

11 May 2023 | Egmont Palace, Brussels


Speakers
Josep Borrell
EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Union
Oleksii Reznikov
Minister of Defence, Ukraine
Thierry Breton
EU Commissioner for Internal Market
Greta Monika Tučkutė
Vice-Minister of Defence, Lithuania
Margaritis Schinas
Vice-President of the Commission for Promoting our European Way of Life
Admiral Rob Bauer
Chair of the NATO Military Committee
Micael Johansson
President and CEO, SAAB AB
General Claudio Graziano
Chairman, Fincantieri SpA
Carl Bildt
Co-Chair of the ECFR, Former Swedish Prime Minister
Radka Konderlová
Director General for Industry Cooperation, Czech Ministry of Defence
Joanneke Balfoort
Director of Security and Defence Policy, EEAS
Olivier Lemaitre
Secretary General, Eurospace
Anna Samsel van Haasteren
Deputy Head of Unit for Space, Innovation, Start-ups, Economics, DG DEFIS
François Arbault
Director for Defence Industry, DG DEFIS
Willem van de Voorde
Belgian Permanent Representative to the EU
Andrea Nativi
Senior Vice-President and Chair of the Defence Business Unit ASD, Leonardo
Kris Peeters
Vice President, European Investment Bank
Admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río
Commander of the European Maritime Force
Carine Claeys
Special Envoy for Space, EEAS
Simon Mordue
Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the European Council
General Tom Middendorp
Chair, International Military Committee on Climate and Security
Yevhen Gavrilov
General Director, Antonov
Major General André Denk
Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
Dr. Mira Milosevich
Senior Analyst, Elcano
Donato Martínez Pérez de Rojas
Vice-President, Defence of Navantia
James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General of Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
François Heisbourg
Special Advisor,FRS
Senior Advisor, IISS
Christiane Kirketerp de Viron
Head of Unit for Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy, DG CONNECT
Giorgio Mosca
Vice-President, Leonardo
ASD Chair Cyber Task Force
Dr. Xavier Pasco
Director of the Fondation pour la Recherce Stratégique
Deborah Allen
ASD Chair Task Force Green Defence
BAE Systems Group Director
Vice Admiral Jan de Waard
National Armaments Director, the Netherlands
Jan Pie
Secretary General, ASD Europe
Diego De Ojeda Garcia-Pardo
Head of Unit, Secretariat General of the European Commission
Christos Economou
Deputy Director for Sea-basin Strategies, Maritime Regional Cooperation and Maritime Security, DG MARE
Oleksandra Ustinova
People’s deputy of Ukraine
Teri Schultz
EU/NATO Reporter
Maria Tadeo
Bloomberg TV Reporter
Jennifer Baker
EU Policy and Tech Reporter
Kim Mackrael
Wall Street Journal reporter
“Russia has already lost the war. Ukraine just hasn’t won yet”
Josep Borrell
HR/VP of the European Union

“The consequences of a war with Russia are so far-reaching, that it is not a simple black and white discussion”
Admiral Rob Bauer
Chair of the NATO Military Committee