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Day 1

Warsaw Stage

Conference Opening

Welcoming Remarks

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

10:00-11:00

Warsaw Stage

Invitation Only

Speaker

Katarzyna Pisarska

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

Keynote Speeches

Donald Tusk

Prime Minister, Poland

Volodymyr Zelensky

President of Ukraine

Master of Ceremony

Kasia Madera

News Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Winning the War Before the War: European Strategies for Ukraine

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

11:00-11:50

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Ruben Brekelmans

Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

Hanno Pevkur

Minister of Defence, Estonia

Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence, Germany

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission

Moderator

Kasia Madera

News Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Increasing the Stakes: Should Europe Be Feared?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

13:10-14:00

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Jean-Noël Barrot

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Radosław Sikorski

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Andrii Sybiha

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

Johann Wadephul

Federal Foreign Minister, Germany

Moderator

Katarzyna Pisarska

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

Keynote Speech

Defence

Keynote Speech

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

14:00-14:10

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Poland

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Peace Through Strength: What is Europe’s Hard Power?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

14:10-15:00

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Liviu-Ionuț Moșteanu

Vice Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Romania

Tore O. Sandvik

Minister of Defence, Norway

Radmila Shekerinska

Deputy Secretary General, NATO

Wouter van Wersch

Executive Vice President International, Airbus Group

Moderator

Laura Kayali

Defense Correspondent, POLITICO Europe

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

The End of Old Security and What Comes Next?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

15:00-15:40

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Baiba Braže

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

Dalia Grybauskaitė

President of Lithuania (2009–2019)

Norbert Röttgen

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

Éric Béranger

CEO, MBDA

Moderator

Ali Aslan

International Presenter and Journalist, Germany

Conversation

Defence

Conversation

Too Little, Too Late? Reflections on Ukraine and the Western Resolve

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

15:40-16:10

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Lloyd Austin

Secretary of Defense (2021-2025), United States

Moderator

Arancha González Laya

Dean, Paris School of International Affairs Sciences Po; Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (2020-2021), Spain

Panel Discussion

Energy and Climate

Panel Discussion

Power Plays: Keeping the Global Energy Transition on Track in a World on Edge

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

16:10-17:00

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Clément Beaune

High Commissioner for Strategy and Planning, France

Leila Benali

Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Morocco

Michael Goff

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, United States

Rafael Mariano Grossi

Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency

Andres Sutt

Minister of Energy and Environment, Estonia

Moderator

Monika Morawiecka

Senior Advisor, The Regulatory Assistance Project, Poland

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

Fortress Democracy: Building Europe’s Shield from Within

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

17:00-17:50

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Michael McGrath

Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, European Commission

Kevin Casas Zamora

Secretary General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Pascal Lamy

Director-General of the World Trade Organization (2005-2013); Commissioner for Trade, European Commission (1999-2004), France

Royal Hansen

Vice President, Engineering, Google

Moderator

Nathalie Tocci

Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy

Session in partnership with the International Visegrad Fund.

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

From Lisbon to Yerevan: Envisioning Europe’s Strategy for the Wider Neighborhood

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

17:50-18:30

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Kęstutis Budrys

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

Benjamin Haddad

Minister Delegate for European Affairs, France

Ararat Mirzoyan

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia

Moderator

Zbigniew Pisarski

President, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Reception

France as a Partner Nation Reception

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

18:30-20:00

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Benjamin Haddad

Minister Delegate for European Affairs, France

Étienne de Poncins

Ambassador to Poland, France

Chicago Stage

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Unfinished EU: the Next Enlargement Chapter

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

09:00-10:15

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Opening Remarks

Salome Zourabichvili

Fifth President of Georgia

Speakers

Benjamin Haddad

Minister Delegate for European Affairs, France

Natalia Gavrilita

Prime Minister of Moldova (2021-2023); Oversight Board Member, National Bank of Moldova

Filip Ivanović

Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Montenegro

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Chair of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU, Ukraine

Miroslav Lajčák

Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security, Slovakia

Moderator

Peter Grk

Secretary General, Bled Strategic Forum, Slovenia

Session in partnership with Bled Strategic Forum.

Track Opening

Defence

Track Opening

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

11:25-11:30

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Master of Ceremony

Federica D'Alessandra

Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Levée en Masse 2.0: Can Europe Rebuild Its Military Power in the Land Dimension?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

11:30-12:30

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Lt Gen Piotr Błazeusz

Commanding General of Eurocorps (2024-2025)

Christopher Brown

Vice President, Global Strategy & International Business Development, General Dynamics

Lord Vernon Coaker

Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Lt Gen Hervé de Courrèges

Director, Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN), France

Claudia Major

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

Moderator

Lt Gen (R) Ben Hodges

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

Remarks

General Partners Remarks

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

12:30-13:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Micael Johansson

President and CEO, Saab

Christopher Brown

Vice President, Global Strategy & International Business Development, General Dynamics

Doug Stevenson

Vice President of Europe and NATO, Requirements and Capabilities, Raytheon, an RTX Business

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Multi-Domain Skies: Building Air Defenses for a Saturated Threat Environment

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

13:00-14:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Gen Ingo Gerhartz

Commander of NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

Lt Gen (R) Ben Hodges

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

Brig Gen Michał Marciniak

Deputy Chief, Armament Agency Poland

Lt Gen (R) Steven Michael Shepro

Vice-President, Pratt & Whitney

Janice Zilch

Vice President, Multi-Domain Command and Control Programs, Northrop Grumman

Moderator

Teri Schultz

NATO and EU Reporer in Brussels, Germany

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Awakening the Giant: Can Europe’s Industry and Finance Rise to the Challenge?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

14:00-15:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Hélène Conway-Mouret

Vice President of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, France

Stacy A. Cummings

General Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency

Beth McGrath

Global Government & Public Services Leader, Deloitte Global

Herald Ruijters

Deputy Director-General, Head of Task Force for SAFE Instrument, DG for Defence Industry and Space, European Commission

Moderator

Oana Lungescu

Distinguished Fellow Royal United Services Institute; NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Germany

Panel Discussion

Defence

Industrial Panel Discussion

War by Wire: Balancing Manned and Unmanned Power on Tomorrow’s Battlefield

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

15:00-16:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Chris T. Bailey

General Manager, Global National Security, Amazon Web Services

Gen (R) Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie

Executive Vice President, Babcock Aviation, France

Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove

Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2013-2016), United States

Maj Gen Cezary Wiśniewski

Deputy General Commander, Polish Armed Forces, Poland

Gen (R) Tod Daniel Wolters

Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2019-2022), United States

Moderator

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Europe Correspondent, Defense News

Panel Discussion

Defence

Industrial Panel Discussion

Frontlines of the Industrial Innovation: Ukraine as Europe’s Security Engine

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

16:00-17:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Solomiia Bobrovska

Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Ukraine

Stefan Hefter

Partner, Defence & Space, KPMG, Germany

Maj Gen Krzysztof Kociuba

Chief of Staff, NATO Communications and Information Agency

Bartosz Łopiński

CEO, Billennium, Poland

Oleksandr Yakovenko

Founder & CEO, TAF Industries

Moderator

Kari Margrethe Osland

Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Behind the Curtains: How to Respond to Russia’s Shadow War on the West?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

17:00-18:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Gen (R) Philippe Lavigne

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (2021-2024), France

Margaritis Schinas

Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission (2019-2024), Greece

Julianne Smith

Ambassador to NATO (2021-2024), United States

Sir Ben Wallace

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

Moderator

Marija Golubeva

Distinguished Fellow for the Democratic Resilience Program, Center for European Policy Analysis, Latvia

Session in partnership with Center for European Policy Analysis.

Panel Discussion

Night Owl Session

The Middle East Beyond Diplomacy - How Much Worse Can It Get?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

20:00-21:30

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Ilan Berman

Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, United States

Adel Abdel Ghafar

Director, Foreign Policy Program, Middle East Council, Qatar/Australia

Robert Greenway

Director, Allison Center for National Security, The Heritage Foundation, United States

Nathalie Tocci

Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy

Delphine Pronk

Chair of the Political and Security Committee, European External Action Service, European Union

Moderator

Marcin Bużański

Director, Centre for Diplomacy and Negotiation at Civitas University; Advisor to the Management Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Brussels Stage

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Town Hall Discussion

The Next-Gen Alliance: How AI and Deep Tech Are Redefining Transatlantic Security

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

09:00-10:15

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Panel Discussion

Maj Gen Karol Molenda

Commander of the Cyberspace Defense Forces Component, Cyberspace Defense Forces, Poland

Dietmar Nietan

Treasurer, Social Democratic Party; Member of the Bundestag (1998–2002, 2005–2025), Germany

Marta Poślad

Chairwoman, American Chamber of Commerce, Poland

Rear Adm Vincent Sébastien

Deputy Commander of Cyber Defense, France

Moderator

Bilyana Lilly

Adjunct Researcher, RAND Corporation, United States

Session in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

Panel Discussion

Energy and Climate

Town Hall Discussion

Protecting the Baltic: Energy Security, Joint Preparedness, and Regional Resilience

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

10:45-11:45

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Speakers

Carl-Oskar Bohlin

Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden

Justina Budginaite-Froehly

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Lithuania

Anton Hofreiter

Member of the Bundestag, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Germany

Vice Adm Krzysztof Jaworski

Maritime Component Commander, Polish Navy

Gustav Lindström

Director General, Council of Baltic Sea States Secretariat, Sweden

Moderator

Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek

Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland

Session in partnership with Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw.

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Town Hall Discussion

Mining the Future: Clean Tech Competition and Africa’s Place in Global Power Play

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

12:00-13:00

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Speakers

João Gomes Cravinho

Special Representative for the Sahel, European External Action Service, European Union

Kayode Fayemi

Minister of Mines and Steel Development (2015-2018), Nigeria

James Kenny

Co-founder and CEO, Frontier Rare Earths, Ireland

Vera Songwe

Chair and Founder, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, and Non Resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings

Moderator

Maddalena Procopio

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Italy

Session in partnership with the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Remarks

Energy and Climate

General Partners Remarks

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

13:10-13:20

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Anne-Laure de Chammard

Member of the Executive Board and Group Executive Vice-President, Siemens Energy

Panel Discussion

Energy and Climate

Town Hall Discussion

Triple‑A Energy Security for Europe: Autonomy · Adaptation · Affordability

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

13:20-14:20

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Speakers

Sebastian-Ioan Burduja

Member of Parliament, Romania

Anne-Laure de Chammard

Member of the Executive Board and Group Executive Vice-President, Siemens Energy

Frauke Thies

Executive Director, Agora Think Tanks, Germany

Łukasz Koliński

Director, Directorate-General for Green Transition and Energy System Integration, European Commission

Georg Zachmann

Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Germany

Moderator

Zuzanna Nowak

Executive Director, The Opportunity Institute for Foreign Affairs, Poland

Conversation

Democratic Resilience

Conversation

Hope Under Pressure: Belarus’s Democratic Struggle

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

15:30-16:00

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Head, United Transitional Cabinet, Belarus

Siarhei Tsikhanouski

Belarusian Opposition Leader

Moderator

Linas Linkevičius

Ambassador to Sweden, Lithuania; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Keynote Speech

Global Outlook

Keynote Speech

Reinvention of Global Democratic Supply Chain

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

16:30-16:45

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Lin Chia-Lung

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Town Hall Discussion

Europe and the Indo-Pacific: A Shared Security Horizon

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

16:45-17:45

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Speakers

Atsuko Higashino

Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Shairee Malhotra

Deputy Director, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation, India

Gen (R) David H. Petraeus

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

Natalia Pouzyreff

Member of the National Assembly; Co-President of the French Delegation to NATO Parliamentary Assembly, France

Delphine Pronk

Chair of the Political and Security Committee, European External Action Service, European Union

Moderator

Małgorzata Bonikowska

President, Centre for International Relations Foundation (CSM), Poland

Session in partnership with Centre for International Relations.

Conversation

Global Outlook

Conversation

Is Russia Winning or Collapsing? The State of Country and its Society

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

18:00-18:30

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Co-Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee

Moderator

Marta Prochwicz-Jazowska

Deputy Head of the Warsaw Office, Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Panel Discussion

Night Owl Session

Is Talking to an Aggressor Appeasement or Necessity?

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

20:00-21:30

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Solomiia Bobrovska

Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Ukraine

Marcin Giełzak

Founder and President, Centre for Social Democracy Foundation, Poland

Thomas Gomart

Director, French Institute of International Relation, France

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Co-Founder, Russian Anti-War Committee

Moderator

Ali Aslan

International Presenter and Journalist, Germany

Madrid Room

Roundtable

Defence

Roundtable

The Next Chapter in EU Security Partnerships: NATO, Bilateral and Beyond

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

08:45 - 10:30

Madrid Room

Registration Required

Keynote Address: Turning Strategy into Strength: EU’s Defence Roadmap

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission

Remarks

Marcos Perestrello

President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Michał Szczerba

Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for EU Defence and Security Partnerships, Poland

Delphine Pronk

Chair of the Political and Security Committee, European External Action Service, European Union

Roundtable Discussion

Ionela Maria Ciolan

Research Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Romania

Pierre Heilbronn

Special Envoy for Ukraine's Relief and Reconstruction, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Elena Lazarou

Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Greece

Herald Ruijters

Deputy Director-General, Head of Task Force for SAFE Instrument, DG for Defence Industry and Space, European Commission

Oleg Shymanskyi

Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, Ukraine

Moderator

Marcin Bużański

Director, Centre for Diplomacy and Negotiation at Civitas University; Advisor to the Management Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Session co-organised with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels.

Executive Dialogue

Energy and Climate

Executive Dialogue

Nuclear Energy: Powering Central and Eastern Europe’s Industrial Resilience and Strategic Sovereignty

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

11:00-12:30

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Opening Remarks

To be announced.

Roundtable Discussion

Ann K. Ganzer

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, United States

Tamara Lagurashvili

Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Clean Air Task Force

Matthew Parker

Policy Advisor for Nuclear Energy, Third Way, United States

Sebastian-Ioan Burduja

Member of Parliament, Romania

Moderators

Malwina Qvist

Nuclear Energy Program Director, Clean Air Task Force

Alan Ahn

Deputy Director for Nuclear, Third Way, United States

Session in partnership with the Third Way and Clean Air Task Force.

Executive Dialogue

Global Outlook

Executive Dialogue

Business as Usual? Europe's China Policy in the Shadow of the War in Ukraine

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

13:15-14:30

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Speakers

Baiba Braže

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

François Chimits

Director of Europe Program, Institute Montaigne, France

Lord Vernon Coaker

Minister of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Arancha González Laya

Dean, Paris School of International Affairs Sciences Po; Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (2020-2021), Spain

Delphine Pronk

Chair of the Political and Security Committee, European External Action Service, European Union

Linas Linkevičius

Ambassador to Sweden, Lithuania; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Rear Adm (R) Mark Montgomery

Senior Director and Senior Fellow, The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States

Szu-chien Hsu

Senior Advisor to the President at the National Security Council, Taiwan

Moderator

Norbert Röttgen

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

Session in partnership with Ditchley Foundation.

Executive Dialogue

Global Outlook

Executive Dialogue

Division of Labor, Unity of Purpose: The U.S., Europe, and the Map of Strategic Enablers

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

15:00-16:15

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Moderator

Robert Greenway

Director, Allison Center for National Security, The Heritage Foundation, United States

Session in partnership with the Heritage Foundation.

Roundtable

Global Outlook

Roundtable

The Role of Media in the Democratic Shield: Between Anarchy, Political Control and Foreign Interference

Day 1 | 29.09.2025

16:30-17:45

Madrid Room

Registration Required

Opening Remarks

Michael McGrath

Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, European Commission

Yurii Mushka

Deputy Secretary General, Central European Initiative

Roundtable Discussion

Adam Bodnar

Senator, Minister of Justice (2023-2025), Poland

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Latvia

Flutura Kusari

Senior Legal Advisor, European Center for Press & Media Freedom

Sergey Lagodinsky

Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Germany

Mark Speich

Secretary General, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany

Ruslan Stefanov

Program Director, Chief Economist, Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria

Moderator

Marcin Kuśmierczyk

Polityka Zagraniczna YouTube Channel

Session in partnership with the Central European Initiative — Cooperation Fund.