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Agenda and Streaming

Day 1

Warsaw Stage

Scene-Setting

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

09:00-09:30

Warsaw Stage

Restricted Access

Masters of Ceremony

Nik Gowing

Founder and Director, Thinking the Unthinkable Ltd, UK

Kasia Madera

News Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom

Conference Opening

Global Outlook

Conference Opening

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

09:30-10:30

Warsaw Stage

Restricted Access

Opening Remarks

Katarzyna Pisarska

Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Opening Speech

Donald Tusk

Prime Minister of Poland

Opening Conversation

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

Moderation

Kasia Madera

News Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom

Conversation

Global Outlook

Conversation

Europe's Strategic Moment in a Fracturing World

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

10:30-11:00

Warsaw Stage

Restricted Access

Speakers

Jonas Gahr Støre

Prime Minister of Norway

Mindaugas Sinkevičius

Prime Minister of Lithuania

Moderation

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

Speakers

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission

Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi

Minister of Defence, Hungary

Tore O. Sandvik

Minister of Defence, Norway

Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

Moderation

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

Speaker

Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich

Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO

Moderation

Katarzyna Pisarska

Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Session sponsored by NATO

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

Securing Europes Economy for a Fragmented World

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

13:40-14:40

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Andrzej Domański

Minister of Finance and Economy, Poland

Piotr Serafin

Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, European Commission

Guntram Wolff

Professor of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB); Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium

Moderation

Maria Tadeo

European Affairs Correspondent, Euronews, Spain

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

How Can Europe Build the Military Power It Needs?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

14:40-16:00

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Scene-Setting

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Poland

Speakers

Robertas Kaunas

Minister of National Defence, Lithuania

Beth McGrath

Global Government & Public Services Leader, Deloitte Global

Radmila Shekerinska

Deputy Secretary General, NATO

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defence, Poland

Eirik Lie

CEO, Kongsberg

Moderation

Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges

Commander of the United States Army in Europe (2014-2018); Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, USA

Session sponsored by NATO

Panel Discussion

Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

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

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

16:00-16:30

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Lukas Savickas

Minister of Energy, Lithuania

Anders Opedal

CEO, Equinor

Wojciech Wrochna

Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Poland

Moderation

Honorata Nyga-Łukaszewska

Associate Professor, SGH; Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Session in partnership with the International Visegrad Fund

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

Speaker

Garry Kasparov

Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative, Russia

Moderation

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

Norbert Röttgen

Member of the Bundestag, Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, Germany

Natalia Pouzyreff

Member of the National Assembly, Member of the Defence Committee, France

Julianne Smith

Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO (2021–2024), USA

Roger Wicker

Senator, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, USA

Moderation

Wolfgang Ischinger

Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany

Session in partnership with Munich Security Conference

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

Baroness Catherine Ashton

Member of the House of Lords; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, United Kingdom

Adm. (R) Rob Bauer

Chair of the NATO Military Committee (2021-2025); Edge Fellow at Deloitte; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, The Netherlands

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

Professor of Practice, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy

Session in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Stiftung

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

President and Chairman of the Board, ASD; CEO, Saab Group

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

Matthew G. Whitaker

Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO, USA

Moderation

Victoria Coates

Vice President, Heritage Foundation, USA

Conversation

Defence

Conversation

Defence What Will It Take to Win the Next War?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

11:00-11:30

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Gen. (R) Lloyd Austin

Secretary of Defense (2021-2025), USA

Moderation

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

CEO, MBDA

Xavier Chatel

Advisor for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament to the President of France

Oleksandr Danyliuk

President, Destinus

Claudia Major

Senior Vice President for Transatlantic Security, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany

Sir Ben Wallace

Secretary of State for Defence (2019-2023), United Kingdom

Moderation

Tomasz Smura

Member of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

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

Lt. Gen. Rolf Folland

Military Representative to NATO, Norway

Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak

Operational Commander, Poland

Johan Pelissier

President Europe, Airbus

Lt. Gen. (R) Steve Shepro

Vice President, Integrated Customer Solutions, Pratt & Whitney, RTX

Robert Wilkerson

Director, Global Pursuits, Strategy & Business Development Europe, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Moderation

Teri Schultz

Freelance Reporter, NPR and Deutsche Welle, USA

Remarks

Defence

General Partners Contributions

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

13:30-14:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Fredrik Gustafson

Vice President, Head of Group Business Development, Saab AB

Krzysztof Krystowski

Country Executive, Northrop Grumman

Chris Haave

Vice President, International Operations, Global Government Relations, RTX

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

Brian Moran

Vice President for Europe, Anduril

Frank Morley

Vice President, Northrop Grumman

Hanno Pevkur

Member of the Parliament; Minister of Defense (2022-2026), Estonia

Radoslava Stefanova

Head of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section, Defence Policy and Planning Division, NATO

Paweł Zalewski

Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defence, Poland

Moderation

Justyna Gotkowska

Deputy Director, Eastern Studies Center, 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

Dan Crenshaw

Member of the House of Representatives, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, USA

Lt. Gen. (R) Keith Kellogg

Co-Chair, Center for American Security, America First Policy Institute, USA

Gen. (R) David H. Petraeus

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, USA

Moderation

Baroness Catherine Ashton

Member of the House of Lords; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, 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

Gen. Nicolae Ciucă

Prime Minister (2021-2023), Minister of Defence (2019-2021), Romania

Marc Darmon

Senior Vice President Europe, Thales

Oleksiy Honcharuk

Prime Minister of Ukraine (2019-2020); Chairman of the Board, UFORCE

Bentzion Levinson

Founder and CEO, Heven Aerotech

Brig. Gen. Cezary Róg

Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Head of Intelligence Department J2 of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (2022-2025), Poland

Moderation

Benedetta Berti

Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, NATO

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

Evelyn Farkas

Executive Director, McCain Institute, USA

Majda Ruge

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Affairs, Germany

Julianne Smith

Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO (2021–2024), USA

Robert Vass

Founder and President, GLOBSEC, Slovakia

Moderation

Leslie Vinjamuri

President and CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, USA

Session in partnership with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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

Scene-Setting

Oleksandr Sych

Senior Sergeant, Defender of Chornobyl NPP, Former Prisoner of War, Ukraine

Speakers

Hanna Hopko

Head of the National Interest Advocacy Network "ANTS"; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, Ukraine

Michael O'Flaherty

Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe

Maciej Popowski

Director-General, Directorate General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, European Commission

Maria Tomak

Affiliated Researcher and Advocacy Expert, Truth Hounds, Ukraine

Moderation

Tobias Ellwood

Distinguished Fellow, The Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom

Session in partnership with ICUV and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Track Opening

Energy and Climate

Track Opening

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

10:30-10:40

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Miłosz Motyka

Minister of Energy, Poland

Remarks

Energy and Climate

General Partners Contribution

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

10:40-10:50

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Karim Amin

Executive Board Member, Siemens Energy

Panel Discussion

Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Futureproofing Energy Systems for an Era of Shocks and Conflict

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

10:50-11:40

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Karim Amin

Executive Board Member, Siemens Energy

Lt. Gen. Piotr Błazeusz

Military Representative to the NATO and EU Military Committees, Poland

Louise van Schaik

Head of Unit & Global Affairs, Clindendael, The Netherlands

Marc Veasey

Member of the House of Representatives, Helsinki Commission, USA

Moderation

Hanna Uhl

Expert, Sobieski Institute, Poland

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

VAdm. Krzysztof Jaworski

Deputy Commander General of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland

Frode Leversund

CEO, Gassco, Norway

Stefan Rouenhoff

Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Germany

Asta Sihvonen-Punkka

CEO, Fingrid

Paweł Wojtunik

Vice-President of the Management Board, Security and Risk, ORLEN S.A.

Moderation

Maciej Filip Bukowski

Head of the Energy and Resilience Program, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Session in partnership with our Donor, The ORLEN Foundation

Remarks

Energy and Climate

General Partners Contribution

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

13:00-13:10

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Joe Klecha

Chief Nuclear Officer and President , The Nuclear Company

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

13:10-14:00

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Carl Berglöf

National Nuclear New-build Coordinator, Ministry of Energy and Enterprise, Sweden

Joe Klecha

Chief Nuclear Officer and President , The Nuclear Company

Mikołaj Raczyński

CEO, Polish Development Fund

Wojciech Wrochna

Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Poland

Moderation

Tamara Lagurashvili

Director, Central and Eastern Europe, CATF, Georgia

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

Sigrun Aasland

Minister for Climate and Environment, Norway

Minna Ålander

Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland

Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir

Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the Situation of Children of Ukraine, Council of Europe; Minister for Foreign Affairs (2021–2024), Iceland

Ernest Malinowski

COO, Mining Terminal

Moderation

Henry Foy

Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times, UK

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

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

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

15:30-16:45

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Scene-Setting

Josef Aschbacher

Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA)

Speakers

Grzegorz Brona

CEO, Creotech Instruments

Brig. Gen. Marcin Górka

Director of the Department of Innovation, Ministry of National Defence, Poland

Christian Hauglie-Hanssen

Director General, Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA), Norway

Tim Johnson

Lead Partner, Crisis & Resilience, Deloitte

Moderation

Andrew Hood

Partner, Fieldfisher

Remarks

Democratic Resilience

General Partners Contribution

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

17:00-17:10

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Laura Wood

Partner, Government and Public Sector; Global Defence Leader, PwC

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

Democratizing Data while Elevating Defense: The New Cyber Security Paradigm

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

17:10-18:00

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Ari Kristinn Jónsson

President, NATO Innovation Fund

Francine Katsoudas

Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer, Cisco

Kris McConkey

Cyber Defence & Intelligence Leader, PwC UK, United Kingdom

Oleg Shymanskyi

Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, Ukraine

Peter M. Wagner

Head of Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, European Commission

Moderation

Wojciech Dzięgiel

Member of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Night Owl Session

Will Putin's Russia's Survive the War?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

20:00-21:30

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Scene-Setting Conversation

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Co-Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee, Russia

Speakers

Garry Kasparov

Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative, Russia

John Lough

Senior Research Fellow, Head of Foreign Policy & International Partnerships, New Eurasian Strategies Centre, United Kingdom

Maria Tomak

Affiliated Researcher and Advocacy Expert, Truth Hounds, Ukraine

Celeste A. Wallander

Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs, Department of Defence, USA

Moderation

Roland Freudenstein

Founder, Brussels Freedom Hub, Germany

Session in partnership with New Eurasian Strategies Centre. Wine service will be available throughout the session..

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

Registration Required

Speakers

Reuben F. Johnson

Korea Fellow, Asia Research Centre, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Hae-Won Jun

Director General, Department of North American and European Studies; Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, KNDA - Republic of Korea

Lami Kim

Korea Chair in Advanced Technologies, National Security and Defence, International Institute for Strategic Studies, USA

Dougal McInnes

Head of Europe Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

Katsuya Tsukamoto

Chief, National Security Policy Division, NIDS, Japan

Moderation

Krzysztof Kozłowski

Director, Asia Research Centre, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Session in partnership with the Korea Foundation and the National Institute of Freedom - Center for Civil Society Development

Roundtable

Global Outlook

Roundtable

Belarus: Full-Scale Militarization

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

11:00-12:00

Madrid Room

Registration Required

Scene-Setting

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Belarus

Speakers

Hanna Hopko

Head of the National Interest Advocacy Network "ANTS"; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council, Ukraine

Matvei Kupreichyk

Public Representative, Belpol, Belarus

Robert Vass

Founder and President, GLOBSEC, Slovakia

Anna Wieslander

Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden

Moderation

Jörg Forbrig

Managing Director, European Resilience, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany

Session in partnership with GMF and Belpol

Roundtable

Democratic Resilience

Roundtable

Joint Deterrence and Functional Sovereignty: How Industrial Cooperation Can Bolster Polands and the Eastern Flanks Posture?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

12:30-13:30

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Scene-Setting

Gabriel Gorbačevski

Vice Minister, Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania

Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defence, Poland

Speakers

Michał Baranowski

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Poland

Krzysztof Bosak

Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Poland

Maj. Gen. Mariusz Chmielewski

Head of the Cyber Defence Forces Component, Poland

Bartosz Grodecki

Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau to the President of Poland

Moderation

Maciej Łaska

Defence and Security Lead Europe, Palantir Technologies

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

Invitation Only

Speakers

Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński

Executive Vice President for Safety, Security & Sustainability, Equinor

Konrad Wojnarowski

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Poland

Paweł Wojtunik

Vice-President of the Management Board, Security and Risk, ORLEN S.A.

Moderation

Michał Niewiadomski

The Energy Club, Founder & CEO, Poland

Session in partnership with our Donor, The ORLEN Foundation

Roundtable

Global Outlook

Roundtable

The Transatlantic Divorce: Temporary Rift or Permanent Break?

Day 1 | 12.10.2026

15:30-16:30

Madrid Room

Registration Required

Speakers

Martin Briens

Secretary General, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Jason Crow

Member of the House of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, USA

Tobias Ellwood

Distinguished Fellow, The Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom

Majda Ruge

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Affairs, Germany

Kurt Volker

Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis, USA

Moderation

Peter Hefele

Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Germany

Session in partnership with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels This event receives financial support from the European Parliament. Sole liability rests with the organisers, the European Parliament is not responsible for the activity.

Roundtable

Global Outlook