DAY 1 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd 2019
Zbigniew Pisarski – Chairman of the Warsaw Security Forum, President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Thomas Greminger – Secretary General, OSCE
Paweł Soloch – Head, National Security Bureau, Poland
Georgette Mosbacher – United States Ambassador to Poland, USA
TAKE-OFF
Nik Gowing – Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK
Katarzyna Pisarska – Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland
Jacek Czaputowicz – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Vesna Pusić – Member of Parliament, First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia (2012-2016), Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (2011-2016), Croatia
Edgars Rinkēvičs – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia
Moderator: Corinna Hörst – President, Women in International Security, Brussels (WIIS); Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
David Petraeus – Gen. (ret.), Director, CIA (2011-2012), Commander, International Security Assistance Force (2010-2011), Commander, US Central Command (2008-2010), USA
Moderator: Ali Aslan – International Journalist and Presenter, Germany
Carmelo Abela – Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Malta
Paweł Kowal – MEP (2009-2014), Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2006-2007), Poland
Jens Plötner – Political Director, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
František Ružička – State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
Karin Wallensteen – State Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, Sweden
Moderator: Benjamin Haddad – Director, Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council, USA
Session in partnership with the Atlantic Council, USA
Marcin Bużański – Director for Policy Dialogue, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland
Alberto Fernandez – President, Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), USA
Daniel Fried – Distinguished Fellow, Future Europe Initiative and Eurasia Center, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2005-2009), USA
Ellie Geranmayeh – Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations, UK
Moderator: Patrycja Sasnal – Head of Research, PISM (Polish Institute of International Affairs), Poland
Session in partnership with the Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland
Patrycja Chomicka – Director, Cybersecurity Program, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Jessica Berlin – Managing Director, CoStruct, Germany
Kenneth E. Lawson – Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, USA
Paweł Surówka – CEO, PZU Group, Poland
Moderator: Paweł Wojciechowski – Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Chief Economist of Social Insurance Institution, Poland
Session in partnership with PZU Group, Poland
Jarosław Kraszewski – Brig. Gen. (ret.), Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
James Henry Bergeron – Political Advisor to the Commander, Allied Maritime Command, NATO
Michael Callender – Head, Aerospace Capabilities Section, NATO
Col. Gjert Lage Dyndal – Deputy Head, Strategic Analysis Capability, NATO
Benjamin Hodges – Lt Gen. (ret.), Commanding General, United States Army Europe (USAREUR) (2014-2017), Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, CEPA, USA
Moderator: Ian Brzezinski – Resident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council, USA
Opening remarks:
- Paweł Woźny– Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Defense, Poland
Framing the discussion: The Genius of NATO
- David Harris – Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Committee, USA
Predrag Bošković – Minister of Defense, Montenegro
Volkan Bozkir – Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Minister of European Union Affairs (2015-2016), Turkey
Vicky Hartzler – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ranking Member, Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Forces Committee, USA
Thomas Silberhorn – Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense, Germany
Moderator: Ali Aslan – International Journalist and Presenter, Germany
OPENING REMARKS:
Dr. Denise Natali – Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, USA
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Lt. Col. Rupert Burridge – Human Security Lead, 77 Brigade, British Armed Forces, UK
Navy Commander s.g. Pascale Van Leeuwen – Commander, Mine Counter Measures Operational Sea Training (MOST) Center in Zeebrugge, Belgium
Generalarzt Dr. Almut Nolte – Surgeon General, Bundeswehr, Germany
Lt. Col. Beata Targońska – Chair, Council on Women in Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Moderator: Anna Wieslander – Director, Northern Europe & Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council, Sweden
Session in partnership with Women in International Security and the Embassy of Germany to the Republic of Poland
Dobran Božič – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Daniel Fried – Distinguished Fellow, Future Europe Initiative and Eurasia Center, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2005-2009), USA
Maciej Popowski – Deputy Director-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission
Péter Szijjártó – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Moderator: Bart Szewczyk – Adviser on Global Affairs, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission, EU
Mantas Adomėnas – Member of Seimas, Lithuania
James O’Brien – Member of the Board of Directors, NDI, USA
Atifete Jahjaga – President of the Republic (2011-2016), Kosovo
Vesna Pusić – Member of Parliament, First Deputy Prime Minister (2012-2016), Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (2011-2016), Croatia
Moderator: Edit Zgut – Political Scientist, Guest lecturer, Center for Europe, University of Warsaw
Session in partnership with National Democratic Institute (NDI) & International Republican Institute (IRI), USA
Donara Barojan – Head of Operations, Astroscreen, Lithuania
Elisabeth Braw – Senior Research Fellow, RUSI, UK
Mitchell A. Orenstein – Professor and Chair, Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jamie Shea – Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges (2010-2018), NATO
Moderator: Paul Taylor – Contributing Editor, POLITICO; Senior Fellow, Friends of Europe, EU
Session in partnership with Friends of Europe, EU
- Presenter: Tony Duthie – Leonardo
Vice Admiral Keith Blount CB OBE FRaeS – Royal Navy, Commander NATO Allied Maritime Command, UK
Andrew A. Michta – Dean, College of International and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, USA
Anna Wieslander – Director, Northern Europe & Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council, Sweden
Moderator: Tomasz Smura – Director of Research Office, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Sir Robert Cooper KCMG MVO – Member of the Council, European Council on Foreign Relations, Special Advisor on Myanmar, European Commission, EU & UK
Steven E. Meyer – Dean of Graduate Studies and Chairman, National Security Program & Professor of National Security Studies, Daniel Morgan Graduate School, USA
Yasmin Mohamud – Somalia Dryland Solutions, Founder & Managing Director, Somalia
Peter Szijjártó – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary (invited)
Tom O’Halleran – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, DEM; Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, USA
Moderator: Terry Martin – Senior News Anchor, Deutsche Welle TV, Germany
Maria Domańska, Ph. D. – Senior Fellow, Russian Department, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
Aleksey Levinson – Head of Division of Socio-Cultural Research, Levada-Center, Russia
Vladimir Milov – Member of democratic opposition, Leader of “Democratic Choice” movement (2010-2015), Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation (2001-2002), Russia
Tatiana Vorozheikina – Professor, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Russia
Moderator: Bartosz Węglarczyk – Program Director, Onet, Poland
Session in partnership with the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
DAY 2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd 2019
Jerzy Kwieciński – Minister of Finance, Investment and Economic Development, Poland
Rafał Trzaskowski – Mayor of Warsaw, Poland
John Garamendi – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California, DEM; Senior member of the House Armed Services Committee; Chairman of the Readiness Subcommittee, USA
Radosław Sikorski – Member of European Parliament; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland (2007-2014), Poland
Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska – Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland
Prof. Waldemar Paruch – Head, Centre for the Strategic Analysis, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Lt. Gen. Rajmund T. Andrzejczak – Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland
Michael Carpenter – Senior Director, Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (2015 – 2017), USA
Jamie Shea – Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges (2010-2018), NATO
Alina Inayeh – Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, GMF of the US
Moderator: Michał Baranowski – Director of Warsaw Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Poland
Session in partnership with the German Marshall Fund (GMF), USA
Vladimir Milov – Member of democratic opposition, Leader of “Democratic Choice” movement (2010-2015), Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation (2001-2002), Russia
Alina Polyakova – Director, Project on Global Democracy and Emerging Technology; Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution, USA
Brian Whitmore – Senior Fellow, CEPA, USA
Moderator: Bobo Lo – Russia Research Fellow, French Institute for International Affairs, France
Session in partnership with the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), USA
Dr Julian Lewis MP – Chair, Defence Select Committee, House of Commons, UK
Julian Lindley-French – Senior Fellow, Institute of Statecraft, UK
Clare Moody – MEP (2014-2019), Labour Party, UK
Paul Taylor – Contributing Editor, POLITICO; Senior Fellow, Friends of Europe, UK
Moderator: Małgorzata Bonikowska – President, Centre for International Relations, Poland
Session in partnership with the Center for International Relations (CSM), Poland
Roland Freudenstein – Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Bilyana Lilly – Pardee Fellow, Rand Corporation, USA
Robert Pszczel – Senior Officer for Russia and the Western Balkans, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
Sven Sakkov – Director, International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia
Moderator: Christian Davies – Journalist, The Guardian/The Observer, UK
Session in partnership with the Wilfried Martens Centre, EU
- Presenter: Keith Tucker – Director, Strategic Studies, Lockheed Martin Aeronautic
Justin Bronk – Research Fellow, Airpower and Technology RUSI, UK
Col. Andrea Truppo – General Manager, Joint International Programme Office, Eurofighter Programme, Italy
John Venable – Senior Research Fellow for Defense Policy, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Moderator: 2nd Lt. Justyna Skrzyńska-Rękawek – Polish Air Force, Transatlantic Future Leaders Forum, Poland
Arseniy Yatsenyuk – Founder, Open Ukraine Foundation, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014 – 2016)
Hanna Hopko – Member of Parliament, Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2014-2019), Ukraine
Daria Kaleniuk – Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Action Center, Ukraine
Svitlana Zalishchuk – Member of Parliament (2014-2019), Ukraine
Moderator: Michael Carpenter – Senior Director, Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, USA
Session in partnership with the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, USA
David Kramer – Senior Fellow, Havel Program on Human Rights, and Director, European & Eurasian Studies, Florida International University, USA
Laurent Pech – Professor, Head, Law and Politics Department, Middlesex University London, UK
Mosharraf Zaidi – Chief Executive Officer, Tabadlab, Pakistan
Moderator: Alina Polyakova – Director, Project on Global Democracy and Emerging Technology; Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution, USA
Session in partnership with Brookings Institution, USA
Chris Böhme – Co-founder, Paterva, Germany
Jakob Bund – Research Associate, Global Cybersecurity Capacity Centre, University of Oxford, UK
Pål Jonson – Member of Parliament, Sweden
Nada Kovalcikova – Program Manager, Alliance for Securing Democracy, GMF of the US Brussels office
Moderator: Robert Siudak – Advocacy and Projects Director, Kosciuszko Institute, Poland
Session in partnership with the Kościuszko Institute, Poland
Sophie Katsarava – Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament, Georgia
Oleg Kravchenko – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belarus
Jerzy Kwieciński – Minister of Finance, Investment and Economic Development, Poland (invited)
Anna Westerholm – Ambassador for the Eastern Partnership, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Moderator: Terry Martin – Senior News Anchor, Deutsche Welle TV, Germany
For the motion:
Olin L. Wethington – Board of Directors, IRI; Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council; and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Envoy on China, US Department of the Treasury (2006), USA
Theresa Fallon – Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies, Brussels
Against the motion:
Jacek Bartosiak – Director of Wargaming and Simulations Programme, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, CEO and Founder of Stategy&Future, Poland
Hugh White – Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Moderator: Bobo Lo – Russia Research Fellow, French Institute for International Affairs, France
Zbigniew Pisarski – Chairman, Warsaw Security Forum, President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland