Washington DC April 2019 Agenda

Wednesday, April 3

   
09.00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.Scene Setter
What Does NATO Mean to You?
MC: Nik Gowing, Founder and Director, Thinking the Unthinkable
MC: Ines Pohl, Editor-in-chief, Deutsche Welle
9:05 – 9:30 a.m. Opening
The Alliance at 70
Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General, NATO

Moderator: Jessica Donati, State Department and National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.Conversation
Turkey’s Role in NATO and Regional Security Challenges
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey

Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Moderator, Face the Nation, CBS News
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.Discussion
Innovation and Security: Adapting to Hybrid Threats and Emerging Technologies
Lindsay Gorman, Fellow for Emerging Technologies, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ken Loy, Chief Executive Officer, Hensoldt Inc.
Admiral Manfred Nielson, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
Noam Perski, International Government Lead, Palantir Technologies Inc.

Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, Senior Fellow, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, The George Washington University
10:45 – 10:50 a.m. Storytelling
Behind the Iron Curtain
Rastislav Káčer, Chairman, GLOBSEC
10:50 – 11:00 a.m.Spotlight
Why NATO Matters: The Next Generation’s Perspective
MC: Nik Gowing, Founder and Director, Thinking the Unthinkable
MC: Ines Pohl, Editor-in-chief, Deutsche Welle
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.BrunchLive Viewing of Joint Session of Congress
12:00 – 12:10 p.m. Audience Perspectives
Reflections on the Joint Session of Congress
First Responses:
Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT
Pete Seat, Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Talent Development, Indiana Republican Party

MC: Nik Gowing, Founder and Director, Thinking the Unthinkable
MC: Ines Pohl, Editor-in-chief, Deutsche Welle
12:10 – 12:30 p.m.Spotlight
Putting People First: NATO and Human Security
Álfrún Perla Baldursdóttir, Political Advisor, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan
Zafar Hashemi, Millennium Fellow, Atlantic Council

Moderator: Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One
12:30 - 12:35 p.m.Spotlight: A Perspective on RussiaChris Murphy (D-CT), Member, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate
12:35 – 1:30 p.m. Discussion
Enlarging Security in the Neighborhood
Discussion:
Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
David Zalkaliani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia

Spotlight Conversation:
Nikola Dimitrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia
Giorgos Katrougalos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Moderator: Heather Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
1:30 – 1:50 p.m. Statement
The Alliance at 70: Perspectives from Washington
Prelude: General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.), Executive Chairman Emeritus, Atlantic Council
Introducer: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO

Vice President Mike Pence, Vice President, United States of America
1:50 – 2:40 p.m. Discussion
Russia Resurgent: Deterrence and Dialogue after the INF Treaty
Karlijn Jans, Defense Policy Advisor, British Embassy, The Hague
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Frederick Benjamin “Ben” Hodges, former Commander of the United States Army in Europe; Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, The Center for European Policy Analysis
Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia

Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference
2:40 – 3:00 p.m. Congressional Conversation
The US Role in
NATO and Enduring Value of the Transatlantic Bond
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Co-Chair, Senate NATO Observer Group, United States Senate
Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chair, US Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, United States House of Representatives
Mike Turner (R-OH), Member, Committee on Armed Services, United States House of Representatives

Moderator: Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Statement and Conversation
The Alliance at 70: Perspectives from NATO HQ
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO

Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.Storytelling
9/11 and Article 5
Tim Brown, Retired Firefighter, New York Fire Department, 9/11 Survivor
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:20 – 4:25 p.m.Storytelling
Serving Side by Side
Major Matt Wilson, United States Air Force
4:25 – 4:45 p.m. Statement and Conversation
Germany, NATO, and Transatlantic Security
Heiko Maas, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany

Moderator: Karen Donfried President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
4:45 – 5:25 p.m. Discussion
Stronger Together: Allies in an Era of Great Power Confrontation
Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
Kiron K. Skinner, Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State, US Department of State
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, United States Senate

Moderator: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council
5:25 – 5:30 p.m.Closing
Looking Ahead: The Alliance at 80
Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.Farewell
Reception
Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
Kiron K. Skinner, Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State, US Department of State with Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
Kiron K. Skinner, Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State, US Department of State with Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey
Vice President Mike Pence, United States of America
Vice President Mike Pence, United States of America
Major Matt Wilson, United States Air Force
Major Matt Wilson, United States Air Force
Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
Admiral Manfred Nielson, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO and Noam Perski, International Government Lead, Palantir Technologies Inc.
Admiral Manfred Nielson, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO and Noam Perski, International Government Lead, Palantir Technologies Inc.
Heiko Maas, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
Heiko Maas, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany