Creighton
Minister of State for European Affairs (2011-2013), Senior Fellow, CEPA, Ireland
Dóra Csernus
Director for Climate & Environmental Policies, Equilibrium Institute, Hungary
Jacek Czaputowicz
Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), University of Warsaw, Poland
Nikola Dimitrov
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (2020- 2022), North Macedonia
Muriel Domenach
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the French Delegation to NATO (2019-2024), France
Vít Dostál
Executive Director, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Czech Republic
Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega
Director, Center for Energy & Climate, IFRI, France
Daniel Fried
Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, The Atlantic Council, USA
Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment (2020-2023), Poland
Pavel Havlicek
Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Czech Republic
Hanna Hopko
Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Marcin Jerzewski
Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy, Czech Republic
Daria Kaleniuk
Co-Founder, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Heino Klinck
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (2019-2021), USA
Guillaume Klossa
President of EuropaNova, Chairman of the Board of Conclave, France
Ivan Krastev
Founder and Chairman of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
Donatas Kupciunas
Baltic Fellow, Baltic Geopolitics Programme, Cambridge University, Lithuania
Tim Lardner
Regional Director Europe & Central Asia Region, United Nations Office for Project Services
Claudia Major
Head of the Research Division on International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany
Tarek Megerisi
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Andrew A. Michta
Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Arkady Mil-Man
Head of the Russia Program, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel
Monika Morawiecka
Senior Advisor, The Regulatory Assistance Project, Poland
Rolf Nikel
Vice President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany
Cornelius Ochmann
Managing Director, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Germany
Janka Oertel
Director, Asia Programme, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, Germany
Kajsa Ollongren
Minister of Defense (2022-2024), The Netherlands
Barry Pavel
Vice President, Director of the National Security Research Division · RAND Corporation, USA
Sebastian Płóciennik
Director, Member of the Board, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Germany
Stephen J. Rapp
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (2009-2015), USA
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow & Program Manager, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute
Maria Sannikova-Franck
Director, Russia Programme, Zentrum liberale Moderne, Germany
Benjamin L. Schmitt
Senior Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Daniela Schwarzer
Executive Board Member, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany
Ivana Stradner
Research Fellow, Barish Center for Media Integrity, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, USA
Monika Sus
Visiting Professor, Center for International Security at Hertie School, Germany & Member of Team Europe Direct Poland, Poland
Nathalie Tocci
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Kurt Volker
United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017-2019), USA
Victoria Voytsitska
Member of Parliament, Secretary, Committee on Fuel Energy, Nuclear Policies and Security (2014-2019), International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Anna Wieslander
Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden
Karolina Wigura
Member of the Board, Kultura Liberalna, Warsaw & Senior Fellow, Center for Liberal Modernity, Berlin
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Chairman, Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016)
Industry
Magdalena Bartoś
Vice President of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer, ORLEN S.A., Poland
Karan Bhatia
Vice President and Global Head, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google
Misty Damvakaris
Vice President, Contracts and Corporate Compliance Officer, Northrop Grumman
Rita Flaherty
Vice President Strategy and Business Development Defense & Systems, GE Aerospace
Mark Goldsack
Director of the Department for Business and Trade, UK Defence and Security Exports, United Kingdom (2020-2024)
Roger Hill
Vice Chair and US Defense, Security and Justice Leader, Deloitte
Marcin Krasuski
Head of CEE Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google, Poland
Mark Lennon
Managing Director, Global Public Sector Strategic Initiatives, Accenture, USA
Beth McGrath
Global Industry Leader for Government and Public Service, Deloitte Global
Paweł Poncyljusz
Poseł na Sejm IV, V, VI i IX kadencji (2001–2011, 2019–2023), wiceminister gospodarki (2006–2007)
Tony Reeves
Digital Defense, AI Strategy Leader, Deloitte, United Kingdom
Andrea Rigoni
Global Government and Public Services Lead Security NATO Client Account Lead in Accenture
Masters of Ceremony and Moderators
Federica D’Alessandra
Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom
Małgorzata Bonikowska
President, Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland
Marcin Bużański
Resident Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Hadley Gamble
Chief International Anchor and Host, “The Hadley Gamble Show”, Al-Arabiya
Jakob Hallgren
Director, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
Michał Kurtyka
Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
Bilyana Lilly
Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA
Fredrik Löjdquist
Director, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, Sweden
Anna Nalyvayko
Senior Project Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels
Mitchell A. Orenstein
Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Katarzyna Pisarska
Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Zbigniew Pisarski
Founder of the Warsaw Security Forum, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Marta Prochwicz-Jazowska
Deputy Head, Warsaw Office, Policy Fellow, ECFR
Teri Schultz
NATO and EU reporter in Brussels, freelance for NPR and Deutsche Welle, Germany
Tomasz Smura
Member of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland, Poland
Joanna Stolarek
Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation Warsaw Office, Poland
Benjamin Tallis
Democratic Strategy Initiative, Zentrum Liberale Moderne, Germany
Anja Wehler-Schöck
Head of International Politics, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
