Agenda
and Streaming
Day 2

The agenda of WSF 2025 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.

Home

|

WSF2025

|

Agenda and Streaming

|

Day 2

Warsaw Stage

Ceremony

Knight of Freedom Ceremony

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

10:00-11:10

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Award Recipient

Jens Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary General (2014-2024); Minister of Finance, Norway

Laudations

Secretary of Defense (2021-2025), United States

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

Moderator

Gen (R) David H. Petraeus

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

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Panel Discussion

The Unbroken: Fight for Democratic Sovereignty in a Hostile Neighborhood

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

11:10-12:00

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2022), Ukraine

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Head, United Transitional Cabinet, Belarus

Rafał Trzaskowski

Mayor of Warsaw, Poland

Salome Zourabichvili

Fifth President of Georgia

Moderator

Vice Chair of the Board, Open Society Foundations, Germany

Track Opening

Global Outlook

Track Opening

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

13:00-13:10

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Master of Ceremony

Senior Anchor, Deutsche Welle News, Germany

Conversation

Global Outlook

Conversation

From Kyiv to Washington: Assessing the War, the West’s Response, and What Comes Next

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

13:10-13:40

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Lt Gen (R) Keith Kellogg

Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine, United States

Moderator

Katarzyna Pisarska

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

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Europe’s Moment of Truth: Ukraine and the Consequences of Hesitation

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

13:40-14:30

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

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

Thordis Kolbrun R. Gylfadottir

Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the Situation of Children of Ukraine, Council of Europe

Sir Ben Wallace

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

Éric Béranger

Moderator

Senior Anchor, Deutsche Welle News, Germany

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Waves of Worries: Shallow Waters & Deep Threats of the Baltic Sea

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

14:30-15:20

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Marko Mihkelson

Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Estonia

Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland (2022-2025)

Tytti Tuppurainen

Member of Parliament, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Finland

Antoine de Braquilanges

Director General, Helsing, France

Moderator

Anna Wieslander

Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council, Sweden

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger? The Transatlantic Alliance Stress-Test

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

15:20-16:10

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Baroness Catherine Ashton

Member of the House of Lords, United Kingdom; High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2010-2014); Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to NATO, France

Georgette Mosbacher

Ambassador to Poland (2018-2021), United Sates

Principal Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025), USA

Moderator

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

Conversation

Conversation

Beyond Fear: Legacy, Loss, and the Power of Speaking Out

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

16:10-16:40

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Yulia Navalnaya

Chairwoman of the Advisory Board, Anti-Corruption Foundation, Russia

Moderator

Sylvie Kauffmann

Editor, Le Monde, France

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Reset with Russia: What are the Odds of History Repeating Itself?

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

16:40-17:30

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Sir William Browder

Head, Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, United Kingdom

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

President of Estonia (2006-2016)

Zhanna Nemtsova

Co-Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, Russia

Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Chairman, Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016)

Moderator

Michael R. Carpenter

Ambassador to the OSCE (2021-2024); NSC Senior Director for Europe (2024), United States

Conference Closing

Conference Closing & Cocktail

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

17:30-18:30

Warsaw Stage

Open Access

Chicago Stage

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Securing Europe: Transatlantic Strategies in a Time of War and Uncertainty

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

09:00-10:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

Lt Gen (R) Keith Kellogg

Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine, United States

State Secretary for Security Policy, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Switzerland

Marcin Przydacz

Secretary of State, Head of the International Policy Bureau, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland

Moderator

Senior Policy Editor, Politico Europe

Remarks

General Partners Remarks

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

11:30-12:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Stephen O’Bryan

Vice President, Northrop Grumman

Benjamin Tallis

Head of Thought Leadership, Helsing

Alina Wołoszyn

Partner, Head of Advisory in Poland and Deal Advisory in CEE, KPMG

Head of Defence, KPMG CEE

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Competitive Waters: Securing Europe's Seas and Reviving Its Shipyards

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

12:00-13:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

R Adm (R) Rex Cox

Trials and Acceptance Director, Babcock International

Vice Adm Krzysztof Jaworski

Maritime Component Commander, Polish Navy

Rear Adm Marcel Neculae

Deputy Chief od the Romanian Naval Forces, Romania

Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Kockums, Saab AB

Moderator

Antonia Colibasanu

Senior Expert, New Strategy Center

Session in partnership with the New Strategy Center.

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Europe’s Nuclear Dilemma: Autonomy, Alliance, and Deterrence

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

13:00-14:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (2024), Member of the European Parliament (2009-2024), France

Lt Gen Krzysztof Król

Advisor to the Chief of General Staff, Polish Armed Force, Poland

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, House of Commons, United Kingdom

Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland (2022-2025)

Gen (R) Tod Daniel Wolters

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

Moderator

Head of the Defence Track, Warsaw Security Forum; Member of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Conversation

Defence

Conversation

Hard Lessons from the Front: Reforming Ukraine’s Warfighting Edge

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

14:00-14:30

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speaker

Veteran of the War in Ukraine, U.S. Marine Corps, United States

Moderator

Member of House of Commons (2005-2024), United Kingdom

Panel Discussion

Defence

Panel Discussion

Smart, Dense, Defended: Asian Insights for European Strategic Infrastructure

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

14:30-15:30

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Speakers

Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove

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

Michael Coulter

CEO, Hanwha Global Defense, South Korea

Rear Adm (R) Mark Montgomery

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

Lt Gen Jih-Sheng Hsieh

Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence, Ministry of National Defence, Taiwan

Moderator

Director, European Values Center for Security Policy, Czech Republic

Ceremony

Jack Strong Award Ceremony

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

16:30-17:00

Chicago Stage

Open Access

Award Recipient

Georgette Mosbacher

Ambassador to Poland (2018-2021), United Sates

Laudation

To be announced.

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

Global Outlook

Panel Discussion

Tariffs, Growth, and Guns: The Future of European and Global Security Economics

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

09:00-10:00

Brussels Stage

Open Access

Conversation

Andrzej Domański

Minister of Finance and Economy, Poland

Jens Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary General (2014-2024); Minister of Finance, Norway

Panel Discussion

Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Mikołaj Raczyński

Vice-President of the Management Board, Polish Development Fund

Director, Head of the Security and Defence Office, European Investment Bank

Moderator

Europe Correspondent, Le Grand Continent

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Town Hall Discussion

Connected but Protected: The Digital Pillar of Modern Democracy

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

10:15-11:15

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Speakers

Vitaly Balashov

Deputy Minister, Digital Transformation for Cybersecurity and Cloud Technologies, Ukraine

Alexandre Escorcia

Director for Euro-Atlantic Security, Ministry for the Armed Forces, France

Minister of Defense, Kosovo

Torsten Schack Pedersen

Minister for Resilience and Preparedness, Denmark

Dariusz Standerski

Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

Minister of Defence, Albania

Moderator

Advisor on Cybersecurity Policy and International Cooperation, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Latvia

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

Town Hall Discussion

Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Strategic Innovation for Security and Competitiveness

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

11:30-12:30

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Speakers

Łukasz Chaberski

CEO, Polish Airports S.A., Poland

Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group

Symeon Tsomokos

Founder and President, Delphi Economic Forum, Greece

Global Security Leader, Partner, PwC Germany

Moderator

Réka Szemerkényi

Senior Advisor, Equilibrium Institute, Hungary

Session in partnership with the International Visegrad Fund.

Panel Discussion

Democratic Resilience

WSF–Innovation Hub

Dual Use, Cyber and GovTech Frontiers: Startups Powering Transatlantic Security

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

13:00-15:00

Brussels Stage

Invitation Only

Opening Firechat

Brig Gen Marcin Górka

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

Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group

Aleksander Mokrzycki

Deputy CEO, PFR Ventures, Poland

Opening and Presentation of teams participating in the Investment Dual-use Adaptation 2023-2025

Mikołaj Raczyński

Vice-President of the Management Board, Polish Development Fund

Introduction and Presentation of Google for Startups Accelerator

Michał Kramarz

Head of Google Startups, Poland

Panel Discussion

Brig Gen Marcin Górka

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

Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group

Christopher Kirchhoff

Founding Partner, Defense Innovation Unit (2016-2017), United States

Director for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber Division, NATO

Marcin Wiśniewski

President, CTM PGZ

Moderator

Eliza Kruczkowska

Director, Innovation Development Department, Polish Development Fund, Poland

Premiere Launch: Dual-Use Founder's Handbook Vol. 2

Wojciech Drewczyński

Operating Partner, Balnord

Marcin P. Kowalik

General Partner, Balnord

Session in partnership with the Polish Development Fund and Google

Panel Discussion

Global Outlook

Town Hall Discussion

From Evidence to Accountability: Prosecuting Russia for Crimes of Genocide

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

15:30-17:00

Brussels Stage

Registration Required

Opening Speech

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2022), Ukraine

Witnesses

Yaroslav Bazylevich

Ukrainian father, lost wife and three daughters in a Russian missile attack on Lviv

Marine Commander from Poltava, Defender of Mariupol, Ukraine

Vladyslav Zhaivoronok

Veteran of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Defender of Mariupol and Azovstal

Panel Discussion

Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Marko Mihkelson

Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Estonia

Kajsa Ollongren

EU Special Representative for Human Rights, European Union

Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska

Member of the Sejm, Chair of the Polish-American Parliamentary Group, Poland

Moderator

Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Session in partnership with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory.

Madrid Room

Executive Dialogue

Executive Dialogue of Members of Parliaments

Ukraine 2025 and Beyond: Parliamentary Strategies for Long-Term Support

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

09:00-10:30

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Speakers

Member of the European Parliament; Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Finland

Member of Parliament, Vice-president of the Committee for Defence and Security of the Chamber of Deputies, Romania

Pawel Bartoszek

Member of Parliament, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Iceland

Radosław Fogiel

Member of the Sejm, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Latvia

Member of the Sejm, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Poland

Sergey Lagodinsky

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

Member of the the Swiss National Council, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Switzerland

Moderator

Thordis Kolbrun R. Gylfadottir

Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the Situation of Children of Ukraine, Council of Europe

Roundtable

Roundtable

Agents of Chaos: Russian and Belarussian Cognitive Warfare and Covert Action Against the West

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

11:15-12:30

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Speakers

Natalia Gavrilita

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

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Latvia

Director for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber Division, NATO

Lt Gen (R) Dariusz Łukowski

Head of the National Security Bureau (2025), Poland

Marko Mihkelson

Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Estonia

Natalia Pouzyreff

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

Olesya Vinhas de Souza

Researcher, NATO Defense College, Italy

Karolina Wigura

Member of the Board, Kultura Liberalna, Poland

Moderator

Maciej Filip Bukowski

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

Session in partnership with Mieroszewski Center.

Roundtable

Global Outlook

Roundtable

Strategic Partners or Strategic Drift? Poland, Germany, and Europe’s Global Moment

Day 2 | 30.09.2025

15:00-16:15

Madrid Room

Invitation Only

Speakers

Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski

Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Krzysztof Bosak

Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Poland

Member of the European Parliament (1980-2019), Germany

Jacek Czaputowicz

Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), Poland; Member of the WSF International Advisory Council

Anton Hofreiter

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

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

Member of the Bundestag, Germany

Sebastian Płóciennik

Director, Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Germany

Moderator

Konrad Szymański

Minister for European Affairs (2020-2022), Poland

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