Speakers

Ahmed Abdi

Member of Parliament & Secretary of the Somali Defence Committee

Alexandre Adam

Former Europe advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron; Member of the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) of the French Republic

General John R. Allen

United States Marine Corps Four-Star General (Ret.) & Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force (Ret.)

Mansour Almarzoqi

Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies

Ivan Anušić

Minister of Defence of the Republic of Croatia

Ali Aslan

International TV host, Moderator and Journalist

General Chris Badia

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO

Hüseyin Bağcı

Founder, Ankara Global Advisory Group

Thomas Bagger

State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany

Gordon Bajnai

Gordon Bajnai, CEO, Campbell Lutyens; Former Prime Minister of Hungary; Member of the Board of Directors, GLOBSEC

Beata Balogová

Editor-in-chief, SME

Ivan Bartoš 

Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalisation and Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic 

Jozef Bátora

Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Comenius University in Bratislava & Webster University in Vienna

Marie-Doha Besancenot

Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO

Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi

Minister of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar

Simon Birmingham

Senator & Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia

Lieutenant General Piotr Błazeusz

Commanding General, EUROCORPS

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl

Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

Małgorzata Bonikowska

President, Centre for International Relations and Co-founder & President, THINKTANK Leaders Hub

Latika Bourke

Writer-at-Large at The Nightly

Chris Burns

Journalist, Moderator & Presenter

Mary Bussell

President & Chief Executive Officer, TriMar Strategies

Lucy C. Cronin

Vice President EU Public Policy, Amazon

Rob Cameron

Prague Correspondent, BBC

Stephen Capus

President & CEO, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

James Carafano

Senior Counselor to the President & E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation

Anders Carp

Deputy CEO, SAAB

Scott Carpenter

Managing Director, Jigsaw at Google

Melissa Chan

Journalist

Kateryna Chernohorenko

Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation, and Digitalisation

Michael Chertoff

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Chertoff Group

Nicolae Ionel Ciucā

President of the Senate of Romania

Steve Clemons 

Contributing Editor, The National Interest and Co-Chair GLOBSEC US Initiative

Guido Crosetto

Minister of Defence of the Italian Republic

Ivo Daalder

Chief Executive Officer & Former US Ambassador to NATO, Chicago Council

Christian Danielsson

State Secretary to the Minister for EU Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden

Arnaud David

Director of Public Policy, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Robert de Groot

Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Nikolaos Dendias

Minister for National Defence of the Hellenic Republic

Zoran Dimitrovski

Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia

Dino Patti Djalal

Founder & Chairman, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia

Stephen Doughty

Minister of State for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom

Kim Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst, CNN

Milo Đukanović

Former President of Montenegro

Mirek Dušek

Managing Director, World Economic Forum

Jakub Dvořáček

Deputy Minister of Health of the Czech Republic

Martin Dvořák

Minister for European Affairs of Czechia

Mikuláš Dzurinda

President, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Martin Ehl

Chief Analyst, Hospodářské noviny

Tobias Ellwood

Security and Defence Consultant, Ellwood Communications 

Obiageli Ezekwesili

President, Human Capital Africa and Senior Economic Adviser, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative

Theresa Fallon

Founder & Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies

Ambroise Fayolle

Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Mykhailo Fedorov

Vice Prime Minister for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technologies, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Petr Fiala

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Mette Frederiksen

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark

Roland Freudenstein

Director, Free Russia Foundation

Lykke Friis

Director, Think Tank Europa

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairperson Centre for Defence Strategies, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019-2020)

Frank Gardner

Security Correspondent, BBC

Mircea Geoană

Deputy Secretary General of NATO

Mircea Geoană

Deputy Secretary General NATO

Maida Gorčević

Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Former President of the Republic of Croatia

Benjamin Haddad

Member of Parliament, French National Assembly

Karim Haggag

Professor of Practice and Director of Middle East Studies, American University in Cairo

Dominika Hajdu

Director, Centre for Democracy & Resilience, GLOBSEC

Martin Hála

Director, Sinopsis

Peter Hefele

Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre

Pierre Heilbronn

Special Envoy of the French President for Ukraine’s Relief and Reconstruction

Jacob Heilbrunn

Editor, National Interest

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges

Chairman of the Future of Security and Defence Council, GLOBSEC and Commanding General (Ret. ) US Army Europe

Outi Holopainen

Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Security Policy of the Republic of Finland

Szymon Hołownia

Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland 

Valerie Hopkins

Moscow Correspondent, The New York Times

Aoife Houlihan

Vice President, Government Engagement, Visa Europe

Koby Huberman

Co-founder, Yisarel Yozemet – The Israeli Regional Initiative Group

Vazil Hudák

Former Vice-President of the European Investment Bank

Lauri Hussar

President of the Riigikogu

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of the Republic of Estonia

Andres Ilves

Director, Near East and Eastern Europe Region, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Roman Imielski

First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of „Gazeta Wyborcza”

Beata Javorcik

Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Pål Jonson

Minister for Defence of the Kingdom of Sweden

Rikard Jozwiak

Europe Editor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Rohit Kachroo

Global Security Editor, ITV News

Kersti Kaljulaid

President of the Republic of Estonia (2016 – 2021) and Member of the Board of Directors, GLOBSEC

Kristin M. Kane

Acting Assistant Secretary US State Department of Global Public Affairs

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vice President, Free Russia Foundation

General Robert Kariuki Kibochi

Former Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces

Sylvie Kauffmann

Editorial Director, Le Monde

Anushka Kaushik

Senior Research Fellow and Cyber Lead

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Co-founder, Russian Anti-War Committee

Lukáš Kintr

Director, National Cyber and Information Security Agency

Katarína Klingová

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Democracy & Resilience, GLOBSEC

Kathleen Koch

Founder & Executive Director, LeadersLink

Martin Kocher

Federal Minister of Labour and Economy of the Republic of Austria

Petr Kolář

Ambassador (ret . ), Consultant, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor

Andrii Kononenko

Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Brigadier General

Ivan Korčok

Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic

Koray Köse

Chief Industry Officer, Everstream Analytics

Vahan Kostanyan

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

Ivan Krastev

Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies

Annette Kroeber-Riel

Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Europe, Google

Alena Kudzko

Vice President for Policy and Programming, GLOBSEC

Jasper Kunow

Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe, MSD

Miroslav Lajčák

EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues

Gabrielius Landsbergis

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Nico Lange

Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference

Alexander Lanoszka

Associate Professor, University of Waterloo

Angus Lapsley

Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO

Pavel Latushka

Head, National Anti-Crisis Management

Mark Leonard

Director, European Council on Foreign Relations

Enrico Letta

President, Institut Jacques Delors and Former Prime Minister of the Italian Republic

Nanna-Louise Linde

Vice President of European Government Affairs, Microsoft

Jan Lipavský

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Nathalie Loiseau

Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe group coordinator in the committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)

Jan Macháček

Board Member, Institute for Politics and Society

Kasia Madera

World News Presenter, BBC

Terry Martin

TV News Anchor & Journalist 

Paula Martinez

Information Environment Analyst, NATO SHAPE & GLOBSEC Young Leader 2024

Katarína Mathernová

EU Ambassador to Ukraine

Katarína Mathernová

EU Ambassador to Ukraine

Denis Mercier

Helsing Board member, Chief of the French Air Force (Ret.) and former Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO

Ia Meurmishvili

Chief International Correspondent, The Cipher Brief

Mariia Mezentseva

Member of Parliament of Ukraine and Head of Ukrainian Delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

Adrian Mihălțianu

Editorial Director, PressOne

Jakov Milatović

President of Montenegro

Wilhelm Molterer

Chairman of the Board of Directors, GLOBSEC

Albéric Mongrenier

Executive Director, European Initiative for Energy Security

Andrew Mueller

Contributing Editor, Monocle

Luminiţa Odobescu

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania

Kajsa Ollongren

Former Minister of Defence of the Netherlands

Balázs Orbán

Political Director of the Prime Minister of Hungary

Anita Orbán

Director for Public Affairs, Vodafone Group & Deputy Chairwoman of the GLOBSEC Board of Directors

Vjosa Osmani

President of the Republic of Kosovo

Basat Öztürk

Director General for International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye

Sally A. Painter

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Blue Star Strategies

Harsh V. Pant

Vice President, Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research Foundation

Liisa Past

Former National Cyber Director of Estonia

Petr Pavel

President of the Czech Republic

Markéta Pekarová Adamová

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic

Stevo Pendarovski 

Former President of the Republic of North Macedonia

Eivind van Petersson

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway

Hanno Pevkur

Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia

Nataša Pirc Musar

President of the Republic of Slovenia

Katarzyna Pisarska

Founder & Chair, Warsaw Security Forum, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

Tomáš Pleskač

Member of the Board & Director for New Energy Division, ČEZ Group

Rosen Plevneliev 

President of the Republic of Bulgaria 2012 – 2017 

Mihai Popșoi

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Petr Pudil

Co-founder of BPD Partners & Chairman of Board, GLOBSEC US Foundation

Simon Radford

Director for Policy and Programming, Milken Institute in Europe

Mujtaba Rahman

Europe Managing Director, Eurasia Group

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania

Karel Řehka

Chief of the General Staff, Military of the Czech Republic

Joakim Reiter

Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone

Luc Rémont

Chairman & CEO of EDF

Debora Revoltella

Chief Economist, European Investment Bank

Oleksii Reznikov

Former Minister of Defence of Ukraine

Kira Rudik

Vice President and Member of Parliament, ALDE and Ukrainian Parliament

Gundbert Scherf

Co-founder & co-CEO, Helsing

Glenn Schmidt

Vice President of Government Affairs at the BMW Group

Christian Schmidt

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tamara Schudel

Vice President & Head of Global Policy, Roche

Dan Schueftan

Head of the International Graduate Program in National Security, University of Haifa & Lecturer, Israel Defense Forces National Defense College

Teri Schultz

Reporter, NATO/EU

Jiří Šedivý

Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

Maithreyi Seetharaman

Founder & CEO, Facultas Media Limited, London

Robin Shepherd

Global Fellow, Wilson Center

Sofiia Shevchuk

Founder, VONA & The Tide

Sławomir Sierakowski

President of the Program Board, Impact CEE

Jozef Síkela

Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

Michal Šimečka

Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

Martin Sklenár

Former Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic and Distinguished Fellow, GLOBSEC

Martin Smatana

Associate Fellow, GLOBSEC

Brad Smith

Vice Chair and President, Microsoft

Elnur Soltanov

Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Chief Executive Officer of COP 29

Alexander Stubb

President of the Republic of Finland

Marko Štucin

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Il Sung

Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Korea

Jozef Šuvada

Member of the Executive Board, World Health Organization

Jan Švejnar

Richard N. Gardner Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Bohuslav Svoboda

Mayor of the City of Prague

Maria Tadeo

European correspondent & journalist

Lili Takács

Journalist, 444.hu

Martin Tengler

Head of Hydrogen Research, BloombergNEF

Mirek Topolánek

Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Thomas Tschersich

Chief Security Officer, Deutsche Telekom

Symeon Tsomokos

Founder & President, Delphi Economic Forum

Patrick Tucker

Technology Editor, Defense One

Marc Vancoppenolle

Vice President, Government Affairs EU & Europe, NOKIA

Róbert Vass

Founder & President, GLOBSEC

Abigaël Vasselier

Director for Policy and European Affairs, Mercator Institute for China Studies

Justin Vogt

Executive Editor, Foreign Affairs

Kurt Volker

Former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine and Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis

Aleksandar Vučić

President of the Republic of Serbia

Miloš Vystrčil

President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Bryce Wakefield

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of International Affairs

Peter Weckesser

EVP and Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric

Anja Wehler-Schöck

International Editor, Tagesspiegel

Meredith Whittaker

President & Member of the Board of Directors, Signal

Anna Wieslander

Director for Northern Europe, Atlantic Council

Maciej Witucki

President, Polish Confederation Lewiatan and Member of the Board of Directors, GLOBSEC

Miroslav Wlachovský

Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and Distinguished Fellow, GLOBSEC

Ana Isabel Xavier

Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Defence of the Portuguese Republic

Maha Yahya

Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Michael Žantovský

Senior Fellow, Prague Center For Transatlantic Relations

Valbona Zeneli

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Mikhail Zygar

Founder, TV Dozhd