The Berlin Security Conference / 21th Congress on European Security and Defence will be held from 30 November to 01 December 2022. This will be the first major Security Conference with guests attending in person in Germany since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Norway is partner country of the BSC 2022.
The Behörden Spiegel – the most important monthly newspaper for the Public Services in Germany – has been organising the Berlin Security Conference for 21 years now. It is supported by an Advisory Board composed of key international personalities. The President of the BSC in 2022 is Wolfgang Hellmich MP, Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Defence Committee, German Bundestag.
Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz | Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway | Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO | Christine Lambrecht, Federal Minister of Defence, Germany | Bjørn Arild Gram, Defence Minister of Norway | Antti Kaikonen, Minister of Defence, Finland | Dr Pål Jonson, Minister of Defence, Sweden | Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Minister of Defence, Hungary | General Christian Badia, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Norfolk, NATO | General Robert Brieger, Chairman EU Military Committee | Admiral Joachim Rühle, Chief of Staff SHAPE
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Senior Advisor on European matters of the French Institute of international relations (Ifri), former French Ambassador to Belgium, former Chief Executive of the EDA
Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy NATO, former Director for Security Policy at the Federal Foreign Office, former Ambassador of Germany to Georgia
Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Germany
MEP, EPP Group Foreign Affairs Coordinator, European Parliament
MP, Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Defence Committee, German Bundestag, Congress President 2022
former MEP, former Vice-President of the European Parliament, former Defence Minister of Romania, Congress President BSC 2018
Chairwoman of the German Section of Women in International Security, WIIS.de
former President of the European Parliament, Representative for European Affairs of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Congress President BSC 2019 – 2020
Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA), former Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Congress President BSC 2015–2017
President of the Assembly of the WEU 2008 – 2011, President of the European Security and Defence Association (ESDA), Congress President BSC 2012 – 2014
Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group, Congress President BSC 2001 – 2011
For some years now nations have been invited to become partners of the Berlin Security Conference. In 2012, Russia was the first partner country, followed by the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United States of America, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy and in 2020, the Czech Republic. For last year’s conference, international agencies at EU and NATO level were partners of the BSC, namely OCCAR, EDA, NCIA and NSPA.
This year Norway is the partner country of the 21st Berlin Security Conference. Norway will contribute to the programme and will participate with high-ranking delegations and will organise the Pre-event Reception at the Nordic Embassies in Berlin on special invitation only. Our conference partners from industry and business will also participate in BSC 2022 as in previous years with specified contributions and an exhibition.
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In addition to over 130 distinguished speakers including political, military, business and civil society leaders the conference draws an ever larger number of members of national parliaments and the European Parliament, as well representatives of the European institutions and NATO. Foreign and Defence Ministers, Ambassadors, Generals, Admirals and industry representatives see the conference as an invaluable forum for addressing a wide range of topics related to security and defence policy. Members of the armed forces, representing all ranks and a wide range of European countries and multinational staffs, as well as representatives of security organisations and industry, contribute to the lively exchange of views and hence to the success of the conference.