WSF 2021 Agenda
The agenda of WSF 2021 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.
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2021
DEFENCE & RESILIENCE TRACK
WELCOME
Zbigniew Pisarski - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum & President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
OPENING SPEECH
Mariusz Błaszczak - Minister of National Defence, Poland
Nicolae Ciucă - Minister of National Defence, Romania
Kalle Laanet - Minister of Defence, Estonia
Olivera Injac - Minister of Defence, Montenegro
Moderation: Ali Aslan - International TV Presenter and Journalist
Alessandro Profumo - CEO of Leonardo, Italy
Tim Cahill - Senior Vice President, Lockheed Martin, USA
Paul W. Jones - Vice President International Government Relations, Raytheon Technologies & Ambassador to Poland (2015-2018), USA
Małgorzata Darowska - Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Infrastructure for UAV (2019-2021), Poland
Brig. Gen. (R.) Adam Duda - Head of Armament Inspectorate, Poland (2015-2016)
Greg Melcher - COO, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA
Yurii Punda - General Director, Defense Policy Directorate, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine
Moderation: Jerzy Aleksandrowicz - Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Matteo Bisceglia - Director, OCCAR-EA, Italy
Piotr Dardziński - President of Łukasiewicz Research Network, Poland
Jadwiga Emilewicz - Member of Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister (2020), Poland
Marek Niedużak - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, Poland
Col. Andrea Truppo - General Manager, Eurofighter Program for Kuwait, Joint International Program Office, Italy
Moderation: Paulina Zamelek - Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove - Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Brig. Gen. Andreas Delp - Air Force Command, Germany
Gen. (R) Vincenzo Camporini - Chief of the Defence General Staff (2008-2011), Italy
Lt. Gen. Tadeusz Mikutel - First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Poland
Col. (R) Krystian Zięć - Expert, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Moderation: Tomasz Smura - Director of Research Office, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 2021
DEFENCE & RESILIENCE TRACK
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński - Commander, 3rd Air Defence Brigade, Poland
Lt. Gen. (R) Ben Hodges - Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), USA
Col. Michał Marciniak - Plenipotentiary for the Wisła Program, Poland
Radoslava Stefanova - Head, Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section, NATO
Moderation: Marek Świerczyński - Head of Security and International Affairs Desk, Polityka Insight, Poland
Cdr Claudia de Cesare - Italian Navy General Staff, Italy
Cpt David Goldsmith - UK Ships Acquisition - Future Systems, Royal Navy, United Kingdom
RAdm. Krzysztof Jaworski - Commander, Maritime Component Command, Poland
Reuben Johnson - Defence technology analyst and political affairs correspondent, USA
RAdm. Jarosław Ziemiański - Inspector of the Navy, Poland
Moderation: Beata Górka-Winter - University of Warsaw, Poland
Robert Kośla - Director, Department of Cybersecurity, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
Marcin Krasuski - Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google, Poland
Anett Numa - Digital Transformation Adviser, e-Estonia Briefing Centre, Trade and Innovation Centre, Enterprise Estonia, Estonia
Justyna Orłowska - Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for Govtech, Poland
Moderation: Wanda Buk - Vice President of the Management Board, PGE Group, Poland
Lt. Gen. Andreas Marlow - Commander of 1 German-Netherlands Corps in Münster, Germany
Phillip A. Petersen - President, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA
Lt. Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski - Commander of Armed Forces Operational Command, Poland
Brig. Gen. (R) Dariusz Wroński - Commander of the 1st Aviation Brigade, Poland
Moderation: Anna Maria Anders - Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (2016-2019), Poland
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH 2021
GLOBAL OUTLOOK
Katarzyna Pisarska - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Michał Baranowski - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Paweł Soloch - Head of National Security Bureau, Poland
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
Pekka Haavisto - Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Dmytro Kuleba - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Zbigniew Rau - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderation: Katarzyna Pisarska - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Session in partnership with GMF Black Sea Trust , USA
Baiba Braže - Assistant Secretary General, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
Paweł Soloch - Head of National Security Bureau, Poland
Péter Szijjártó - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Moderation: Michał Baranowski - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Opening remarks: Lorenzo Guerini - Minister of Defence, Italy
Gen Rajmund Andrzejczak - Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
Gen (R) Philip M. Breedlove - Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Gen (R) Vincenzo Camporini - Chief of the Defence General Staff (2008-2011)
Sonia Lucarelli - University of Bologna, Member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Moderation: Ali Aslan - IInternational TV Presenter and Journalist
Session in partnership with Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Andrzej Duda – President of the Republic of Poland
Florence Gaub - Deputy Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Fritz Felgentreu - Member of Bundestag, SPD
Artis Pabriks - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Latvia (online)
Moderation: Jana Puglierin - Head, European Council on Foreign Relations Berlin Office
Session in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany
Opening remarks:
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya - Leader of the Belarusian Democratic Movement
Discussion:
Mantas Adomėnas - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Hanna Hopko - Member of Parliament (2014-2019), Ukraine
Paweł Kowal - Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Katarina Mathernova - Deputy Director General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission (online)
Moderation: Alina Inayeh - Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Romania
Session in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany
Laudation:
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia (2006-2016)
Acceptance speech on Alexey Navalny’s behalf:
Vladimir Milov - member of Russian democratic opposition, Deputy Minister of Energy, Russia (2002)
Leonid Volkov - Head of Alexey Navalny's Regional HQ Network
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH 2021
GLOBAL OUTLOOK
Rafał Trzaskowski - Mayor of Warsaw, Poland
Zbigniew Rau - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Helga Schmid - Secretary-General, OSCE
Robert Rydberg - Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Moderation: Jacek Czaputowicz - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland (2018-2020)
Olha Stefanishyna - Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
Reinhard Bütikofer - Member of European Parliament, Alliance 90/Greens
Linas Linkevičius - Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2020), Lithuania
Lt Gen (R) H.R. McMaster - US National Security Advisor (2017-2018) (online)
Marcin Przydacz - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Moderation: Alan Riley - Atlantic Council, Senior Fellow
Session in partnership with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Germany
Benedetta Berti - Head of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Theresa Fallon - Director Centre for Russia, Europe, Asia Studies (CREAS), Brussels
Mike Rogers - Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, US Congress (2011-2015), Member of the Board of Directors, Atlantic Council, USA (online)
Radosław Sikorski - Member of the European Parliament, EPP (online)
Moderation: Dean Cheng - Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Session in partnership with the Heritage Foundation, USA
Toomas Hendrik Ilves - President of Estonia (2006-2016)
Vladimir Kara-Murza - Chairman, Boris Nemtsov Foundation
Daria Kaleniuk - Co-founder and Executive Director, Anticorruption Action Centre, Ukraine
Michał Kobosko - Chairman, Polska 2050, Poland
Moderation: Roland Freudenstein - Vice President, GLOBSEC, Bratislava, (fmr Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Belgium)
Session in partnership with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Belgium
Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič - Vice President of the European Commission, Interinstitutional Relations (online)
Moderation: Terry Martin, TV News Anchor & Journalist
Opening Remarks: The Honorable Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Co-Chair of the Poland Caucus, Ukraine Caucus, and Hungary Caucus, USA (online)
Tobias Ellwood - Chair of the Defense Select Committee, House of Commons, UK
Dereck J. Hogan - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, USA (online)
David Petraeus – Director of CIA (2011-2012), USA
Moderation: Shashank Joshi - The Economist
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2021
ROUNDTABLES
09:00-10:00 | BRUSSELS ROOM MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE | Discussing the Potential of the Lublin Triangle
Dmytro Kuleba - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Zbigniew Rau - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Mantas Adomėnas - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Moderation: Katarzyna Pisarska - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Jan-Olof Lind – State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Sweden
Alessandro Marrone - Head of Defence Programme & Documenti IAI editor, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy
Moderation: Robert Pszczel - Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with Woodrow Wilson Center, USA
Siim Valmar Kiisler - MP, Estonia
Konstaninos Kyranakis - MP, Greece
Cătălin Teniță - MP, Romania
George Tuță - MP, Romania
Krista Baumane - MP, Latvia
Uldis Budrikis - MP, Latvia
Pavel Fischer - Senator, Czech Republic
Botond Csoma - MP, Romania
Žygimantas Pavilionis - MP, Lithuania
Szél Bernadett - MP, Hungary
Răzvan Prișcă - MP, Romania
Andrey Černigoj - MP, Slovenia
Roundtable in partnership with International Republican Institute, USA
Megi Fino - Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania
Uroš Lampret - State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Slovenia
Frano Matušić - State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Croatia
Bujar Osmani - Minister of Foreign Affairs, North Macedonia
Đorđe Radulović - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
Moderation: Bart Szewczyk - Adjunct Professor, Sciences Po & Non-resident Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the US, USA
Jacek Czaputowicz - Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018 – 2020), Poland
Jens Plötner - Political Director, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Nils Schmid - Member of the Bundestag, SPD, Germany
Nicolas Tenzer - President, Centre d’étude et de réflexion pour l’action politique (CERAP), France
Moderation: Florence Gaub - Deputy Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Roundtable in partnership with German Atlantic Association, Germany
Vladimir Milov - Member of Russian opposition, Associate of Alexey Navalny, Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation (2001-2002), Russia
Leonid Volkov - Head, Network of Regional HQs for Alexey Navalny, Russia
Zhanna Nemtsova - Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation, Russia
Moderation: Adam Eberhardt - Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
Session in partnership with Center for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland
Report Presentation:
Maria Langan-Riekhof - U.S. National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Future, USA
William Berkley - U.S. Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe, USA
Reactions:
Suzanne Raine - Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (2015-2017), Affiliate Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Bogdan Klich - Senator, Chair of Foreign and European Affairs Committee, Poland
Moderation: Łukasz Pawłowski - Political commentator, journalist, speechwriter, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with National Intelligence Council, USA
Mantas Adomėnas - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Anna Maria Anders – Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (2016-2019), Poland
Hanno Pevkur - Member of Parliament, First Vice President of the Parliament, Estonia
Loredana Teodorescu - Head, European and International Affairs, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, Italy
Moderation: Franak Viacorka - Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus
Report Presentation:
Samuel Charap - Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, USA
Reactions:
Leszek Jażdżewski - Editor-in-Chief, Liberte journal, Poland
Nad'a Kovalcikova - Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies
Helmut Brandstätter - Member of Parliament, Speaker for Foreign Affairs, NEOS, Austria
Linas Linkevičius - Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012 – 2020), Lithuania
Moderation: Reinhard Krumm - Head, FES Regional Office in Vienna for Cooperation and Peace in Europe
Roundtable in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 2021
ROUNDTABLES
Małgorzata Bonikowska - President, Center for International Relations, Poland
Shashank Joshi - Defence Editor of the Economist
Tobias Ellwood - Chair of the Defence Select Committee, House of Commons, United Kingdom
Suzanne Raine - Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (2015-2017), Affiliate Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Moderation: The Rt Hon Charles Clarke - Home Secretary (2004-2006), United Kingdom
Roundtable in partnership with University of Cambridge, Centre for Geopolitics, UK
Hanna Hopko - Chairwoman, Democracy in Action: Zero Corruption Conference & Member of Parliament, Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2014-2019), Ukraine
Nikoloz Samkharadze - Member of Parliament, Chair, Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia
Alessandro Marrone - Head of Defence Programme & Documenti IAI editor, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy
Andrew Michta - Dean, College of International and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, USA
Moderation: Terry Martin - TV News Anchor, Journalist
Roundtable sponsored by GMF Black Sea Trust, USA
Consultation Meeting of CEE Heads of Delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Opening Remarks: Rik Daems - President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe
Inese Libina-Egnere - Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Latvian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Latvia
Ionut-Marian Stroe - Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Romanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Romania
Ahmet Yildiz - Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Turkey
Emanuelis Zingeris - Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Lithuanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lithuania
Host: Arkadiusz Mularczyk - Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland
Roundtable hosted by the Polish Delegation to the PACE, Poland
Tomasz Chłoń - NATO Office in Moscow, Ambassador of Poland to Estonia (2005-2010) and Slovakia (2013-2015), Poland
Marko Mikhelson - Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Estonia
Anett Numa - Digital Transformation Adviser, e-Estonia Briefing Centre, Trade and Innovation Centre, Enterprise Estonia, Estonia
Nitzan Levi - Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Israel
Rytis Rainys - Director, National Cyber Security Center, Lithuania
Moderation: Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Israel, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with ELNET-Poland
Presentation by:
Jacob Poushter - Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research Center
Reactions:
Dean Cheng – Senior Research Fellow, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA
Theresa Fallon - Director, Centre for Russia, Europe, Asia Studies (CREAS)
Moderation: Terry Martin – TV News Anchor, Journalist
Roundtable in partnership with the Pew Research Center, USA
Lenka Burgerova - Councillor for Development of Urban Planning, Architecture and Public Space of Prague, Czech Republic
Eva Nemcovska - Deputy Mayor of Trnava, Slovakia
Jakub Mazur - Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw, Poland
Gábor Kerpel-Fronius - Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Momentum Party, Hungary
Moderation: Zuzana Papazoski - Resident Director for Central Europe, NDI
Roundtable in partnership with National Democratic Institute (NDI), USA
Opening remarks: Matteo Mecacci - Director, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Sandra Bencic - Member of Parliament, Croatia (online)
Alicia Homs Ginel - Member of the European Parliament, Spain
Thomas Greminger - Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy, OSCE Secretary-General (2017-2020), Switzerland
Marta Pardavi - Co-Chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary
Bruno Stagno Ugarte - Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, Costa Rica
Moderation: Wojciech Przybylski - Editor-in-chief, Visegrad Insight, Res Publica, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with the ODIHR
Sylvie Hartlief - Ambassador of the European Union to Benin
Clare Hutchinson - NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018-2021)
Moderation: Federiga Bindi - Jean Monnet Chair, Università di Roma Tor Vergata & Director, Foreign Policy Initiative, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, USA
Roundtable in partnership with “The State of Women” - a Erasmus+-network on Women Leadership
Jacek Bartosiak - Founder, Strategy & Future & Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Jan Havránek – Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
Barbora Maronkova - Communications Advisor on Strategic Concept, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Jana Puglierin - Head, European Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin Office, Germany
Moderation: Robert Pszczel - Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Roundtable in partnership with NATO
BY PERSONAL INVITATION ONLY
DAY 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th 2021
WORKING SESSIONS (BREAKFAST/LUNCHES)
Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove - Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA
Lt Gen. (R) Ben Hodges - Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), USA
Moderation: Michał Baranowski - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Poland
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 2021
WORKING SESSIONS (BREAKFAST/LUNCHES)
Clare Hutchinson - NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018-2021)
Irene Fellin - Founder and President, Women in International Security, Italy
Helga Schmid - Secretary-General, OSCE
Olha Stefanishyna - Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
Host: Christine Harbison - Sector Vice President and General Manager, Northrop Grumman
Moderation: Katarzyna Pisarska - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Moderation: Zbigniew Pisarski - Co-Chair, Warsaw Security Forum & President of the Board, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland