Our speakers

Natalia Arno

PRESIDENT OF FREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION

Jesikka Aro

Ali Aslan

INTERNATIONAL TV PRESENTER AND MODERATOR

Bogdan Aurescu

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ROMANIA

Jennifer Baker

EU POLICY REPORTER AND PRESENTER

Arub Banejri

REGIONAL COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR EASTERN EUROPE AT THE WORLD BANK

Tyson Barker

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

Kevin Baron

EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF DEFENSE ONE

Elizabeth Braw

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

Cristina Caffarra

SENIOR CONSULTANT AT CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES

Malcolm Chalmers

DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF RUSI

Aya Chebbi

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

Steve Clemons

FOUNDING EDITOR AT LARGE OF SEMAFOR

Amanda Coakley

AWARD-WINNING CENTRAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, VIENNA

Simona Cojocaru

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

Viola Cramon-Taubadel

MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Konstantin Eggert

COMMENTATOR AND HOST AT DEUTSCHE WELLE

Daniel Eriksson

CEO OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL’S SECRETARIAT IN BERLIN

Federico Fubini

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

Irakli Garibashvili

PRIME MINISTER OF GEORGIA

Nina Gregori

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR ASYLUM

Melinda Haring

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EURASIA CENTER AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL

Melissa Hathaway

MEMBER OF THE BOARD AT THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION

Peter Hultqvist

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

Tim Judah

CORRESPONDENT AT THE ECONOMIST

Matthew Karnitschnig

CHIEF EUROPE CORRESPONDENT AT POLITICO

Mallory Knodel

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY  & TECHNOLOGY

Kathleen Koch

AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSLINK

Dimitar Kovacevski

PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Ivan Krastev

CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRE FOR LIBERAL STRATEGIES

Miroslav Lajčák

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

Lisa Magno

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

Stephen Maranian

COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 56TH ARTILLERY COMMAND Commanding General of the 56th Artillery Command

Ottilia Maunganidze

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

Marie Mendras

POLITICAL SCIENTIST IN RUSSIAN STUDIES WITH THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Ivan Mikloš

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

Stormy-Annika Milder

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE GERMANY

Vladimir Milov

FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER OF ENERGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Andrew Mueller

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT MONOCLE MAGAZINE

Benjamin Mueller

SENIOR POLICY ANALYST AT THE CENTER FOR DATA INNOVATION

Maya Noel

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF FRANCE DIGITALE

Anett Numa

INTERNATIONAL CYBER POLICY ADVISER AT MINISTRY OF DECENCE OF ESTONIA

Amanda Paul

SENIOR POLICY ANALYST AT THE EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

Sir Stuart Peach

SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE WESTERN BALKANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Kiril Petkov

PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Zbigniew Rau

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Pascual Ríos 

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION

Rachel Rizzo

NONRESIDENT SENIOR FELLOW AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL’S EUROPE CENTER

Jarmo Sareva 

AMBASSADOR FOR INNOVATION AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FINLAND

Maroš Šefčovič

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

Maria Snegovaya

ADJUNCT SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY

Emily Tamkin

SENIOR EDITOR AT THE NEW STATESMAN

Symeon Tsomokos

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DELPHI ECONOMIC FORUM

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

Jane Wakefield

TECHNOLOGY REPORTER AT BBC NEWS

Shaun Walker

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE CORRESPONDENTA AT THE GUARDIAN

Mary Warlick

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

Kirsten Westphal

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & HEAD OF THE & ANALYSIS RESEARCH DIVISION AT H2 GLOBAL STIFTUNG

Anna Wieslander

DIRECTOR FOR NORTHERN EUROPE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL

Eleanor Wragg

SENIOR REPORTER AT GLOBAL TRADE REVIEW