Speakers

Mr. Akif AKFERT, Military Vehicles Engineering Group Director, Otokar, Türkiye

Mr. Chris ALDEN, Director, LSE Ideas, UK

Mr. Saleem H. ALI, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of Delaware

H.E. Şuay ALPAY, Deputy Minister of Defence, Türkiye

Mr. Gabriel ANDRONACHE, Vice President, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), Romania

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

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

Lieutenant General Leonard BARABOI, Chief of Air Forces, Romania

Mr. Lulzim BASHA, former Mayor of Tirana (2011-2015), Albania

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

Ms. Edina BEĆIREVIĆ, Co-founder, Atlantic Initiative, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Col. (Ret.) Emilian BELEAGĂ, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Lieutenant General Iulian BERDILĂ, Deputy Chief of Defence for Operations and Training, Romania

Mr. Răzvan BOLOGA, Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Brigadier General Jared D. BORDWELL, Deputy Commander, 1st Armored Division, USA

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

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

Mr. Ian BRZEZINSKI, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative, Atlantic Council, USA

Ms. Cordelia BUCHANAN PONCZEK, Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Finland

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

Mr. Anuar BURANBAYEV, Partner, Center for Research and Consulting, Kazakhstan

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

General Thierry BURKHARD, Chief of Defence, France

Mr. Peter BAE, CEO of Hanwha Aerospace Romania / Head of Europe, Hanwha Aerospace, South Korea

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

Mr. Mitat ÇELIKPALA, Dean, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Kadir Has University, Türkiye

Mr. Bogdan CERNESCU, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Romanian Commercial Bank – BCR, Romania

Ambassador Fatih CEYLAN, President, Ankara Policy Center, Türkiye

Mrs. Cristina CILEACU, Senior editor, Digi24, Romania

Mr. Davide LA CECILIA, Special Envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Ms. Marharyta CHELAKOVA, Senior manager, Yalta European Strategy, Ukraine

Mrs. Simona COJOCARU, Defence Policy Director, Ministry of National Defence, Romania

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

Ambassador Lazăr COMĂNESCU, Secretary General, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Romania

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

Mr. Seth CROPSEY, President, Yorktown Institute, USA

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

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, Chairman of the Institute for Freedom and Democracy, Member of the Romanian Consultative Council for Sustainable Development and Adviser at the European Parliament, Romania

Mr. Cristian DIACONESCU, National Security Advisor to the President, Romania

Mr. Daniel DINU, Environmental & Regulatory Compliance Department Manager NEPTUN DEEP PROJECT – OMV PETROM, Romania

Major General Claudiu DOBOCAN, Chief of Special Operations Forces, Romania

Mr. Emilian DOBRESCU, Scientific Secretary of the Romanian Academy, Department of Economics, Law and Sociology, Romania

Brigadier General Marius DOGEANU, Head of the Directorate General for Civil Protection, Department for Emergency Situations, Romania

Ambassador Sorin DUCARU, Honorary Chairman of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, Romania

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

Lieutenant General Karol DYMANOWSKI, Deputy Chief of Defence, Poland

Mr. Adam EBERHARDT, Deputy Director, SEW UW – Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

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

Mr. Sascha FAHRBACH, International Technology and European Affairs Journalist, Austria

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

Ms. Courtney FLYNN MARTINO, Assistant Director of Transatlantic Relations, Bertelsmann Foundation, USA

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

Mr. Hippolyte FOFACK, Research Associate, Harvard University, Cameroon

Mr. Karsten FRIIS, Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway

Ms. Carlota GARCIA ENCINA, Senior analyst, Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

H.E. Georg GEORGIEV, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria

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

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

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

Ambassador Shota GVINERIA, Faculty Member, Defense studies and Cyber Policy, Baltic Defence College, USA

H.E. Benjamin HADDAD, Minister Delegate for European Affairs, France

Mr. Vadym HALAICHUK, First Deputy Chairperson, Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

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

Mrs. Wajiha HARIS, President, Scheherazade Foundation

Air Vice-Marshal (Retd) Mike HART, Senior Director for Defense, Intelligence, and NATO, Oracle UK

Mr. Lars HEDSTRÖM, Director, Strategic Implications and Innovations Centre, Swedish Defence University, Sweden

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

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

Lieutenant General Dragoș IACOB, Deputy Chief of Defence, Romania

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

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

Mr. Cosmin IONIȚĂ, Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, Romania

Mr. Dorin IONIȚĂ, Senior Advisor to the President, GRAMPET Group

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

Mr. Alexander ISKANDARYAN, Director, Caucasus Institute, Armenia

H.E. Bogdan Gruia IVAN, Minister of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Romania

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

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

Ms. Dilara KAKILLIOGLU, Coordinator of Research Department, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Vladimir KARA-MURZA, Vice President, Free Russia

H.E. Mikhail KASYANOV, Russian opposition politician, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (2000-2004)

Mr. Arthur KENIGSBERG, President, Euro Créative, France

Mr. Nkem KHUMBAH, Chairman, Africa Development Futures Group, Kenya

Mr. Istvan KISS, Executive Director, Danube Institute, Hungary

Ms. Nicole KOENIG, Head of Policy, Munich Security Conference Foundation, Germany

Mr. Wojciech KONOŃCZUK, Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland

Mr. François LAFOND, Member, ECFR Western Balkans Strategy Group, France

Mr. Michael LINK, European and Transatlantic Affairs, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Germany

Mr. Bobo LO, Independent analyst on international relations, Australia

Mr. Edward LUCAS, Non-resident Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), UK

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

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

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

Major General Eugen MAVRIȘ, Rector, „Carol I” National Defence University, Romania

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

Mr. Adrian MĂNIUȚIU, Journalist, Romania

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

Mr. Alessio Menegazzo CEO & Country Manager. of PPC Group, Romania

Mr. Yevhen MEZHEVYI, former soldier of Ukrainian Army saved from Russian captivity, dad of three children who were deported to Russia, Ukraine

Brigadier General Vitalie MICOV, Chief of Defence, Republic of Moldova

Mr. Michael MIKLAUCIC, Senior Fellow, Irregular Warfare Center, USA

H.E. Daniella MISAIL-NICHITIN, Minister of Internal Affairs, Republic of Moldova

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

Mr. Marcel MINDRESCU, University of Suceava, Romania

Ambassador Mihnea MOTOC, former Minister of Defence, Romania

Colonel Rivo MEIMER, Commander, Special Operations Forces, Estonia

Mr. Silviu NATE, Director of the Center for Global Studies at the University of Sibiu, Romania

Ms. Mihaela NICOLA, Member of Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Andrei NICULAE, Vice President, The Romanian Digitalization Authority, Romania

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

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

Major General Ireneusz NOWAK, Inspector, Air Force, Poland

Mrs. Luminița ODOBESCU, EU Presidential Advisor, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Mr. Aleksander OLECH, Head of International Cooperation, Defence24, Poland

Mr. Radu OPREA, Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Romania

Mr. Mohamed EL ORABI, President of the Egyptian Council on 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. Laurențiu PACHIU, Senior associate expert New Strategy Center, Vice President Energy Policy Group, Romania

Ms. Yuliia PAIEVSKA, paramedic, captured in 2022 by Russian forces, Ukraine

Vice Admiral Mihai PANAIT, Chief of Naval Forces, Romania

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

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

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

Mr. Tal PAVEL, Founder & Director at CyBureau – The Institute for Cyber Policy Studies, Israel

Lieutenant General Eric PELTIER, Deputy Director, General Directorate of International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of Armed Forces, France

Mr. Kalin PESHOV, CEO of GBS Holdings, Bulgaria

Mr. Phillip PETERSEN, Chairman, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA

Mr. Zbigniew PIEC, ISD Director for Central and Eastern Europe General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, USA

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Tomasz PIOTROWSKI, former Operational Commander of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland

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

Mr. Alexander PROELSS, Chair of International Maritime Law and Environmental Law, Public International Law and Public Law, University of Hamburg, Germany

Mr. Cătălin PODARU, General Manager, Leviatan, Romania

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

Mr. Costică POSTOLACHE, Deputy General Director for Business Development, Interactive Romania

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

Mr. Michael L. REESE, Senior Manager, Attack Helicopters Business Development, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, USA

Mr. Alexandru REFF, Managing Partner at Deloitte Romania & Moldova, Romania

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

Ms. Carmen RÎJNOVEANU, Director, The Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History (ISPAIM), Romania

Mr. James ROGERS, Co-founder & Director of Research, Council on Geostrategy, UK

Mr. Oscar ROJAS, Vice President for Global Operations, Ocean Aero, USA

Ms. Ileana ROTARU, Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

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

Mr. Steve ROWLAND, Head of Sales Secure Connectivity, AIRBUS UK

Mr. Ondrej SAFAR, Country Manager EVRYO GROUP, Romania

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

Mr. Hassane SAOUDI, Associate researcher, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies, Morocco

General (Ret.) Curtis SCAPARROTTI, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, USA

Mr. Nigel SCOLLAN, Queen’s University of Belfast, Institute of Global Food Security, UK

Mr. Ionel SCRIOȘTEANU, State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Romania

Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center

Mr. Cristian SFICHI, Country Director at Thales Romania, Romania

Brigadier General (Ret.) Eduard SIMION, Senior Associate Expert, New strategy Center, Romania

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

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

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Stuart SKEATES, former Deputy Commander of JFC Brunssum, UK

Mr. Tomasz SMURA, Head of the Defence Track, Warsaw Security Forum, Poland

Mr. Ion STERIAN, CEO, Transgaz, Romania

Mr. Jim STOKES, NATO Director of Nuclear Policy, USA

Mr. Ethan THORNTON, Founder and CEO, MACH Industries, USA

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

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

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

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

Ms. Teodora TOMPEA, Journalist, DIGI 24 TV Channel, Romania

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

Mr. Volodymyr TSABAL, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Ms. Olha TSILYNKO, volunteer from Kherson, Director, The Sophia Family Rehabilitation Center, Ukraine

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

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

The Honorable Mike TURNER, Senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee, USA

Ms. Alina URS, Senior Cyber Security Manager, National Cyber Security Directorate, Romania

Mr. Nicolae VÂLCEANU, Network Director, Vodafone Romania

General Gheorghiță VLAD, Chief of Defence, Romania

Ms. Nevenka VUKSANOVIĆ, Director, Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Montenegro

Mr. Vuk VUKSANOVIĆ, Senior Researcher, Belgrade Center for Security Policy, Serbia

Ambassador Nicolas WARNERY, Ambassador of France to Romania, representative of BSBSF 2025 Country Partner

Mr. Peter WATKINS, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE Ideas, UK

Mr. William WELLS, Senior Advisor, Rothschild &Co, UK

Mr. Rob de WIJK, Founder, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, The Netherlands

Ms. Deborah WINCE-SMITH, President, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, USA

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

Mr. Marcin ZABOROWSKI, Senior Fellow, GLOBSEC, Slovakia

H.E. Atanas ZAPRYANOV, Minister of Defence, Bulgaria

Mr. Bogdan ZAWADEWICZ, Director of the Geopolitical Risk Analysis Office, BGK Bank, Poland