Speakers

All Speakers

A

General Rajmund Andrzejczak, Chief of General Staff, Poland

Mr. James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO

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

Mr. Damien Arnaud, Senior Member of the Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO

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

B

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

Mr. Corneliu Bjola, Associate Professor in Diplomatic Studies in the Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK

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

Brig. Gen. Cristian Bizadea, Deputy Director, Romanian Intelligence Service, Romania

Mr. Cyrille Bret, Associate Professor, Sciences Po Paris, France

Mr. Vasile Boicu, General Manager, Romaero, Romania

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

Mr. Bogdan Berneagă, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

C

Mr. Sorin Cîmpeanu, Chairman of the National Council of Rectors, Rector of the University of Agronomic Sciences, Romania

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

Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Antonia Colibășanu, analyst, Geopolitical Futures, Romania

Mr. Seth Cropsey, Director, Center for American Seapower, Hudson Institute, USA

Col. Daniel Cocolici, Chief Analyst, Ministry of Defence, Romania

Ambassador Sergiu Celac, Honorary Chairman of the New Strategy Center, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Mrs. Simona Cojocaru, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defense, Romania

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

D

Mr. Daniel Dăianu, Chairman of the Fiscal Council, former Minister of Finance, Romania

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

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

Mr. Dan Dungaciu, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

Major General (ret.) Leonardo Dinu, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence, Romania

Mr. Emmanuel Dupuy, President of the Institute for European Perspective and Security, France

Mr. Lasha Darsalia, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia

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

E

Mr. Adam Eberhardt, Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland

General (ret.) Sir James Everard, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), UK

F

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

Mr. Christophe Fontaine, Regional Director Europe, International Strategic Development, General Atomics, France

Mr. Iulian Fota, General Director of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, member of the Scientific Council of the New Strategy Center, Romania,

G

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

Mr. Dennis Goege, Vicepresident Central and Eastern Europe, Lockheed Martin International, USA

H

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

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Victor Hvozd, former Chief of External Intelligence Service, Ukraine

I

Mr. Adrian Ivan, Rector of the National Intelligence Academy, Romania

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

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

J

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

Mr. Terry Jamison, Director, International Vertical Lift Sales & Marketing, Boeing, USA

H.E. Ivo Josipović, former President of Croatia

L

RADM (ret.) Sorin Learschi, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

RADM (Ret.) Mike Lyden, former General Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

M

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

Mr. Alexandru-Virgil Maximescu, Public and Regulatory Affairs Director, OMV Petrom, Romania

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Cătălin Moraru, former Deputy Chief of the Armaments Department, Ministry of Defense, Romania

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

Ambassador Teodor Meleșcanu, Member of the Scientific Council of New Strategy Center, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Mr. Igor Munteanu, Chairman of the Public Finance Control Committee, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, former ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to USA

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

N

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

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

Mr. Vlad Nistor, member of the Foreign Affaires Committee, EU Parliament, Romania

O

H.E. Ludovic Orban, Prime-Minister, Romania

Mr. Leonard Orban, Presidential Advisor for European Affairs, Romania

Mrs. Kristie L. Oxford, Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – PNNL, USA

P

Major General Viorel Pană, Chief of the Air Forces Staff, Romania

Mr. Phillip Petersen, President, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA

Lieutenant General Daniel Petrescu, Chief of Defense Staff, Romania

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

H.E. Virgil Popescu, Minister of Economy and Energy, Romania

Mr. Ulf Pehrsson, Vice-President and Head of Government & Industry Relations , Ericsson Corporate, Sweden

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

LTG (Ret.) Dumitru Prunariu, Vice-Chair of the Working Group on Space 2030 Agenda of the UN COPUOS, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, the only Romanian cosmonaut

Mr. Dragoș Preda, State Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Infrastructure and Communications, Romania

Mr. Florin Pană, Senior Analist in Cyber Security, National CyberInt Center, Romanian Intelligence Service

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

Mr. Florian Pennings, EU Cybersecurity Policy Manager, Microsoft

S

Mr. Roberto Scagnoli, CEO of RARTEL, country Representative of the Space Alliance (Telespazio/Thales Alenia Space), Italy

Mr. Johann Schmid, Director of the Community of Interest Strategy and Defence, The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, Hybrid CoE, Finland

Mr. Arseny Sivitsky, Director, Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies, Belarus

Mr. Ion Sterian, CEO Transgaz, Romania

Mr. Cristian Simu, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Romania

Mr. Ionut Stanimir, Director for Marketing&Communication, Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR), Romania

T

H.E. Nelu Tătaru, Minister of Health, Romania

H.E. Andriy Taran, Minister of Defense, Ukraine

Mr. James Thomsen, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition, USA

W

Mr. Bo Wallander, Naval Senior Advisor, SAAB, Sweden

General Tod D. Wolters, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations, USA