WSF 2020 Speakers

The agenda of WSF 2020 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.

Speakers

  • Gen. (R) Rajmund Andrzejczak

    Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (2018–2023), Poland

  • Bogdan Aurescu

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania

  • Stephen E. Biegun

    Deputy Secretary of State (2019-2021), USA

  • Baiba Braže

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

  • Michael R. Carpenter

    Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the US National Security Council, USA

  • Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă

    Minister of National Defence, Romania

  • João Gomes Cravinho

    Minister of Defence of Portugal

  • Dmytro Kuleba

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

  • Theresa Fallon

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

  • Mircea Geoană

    Deputy Secretary-General, NATO

  • Baroness Goldie DL

    Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom

  • Audun Halvorsen

    Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

  • Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Co-Chair of the Poland Caucus, Ukraine Caucus, and Hungary Caucus, USA

  • Jan-Olof Lind

    State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Sweden

  • Ann Linde

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden

  • Linas Linkevičius

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

  • Anže Logar

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

  • Jüri Luik

    Minister of Defense of Estonia

  • Tone Skogen

    State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Norway

  • Paweł Soloch

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

Moderators

  • Ali Aslan

    International Presenter & Journalist, Germany

  • Michał Baranowski

    GMF East & Regional Director, GMF East, Poland

  • Kristine Berzina

    Senior Fellow, Head of the Geopolitics Team, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Belgium

  • Florian C. Feyerabend

    Desk Officer and Policy Advisor for Southeast Europe/Western Balkans, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

  • Roland Freudenstein

    Vice President, Head of GLOBSEC Brussels, Belgium

  • Florence Gaub

    Director, Research Division, Defence College, NATO

  • Graeme P. Herd

    Professor of Transnational Security Studies George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

  • Vera Kobalia

    Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum

  • Katarzyna Pisarska

    Chair, Warsaw Security Forum

  • Zbigniew Pisarski

    Founder, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Jamie Shea

    Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO (2010-2018), United Kingdom

  • Daniel Twining

    President, International Republican Institute, USA