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The agenda of the WSF 2024 features a detailed schedule, session locations, and a complete list of speakers and moderators for each panel. Stay tuned for updates and get ready for insightful discussions at one of Europe’s leading security events.
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Day 1 — Tuesday, October 1st 2024 | Defence Track

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frederik Doyé — Senior Vice President of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy

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

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

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

Mikhail Kasyanov — Prime Minister of Russia (2000-2004)

Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA

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

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

Katarzyna Pisarska — Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Master of Ceremony: Kasia Madera — News Anchor, BBC News

Andrzej Duda — President of Poland

Salome Zourabichvili — President of Georgia

Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA

Szymon Hołownia — Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Poland

Radosław Sikorski — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Moderator: Kasia Madera — News Anchor, BBC News

* Session in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany

Micael Johansson — President and CEO of Saab, Sweden

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

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

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

Albin Kurti — Prime Minister, Kosovo

Norbert Röttgen — Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Nicolas Tenzer — Senior Fellow, CEPA, France

Moderator: Kasia Madera — News Anchor, BBC News

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

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

Andreas von Beckerath — Ambassador, Embassy of Kingdom of Sweden to Poland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moderator: Norbert Röttgen — Member of the Bundestag, Germany & Governor, Ditchley Foundation

* Session in partnership with the Ditchley Foundation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Day 2 — Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 | Defence Track

Benjamin Haddad — Minister for European Affairs, France
Pål Jonson — Minister of Defence, Sweden
Kajsa Ollongren — Minister of Defense, The Netherlands (2022-2024)
Oleksandr Balanutsa — Deputy Minister for Euroatlantic Integration, Ministry of Defence, Ukraine

Moderator: Terry Martin — TV News Anchor, Berlin

Master of Ceremony: Federica D’Alessandra — Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom

Simona Cojocaru — State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania
Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges — Former Commander, US Army Europe, USA
Michał Kobosko — Member of the European Parliament, Poland
Alexandre Escorcia — Assistant Defence Policy Director, Ministry of Armed Forces, France

Moderator: Diana Skaya — News Anchor, TVP World

Gen. (R) Jeff Harrigian — Commander of US Air Forces Europe, Africa and Allied Air Command (2019-2022), NATO
Heino Klinck — Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (2019-2021), USA
Maj. Gen. Cezary Wiśniewski — Deputy Commander, Armed Forces General Command, Poland
Lin Fei-Fan — Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Moderator: Lt. Gen. (R) Mary A. Legere — Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army (2012-2017), USA

Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum — Chief of Navy, Swedish Navy, Sweden
VAdm (R) Sir Nicholas Hine — Second Sea Lord (2019-2022), United Kingdom
Marko Mihkelson — Member of Parliament, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Riigikogu, Estonia
Barry Pavel — Vice President, Director of the National Security Research Division · RAND Corporation, USA

Moderator: Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges — Former Commander, US Army Europe, USA

* Session sponsored by NATO

Tobias Ellwood — Member of the Parliament, United Kingdom (2005-2024)
Guillaume Ollagnier — Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Rolf Nikel — Vice President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany
Jim Stokes — Director of Nuclear Policy, NATO

Moderator: Teri Schultz — NATO and EU reporter in Brussels, freelance for NPR and Deutsche Welle, Germany

Day 2 — Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 | Democratic ResilienceTrack

Bilyana Lilly — Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA

Master of Ceremony: Marcin Bużański — Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Nikola Dimitrov — Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (2020- 2022), North Macedonia
Carrie Filipetti — Executive Director, Vandenberg Coalition, USA
Pasi Rajala — State Secretary, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Daniela Schwarzer — Executive Board Member, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany

Moderator: Jonasz Rewiński — News Anchor, TVP World

Adam Bodnar — Minister of Justice, Poland

Carl-Oskar Bohlin — Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden
Markus Mäder — State Secretary for Security Policy, Switzerland
Maj. Gen. Karol Molenda — Commander, Cyber Command, Polish Armed Forces

Moderator: Elena Lazarou — Senior Fellow, Chatham House

* Session sponsored by NATO

Ararat Mirzoyan — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

Moderator: Anja Wehler-Schöck — Head of International Politics, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany

Heather Adkins — Vice President, Security Engineering, Google

Bryce Goodman — Chief Strategist, AI & Machine Learning, Defense Innovation Unit, US. Department of Defense, USA
Heather Adkins — Vice President, Security Engineering, Google
Piotr Sankowski — Research Group Leader, Intelligent Algorithms & Data Structure, NCBR IDEAS, Poland

Moderator: Bilyana Lilly — Chair of the WSF Democratic Resilience Track, Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA

* Session in partnership with Google

Krzysztof Gawkowski — Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland

Magnus Hjort — Director General of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency

Moderator: Federica D’Alessandra — Deputy Director of the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, United Kingdom

Maj. Gen. Johan Pekkari — Chief of Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Jarosław Grzywiński — Chief Executive Officer, NASK SA, Poland
Rear Admiral (R) Mark Montgomery — Executive Director, Cyberspace Solarium Commission, USA

Moderator: Benjamin L. Schmitt — Senior Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya — Leader of the Belarus Democratic Opposition, Belarus

Moderator: Anna Nalyvayko — Senior Project Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels

* Session in partnership with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Day 2 — Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 | Global Outlook Track

Rafał Trzaskowski — Mayor of Warsaw, Poland

Master of Ceremony: Terry Martin — TV News Anchor, Berlin

Xavier Chatel — Advisor for Strategic Affairs to the French President, France
Henrik Landerholm — National Security Adviser, Sweden
Tomáš Pojar — National Security Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office, Czechia
Jacek Siewiera — Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland

Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska — Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

* Session in partnership with the National Security Bureau, Poland

Carl Bildt — Prime Minister (1991-1994), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006-2014), Sweden
Florence Gaub — Director, Research Division, Defense College, NATO
Marcin Przydacz — Member of Parliament, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of President (2023), Poland
Celeste Wallander — Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, USA

Moderator: Michał Baranowski — Managing Director, GMF East & Regional Director, Poland

* Session in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the United States & sponsored by NATO

Władysław T. Bartoszewski — Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Anton Hofreiter — Member of the Bundestag, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Germany

Moderator: Hadley Gamble — International Journalist and Presenter, USA

Lt. Gen. Piotr Błazeusz — Commanding General of Eurocorps
Pål Jonson — Minister of Defence, Sweden
Linas Linkevičius — Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020), Minister of National Defence (1993-1996, 2000-2004), Lithuania
Anna Wieslander — Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden

Moderator: Minna Ålander — Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki — Prime Minister of Poland (1991)
Bart Groothuis — Member of the European Parliament, Vice-chair of Delegation for relations with Iran, The Netherlands
Garry Kasparov — Russian Opposition Leader, Russia
Mallory Stewart — Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, US Department of State, USA

Moderator: Małgorzata Bonikowska — President, Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland

* Session in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation, India & Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland

Mikhail Khodorkovsky — Co-Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee

Moderator: Agnia Grigas — Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze — Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Ukraine
Benjamin Haddad — Minister for European Affairs, France
Anna Lührmann — Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany

Moderator: Benjamin Tallis — Democratic Strategy Initiative, Zentrum Liberale Moderne, Germany

* Session in partnership with the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation

Day 2 — Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 | Roundtables

Anna Lührmann — Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany
Dietmar Nietan — Member of the Bundestag, Coordinator of German‑Polish Intersocietal and Cross‑Border Cooperation, Germany
Monika Sus — Visiting Professor, Center for International Security at Hertie School, Germany & Member of Team Europe Direct Poland, Poland
Konrad Szymański — Minister for the European Union (2020-2022), Poland
Katarzyna Ueberhan — Member of the Polish Sejm, Poland
Karolina Wigura — Member of the Board, Kultura Liberalna, Warsaw & Senior Fellow, Center for Liberal Modernity, Berlin

Moderator: Bart Kot — Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland

* Session in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany

Minna Ålander — Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Anton Hofreiter — Member of the Bundestag, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Germany
Justyna Gotkowska — Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland
Pekka Haavisto — Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland

Moderator: Roderick Kefferpütz — Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Brussels

* Session in partnership with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Germany

Max Bergmann — Director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, CSIS, USA
Yehor Cherniev — Deputy Chairman. Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Vít Dostál — Executive Director, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Czechia
Marketa Gregorova — Member of the European Parliament, Czechia
Maria Sannikova-Franck — Director, Russia Programme, Zentrum liberale Moderne, Germany

Moderator: Wojciech Konończuk — Director, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland

* Session in partnership with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Jacek Czaputowicz — Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), Poland
Daniel Fried — Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, The Atlantic Council, USA
Alina Koushyk — Representative for National Revival United Transitional Cabinet, Belarus
Aleksandra Wiśniewska — Member of the Polish Sejm, Poland

Moderator: Bart Kot — Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland

* Session supported by the Mieroszewski Centre, Poland

Day 2 — Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 | Working Formats

* by personal invitation only

Hosts:
Katarzyna Pisarska — Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Misty Damvakaris — Vice President, Contracts and Corporate Compliance Officer, Northrop Grumman

Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir — Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Anna Lührmann — Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Germany
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka — Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland

Opening remarks: Pål Jonson — Minister of Defence, Sweden

Jacek Siewiera — Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland
Henrik Landerholm — National Security Adviser, Sweden
Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström — Chief of Defense Staff, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden
Maj. Gen. Maciej Klisz — Commanding General, The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Micael Johansson — President and CEO of Saab, Sweden

Moderator: Anna Wieslander — Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden

Host: Lt. Gen. Dariusz Łukowski — Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau, Poland

Introduction: Casimir Pulaski Foundation and Rand Corporation Wargame’s Report presentation

Major General Jukka Jokinen — Chief of Staff, Army Command Finland
Gen. Tod D. Wolters — Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2019-2022), USA

* Session in partnership with the National Security Bureau, Poland

Hosted by: Adam Szłapka — Minister for the European Union, Poland

Opening remarks: Zuzanna Rudzińska-Bluszcz — Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Poland

Khatia Dekanoidze — Member of the Parliament, Georgia
Aron Emilsson — Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Sweden, Sweden
Márton Tompos — Member of Hungarian Parliament, Hungary

Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska — Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

With the participation of members of parliament present at the WSF.

* Session in partnership with International Visegrad Fund

Jacek Lewandowski — President, Ipopema
Micael Johansson — President and CEO, SAAB AB

Moderators:
Daniel Boniecki — Senior Partner, McKinsey
Hugues Lavandier — Senior Partner, McKinsey

* Session in partnership with McKinsey

Lucinda Creighton — Minister of State for European Affairs (2011-2013), Senior Fellow, CEPA, Ireland
Marcin Krasuski — Head of CEE Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google, Poland
Guillaume Klossa — President of EuropaNova, Chairman of the Board of Conclave, France
Ieva Ilves — Policy Advisor, WithSecure
Bart Szewczyk — Visiting Senior Fellow, GMF of the US

Moderator: Bill Echikson — Senior Fellow, Digital Innovation Initiative, CEPA

* Session in partnership with CEPA

Opening remarks: Simona Cojocaru — State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania

Solomiia Bobrovska — Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Tacan Ildem — Assistant Secretary General of NATO (2016-2020), Turkey
Nikoloz Samkharadze — Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia
Paweł Soloch — Ambassador of Poland to Romania, National Security Advisor to the President of Poland (2015-2022)
Symeon Tsomokos — Founder & President, Delphi Economic Forum, Greece

Moderator: George Scutaru — Founder & CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania

* Session in partnership with New Strategy Center, Romania & supported by the Mieroszewski Centre, Poland

Opening remarks: Cezary Tomczyk — Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, Poland

Heather Adkins — Vice President, Security Engineering, Google

Start-ups representatives:
Ksenia Iliuk — Co-Founder of LetsData
Krzysztof Klimczak — Co-Founder of Authologic
Wenmiao Yu — Co-Founder of Quantum Dice

* Session in partnership with Google

Lt. Gen. Krzysztof Król — Chief of Staff of Allied Joint Force Command (2020-2023), Brunssum, NATO
Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti — Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2016-2019), USA
Maj. Gen Jonny Lindfors — Chief of Army, Sweden
Nicolas Tenzer — Senior Fellow, CEPA, France
Reuben Johnson — Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

Moderator: Andrew A. Michta — Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

* Session in partnership with Lockheed Martin

Frederick Benjamin “Ben” Hodges III is a retired United States Army officer who served as commanding general, United States Army Europe. He has been Senior Advisor to Human Rights First since June 2022 and also serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. He previously held the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis.

Tony Housh — Award Committee Chairman, Chairman – American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Zbigniew Pisarski — Founder of the Warsaw Security Forum, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Andrew Michta — Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Marek Kamiński — Jack Strong Foundation Ambassador
Leszek Pochroń-Frankowski — Jack Strong Foundation President

Moderator: Marcin Bużański — Resident Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Andrew A. Michta — Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, USA
Paweł Poncyljusz — Polish Ammunition Sp. z o.o., Poland

Moderators:
Lt. Gen. (R) Mary A. Legere — Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army (2012-2017), USA 
Andrea Rigoni — Global Government and Public Services Lead Security, NATO Client Account Lead in Accenture

* Session in partnership with Accenture

Zineb Riboua — Research Fellow & Program Manager, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute
Marcin Kubiak — Ambassador to Iraq, Poland
Tarek Megerisi — Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR
Witold Repetowicz — Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Moderator: Josh Martin — Lead Expert, Global Hub for Behavioral Insights in Preventing & Countering Extremism, UN Office of Counter-Terrorism

* Session in partnership with International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism in Doha, UNOCT & Energy for Europe Foundation

Minna Ålander — Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Donatas Kupciunas — Baltic Fellow, Baltic Geopolitics Programme, Cambridge University, Lithuania
Tobias Ellwood — Member of the Parliament, United Kingdom (2005-2024)
Anna Wieslander — Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden

Moderator: Charles Clarke — Home Secretary (2004-2006), United Kingdom

* Session in partnership with Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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