Agenda
Day 1 — Tuesday, October 1st 2024 | Defence Track
09:00-09:30 | TRACK OPENING
Zbigniew Pisarski — CEO, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz — Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Poland
Jacek Siewiera — Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Master of Ceremony: Federica D’Alessandra — Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom
09:30-10:00 | MINISTERIAL PANEL DISCUSSION | European Pillar of NATO — Is Europe Able to Defend Itself?
Lord Vernon Coaker — Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Bjørn Arild Gram — Minister of Defence, Norway
Celeste Wallander — Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, USA
Moderator: Zbigniew Pisarski — CEO, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
10:20-11:00 | HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION | Transatlantic or Transactional? The Future of US-Europe Security Cooperation
Jason Crow — Member of the House of Representatives, US Congress, USA
Hanno Pevkur — Minister of Defence, Estonia
Tytti Tuppurainen — Member of Parliament, Finland
Ana Isabel Xavier — Secretary of State for National Defence, Portugal
Moderator: Christoph Heusgen — Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany
* Session in partnership with the Munich Security Conference, Germany
11:20-12:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Everything, Everywhere, All at Once — How to Help European Industry to Cope with European Defence Shortages
Helene Conway-Mouret — Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces, French Senate, France
Stacy Cummings — General Manager, NATO Support & Procurement Agency, NATO
Roger Hill — Vice Chair and US Defense, Security and Justice Leader, Deloitte
Wouter van Wersch — Executive Vice President, Airbus
Moderator: Tomasz Smura — Member of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
12:20-13:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION | The Bigger, the Better — How to Strengthen Armies of Europe
Maj. Gen. Karol Dymanowski — Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Claudia Major — Head of the Research Division on International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany
Gen. (R) Sir Mark Carleton-Smith — Chief of the General Staff (2018-2022), United Kingdom
Gen. (R) Curtis Scaparrotti — Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2016-2019), USA
Moderator: Justyna Gotkowska — Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland
13:10-13:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Battlefield of the Future: How to Sharpen the Alliance’s Technological Edge?
Stephen E. Biegun — Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2019-2021), USA
Tod D. Wolters — Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2019-2022), USA
Rita Flaherty — Vice President Strategy and Business Development Defense & Systems GE Aerospace, USA
Moderator: Terry Martin — TV News Anchor, Berlin
Day 1 — Tuesday, October 1st 2024 | Energy Security and Climate Track
09:00-09:10 | TRACK OPENING
Michał Kurtyka — Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
Master of Ceremony: Wojciech Jakóbik — Editor-in-Chief, BiznesAlert.pl, Poland
09:10-9:20 | PARTNER REMARKS
Frederik Doyé — Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy
09:20-10:00 | MINISTERIAL PANEL DISCUSSION | Sharing Common Energy Security Vision? Energy Cooperation Within CEE & Allied Countries
Sebastian-Ioan Burduja — Minister of Energy, Romania
Krzysztof Bolesta — Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate & Environment, Poland
Cristina Pereteatcu — State Secretary for International Affairs, European Integration, and Digitalization, Ministry of Energy, Moldova
Tinne Van der Straeten — Minister of Energy, Belgium
Albinas Zananavičius — Deputy Minister of Energy, Lithuania
Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA
* Session in partnership with International Visegrad Fund
10:00-10:40 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Europe's Reindustralization at Reasonable Price
François-Xavier Bellamy — Member of the European Parliament, France
Klaus-Dieter Borchardt — Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Germany
Frederik Doyé — Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy
Jan Vincent-Rostowski — Minister of Finance (2007-2013), Poland
Moderator: Maria Tadeo — European correspondent, Le Grand Continent
* Session in partnership with Siemens Energy
10:40-11:20 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Controlling Key Resources: Europe’s Role in Geopolitics of Green Transition
Opening remarks: Kai Mykkänen — Minister of Climate and the Environment, Finland
Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega — Director, Center for Energy & Climate, IFRI, France
Sebastian Płóciennik — Director, Member of the Board, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Poland
Sergey Lagodinsky — Member of the European Parliament, Germany
Monika Morawiecka — Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Moderator: Piotr Przybyło — Resident Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
11:20-11:50 | HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATION | The State of Russian Economy Post-2022 & Implications on Energy Markets
Mikhail Kasyanov — Prime Minister of Russia (2000-2004)
Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA
11:50-12:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Energy Security as the Basis for Just Transition in Post-Industrial Areas
Josh Freed — Senior Vice President for Climate & Energy, Third Way, USA
Georg Zachmann — Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Daniel Poneman — US Deputy Secretary of Energy (2009-2014), USA
Reka Szemerkenyi — Senior Advisor, Equilibrium Institute, Hungary
Moderator: Michał Kurtyka — Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
* Session in partnership with the Central European Initiative
12:30-13:00 | SPOTLIGHT ON THE WSF ANNUAL REPORT | Role of the Weimar Triangle: A (Dis-)Aligned Vision of European Energy Security?
Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński — Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment (2020-2023), Poland
Markus Reichel — Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA
Day 1 — Tuesday, October 1st 2024 | Global Outlook Track
14:00-14:10 | OPENING REMARKS
Katarzyna Pisarska — Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Master of Ceremony: Kasia Madera — News Anchor, BBC News
14:10-14:20 | OPENING SPEECH
Andrzej Duda — President of Poland
14:20-14:35 | HIGH-LEVEL CONVERSATION | Living in Pre-War Times? Key Lessons for European Security
Salome Zourabichvili — President of Georgia
Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA
14:35-14:45 | HIGH-LEVEL SPEECH | Strong Defence & Democratic Resilience - How to Modernise the Security Architecture of the Region
Szymon Hołownia — Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Poland
14:45-15:00 | HIGH-LEVEL CONVERSATION | Future of Europe is Decided in Ukraine
Radosław Sikorski — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderator: Kasia Madera — News Anchor, BBC News
* Session in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany
15:00-15:10 | STRATEGIC INDUSTRIAL PARTNER REMARKS
Micael Johansson — President and CEO of Saab, Sweden
15:10-15:50 | MINISTERIAL PANEL DISCUSSION | Thinking Europe A New: Forging a Vision for Future European Security
Baiba Braže — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia
Gabrielius Landsbergis — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Radosław Sikorski — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Maria Malmer Stenergard — Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Andrii Sybiha — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska — Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
15:50-16:30 | HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION | Only Doom & Gloom. Can the Collective West Triumph Over a Polycrisis?
Andrzej Domański — Minister of Finance, Poland
Catherine Ashton — Global Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, former EU High Representative, Vice President of the European Commission (2009-2014), United Kingdom
Karan Bhatia — Vice President and Global Head, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google
Beth McGrath — Global Industry Leader for Government and Public Service, Deloitte
Moderator: Nathalie Tocci — Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
16:30-17:10 | TRANSATLANTIC HIGH-LEVEL TALK | End of Pax Americana? US Position in the World AD 2024
Dafna H. Rand — Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, US Department of State, USA
James Carafano — Senior Counsellor to the President & E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Lord Vernon Coaker — Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Gen (R) David Petraeus — Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), USA
Kurt Volker — United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017-2019)
Moderator: Hadley Gamble – International Journalist and Presenter, USA
17:10-17:20 | HIGH-LEVEL SPEECH | Focus on the Western Balkans: Linking Geopolitics & European Integration
Albin Kurti — Prime Minister, Kosovo
17:20-17:40 | SPOTLIGHT ON THE WSF ANNUAL REPORT | Role of the Weimar Triangle: In Search of Leadership in Europe?
Norbert Röttgen — Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Nicolas Tenzer — Senior Fellow, CEPA, France
Moderator: Kasia Madera — News Anchor, BBC News
17:40-18:20 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum? Can We Save European Prosperity & Democracy Through Political Means?
Opening remarks: Věra Jourová — Vice-President for Values and Transparency, European Commission
Matthew Boyse — Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute, USA
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir — Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka — Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Moderator: Jakob Hallgren — Director, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
* Session in partnership with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
18:20-19:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Strategic Ambiguity & Military Deterrence: Restoring Initiative vs Russia
Michael R. Carpenter — Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director, European Affairs, National Security Council, USA
Muriel Domenach — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the French Delegation to NATO (2019-2024), France
Daria Kaleniuk — Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Ivan Krastev — Founder and Chairman of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
Moderator: Fredrik Löjdquist — Director, SCEEUS, Sweden
* Session in partnership with the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, Sweden
19:00-21:00 | PARTNER COUNTRY RECEPTION
Andreas von Beckerath — Ambassador, Embassy of Kingdom of Sweden to Poland
21:00-22:00 | NIGHT OWL SESSION | Beyond Our Red Lines: Boots On the Ground in Ukraine?
Phyllis Berry — National Intelligence Officer for Europe, National Intelligence Council
Hanna Hopko — Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Garry Kasparov — Russian Opposition Leader, Russia
Nicolas Tenzer — Senior Fellow, CEPA, France
Moderator: Mitchell A. Orenstein — Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Session in partnership with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Day 1 — Tuesday, October 1st 2024 | Roundtables
10:30-11:30 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | Genocidal Nature of the Russia's War Against Ukraine
Testimonies:
Olena Turas — Senior combat medic, 36th Separate Marine Brigade, Prisoner of War during the Russian full scale invasion, Ukraine
Oleh Pylypenko — Head of Shevchenkivska hromada, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine
Radosław Fogiel — Member of the Polish Sejm, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Rihards Kols — Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Stephen J. Rapp — Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (2009-15), USA
Michał Szczerba — Member of the European Parliament, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2023-2024), Poland
Victoria Voytsitska — Member of Parliament, Secretary, Committee on Fuel Energy, Nuclear Policies and Security (2014-2019), International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
Moderator: Hanna Hopko — Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine
* Session in partnership with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine & supported by the Leaders of Change Foundation
12:00-13:00 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | What’s Behind Iran-Russia Axis: How The Situation in the Middle East Impacts CEE Security
Ilan Berman — Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Rihards Kols — Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Brig. Gen. (R) Zvika Haimovich — Commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces (2015-2018), Israel
Arkady Mil-Man — Head of the Russia Program, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel
Tomáš Pojar — National Security Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office, Czechia
Moderator: Marta Kubica — Chief Executive Officer, ELNET CEE
* Session in partnership with ELNET — European Leadership Network
15:00-15:50 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | Rebuilding Ukraine Component | Ukraine’s EU Accession Process: Mapping the Path Towards Prosperity
Hosted by: Paweł Kowal — Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Andrew Caruana Galizia — Head of Europe and Eurasia, World Economic Forum
Anna Jarosz-Friis — Director, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission
Katarina Mathernova — Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
Tytti Tuppurainen — Member of Parliament, Finland
Arseniy Yatsenyuk — Chairman, Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016)
Moderator: Marta Prochwicz Jazowska — Deputy Head, Warsaw Office, Policy Fellow, ECFR
* Session in partnership with the European Commission
16:00-16:50 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | Rebuilding Ukraine Component | Building Resilient Trade & Business Environment in Ukraine
Hosted by: Paweł Kowal — Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian DevelopmentCooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze — Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Ukraine
Tim Lardner — Regional Director Europe & Central Asia Region, United Nations Office for Project Services
Maj Gen (R) James Cowan — CEO, The HALO Trust, United Kingdom
Mark Lennon — Managing Director, Global Public Sector Strategic Initiatives, Accenture, USA
Moderator: Marcin Bużański — Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
17:00-17:50 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | Rebuilding Ukraine Component | Rebuilding or Modernising Ukraine: In Search of Effective Business-State Cooperation
Hosted by: Paweł Kowal — Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Pierre Heilbronn — Special Envoy of the French President for Ukraine’s relief and reconstruction, France
Tomáš Kopečný — Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Czechia
Ros Eales — Director for Ukraine Recovery & Reconstruction, FCDO, United Kingdom
Moderator: Ignacy Morawski — Chief Economist, Puls Biznesu
Day 1 — Tuesday, October 1st 2024 | Working Formats
* by personal invitation only
07:45-09:00 | EXECUTIVE DIALOGUE | Preparing for Article Five Conflict: Industry as the Sixth Domain — Training as a Driver for Change
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński — Deputy Inspector of the Branches of Armed Forces, General Command of the Armed Forces, Poland
Group Captain C G J Brown RAF — Defence Attaché to Poland, United Kingdom
* Session in partnership with Babcock
09:00-10:00 | EXECUTIVE DIALOGUE | Strengthening Ukraine’s Democratic Resilience through Military Support, Humanitarian Aid and Private Capital Investments
Yehor Cherniev — Deputy Chairman. Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Deborah Fairlamb — Founding Partner, Green Flag Ventures
Melinda Haring — Senior Advisor, Razom for Ukraine, USA
Michał Szczerba — Member of the European Parliament, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2023-2024), Poland
Moderator: Bilyana Lilly — Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA
10:00-11:00 | WORKING FORMAT | A New Compact for Transatlantic Security: How to Balance Global Stability and European Security?
Moderator: Norbert Röttgen — Member of the Bundestag, Germany & Governor, Ditchley Foundation
* Session in partnership with the Ditchley Foundation
10:50-11:50 | EXECUTIVE DIALOGUE | The Future of the Green Deal after the 2024 European Elections
Sebastian-Ioan Burduja — Minister of Energy, Romania
Krzysztof Bolesta — Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate & Environment, Poland
Kai Mykkänen — Minister of Climate and the Environment, Finland
Frederik Doyé — Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy
Cristina Pereteatcu — State Secretary for International Affairs, European Integration, and Digitalization, Ministry of Energy, Moldova
Tinne Van der Straeten — Minister of Energy, Belgium
Albinas Zananavičius — Deputy Minister of Energy, Lithuania
Moderator: Michał Kurtyka — Chair of the Energy Security and Climate Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Minister of Climate and Environment (2019-2021), Poland
11:30-12:30 | WORKING FORMAT | Integrating Ukraine into the Transatlantic Defense Industry
Stephen E. Biegun — Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2019-2021)
Yehor Cherniev — Deputy Chairman. Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Moderator: Michał Baranowski — Managing Director, GMF East & Regional Director, Poland
* Session in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the United States
13:30-14:30 | WORKING FORMAT | AI Ecosystem for Defense & Security: Innovations from the USA as a Blueprint for Europe & Poland
Bryce Goodman — Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Brig. Gen. Marcin Górka — Director of the Innovation Department, Ministry of National Defence, Poland
Tomasz P. Michalak — Head AI for Security Program, IDEAS NCBR, Poland
Sebastian Straube — Venture Partner, Sunfish Partners
Mateusz Zawistowski — CEO, MS TFI, PGZ, Poland
Moderator: Anna Wittenberg — Journalist, INFOR
* Session in partnership with NCBR IDEAS
14:00-15:00 | WORKING FORMAT | Understanding the Playing Field: Principles for China’s Global Strategy
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 Counsellor to the President & E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Marcin Jerzewski — Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy, Czechia
Janka Oertel — Director, Asia Programme, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, Germany
Moderator: Alicja Bachulska — Policy Fellow, ECFR, Poland
* Session in partnership with the European Council on Foreign Relations
15:00-16:00 | EXECUTIVE DIALOGUE | Baltic Sea Energy Transition Cooperation Potential
Pekka Haavisto — Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland
Magdalena Bartoś — Vice President of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer, ORLEN S.A., Poland
Moderator: Georg Zachmann — Senior Fellow, Bruegel
* Session in partnership with Orlen, Poland
16:00-17:00 | WORKING FORMAT | Countering Energy Transition-Related Disinformation
Dóra Csernus — Director for Climate & Environmental Policies, Equilibrium Institute, Hungary
Pavel Havlíček — Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs, Czechia
Monika Morawiecka — Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), Poland
Benjamin L. Schmitt — Senior Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ivana Stradner — Research Fellow, Barish Center for Media Integrity, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, USA
Moderator: Maia Mazurkiewicz — Head of StratCom, Alliance 4 Europe
* Session in partnership with the Central European Initiative
16:30-17:30 | EXECUTIVE DIALOGUE | Pragmatic and Ethical Adoption of AI in Defence
Sergio Coronado — Chief Information Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), NATO
Bryce Goodman — Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Moderator: Tony Reeves — Digital Defense, AI Strategy Leader, Deloitte, United Kingdom
* Session in partnership with Deloitte
17:15-18:45 | WORKING FORMAT | Broken Waters Ahead? — The Future of US-European Security Ties
First Q&A session with: Michael R. Carpenter — Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director, European Affairs, National Security Council, USA
Second Q&A session with: Maj. Gen. Christian Freuding — Head, Planning and Command Office, Ukraine Unit, Ministry of Defence, Germany
* Session in partnership with Bundeswehr Centre for Public Affairs