Speakers

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Mr. Gordan AKRAP, President, Hybrid Warfare Research Institute, Croatia

Mr. Chris ALDEN, Director, LSE Ideas, UK

Mr. István-Loránt ANTAL, Chairman, Committee on Energy, Energy Infrastructure and Mineral Resources, Senate, Romanian Parliament

Mr. Raed ARAFAT, State Secretary, Head of the Emergency Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Romania

Mr. Kaush ARHA, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council, former Senior Advisor on Strategic Engagement, United States Agency for International Development, USA

Mr. Murat ASLAN, Faculty Member of Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University; Researcher in Security Studies Directorate, Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), Turkey

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Major General Leonard BARABOI, Chief of Air Forces Staff, Romania

Mr. Nicolas BAROTTE, Journalist, Le Figaro, France

Mr. Igor BURAKOVSKY, Head of Board, The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine

Mrs. Alina BÂRGĂOANU, Dean, Faculty of communication and public relations, National School of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA), Romania

Mr. James BERGERON, Political Advisor, NATO MARCOM, USA

Mr. Corneliu BODEA, Chairman, Romanian Energy Center

Mr. Andrei BOIAN, Deputy Director, Communications Security and Information Technology Services, Special Telecommunications Service, Romania

Mr. Matthew BOYSE, Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute, former Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for Central Europe at the State Department, USA

Mr. Yordan BOZHILOV, President, Sofia Security Forum, Bulgaria

General (Ret.) Philip M. BREEDLOVE, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, USA

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Howard BROMBERG, Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Land Forces, Lockheed Martin, USA

H.E. Sebastian BURDUJA, Minister of Energy, Romania

Mr. John BARTER, Senior Vice President, GLOBSEC, Slovakia

Mr. Carl BRUCH, Director of International Programs, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), USA

Mr. Mihai BRANA, Managing Director, Honeywell Romania

Mr. Radu BRAȘOVEANU, Director Digital Solutions, PPC Group Romania

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Mr. James CARAFANO, Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, USA

Mr. Sorin CHINDE, Vice President Transport Division, Grampet Group, Romania

General Dimitrios CHOUPIS, Chief of National Defence General Staff, Greece

Mrs. Cristina CILEACU, Senior editor, Digi24, Romania

H.E. Marcel CIOLACU, Prime Minister, Romania

H.E. Nicolae CIUCĂ, President, Senate, Parliament of Romania

Mr. Sorin CÎMPEANU, Rector of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Romania

Brigadier General Daniel COCOLICI, Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Defence, Romania

Mrs. Simona COJOCARU, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defence, Romania

Ms. Antonia COLIBĂȘANU, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center & Analyst, Geopolitical Futures, Romania

Mr. Titus CORLĂȚEAN, Chairman, Committee for Foreign Affairs, Senate, Parliament of Romania

Ambassador (Ret.) Doru COSTEA, Member of the Scientific Council of New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Stelian CRISTEA, Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Directorate, Romania

Rear Admiral Iuri COVALEOV, Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence Directorate, Romania

Mr. Stephen COVINGTON, Strategic and International Affairs Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, USA

Mr. Tudor CURTIFAN, editor-in-chief, Defense Romania, Romania

Mr. Srđan CVIJIĆ, President of the International Advisory Committee, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, Serbia

Mr. Răzvan CEUCA, Cyber Security Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

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Mr. Thomas DANS, Visiting Fellow at the Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA

Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN, Member of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Head of the Taskforce Logistics / J4 of the Netherlands MOD, Netherlands

Mr. Cristian DAVID, President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Romania

Mr. Emmanuel DUPUY, President, Institute for European Perspective and Security, France

Mr. Jeroen DOBBER, Head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Global Security Hub, The Netherlands

Ambassador Sorin DUCARU, Honorary Chairman of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center; Director, European Union Satellite Centre, Romania

Mr. Dan DUNGACIU, member of the Scientific Council of the New Strategy Center, Director of the Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations “Ion. I.C. Brătianu” (ISPRI), Romania

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General (Ret.) Sir James EVERARD, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), UK

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The Rt Hon Sir Michael FALLON, former Defence Secretary, UK

Mr. Marcel FOCA, Senior Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Rear Admiral Georgios FLOROS, Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, Greece

Mr. Jean FROEHLY, Head of the Task Force Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 (URC24), Federal Foreign Office, Germany

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Mr. Brian GATHRIGHT, Vice President of Business Development for the Platforms & Services sector, BAE Systems, Inc., UK

Mrs. Alexandra GĂTEJ, Member of the Scientific Council of New Strategy, Romania

H.E. Igor GROSU, President, Parliament of Republic of Moldova

Mr. Jakub M. GODZIMIRSKI, Research Professor, The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Mr. Oleksiy GONCHARENKO, President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

Ambassador Şafak GÖKTÜRK, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Türkiye

Mr. Iulian GROZA, Executive Director, Institute for European Policies and Reforms, Republic of Moldova

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Mr Shahmar HAJIYEV, Senior Advisor at the Center for Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), Azerbaijan

Mr. Robert E. HAMILTON, Head of Eurasia Research, Foreign Policy Research Institute, US Army War College, USA

Mr. François HEISBOURG, Special Advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, France

Mr. Adam HODGES, Capture Team Leader, Europe and the Middle East, International Vertical Lift Sales & Marketing, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, USA

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ben HODGES, Chair, Future Security & Defence Council – GLOBSEC, Member of the International Advisory Board of the New Strategy Center, former Commander of US Army Europe, USA

MG (Ret.) Paul HURMUZ, Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, former Deputy of the State Secretary and Chief of the Defence Policy and Planning Department in the Ministry of National Defence, Romania

Mrs. Wajiha HARIS, President, Scheherazade Foundation

Mr. Thomas HACKER, Member of the German Bundestag, Committee on the Affairs of the European Union, Germany

Colonel (ret) Mike “Rabbi” HARASIMOWICZ, Director for Artificial Intelligence Innovations, Lockheed Martin, USA

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Lieutenant General Dragoș IACOB, Deputy Chief of Defence, Romania

Mr. Andrei ILLARIONOV, former economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin (2000-2005), Russia, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy in Washington DC, USA

Lieutenant General Teodor INCICAȘ, Chief of the General Directorate for Armaments, Ministry of National Defence, Romania

Brigadier General (Ret.) Daniel IONIȚĂ, Cyber Security Manager, Cymed/Infoworld, Romania

Mr. Ion IONIȚĂ, Senior editor Adevărul, Editor in chief, Historia, Romania

H.E. Bogdan-Gruia IVAN, Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization, Romania

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Mr. Wilfried JILGE, Senior Adviser Ukraine and wider Black Sea, Stabilisation Platform, Germany

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Admiral (Ret.) Ihor KABANENKO, former Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukraine

Mr. Taras KACHKA, Deputy Minister of Economy, Ukraine

Mr. William KEETON, University of Vermont, USA

Mr. Bart KOT, Program Director, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland

Ms. Svitlana KOVALCHUK, Executive Director, Yalta European Strategy, Ukraine

Ms. Dariia KHOLIAVCHUK, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Mrs. Yulia KLYMENKO, First Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee at Verhovna Rada, Ukraine

Mr. Angus LAPSLEY, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, UK

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Mr. Robert LUPIȚU, editor-in-chief, Calea Europeană, Romania

Mr. Didier LAURAS, Journalist, France – Presse Agency (AFP), France

Mr. Vincent LOGSDON, Vice President, International Business Development, Boeing, USA

Mr. Guillaume LASCONJARIAS, Director of studies, Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN), France

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Ambassador (Ret.) Gheorghe MAGHERU, member of the Scientific Council of New Strategy Center

Mr. Marcel MINDRESCU, University of Suceava, Romania

Mr. Yossi MANN, Head of Israel and the Arab Gulf Program, Abba Eban Institute. Israel

Lieutenant General Ciprian MARIN, Chief of the Land Forces, Romania

Mr. Alexandru-Virgil MAXIMESCU, Vice-President Regulatory & Corporate Public Affairs, OMV Petrom, Romania

Major General John MEAD, Deputy Chief of Staff Plans, Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples, UK

Mr. Stefan MEISTER, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

Mr. Greg MELCHER, COO, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA

Ambassador (Ret.) Igor MUNTEANU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, Romania, former ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the US, Republic of Moldova

Mr. Greg MILLER, Foreign Investigative Correspondent, The Washington Post, USA

Mr. Sergiu MITRESCU, Coordinator of International Relations Department, New Strategy Center, Romania

Ambassador Mihnea MOTOC, Deputy Head of the European Political Strategy Centre, Romania

Mr. Mircea MOCANU, Head of Bucharest office, UN International Organization for Migration, Romania

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Mr. Silviu NATE, Director, Global Studies Center of Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Mr. Mustafa-Masi NAYEM, Head of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure, Ukraine

Mr. George NICULESCU, Chairman, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), Romania

Mr. Ionel NIȚU, President, New Strategy Center, Romania

H.E. Anatolie NOSATÎI, Minister of Defence, Republic of Moldova

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H.E Luminița ODOBESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Mr. Mohamed el ORABI, President of the Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFA), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt

Mr. Leonard ORBAN, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former presidential advisor for european affairs, Romania

Mr. Sabin ORCAN, Editorial Director, Newsweek Romania

Ms. Maia OTARASHVILI, Eurasia Program Director, Foreign Policy Research Institute, USA

Mr. Carsten OVENS, CEO, European Leadership Network (ELNET), Germany

Mr. Basat ÖZTÜRK, Director General for International Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye

Mr. Piotr OLIŃSKI, Legal analyst, The Civic Development Forum Foundation (FOR), Poland

Admiral (ret.) Eric OLSON, Board Member, Ocean Aero, USA

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Mr. Florin PANĂ, Head of Analysis Directorate, CyberInt Centre, Romanian Intelligence Service, Romania

H.E. Mr. Victor PARLICOV, Minister of Energy, Republic of Moldova

Brigadier General Marius PATRICHE, Deputy Director, General Directorate for Internal Security, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Romania

Vice Admiral Mihai PANAIT, Chief of Naval Forces, Romania

General (Ret.) David H. PETRAEUS, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency & former Commander of the U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A), USA

General (Ret.) Daniel PETRESCU, Member of International Leadership Council, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), former Chief of Defence, Romania

Mrs. Katja PLATE, Head of the KAS Offices Romania, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany

Mr. Cătălin PODARU, General Manager, Leviatan, Romania

Mr. Charles POWELL, Director of the Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

Ambassador Geoffrey PYATT, Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, USA

Mr. Gabriel PAUN, Agent Green, Romania

H.E. Mihai POPȘOI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Moldova

Lieutenant General (ret.) Viorel PANĂ, Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, former Chief of Air Forces, Romania

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Mr. Ovidiu RAEȚCHI, President of the Euro-Atlantic Centre for Resilience, Romania

Mr. Sergiu RUSSU, Country Leader, Oracle Romania

Mr. Helmut RAUCH, CEO DIEHL Defence, Germany

H.E. Dorin RECEAN, Prime Minister, Republic of Moldova

Ms. Ana REVENCO, Head of Centre for Strategic Communication and Countering Disinformation, former Minister of Internal Affairs, Republic of Moldova

Mrs. Olga REZNIKOVA, Researcher, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine

Mr. Jean-Marc RICKLI, Head of Global and Emerging Risks, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland

Ms. Alice RUFO, Director General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of the Armed Forces, France

Mrs. Ileana ROTARU, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center

Mr. Nouriel ROUBINI, Professor Emeritus, Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

Mr. Michaël ROUX, Ambassador for the Eastern Partnership and Black Sea, France

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Mr. Ondrej SAFAR, Country Manager EVRYO GROUP, Romania

Mr. Andriy SIRKO-GALOUCHENKO, expert on UAV development for military applications, founder of the Ukranina UAV Forum, Ukraine

Ms. Małgorzata SAMOJEDNY, Founder, The Opportunity Institute for Foreign Affairs Foundation, Poland

Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS, Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Ukraine

Mr. Attila SOMFALVI, Researcher, Institute for National Security Studies, University of Tel Aviv, Israel

Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center

Mr. Cristian SFICHI, Country Director, Thales, Romania

Mr. Alexander SHAMRAY, Sales Director, Damen Naval Romania

H.E. Denys SHMYHAL, Prime Minister, Ukraine

Ms. Kiron K. SKINNER, Visiting Fellow, Davis Institute and Presidential Advisor, The Heritage Foundation, USA

H.E. Andrei SPÎNU, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Moldova

Ms. Viktorija STARYCH-SAMUOLIENĖ, Co-Founder and Director of Strategy, Council on Geostrategy, UK

Dr. Wendin SMITH, Director, Security Policy Directorate, NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, USA

COL. AF (Ret.) Mihai ȘTIR, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center

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Ambassador Tacan ILDEM, Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Türkiye

Mr. Mihail TĂNĂSESCU, Deputy General Manager, HIDRO SALT, Romania

H.E. Angel TÎLVĂR, Minister of National Defence, Romania

Ms. Ana TINCA, State Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Captain (Navy) Louis TILLIER, Deputy Director, European Union Satellite Centre, France

Lieutenant General (ret.) Vasile TOADER, Member of Scientific Council of New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Symeon TSOMOKOS, Founder and President of Delphi Economic Forum, Greece

Mr. Dragoș TUDORACHE, Chair, Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA), European Parliament, Romania

Mr. Radu TUDOR, Journalist, Antena 3 CNN, Romania

Mr. Teodor TRAȘCĂ, Vice-rector, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV), Romania

Ms. Natalia TELLIDOU, Research Fellow, ELIAMEP – Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy, Greece

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Mr. Jean VALVIS, Chairman, General Director, Valvis Holding, Romania

General Gheorghiță VLAD, Chief of Defence, Romania

Mr. Nicolae VÎLCEANU, Network Director, Vodafone Romania

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Mr. Tomoyuki YOSHIDA, Chief Executive Director, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan

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Mr. Dragomir ZAKOV, Director General for Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Defence, Bulgaria

Mr. Marcin ZABOROWSKI, Senior Distinguished Fellow, GLOBSEC, Slovakia