Speakers

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Ambassador Pierre ANDRIEU, former Ambassador of France to the Republic of Moldova and Tadjikistan; former co-chair of the Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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

Captain (Ret.) Tzahi APPELMAN, Consultant for Maritime & Advanced Programs in IAI\MALAT Division, Israel

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

H.E. Bogdan AURESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

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Mr. Andrei BACIU, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Romania

Admiral Rob BAUER, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Netherlands

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

Mr. Daniel BEDOYA, Regional Business Development Manager, Central & Eastern Europe Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, USA

Mrs. Nastasia BELC, President/General Manager, National Research and Development Institute for Food Bioresources (IBA), Romania

MG Iulian BERDILĂ, Chief of Land Forces, Romania

MG Cristian BIZADEA, Deputy Director, Romanian Intelligence Service, Romania

Mr. László BORBÉLY, State Advisor, Coordinator of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development, Romania

Mr. Yordan BOZHILOV, Founder and President of the Sofia Security Forum, Bulgaria

Mr. Cyrille BRET, Development Director, Naval Group, France

Mr. Cristian BUȘOI, Chairman, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, EU Parliament, Romania

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H.E. Sorin CÎMPEANU, Minister of Education, Romania

H.E. Nicolae CIUCĂ, Minister of National Defence, Romania

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

Mr. Christopher COKER, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics, Director of IDEAS, LSE’s foreign policy think tank, UK

Ms. Antonia COLIBĂȘANU, analyst, Geopolitical Futures, Romania

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

Ambassador (Ret.) Doru COSTEA, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Liviu COȘEREANU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, Romania

Captain (Navy) Iuri Alexandru COVALEOV, Deputy Chief Military Intelligence for ISR, Ministry of Defence, Romania

Mr. Radu CRĂCIUN, President, Association for Private Pensions in Romania; General Manager, Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) Pensions, Romania

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Mr. Gordon Skip DAVIS, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Defense Investment Division, NATO, USA

Mrs. Ligia DECA, Presidential Adviser, Department of Education and Research, Romania

Rear Admiral Alfonso DELGADO MORENO, Assistant Chief of Staff J5, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, NATO, Spain

Ambassador Cristian DIACONESCU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

MG (Ret.) Leonardo DINU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence, Romania

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

Professor Dan DUNGACIU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

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

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Rear Admiral UH (Ret.) Noam FEIG, Senior Naval Consultant, Elbit Systems, Israel

Professor Gina FÎNTÎNERU, Vice Rector, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Romania

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

Mr. George FRIEDMAN, Chairman, Geopolitical Futures, USA

Mr. Karsten FRIIS, Senior Adviser, Head of Research Group on Security and Defense, The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

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

Mr. Cosmin GHIȚĂ, CEO Nuclearelectrica, Romania

General (Ret) Frank GORENC, Consultant for General Atomics, Aeronautical Systems Inc., USA

Mr. Silviu GRECU, CEO Romaero, Romania

H.E. Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

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

LTG (Ret.) Ben HODGES, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), former commander United States Army Europe, USA

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

Mr. Dan Iliescu, Rector of the Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania

Mr. Daniel IONIȚĂ, Cyber Security Manager, Cymed/Infoworld, Romania

Mr. Alexander ISKANDARYAN, Director, Caucasus Institute, Armenia

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Ambassador (Ret.) Victor JACKOVIC, first US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia, USA

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Ambassador Pavlo KLIMKIN, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

Mr. Timo KOSTER, former ambassador-at-large for security policy and cyber, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

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RADM (Ret.) Sorin LEARSCHI, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Christian-Marc LIFLANDER, Head of the NATO Cyber Defence Section, Estonia

Mr. Geraint LLOYD, Business Development and Strategy Director of U-TacS, UK

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

Mr. Daniel MARKIĆ, Director, Security-Intelligence Agency (SOA), Croatia

Mrs. Andreja MARUSIC, Senior Private Sector Specialist, World Bank

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

Dr. Heather MCKHANN, Coordinator Executive Secretariat, Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI)

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

Ambassador Teodor MELEȘCANU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

LTG (Ret.) Cătălin MORARU, former Deputy Chief of the Armaments Department, Ministry of Defense, Romania

Mr. Mihnea MOTOC, Deputy Head, European Political Strategy Center (EPSC), European Commission, former Minister of Defence of Romania

Mr. Igor MUNTEANU, former ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to USA

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Mr. Cătălin NAE, General Director, The National Institute of Aerospace Research “ELIE CARAFOLI” – INCAS, Romania

Mrs. Daniela NICOLESCU, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Romania

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

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Mr. Guillaume OLLAGNIER, Head of Division for Europe, America & Multilateral action, Ministry of Defence, France

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Rear Admiral Mihai PANAIT, Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces, Romania

LTG Daniel PETRESCU, Chief of Defense Staff, Romania

Mr. Marilen Gabriel PIRTEA, Rector of the West University of Timișoara, Romania

Mr. Cătălin PODARU, General Manager, Leviatan, Romania

Mr. Ștefan POPESCU, Deputy Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs, ENGIE, Romania

H.E. Virgil POPESCU, Minister of Energy, Romania

Ambassador Elena POPTODOROVA, Vice President of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, former Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA

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

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Mr. Mihnea RĂDULESCU, Director Enterprise Business Unit, Vodafone Romania

Mr. Alexandru REFF, Country Managing Partner, Deloitte Romania and Moldova, Romania

BG Anton ROG, Director, National CyberInt Center, Romanian Intelligence Service

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General (Ret.) Gheorghe SAVU, Director, Damen Naval Romania, Romania

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

Mr. Ionel SCRIOȘTEANU, State Secretary, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Romania

Mr. Cristian SFICHI, Manager for Defence, Thales Romania

Ambassador (Ret.) Farid SHAFIYEV, Chairman, Center of Analysis of International Relations, Azerbaijan

Mr. Ion STERIAN, CEO Transgaz, Romania

Mr. Vlad STOICA, President, National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), Romania

Mr. Paul STREBEL, Senior Director – International Business Development for Oshkosh Defense, LLC, USA

Mr. Rene SUMMER, Director Government & Industry Relations, Ericsson, Sweden

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Mr. Răzvan TEODORESCU, Acting Rector of the University of Agronomic Sciences, Romania

LTG Stephan THOMAS, Commander, DEU Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation, Land Forces, Germany

Mr. Angel TÎLVĂR, Chairperson, Committee on Democracy and Security, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Romania

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Mr. Harlan ULLMAN, Senior Advisor, Atlantic Council, USA

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Ambassador Kurt VOLKER, former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine, USA

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Mr. Gustaf WINROTH, Policy Officer, European Defence Fund – Research (DEFIS A3), Directorate-General Defence Industry and Space, European Commission

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Mr. Murat YEŞILTAŞ, Director of security studies, Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), Turkey

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Mrs. Claudia ZOANI, Researcher, Biotechnologies and Agroindustry Division (BIOAG), Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Italy