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Day 1
Warsaw Stage
Chicago Stage
Brussels Stage
Madrid Room
Warsaw Stage
Global Outlook

Scene-Setting

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
09:45-10:00
Warsaw Stage
Open Access
Remarks
Global Outlook

Opening Remarks

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
10:00-10:10
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Katarzyna Pisarska
Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Keynote Speech
Global Outlook

Opening Speech

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
10:10-10:30
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
Prime Minister, Poland
Conversation
Global Outlook

Conversation

Europe's Strategic Moment in a Fracturing World

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
10:30-11:00
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Moderation

Zbigniew Pisarski
Zbigniew Pisarski
President, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

Can Europe Defend Itself?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
11:00-11:50
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Scene-Setting Remarks

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Poland

Panel Discussion

Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission
Tore Onshuus Sandvik
Tore O. Sandvik
Minister of Defence, Norway

Moderation

Kasia Madera
Kasia Madera
News Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom
Conversation
Defence

Conversation

Theory of Victory: How Do We Achieve Military Success Against Russia in Deterrence and Defence?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
13:10-13:40
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Moderation

Katarzyna Pisarska
Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Panel Discussion
Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

Securing Europes Economy for a Fragmented World

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
13:40-14:30
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Andrzej Domański
Andrzej Domański
Minister of Finance and Economy, Poland

Moderation

Maria Tadeo
Maria Tadeo
Europe Correspondent, Le Grand Continent
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

How Can Europe Build the Military Power It Needs?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
14:30-15:30
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Beth McGrath
Beth McGrath
Global Government & Public Services Leader, Deloitte Global
Radmila Shekerinska
Radmila Shekerinska
Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka
Undersecretary of State, European Union Affairs Division, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland

Moderation

Ben Hodges
Lt Gen (R) Ben Hodges
Commander of United States Army Europe (2014-2018); Member of the WSF International Advisory Council
Panel Discussion
Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Powering Europe's Future: Energy Security from the North to the South

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
15:30-16:30
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Moderation

Honorata Nyga-Łukaszewska
Honorata Nyga-Łukaszewska
Assistant Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics; Expert, Ignacy Lukasiewicz Institute for Energy Policy, Poland
Conversation
Global Outlook

Conversation

Checkmate or Stalemate? Rethinking the West's Game Against Russia

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
16:30-17:00
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative, Russia

Moderation

Ali Aslan
Ali Aslan
International Presenter and Journalist, Germany
Panel Discussion
Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Will the Transatlantic Alliance Hold?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
17:00-18:00
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Benjamin Haddad
Benjamin Haddad
Minister Delegate for European Affairs, France
Julianne Smith
Julianne Smith
Ambassador to NATO (2021-2024), United States
Roger Wicker
Senator, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, USA

Moderation

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Wolfgang Ischinger
President of the Foundation Council of the Munich Security Conference Foundation
Panel Discussion
Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

The West Under Attack: Confronting Malign Powers

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
18:00-19:00
Warsaw Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Catherine Ashton
Baroness Catherine Ashton
Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; Vice President of the European Commission (2009-2014), United Kingdom
Rob Bauer
Adm (R) Rob Bauer
Chair of the NATO Military Committee (2021–2025), The Netherlands; Edge Fellow, Deloitte Netherlands; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council
Jason Crow
Member of the House of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, USA
Robert Habeck
Vice Chancellor (2021-2025); Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2021-2025), Germany

Moderation

Nathalie Tocci
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Chicago Stage
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

NATO 3.0: Keeping the Americans In, the Russians Out, and the EU Up

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
09:00-10:00
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Micael Johansson
Micael Johansson
President and CEO, Saab
Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission
Marcin Przydacz
Secretary of State, Head of the International Policy Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
Alice Rufo
Alice Rufo
Director General of International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of the Armed Forces, France
Matthew G. Whitaker
Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO, USA

Moderation

What Will It Take to Win the Next War?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
11:00-11:30
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Gen. (R) Lloyd Austin
Secretary of Defense (2021-2025), United States

Moderation

Ali Aslan
Ali Aslan
International Presenter and Journalist, Germany
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

European Nuclear and Conventional Deterrence: What's on the Table?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
11:30-12:30
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Éric Béranger
Éric Béranger
CEO, MBDA
Ana Isabel Xavier
Ana Isabel Xavier
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Portugal
Claudia Major
Claudia Major
Senior Vice President for Transatlantic Security, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany
Ben Wallace
Sir Ben Wallace
Secretary of State for Defence (2019-2023), United Kingdom

Moderation

Tomasz Smura
Member of the Board, Director of the Defence Program, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

The Future of Air Power: Winning Superiority in a Contested Air Domain

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
12:30-13:30
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Zuzanna Nowak
Zuzanna Nowak
Executive Director, The Opportunity Institute for Foreign Affairs, Poland
Johan Pelissier
Johan Pelissier
President of Region Europe, Airbus
Remarks
Defence

General Partners Contributions

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
13:30-14:00
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Micael Johansson
Micael Johansson
President and CEO, Saab
Krzysztof Krystowski
Krzysztof Krystowski
Vice President, Northrop Grumman
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

From Ukraine to Iran: Lessons for Air and Missile Defence

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
14:00-15:00
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

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Brig Gen Artur Kuptel
Head of the Armament Agency, Poland
Hanno Pevkur
Hanno Pevkur
Member of Parliament, Estonia

Moderation

Justyna Gotkowska
Justyna Gotkowska
Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
Conversation
Defence

Conversation

American Foreign Policy: Lessons from Decades of War and Diplomacy

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
15:30-16:15
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Keith Kellogg
Lt. Gen. (R) Keith Kellogg
Assistant to the President and Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine (2025), USA
David H. Petraeus
Gen (R) David H. Petraeus
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), United States; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Moderation

Catherine Ashton
Baroness Catherine Ashton
Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; Vice President of the European Commission (2009-2014), United Kingdom
Panel Discussion
Defence

Panel Discussion

Game of Drones: Proliferation, Implementation and Evolution of Unmanned Technologies

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
16:30-17:30
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Marc Darmon
Marc Darmon
Executive Committee Member of Thales International, SVP Thales Europe

Moderation

Night Owl Session

The Midterms That Could Make or Break NATO

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
20:00-21:30
Chicago Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Majda Ruge
Majda Ruge
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany
Julianne Smith
Julianne Smith
Ambassador to NATO (2021-2024), United States

Moderation

Brussels Stage
Panel Discussion
Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Ukraine and the Human Cost of War

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
09:00-10:00
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Hanna Hopko
Hanna Hopko
Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Ukraine
Rita Flaherty
Rita Flaherty
Vice President Strategy and Business Development Defense & Systems, GE Aerospace

Moderation

Tobias Ellwood
Tobias Ellwood
Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom
Panel Discussion
Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Futureproofing Energy Systems for an Era of Shocks and Conflict

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
10:30-11:40
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Piotr Błazeusz
Lt Gen Piotr Błazeusz
Commanding General of Eurocorps

Moderation

Panel Discussion
Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Shielding the Lifelines: Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure on the Baltic Sea

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
11:50-12:50
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Krzysztof Jaworski
Vice Adm Krzysztof Jaworski
Maritime Component Commander, Polish Navy

Moderation

Maciej Bukowski
Maciej Filip Bukowski
Head of the Energy and Resilience Program, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Panel Discussion
Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Nuclear Energy Renaissance in the Making: Learning from the Past, Building for the Future

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
13:00-14:00
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Réka Szemerkényi
Réka Szemerkényi
Director of International Affairs, The Equilibrium Institute

Moderation

Tamara Lagurashvili
Tamara Lagurashvili
Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Clean Air Task Force
Panel Discussion
Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Climate Change and the Arctic: Balancing Opportunity, Security and Sustainability

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
14:10-15:10
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Minna Ålander
Minna Ålander
Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir
Thordis Kolbrun R. Gylfadottir
Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the Situation of Children of Ukraine, Council of Europe

Moderation

Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir
Thordis Kolbrun R. Gylfadottir
Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the Situation of Children of Ukraine, Council of Europe
Panel Discussion
Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

From Space to Sea Floor Protecting Europes Critical Infrastructure with Satellite Sovereignty

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
15:30-16:30
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Opening Speech

Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission

Speakers

Josef Aschbacher
Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA)
Marcin Górka
Brig Gen Marcin Górka
Director, Department of Innovation, Ministry of National Defence, Poland

Moderation

Panel Discussion
Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

Democratizing Data while Elevating Defense: The New Cyber Security Paradigm

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
17:00-18:00
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Speakers

Moderation

Night Owl Session

Will Putin's Russia survive the War?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
20:00-21:30
Brussels Stage
Open Access

Scene-Setting Conversation

Panel Discussion

Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative, Russia
Celeste A. Wallander
Celeste A. Wallander
Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs, Department of Defence, USA

Moderation

Madrid Room
Roundtable
Global Outlook

Roundtable

The North Korea China Russia Axis: Myth or Reality?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
09:00-10:00
Madrid Room
Invitation Only

Speakers

Reuben F. Johnson
Reuben F. Johnson
Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Janka Oertel
Janka Oertel
Director of the Asia Programme, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

Moderation

Roundtable
Global Outlook

Roundtable

Belarus: Full-Scale Militarization

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
11:00-12:00
Madrid Room
Invitation Only

Scene-Setting

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Belarus

Speakers

Hanna Hopko
Hanna Hopko
Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Ukraine
Anna Wieslander
Anna Wieslander
Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden

Moderation

Roundtable
Democratic Resilience

Roundtable

Shielding Strategic Assets: Counter-UAS Defense and Critical Infrastructure Resilience

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
12:30-13:30
Madrid Room
Open Access

Speakers

Lukasz Chaberski
Łukasz Chaberski
CEO, Polish Airports S.A., Poland
Alina Wołoszyn
Alina Wołoszyn
Partner, Head of Advisory in Poland and Deal Advisory in CEE, KPMG

Moderation

Roundtable
Energy and Climate

Roundtable

Securing the Baltic Energy System for a Contested Era

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
14:00-15:00
Madrid Room
Open Access

Speakers

Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński
Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment (2020-2023), Poland
Roundtable
Global Outlook

Roundtable

The Transatlantic Divorce: Temporary Rift or Permanent Break?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
15:30-16:30
Madrid Room
Open Access

Speakers

Jason Crow
Member of the House of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, USA
Arnaud Danjean
Arnaud Danjean
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (2024), Member of the European Parliament (2009-2024), France
Tobias Ellwood
Tobias Ellwood
Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom
Majda Ruge
Majda Ruge
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany
Kurt Volker
Kurt Volker
Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017-2019), United States

Moderation

Roundtable
Global Outlook

Roundtable

The Berlin-Warsaw Divide: Europe's Biggest Strategic Risk?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026
17:00-18:00
Madrid Room
Open Access

Speakers

Krzysztof Bosak
Krzysztof Bosak
Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Poland
Joschka Fischer
Vice-Chancellor, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998-2005), Germany
Agnieszka Pomaska
Member of Parliament, Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee, Poland
Markus Reichel
Markus Reichel
Member of the Bundestag, Germany
Norbert Röttgen
Norbert Röttgen
Member of the Bundestag, Germany; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Moderation

Sebastian Płóciennik
Sebastian Płóciennik
Director, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Germany