Our speakers

Natalia Arno

PRESIDENT OF FREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION

Jessikka Aro

JOURNALIST AT YLE

Ali Aslan

INTERNATIONAL TV PRESENTER AND MODERATOR

Gordon Bajnai

MEMBER OF THE GLOBSEC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jennifer Baker

EU POLICY REPORTER AND PRESENTER

Arub Banejri

REGIONAL COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR EASTERN EUROPE AT THE WORLD BANK

Mstyslav Banik

HEAD OF THE DIGITAL SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF UKRAINE

Tyson Barker

HEAD OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM AT THE GERMAN COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS

Kevin Baron

EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF DEFENSE ONE

Ivan Bartoš

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR DIGITALISATION AND MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Markus Berndt

DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR AT EIB GLOBAL AT THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

Carl Bildt

FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SWEDEN

Elizabeth Braw

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

Jonathan Byrom

COMMANDER OF THE 2ND MULTI-DOMAIN TASK FORCE, UNITED STATES ARMY EUROPE AND AFRICA

Timothy Cahill

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGY AT LOCKHEED MARTIN

Zuzana Čaputová

PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Malcolm Chalmers

DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE

Aya Chebbi

FORMER AFRICAN UNION YOUTH ENVOY, FOUNDER AND CHAIR OF NALA FEMINIST COLLECTIVE

Steve Clemons

FOUNDING EDITOR AT LARGE OF SEMAFOR

Amanda Coakley

CENTRAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT & IWM FELLOW

Simona Cojocaru

STATE SECRETARY AND CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR DEFENSE POLICY, PLANNING AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ROMANIA

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Levan Davitashvili

VICE PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF GEORGIA

Kimberly Dozier

GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST AT CNN

Milo Dukanović

PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO

Mikuláš Dzurinda

Former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and President of the Wilfred Martens Centre

Karoline Edtstadler

FEDERAL MINISTER FOR THE EU AND CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

Konstantin Eggert

COMMENTATOR AND HOST AT DEUTSCHE WELLE

Tobias Ellwood

CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Daniel Eriksson

CEO OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL’S SECRETARIAT IN BERLIN

Mykhailo Fedorov

VICE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DIGITALIZATION OF UKRAINE

Roland Freudenstein

POLICY DIRECTOR, WILFRIED MARTENS CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES, BRUSSELS

Federico Fubini

EDITOR-AT-LARGE WITH ITALY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER CORRIERE DELLA SERA

Paul Gallagher

TITULAR ARCHBISHOP OF HODELM, SECRETARY FOR RELATIONS WITH STATES

Irakli Garibashvili

PRIME MINISTER OF GEORGIA

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

4TH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Nina Gregori

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR ASYLUM

Marcel Grisnigt

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION OFFICER AT KMW & NEXTER DEFENSE SYSTEMS

Gabriele Grom

PUBLIC POLICY LEAD OF MID-EUROPEID-EUROPE REGION AT MSD

Vladislava Gubalova

SENIOR FELLOW OF CENTRE FOR GLOBAL EUROPE AT GLOBSEC

Melinda Haring

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EURASIA CENTER AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL

Melissa Hathaway

MEMBER OF THE BOARD AT THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION

Eduard Heger

Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic

Yanzhong Huang

SENIOR FELLOW FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AT THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Peter Hultqvist

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

Pascual Ignacio Navarro Rios

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India

Tim Judah

CORRESPONDENT AT THE ECONOMIST

Rastislav Káčer

AMBASSADOR OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Kersti Kaljulaid

GLOBAL ADVOCATE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR EVERY WOMAN EVERY CHILD AT THE UNITED NATIONS

Krišjānis Kariņš

PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA

Matthew Karnitschnig

CHIEF EUROPE CORRESPONDENT AT POLITICO

Thomas Kauffman

VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & SERVICES AT GENERAL DYNAMICS EUROPEAN LAND SYSTEMS

Martin Klus

STATE SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AND EUROPE AFFAIRS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Casper Klynge

VICE PRESIDENT FOR EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OF MICROSOFT

Mallory Knodel

Chief Technology Officer at the Center for Democracy & Technology

Kathleen Koch

AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSLINK

Ivan Korčok

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Anton Korynevych

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE

Dimitar Kovachevski

PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Ivan Krastev

CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRE FOR LIBERAL STRATEGIES

Alena Kudzko

VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBSEC

Albin Kurti

PRIME MINISTER OF KOSOVO

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Miroslav Lajčák

EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BELGRADE-PRISTINA DIALOGUE AND OTHER WESTERN BALKAN REGIONAL ISSUES AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Andrew Lee

DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT ESET

Vladimír Lengvarský

MINISTER OF HEALTH OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Lisa Magno

SENIOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR IN THE BUREAU FOR EUROPE AND EURASIA AT USAID

Marian Majer

STATE SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Ben Makuch

NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER AT VICE NEWS

Zsuzsanna Mátrai

REGIONAL DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LEAD FOR CEE REGION, MICROSOFT

Ottilia Anna Maunganidze

HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS IN THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Eva Maydell

MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND INITIATOR OF REGULATION 4 INNOVATION

Marie Mendras

Professor of Sciences Po & National Centre for Scientific Research

Oleksandr Merezhko

Chair of Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Maria Mezentseva

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF UKRAINE AND HEAD OF UKRAINIAN DELEGATION TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

Ivan Mikloš

FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Stormy-Annika Mildner

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE GERMANY

Vladimir Milov

FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER OF ENERGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Wilhelm Molterer

CHAIRMAN OF GLOBSEC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BRATISLAVA

Andrew Mueller

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT MONOCLE MAGAZINE

Benjamin Mueller

SENIOR POLICY ANALYST AT THE CENTER FOR DATA INNOVATION

Soňa Muzikárová

Jaroslav Naď

MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Karl Nehammer

FEDERAL CHANCELLOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

Maya Noël

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF FRANCE DIGITALE

Anett Numa

INTERNATIONAL CYBER POLICY ADVISER AT MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF ESTONIA

Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos

MINISTER FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

Amanda Paul

SENIOR POLICY ANALYST AT THE EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

Stuart Peach

SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE WESTERN BALKANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Kiril Petkov

PRIME MINISTER OF BULGARIA

Joshua Posaner

SENIOR POLICY REPORTER AT POLITICO EUROPE

Marta Poslad

DIRECTOR OF CEE & TRANSATLANTIC PUBLIC POLICY AT GOOGLE

Stefania Pucciarelli

UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENCE OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC

Veronika Remišová

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic

Rachel Rizzo

NONRESIDENT SENIOR FELLOW AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL’S EUROPE CENTER

Olga Rudenko

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AT KYIV INDEPENDENT

Samir Saran

PRESIDENT OF OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Jarmo Sareva 

AMBASSADOR FOR CYBER AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FINLAND

Alexander Schallenberg

FEDERAL MINISTER FOR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

Glenn Schmidt

VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT THE BMW GROUP

Jiří Šedivý

Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency

Maithreyi Seetharaman

FOUNDER & CEO AT FACULTAS MEDIA LIMITED, LONDON

Maroš Šefčovič

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS AND FORESIGHT

Robin Shepherd

Vice President of the Halifax International Security Forum

Martin Smatana

ASSOCIATE FELLOW, HEALTH, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME AT GLOBSEC

Maria Snegovaya

ADJUNCT SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY

Michael Spindelegger

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MIGRATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Olha Stefanishyna

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR EUROPEAN AND EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE

Karl Stoltz

DEPUTY ACTING COORDINATOR AT THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Leader of the Belarusian democratic forces

Symeon Tsomokos

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DELPHI ECONOMIC FORUM

Patrick Tucker

TECHNOLOGY EDITOR AT DEFENSE ONE

Tytti Tuppurainen

MINISTER FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS AND OWNERSHIP STEERING OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND

Sasha Vakulina

BUSINESS EDITOR AT EURONEWS

Margrethe Vestager

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR A EUROPE FIT FOR THE DIGITAL AGE AND COMMISSIONER FOR COMPETITION

Justin Vogt

EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Kurt Volker

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW, CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS

Ursula von der Leyen

PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Alida Vračić

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT POPULARI

Aleksandar Vučić

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Jane Wakefield

TECHNOLOGY REPORTER AT BBC NEWS

Mary Warlick

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

Kirsten Westphal

Executive Director & Head of the Analysis and Research Division at H2 Global Stiftung

Brian Whitmore

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL

Anna Wieslander

DIRECTOR FOR NORTHERN EUROPE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL

Damon Wilson

PRESIDENT AND CEO OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

Eleanor Wragg

SENIOR REPORTER AT GLOBAL TRADE REVIEW

Ben Wreschner

CHIEF ECONOMIST AND HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE VODAFONE GROUP

Dragomir Zakov

MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Michael Žantovský

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VÁCLAV HAVEL LIBRARY