Programme Day 1, Tuesday, 18 May 2021

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration

08.45 Welcome to the Congress

  • Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel
  • Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, former President of the European Parliament, Representative for European Affairs of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Congress President BSC 2020

09.00 Opening Ceremony

  • Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
  • Thomas Silberhorn MP, Parliamentary State Secretrary on behalf of the German Federal Minister of Defence

10.00 Keynote Congress Partner

  • K.C. Choi*, Corporate EVP and Head of Global Mobile B2B, Samsung Electronics

10.20 The future of EU Defence: Combining Strategic Autonomy and Enhanced Partnerships

  • General Claudio Graziano, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC)

10.40 Developing sovereign capabilities in a Trans-Atlantic cooperative framework

  • Claude Alber*, Vice President, Europe, Customer & Account Management, Collins Aerospace, Raytheon Technologies
  • NN, Raytheon Technologies Corp

11.00 Coffee Break

11.15 Keynote Speech

  • Helga Maria Schmid, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

11.30 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE: European Security and Defence – Central and Eastern (Expectations) and Contributions

Chair and Introduction:

  • Niels Annen MP, Minister of State, German Federal Foreign Office

Speakers:

  • Dr Artis Pabriks*, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia
  • Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
  • Marcin Przydacz*, Undersecretary of State for Security and Eastern Policy MOFA, Republic of Poland
  • Helga Maria Schmid, Secretary General European External Action Service (EEAS)
  • Péter Szijjártó*, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
  • Dr Detlef Wächter*, Director General for Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • General Tod D. Wolters*, USAF, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)

13.00 Luncheon / Buffet
14.30 Panel Session: Panels A1 – A7

Panel A1: Review of CDP / CARD / EDF / PESCO – how to achieve more synergy in defence and budget plans?

Chair and introduction:

  • Lieutenant General Christian Badia*, Director-General for Planning, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany

Panellists:

  • Sophia Besch*, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform (CER)
  • Rear Admiral Jürgen Ehle, Senior Military Advisor Managing Director for CDSP and Crisis Response EEAS
  • Dr Jörg Hennemann*, Marketing Police, Military & Sport, Schmidt & Bender
  • Josef Procházka, Deputy Director Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies, National Defence University Brno, Czech Republic
  • Dr Jan Wille, Partner and Managing Director at PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH

Panel A2: Framework Nations Concept – effective catalyst of regional mil-mil cooperation and capability development

Chair and Introduction:

  • Lieutenant General Jürgen Knappe*, Commander JSEC and Commanding General of MN JHQ Ulm

Panellists:

  • Major General (ret) Bohuslav Dvorak*, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff Czech Armed Forces
  • Major General Giovanni Iannucci, Director-General for Defence Policy and Planning, Defence General Staff, Italy
  • Dr Gergely Németh*, Deputy State Secretary and Defence Policy Director, Hungary
  • Olli Ruutu*, Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)
  • Brigadier General Jaroslav Schön, Commander Joint Logistics Support Group Brunssum
  • Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow*, Commanding General 1 (GE/NL) Corps

Panel A3: CBRN Defence – Whole-of-Government Approach

Chair:

  • Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Chief of the German Joint Support and Enabling Service

Introduction:

  • Christopher W. Frech*, Senior Vice President Global Government Affairs, Emergent Biosolutions

Panellists:

  • Colonel David Martínek, Director JCBRN Defence Centre of Excellence, Czech Republic
  • Dr Dieter Romann*, President of the Headquartes Federal Police Germany
  • Dr Frank Sabath, Defence Research Institute for Protection Technologies (WIS), Chairman JCBRN Defence Capability Development Group
  • Colonel Klaus Werner Schiff, Commander Bundeswehr CBRN Command
  • Wiktor Wojtas, Policy Analyst, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission

Panel A4: Air Defence for Multinational Formations on the move

Chair:

  • Lieutenant General Klaus Habersetzer*, Commanding General Air Operations Centre, Commander CAOC,
    Uedem and Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar

Introduction:

  • Joseph DeAntona*, Vice President Land Warfare & Air Defense, Capabilities & Solutions, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Raytheon Technologies

Panellists:

  • Brigadier General Gregory Brady*, Commanding General 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command
  • Major General Rob Jeulink*, Deputy Commander Royal Netherlands Army
  • Colonel Vladimír Vyklický, Research Fellow, Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies, Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic
  • NN, IAl

Panel A5: EU / NATO Naval Cooperation – prerequisite for maritime security on the eastern flank in the Baltic and the Black Sea

Chair:

  • Vice Admiral Andreas Krause*, Chief of German Navy

Introduction:

  • NN, General Atomics

Panellists:

  • Gian Franco Abresccia*, Vice President Naval Systems, Leonardo
  • Rear Admiral Rune Andersen, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy
  • Rear Admiral Hans-Jörg Detlefsen*, Commander Maritime Air NATO, Allied Maritime Command, Northwood
  • Rear Admiral (UH) Mihai Panait*, Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces
  • Lieutenant General (ret) Georghe Savu*, Director Damen Naval Romania

Panel A6: Countering Cyber Threats – the progress of digital warfare in multidomain operations

Chair:

  • Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of German CID Service

Introduction:

  • NN, IBM

Panellists:

  • Dr Christoph Erdmann*, CEO Secusmart
  • Prof Dr Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg*, Faculty of Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
  • Peter Morwinski, Head of Business Development, Bechtle GmbH & Co. KG.
  • Brigadier General (ret) Karel Řehka, Director National Cyber and Information Security Agency, Czech Republic
  • Andreas Schiel*, Head of Business Unit Command & Control Systems and Joint Fire Support ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH

Panel A7: Strategic Intelligence and Communications –prerequisite for strategic analysis and decision making on EU-level also in a hybrid conflict environment

Chair:

  • Dr August Hanning*, former President of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND),
    former State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Member of the programme and editor board of the Behörden Spiegel Group

Introduction:

  • NN, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Panellists:

  • Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Director of the European Union Satellite Center (SatCen)
  • Lieutenant General (ret) Frank Leidenberger, Chief Digital Officer, BWI GmbH
  • José Casimiro Morgado*, Director EU-Intelligence and Situation Center (EU INTCEN)
  • Colonel (ret) Ralph D. Thiele, Chairman „Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft“ (pmg), President EuroDefense (Deutschland), CEO StratByrd Consulting
  • Dr Teija Tiilikainen, Director European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)
16.00 Coffee Break

16.30 Keynote Speech

  • General Eberhard Zorn, Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany

16.50 Military digital collaboration - a vision for a European approach

  • Udo F. Littke*, Head of Public Sector and Defence Central Europe, Atos

17.10 Security through responsibility - Joint Forces for Northern Europe

  • General Jörg Vollmer, Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

17.30 HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM: Enhancing European security through regional military cooperation – opportunities and gaps

Chair:

  • General (ret) Petr Pavel, former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

Speakers:

  • Admiral Rob Bauer*, Chief of Defence, the Netherlands
  • Lieutenant General Markus Laubenthal, Deputy Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Lieutenant General Daniel Petrescu*, Chief of Defence, Romania
  • Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys, Chief of Defence, Lithuania
  • Lieutenant General Jaromír Zůna*, MSc., Ph.D. Deputy Chief of Defence, Czech Republic
  • NN, Congress Partner

19.00 CIDAN/ESDA Ceremony

  • European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence

19.30 Buffet / Networking

21.00 End of the first day

Programme Day 2, Wednesday, 19 May 2021

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition

08.30 Welcome to the 2nd Conference Day

08.40 OPENING OF THE 2ND CONFERENCE DAY

  • Lubomír Metnar*, Minister of Defence, Czech Republic

08.45 OPENING OF THE 2ND CONFERENCE DAY

  • NN, High-Level Representative

09.10 The Czech Republic’s Perspective on Transatlantic Security

  • Lubomír Metnar*, Minister of Defence, Czech Republic

09.40 HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW: Implementation of gender policy in NATO and EU defence planning

  • Dr Hans-Peter Bartels, former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Germany
    with
  • Clare Hutchinson*, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
  • AMB Mara Marinaki*, Principal Advisor on Gender and on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, EEAS
  • Colonel Magda Dvorřáková, Head of the Public Diplomacy Section, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
  • Lieutenant Colonel Peter Östman*, Commander Nordic Center for Gender in Military Operations, Sweden

10.20 Keynote Congress Partner

  • Dirk Hoke, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Airbus Defence and Space

10.40 Keynote Speech

  • Admiral (ret) Matteo Bisceglia, Director Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)

10.50 Coffee Break

11.20 Keynote Congress Partner

  • Pasquale Di Bartolomeo*, Chief Commercial Officer and CEO Leonardo International

11.40 change room for Panel Session
11.45 Panel Session: Panel B1 – B7

Panel B1: China’s military ascent and its implications for the West

Chair and indroduction:

  • Nils Wörmer, Head of Departement Foreign, Security and European Affairs, European and International Cooperation of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Panellists:

  • Elbridge A. Colby, Principal at the Marathon Initiative, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development
  • Dr Sarah Kirchberger*, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Strategy and Security, Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University
    gGmbH (ISPK)
  • Martin Riegl, Acting Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Czech Republic

Panel B2: Human Resources – recruitment and retention

Chair:

  • Emmanuel Jacob, President European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions (EUROMIL)

Introduction:

  • Dr Germar Schröder, Partner PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH

Panellists:

  • Brigadier General (ret) František Mičánek, Research Fellow, Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies,
    Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic
  • Rear Admiral Peter Reesink*, Director Principal Directorate of Personnel,Ministry of Defence, the Netherlands
  • Brigadier General (MC) Dr Nicole Schilling, Vice President Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management
  • Colonel Peter Tagesson, Head of Personnel Planning, SWE

Panel B3: How to maintain a credible nuclear deterrence in and for Europe?

Chair:

  • Lieutenant General (ret) Heinrich Brauß, former Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning NATO

Introduction:

  • NN, NN

Panellists:

  • Ambassador Susanne Baumann, Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control,
    Director-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control, German Federal Foreign Office
  • Jessica L. Cox, Director Nuclear Policy Directorate NATO International Staff
  • Dr Jan Jireš, Chief Defence Counsellor, Czech Delegation to NATO
  • Dr Oliver Meier, Senior Researcher Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
  • Natalia Pouzyreff, Secretary of the Defence Committee in the French National Assembly

Panel B4: Land Forces in a Joint and Combined Environment – readiness and availability

Chair:

  • Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of German Army

Introduction:

  • N.N.

Panellists:

  • General Christopher Cavoli*, COM USAREUR
  • Dirk Moede*, Senior Key Account Manager Defense, Computacenter AG & Co oHG Germany
  • Ivo Pikner, Research Fellow, Department of Military Science Theory, Faculty of Military Leadership, Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic
  • Lieutenant General (ret) Arnaud Sainte-Claire Deville*, Vice President Institutional Relations, Nexter Group, France
  • Lieutenant General Slawomir Wojciechowski* PhD, Commanding General of Multinational Corps North East

Panel B5: Multinational Air Power – enhancing EU-capabilities within NATO

Co-Chairs:

  • Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, Chief of German Air Force
  • Air Chief Major General Nándor Kilián, Service Inspector for Air Force Hungarian Defence Command

Introduction:

  • NN, Boeing

Panellists:

  • Nicola Baumann*, Operational Requirements Manager ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
  • Major General Petr Hromek, Commander of the Air Force, Armed Forces of the Czech Republic
  • Jason H Nelsen*, Director, Europe / Americas, Global Solutions, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Raytheon Technologies
  • NN, Airbus

Panel B6: Digitalisation – robust interoperable networks for European military operations

Chair:

  • Lieutenant General Michael Vetter*, Director-General CIT, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany

Introduction:

  • Marcel Taubert*, Head of Division Defence, secunet Security Networks AG

Panellists:

  • Jörn Becker*, Head of Defence, Public Sector & Defence Central Europe / Germany, Atos
  • Janis Garisons*, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Latvia
  • Brigadier General Frank Pieper*, Chief Digital Officer German Army
  • Lieutenant General Dr Ansgar Rieks*, Deputy Chief of German Air Force
  • NN, IBM

Panel B7: New and Disruptive Technologies

Chair:

  • Dr Pavel Zůna, Director of the Collaboration Support Office, NATO Science and Technology Organization

Introduction:

  • Joel Bollö*, CEO Micro Systemation (MSAB)

Panellists:

  • Barbara Hoffman*, Vice President Global Strategic Operations Government, Samsung Electronics
  • Martin Issakhani*, Senior Enterprise Account Manager DACH, RSA
  • Roland Raith*, Director Business Development EMEA – Forensic, Hexagon Geosystems
  • Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke*, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command
  • Vít Střítecký, Deputy Head, Security Studies Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Panel B8: Covid-19 Lessons Learned – maintaining Europe’s military capabilities (and resilience) in times of a global pandemic

Chair:

  • Brigadier General (MC) Zoltán Bubeník, Surgeon General of the Czech Armed Forces, Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Health Services of the NATO (COMEDS)

Introduction:

  • Dr Hans C. Atzpodien, Managing Director, Federation of German Security and Defence Industries (BDSV)

Panellists:

  • Prof Dr Rainer Bernnat, Senior Partner and Managing Director PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH
  • Mo Cashman, Director of Solution Architects & Principal Engineer, McAfee
  • Brigadier General (sel) Dr Zuzana Kročová, PhD., Rector-Commandant of the University of Defense in Brno, Czech Republic
  • Lieutenant General Kai R. Rohrschneider*, Director-General Forces Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Major General Andreas Schick, Commander European Air Transport Command (EATC)
  • Lieutenant General (MC) Dr Stephan Schoeps, Deputy Surgeon General of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service
  • Ali Vezvaei*, Vice Chairman ECOLOG International
13.15 Luncheon / Buffet

14.30 Keynote Speech

  • NN, High-Level Representative

14.50 Keynote Congress Partner

  • NN, IAI

15.10 Keynote Speech

  • Ambassador Jiří Šedivý, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)

15.30 FUTURE FORCES FORUM: EU Defence Initiatives for technological innovation and relevant capabilities – do they deliver?

Chair:

  • Ambassador Jiří Šedivý, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)

Speakers:

  • Hubert Blahnik*, Deputy National Armament Director, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Lieutenant General Thierry Carlier, Head of International Development and Deputy National Armament Director, France
  • Dr Gáspár Maróth, Government Commissioner for National Defence Industry, Defence Development and Coordination of Armament Modernization, Hungary
  • Timo Pesonen, Director General for Defence and Space, EU Commission
  • Jana Rosenmann*, Executive Vice President, HO Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) und EuroDrone, Airbus DS
  • Major General (AF) Giandomenico Taricco, Director 4th Department Armament Programs Coordination, Italian National Armaments Directorate
  • Dr Pavel Zůna, Director of the Collaboration Support Office, NATO Science and Technology Organization

16.45 CLOSING REMARKS

  • Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, Congress President of the BSC 2020
  • Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel

17.00 End of the Congress

Chairman BSC 2020: Major General (ret) Reinhard Wolski
Coordinator BSC 2020: Colonel (ret) Hubertus von Rohr

*speakers requested