WSF 2021 Speakers

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.

Government

  • Mantas Adomėnas

    Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

  • Anna Maria Anders

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

  • William Berkley

    U.S. Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe, USA

  • Mariusz Błaszczak

    Minister of National Defence, Poland

  • Lenka Burgerova

    Councillor for Development of Urban Planning, Architecture and Public Space of Prague, Czech Republic

  • Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey

  • Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă

    Minister of National Defence, Romania

  • Simona Cojocaru

    State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania

  • Jacek Czaputowicz

    Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020), University of Warsaw, Poland

  • Dereck J. Hogan

    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, USA (Online Speaker)

  • Dmytro Kuleba

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

  • Andrzej Duda

    President of the Republic of Poland

  • Tomasz Fijołek

    Director of the Office, Paweł Adamowicz Union of Polish Metropolises (UPM), Poland

  • Megi Fino

    Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania

  • Pekka Olavi Haavisto

    Member of the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2019-2023), Finland

  • Jan Havránek

    Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic

  • Toomas Hendrik Ilves

    President of Estonia (2006-2016), Estonia

  • Olivera Injac

    Minister of Defence, Montenegro

  • Gábor Kerpel-Fronius

    Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Momentum Party, Hungary

  • Robert Kośla

    Director, Department of Cybersecurity, Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland

  • Kalle Laanet

    Minister of Defence, Estonia

  • Uroš Lampret

    State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Slovenia

  • Maria Langan-Riekhof

    U.S. National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Future, USA

  • Jan-Olof Lind

    State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Sweden

  • Linas Linkevičius

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

  • Lorenzo Guerini

    Minister of Defence, Italy

  • Frano Matušić

    State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Croatia

  • Eva Nemčovská

    Deputy Mayor of Trnava, Slovakia

  • Marek Niedużak

    Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, Poland

  • Justyna Orłowska

    Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for Govtech, Poland

  • Artis Pabriks

    Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Latvia

  • Jens Plötner

    Political Director, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

  • Marcin Przydacz

    Member of Polish Sejm, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of President (2023), Poland

  • Yurii Punda

    General Director, Defense Policy Directorate, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine

  • Đorđe Radulović

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro

  • Robert Rydberg

    Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

  • Paweł Soloch

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

  • Olha Stefanishyna

    Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration & Minister of Justice, Ukraine

  • Péter Szijjártó

    Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

  • Rafał Trzaskowski

    Mayor of Warsaw, Poland

  • Zbigniew Rau

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Parliament

  • Sandra Bencic

    Member of Parliament, Croatia

  • Reinhard Bütikofer

    Former Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China, Germany

  • Tobias Ellwood

    Member of the Parliament (2005-2024), United Kingdom

  • Fritz Felgentreu

    Member of the Bundestag, SPD, Germany

  • Alicia Homs Ginel

    Member of the European Parliament, Spain

  • Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

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

  • Bogdan Klich

    Senator, Chair of Foreign Affairs and EU Committee, Senate, Poland

  • Paweł Kowal

    Member of the Polish Sejm, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland

  • Inese Libina-Egnere

    Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Latvian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Latvia

  • Mariia Mezentseva

    Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Ukraine

  • Marko Mihkelson

    Member of Parliament, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Riigikogu, Estonia

  • Arkadiusz Mularczyk

    Member of Polish Parliament, Co-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Poland

  • Hanno Pevkur

    Minister of Defence, Estonia

  • Nikoloz Samkharadze

    Member of the Georgian Parliament, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Georgia

  • Nils Schmid

    Member of the Bundestag, Germany

  • Radosław Sikorski

    Minister for Foreign Affairs, Poland

  • 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

  • Anna Zaborska

    Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Slovak Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Slovakia

  • Emanuelis Zingeris

    Member of Parliament, Chairperson of the Lithuanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lithuania

International Organizations

  • Benedetta Berti

    Head, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the NATO Secretary General, NATO

  • Matteo Bisceglia

    Director, OCCAR-EA

  • Baiba Braže

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

  • Tomasz Chłoń

    NATO Office in Moscow, Ambassador of Poland to Estonia (2005-2010) and Slovakia (2013-2015), Poland

  • Sylvie Hartlief

    Ambassador of the European Union to Benin

  • Barbora Maronkova

    Communications Advisor on Strategic Concept, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General, NATO

  • Katarina Mathernová

    Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine

  • Matteo Mecacci

    Director, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

  • Rik Daems

    President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe

  • Maroš Šefčovič

    Vice-President, Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, European Commission

  • Despina Spanou

    Head of Cabinet, Vice-President Mr. Margaritis SCHINAS, European Commission

  • Radoslava Stefanova

    Head, Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section, NATO

Military

  • Gen. (R) Rajmund Andrzejczak

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

  • Gen. (R) Philip M. Breedlove

    Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO (2013-2016), USA

  • Gen. (R) Vincenzo Camporini

    Scientific advisor, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Chief of the Defence General Staff, Italy (2008-2011)

  • Cdr Claudia de Cesare

    Italian Navy General Staff, Italy

  • Brig. Gen. Andreas Delp

    Air Force Command, Germany

  • Brig. Gen. (R.) Adam Duda

    Head of Armament Inspectorate, Poland (2015-2016

  • Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Dyński

    Deputy Inspector of the Branches of Armed Forces, General Command of the Armed Forces, Poland

  • Cpt David Goldsmith

    UK Ships Acquisition - Future Systems, Royal Navy

  • Vice Adm. Krzysztof Jaworski

    Commander of Maritime Component Command, Poland

  • Col. Michał Marciniak

    Plenipotentiary for the Wisła Program, Poland

  • Lt. Gen. Andreas Marlow

    Commander of the German Elements MN Corps at the Army HQ, Germany

  • Lt. Gen. (R) Herbert Raymond H.R McMaster

    National Security Advisor to the President of the United States (2017-2018), USA

  • Lt. Gen. Tadeusz Mikutel

    Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland

  • Gen. (R) David Petraeus

    Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), USA

  • Lt. Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski

    Operational Commander of the Armed Forces, Poland

  • Col. Andrea Truppo

    General Manager, Eurofighter Program for Kuwait, Joint International Program Office, Italy (Online Speaker)

  • Brig. Gen. (R) Dariusz Wroński

    Commander of the 1st Aviation Brigade, Poland

  • Col. (R) Krystian Zięć

    Expert, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

Think-tanks, Civil Society & Academia

  • Jerzy Aleksandrowicz

    Research Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

  • Federiga Bindi

    Jean Monnet Chair, Università di Roma Tor Vergata & Director, Foreign Policy Initiative, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, USA

  • Małgorzata Bonikowska

    President, Centre for International Relations Foundation, Poland

  • Samuel Charap

    Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, USA

  • Dean Cheng

    Senior Research Fellow, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA

  • Charles Clarke

    Home Secretary (2004-2006), United Kingdom

  • Małgorzata Darowska

    Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

  • Adam Eberhardt

    Director, Centre For Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland

  • Theresa Fallon

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

  • Irene Fellin

    Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security, NATO

  • Roland Freudenstein

    Vice President, Head of GLOBSEC Brussels, Belgium

  • Florence Gaub

    Director, Research Division, Defence College, NATO

  • Beata Górka-Winter

    University of Warsaw, Poland

  • Thomas Greminger

    Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy, OSCE Secretary-General (2017-2020), Switzerland

  • Hanna Hopko

    Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine

  • Clare Hutchinson

    NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018-2021)

  • Alina Inayeh

    Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Romania

  • Leszek Jażdżewski

    Editor-in-Chief, Liberte journal, Poland

  • Reuben Johnson

    Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Daria Kaleniuk

    Co-Founder, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine

  • Vladimir Kara-Murza

    Chairman (fmr), Boris Nemtsov Foundation, Russia

  • Michał Kobosko

    Member of the European Parliament, Poland

  • Nad’a Kovalčíková

    Senior Analyst, Transnational Security, EU Institute for Security Studies, France

  • Reinhard Krumm

    Head of FES Office for the Baltic States, Germany

  • Nitzan Levi

    Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Israel

  • Sonia Lucarelli

    Member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy

  • Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska

    Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Israel, Poland

  • Alessandro Marrone

    Head of Defence Programme & Documenti IAI editor, Institute of International Affairs (IAI), Italy

  • Greg Melcher

    COO, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA

  • Andrew A. Michta

    Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

  • Vladimir Milov

    Member of Democratic Opposition, Associate of Alexey Navalny, Russia

  • Zhanna Nemtsova

    Co-Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation, Russia

  • Anett Numa

    Cyber Defence Policy Adviser, Ministry of Defence, Estonia

  • Zuzana Papazoski

    Resident Director for Central Europe, NDI

  • Marta Pardavi

    Co-Chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary

  • Łukasz Pawłowski

    Political commentator, journalist, speechwriter, Poland

  • Phillip A. Petersen

    President. New Generation Warfare Centre, USA

  • Zbigniew Pisarski

    Founder, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Jacob Poushter

    Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research Center, USA

  • Wojciech Przybylski

    Editor-In-Chief, Visegrad Insight, Poland

  • Robert Pszczel

    Senior Resident Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

  • Jana Puglierin

    Head of the ECFR Berlin, Germany

  • Suzanne Raine

    Affiliate Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, Member of the Board of Trustees, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), United Kingdom

  • Rytis Rainys

    Director, National Cyber Security Center, Lithuania

  • Alan Riley

    Professor of Law at the City Law School | City University of London, United Kingdom

  • Mike Rogers

    Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, US Congress (2011-2015), Member of the Board of Directors, Atlantic Council, USA (Online Speaker)

  • Michael Sfraga

    Director, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA

  • Tomasz Smura

    Head of the Defence Track

  • Marek Świerczyński

    Head of Security and International Affairs Desk, Polityka Insight, Poland

  • Bart M.J. Szewczyk

    Visiting Senior Fellow, GMF of the US

  • Nicolas Tenzer

    Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis

  • Loredana Teodorescu

    Head, European and International Affairs, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, Italy

  • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

    Leader of the Belarus Democratic Opposition, Belarus

  • Bruno Stagno Ugarte

    Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, Costa Rica

  • Franak Viacorka

    Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus

  • Leonid Volkov

    Head, Network of Regional HQs for Alexey Navalny, Russia

  • Paulina Zamelek

    Military University of Technology, Poland

Industry

  • Wanda Buk

    Vice President of the Management Board, PGE Group, Poland

  • Tim Cahill

    Senior Vice President, Lockheed Martin, USA

  • Piotr Dardziński

    President of Łukasiewicz Research Network, Poland

  • Christine Harbison

    Sector Vice President and General Manager, Combat Systems and Mission Readiness, Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA

  • Yuri Husev

    Head of Ukroboronprom, Ukraine

  • Paul Jones

    Vice President for Relations with Strategic Partners, Raytheon Technologies, USA

  • Marcin Krasuski

    Head of CEE Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google, Poland

  • Alessandro Profumo

    CEO of Leonardo, Italy

Masters of Ceremony

  • Ali Aslan

    International Presenter & Journalist, Germany

  • Michał Baranowski

    GMF East & Regional Director, GMF East, Poland

  • Joanna Burnos

    Founder of the LEADERIS Institute, Poland

  • Marcin Bużański

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

  • Rachel Van Horn

    Program Officer, National Endowment for Democracy, USA, WSF New Security Leader 2022

  • Shashank Joshi

    Defence Editor, The Economist, United Kingdom

  • Terry Martin

    TV News Anchor, Berlin

  • Katarzyna Pisarska

    Chair, Warsaw Security Forum

  • Zbigniew Pisarski

    Founder, President of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation