London 2019 Agenda

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10.00 a.m.

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    MC: Deborah Haynes

    Foreign Affairs Editor, Sky News

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    MC: Shashank Joshi

    Defence Editor, The Economist

10.10 a.m - 10.25 a.m

  • Introducer: Funmi Olonisakin

    Vice-President and Vice Principal International and Professor of Security, Leadership and Development, Kings College London

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    Rt Hon. Ben Wallace

    Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

10:25 a.m - 11:05 a.m

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    Professor Gülnur Aybet

    Senior Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy, Turkey

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    Thomas Gomart

    Director, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

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    Kori Schake

    Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Strategic Studies

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    Tomáš Valášek

    Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

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    Moderator: Damon WIlson

    Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council

11:05 a. m -11:35 a.m

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    Introducer: Dr Karin Von Hippel

    Director-General, Royal United Services Institute

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    H.E. Andrzej Duda

    President, Poland

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    H.E. Zoran Zaev

    Prime Minister, Republic of North Macedonia

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    Moderator: Stephen Sackur

    Presenter, BBC HARDTalk

11:35am -12:10 pm

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    Jens Stoltenberg

    Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

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    Moderator: Lyse Doucet

    Chief International Correspondent, BBC

12:10 p.m -12:20 p.m

  • Capucine Guillet

    Student, Kings College London

  • Vida Köster

    Student, University of Birmingham

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    Mark Webber

    Professor of International Politics, School of Government, University of Birmingham

12:20 p.m - 01:00 p.m

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    Introducer: Nik Gowing

    Founder and Director,  Thinking the Unthinkable

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    The Rt. Hon. Lord George Robertson

    Former Secretary General, NATO

12:20 p.m-01:00 p.m

Lunch

01:00 p.m-01:40 p.m

Spotlight: Moving NATO to Perpetual Connected Rehearsal

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    Herman Narula

    Founder and CEO, Improbable Worlds

Discussion

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    Carlos Abellán

    Co-Founder and CEO, Quside

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    General André Lanata

    Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO

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    Herman Narula

    Cofounder and CEO, Improbable Worlds

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    Moderator: Maithreyi Seetharaman

    Director, Live Media Content, Fortune Magazine

01:40-02:05 p.m

Spotlight

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    Spotlight: Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE

    Director Emeritus, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Conversation

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    Conversation: H.E Erna Solberg

    Prime Minister, Norway

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    Moderator: Ambassador Boris Ruge

    Vice Chairman, Munich Security Conference

02:05-02:15 p.m

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    Mircea Geoana

    Deputy Secretary General, NATO

02:15-02:45 p.m

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    Introducer: Amb. Rastislav Káčer

    Chairman, GLOBSEC

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    H.E. Justin Trudeau

    Prime Minister, Canada

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    H.E. Mark Rutte

    Prime Minister, The Netherlands

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    Moderator: Deborah Haynes

02:45 p.m-02:50 p.m

Audience Perspectives

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    MC: Deborah Haynes

    Foreign Editor, Sky News

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    MC: Shashank Joshi

    Defence Editor, The Economist

02:50 p.m- 02:55p.m

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    Clare Hutchinson

    Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security, NATO

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    Ardi Janjeva

    Research Analyst, Royal United Services Institute

02.55 p.m. – 03.35 p.m.

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    Ambassador Sorin Ducaru

    Director, European Satellite Centre

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    Camille Grand

    Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, NATO

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    Dame Angela McLean

    Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Ministry of Defence

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    Noam Perski

    Global Public Sector Lead, Palantir Technologies

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    Moderator: Mark Scott

    Chief Technology Editor, Politico

03.35 p.m. – 04.25 p.m.

  • H.E. Nicolae Ciuca

    Minister of National Defence, Romania

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    H.E. Raimundas Karoblis

    Minister of Defence, Lithuania

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    H.E. Jüri Luik

    Minister of Defence, Estonia

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    H.E. Vadym Prystaiko

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

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    H.E. David Zalkaliani

    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia

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    Moderator: Bill Neely

    Chief Global Correspondent, NBC News

04:25 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.

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    Alexander Downer

    Former Minister for Foreign Affairs;  Executive Chair of the International School for Government, Kings College London 

04.30 p.m. – 04.40 p.m.

Coffee Break

04.40 p.m. – 05.15 p.m.

Audience Quiz

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    Katarína Klingová

    Senior Research Fellow, Strategic Communication Programme, GLOBSEC

Demo

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    Jakub Kalensky

    Senior Fellow, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Counil

Conversation

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    Carl Miller

    Research Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos

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    Rand Waltzman

    Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Senior Information Scientist, RAND Corporation

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    Moderator: Oana Popescu-Zamfi

    Director, GlobalFocus Center

05.15 p.m. – 05.25 p.m

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    Dr Bleddyn Bowen

    Lecturer in International Relations, Leicester University

05:25 p.m. – 05:40 p.m.

Storytelling

Beyond Borders: Human Security and NATO

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    Ambassador Sir Nicholas Kay

    Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, NATO

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    Aryana Sayeed

    Singer, Songwriter and Women’s Rights Activist

05.40 p.m. – 06.10 p.m.

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    Ciaran Martin

    Head, UK National Cyber Security Centre

  • Max Smeets

    Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich Center for Security Studies

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    Teija Tiilikainen

    Director, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

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    Moderator: Klara Jordan

    Executive Director, EU and Africa, Global Cyber Alliance

06.10 p.m. – 6:20 p.m.

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    Olivia Seltzer

    Founder, The Cramm

06.20 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.

Closing and Audience Interaction

Looking Ahead: The Alliance in 2030

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    MC: Deborah Haynes

    Foreign Affairs  Editor, Sky News

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    MC: Shashank Joshi

    Defence Editor, the Economist

06.30 p.m. – 08.00 p.m.

Farewell

General Reception