Program

Ambassadors’ Breakfast (by Invitation only)

Arrival of Participants & Networking

Opening Remarks

Keynote Speech + Moderated Q&A: Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania

Conversation

Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Lithuania

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy

Xavier Chatel, Advisor for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament to the French Presidency

Moderated by TBC

Panel I

What Long-Term Peace in Ukraine Requires Now?

(In partnership with the Atlantic Council)

Alexander Khara, Executive Director, Centre for Defence Strategies

Anna Wieslander, Director, Northern Europe, Atlantic Council

Tacan Ildem, Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

Franz-Stefan Gady, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Moderated by Sylvie Kauffmann, Editor, Le Monde

Fireside chat

Victoria Coates, Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, Heritage Foundation

Moderated by Oliver Moody, Berlin Correspondent, The Times

Panel II

Can Regional Pacts Replace Grand Alliances?

(In partnership with the Swedish Embassy in Lithuania)

Christian Danielsson, State Secretary to Minister for EU Affairs of Sweden

Norman Eisen, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (TBC)

Jana Puglierin, Head of Berlin Office and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Ben Schreer, Executive Director for Europe, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Moderated by Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for Europe, The New York Times

Fireside chat

Peter Andrysiak, Senior Counselor specializing in European Defence, Palantir Technologies

Moderated by Linas Kojala, CEO, GSSC

Networking Lunch

Fireside chat

Tymofiy Mylovanov, President, Kyiv School of Economics

Moderated by Rikard Jozwiak, Europe Editor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Panel III

How to Keep America Hooked?

(In partnership with GLOBSEC)

Philippe Étienne, President of “Mission Libération”, former French Ambassador to the United States

Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania State Senator; Chair, Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee

Jakob Hallgren, Director, Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Member of the Lithuanian Parliament

Moderated by Robert Vass, Founder and CEO, GLOBSEC

Panel IV

What Makes Countries Safe?

(In partnership with RAND Europe)

Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council

Ruth Harris, Defence and Security Research Group Director, RAND Europe

Tomoyuki Yoshida, Chief Executive Director, Japan Institute of International Affairs

Kristi Raik, Director, The International Centre for Defence and Security

Moderated by Dominik Presl, Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs

Fireside Chat

Panel V
How to Deter Attacks Below NATO Article 5?

Du Hyeogn Cha, Vice President, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Robert Hamilton, President, Delphi Global Research Center

Moderated by Margarita Šešelgytė, Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

Snacks & Informal Networking