WSF 2018 Speakers

The agenda of WSF 2018 features a detailed schedule, session locations, and a complete list of speakers and moderators for each panel. Stay tuned for updates and get ready for insightful discussions at one of Europe’s leading security events.

  • Anna Maria Anders

    Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (2016-2019), Poland

  • Ali Aslan

    International Presenter & Journalist, Germany

  • Michał Baranowski

    GMF East & Regional Director, GMF East, Poland

  • Behgjet Pacolli

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kosovo

  • Vice-Admiral Hervé de Bonnaventure

    Deputy Director for International Relations and Strategy, Representative of French Minister of Armed Forces

  • Agnieszka Bryc

    Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

  • Ian Brzezinski

    Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence (2001-2005), USA

  • Marcin Bużański

    Director Center for Diplomacy, Civitas University; Senior Advisor, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Javier Candau

    Head of Department of Cybersecurity, National Cryptological Centre, Spain

  • Carmelo Abela

    Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Malta

  • Bartosz Cichocki

    Under Secretary of State, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Poland

  • Dominika Ćosić

    Journalist, Political Correspondent in Brussels, TVP

  • Eugene Czolij

    President, Ukrainian World Congress

  • Norman Davies

    ​Historian, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, United Kingdom

  • Ditmir Bushati

    Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania

  • Col. Gjert Lage Dyndal

    Strategic Analysis Capability Team, NATO

  • Adam Eberhardt

    Director, Centre For Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland

  • Tytti Erästö

    Senior Researcher in Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden

  • Theresa Fallon

    Founder & Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS), Belgium

  • Pavel Felgenhauer

    Defense Analyst, Novaya Gazeta, Russia

  • Roland Freudenstein

    Vice President, Head of GLOBSEC Brussels, Belgium

  • Daniel Fried

    Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, The Atlantic Council, USA

  • Eamon Gilmore

    EU Special Envoy for Colombia Peace Process, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011-2015), Ireland

  • Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski

    Professor, University of Łódź

  • Gustav Gressel

    Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Austria

  • Agnia Grigas

    Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, USA

  • Guglielmo Picchi

    Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

  • Audun Halvorsen

    Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

  • Hanna Hopko

    Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine

  • Kalin Anev Janse

    Chief Financial Officer and Management Board Member, European Stability Mechanism

  • Iulia Joja

    Fellow, Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, University of Potsdam

  • Thomas Karako

    Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Almut Wieland-Karimi

    Director, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

  • Pavlo Klimkin

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

  • Michał Kobosko

    Member of the European Parliament, Poland

  • Jana Kobzova

    Policy Director, Rasmussen Global

  • Bronisław Komorowski

    President of Poland (2010-2015)

  • David Kramer

    Senior Fellow at Florida International University, U.S Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2008-2009), United States

  • Lt. Gen. Krzysztof Król

    Chief of Staff of Allied Joint Force Command (2020-2023), Brunssum

  • Aleksander Kwaśniewski

    President of Poland (1995-2005)

  • Jerzy Kwieciński

    Minister of Finance, Investment and Economic Development, Poland

  • Martina Larkin

    Head of Europe and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

  • Fabrice Leggeri

    Executive Director, FRONTEX

  • Nicolas Liche

    Commander, Flotilla 1, German Navy

  • Linas Linkevičius

    Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020) Minister of National Defence (1993-1996, 2000-2004), Lithuania

  • Bobo Lo

    Independent Analyst

  • Claudia Major

    Head of the Research Division on International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany

  • Col. Michał Marciniak

    Plenipotentiary for the Wisła Program, Poland

  • Marek Zagórski

    Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland

  • Katarina Mathernová

    Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine

  • Brigham McCown

    Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security, Hudson Institute, USA

  • Greg Melcher

    COO, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA

  • Martin Michelot

    Deputy Director, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

  • Ronan Murphy

    Chief Executive Officer, Smarttech247, Ireland

  • Mustafa Nayyem

    Deputy of Verkhovna Rada, Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of European integration of Ukraine

  • Delphine O

    Deputy of Paris, Commission of International Affairs, National Assembly, France

  • Janusz Onyszkiewicz

    Minister of Defense of Poland (1992-1993, 1997-2000

  • Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

    Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation (2014 – 2016)

  • Katarzyna Pisarska

    Chair, Warsaw Security Forum

  • Zbigniew Pisarski

    Founder, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Tengiz Pkhaladze

    Advisor to the President, Georgia

  • Jerzy Pomianowski

    Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy

  • Ilya Ponomarev

    Politician, Member of Russian State Duma (2011-2016)

  • Oana Popescu

    Director, Global Focus Centre, Romania

  • Maciej Popowski

    Deputy Director-General, European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

  • Jorge Portugal

    Director General, Associação Empresarial para a Inovação, Portugal

  • Rodger Potocki

    Senior Director, Europe, National Endowment for Democracy

  • Robert Pszczel

    Senior Resident Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Anders Fogh Rasmussen

    NATO Secretary General (2009-2014)

  • Bettina Renz

    Associate Professor, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

  • Jamie Shea

    Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges (2012-2018), United Kingdom

  • Tomasz Siemoniak

    Member of Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister (2014-2015), Minister of Defence (2011-2015), Poland

  • Magdalena Skajewska

    Journalist and reporter, Polskie Radio

  • Col. (ret.) Dr. Zdzisław Śliwa

    Dean, Baltic Defence College, University of Lower Silesia, Poland

  • Julianne Smith

    Weizsaecker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States (2012-2013)

  • Paweł Soloch

    Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland (2015-2022)

  • Jarosław Sordyl

    Deputy Director of Cybersecurity, PSE S.A., Head, CERT PSE

  • Paweł Świeboda

    Deputy Head of the European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission

  • Zsuzsanna Szelényi

    Non-resident Fellow, Institute of Human Studies, Austria

  • Péter Szijjártó

    Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

  • Konrad Szymański

    Minister for European Affairs (2020-2022), Poland

  • Paul Taylor

    Senior Fellow, Friends of Europe; Contributing Editor, POLITICO

  • Nicolas Tenzer

    Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis

  • Marcin Terlikowski

    Head of the European Security and Defence Economics Project, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Poland

  • Julien Théron

    Sciences Po Paris, France

  • Steve Tsang

    Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House

  • Jakub Turowski

    Head of Public Policy for Poland & Baltics, Facebook

  • Vygaudas Usackas

    EU Ambassador to Russia (2013-2017), former Foreign Minister of Lithuania, former Ambassador to the USA, UK and EUSR to Afghanistan.

  • Tomáš Valášek

    Director, Carnegie Europe

  • David Venable

    Vice President of Cyber Security Masergy Communications

  • Vytautas Umbrasas

    Vice-Minister of National Defence, Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania

  • Brian Whitmore

    Senior Fellow and Director of Russia Program, CEPA

  • Richard Wike

    Director of Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research Center, United States

  • Bogusław Winid

    Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland

  • Piotr Wojciechowski

    President of the Board WB Electronics

  • Marcin Wróblewski

    Deputy Director, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

  • Lt. General (ret.) Moshe Ya’alon

    Minister of Defence (2013-2016), Israel

  • Barçin Yi̇nanç

    Senior Editor, Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey

  • David Zalkaliani

    Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia

  • Andrzej Zybertowicz

    Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland