Programme Day 1, Tuesday, 18 May 2021

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition

08.45 Opening of the Congress

Anthem of Europe

Welcome to the Congress

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

09.00 Keynote Opening

Jakub Kulhánek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic

09.30 Keynote Speech

Thomas Silberhorn MP, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministery of Defence, Germany
09.45 Short Break / Visit to the digital exhibition and networking in virtual space

10.00 Keynote Congress Partner

KC 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)
10.45 Short Break / Visit to the digital exhibition and networking in virtual space

11.00 Keynote Speech

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

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

Chair:

  • Dr Eva-Charlotte Proll, Member of the Executive Board, Head of Corporate Development and Digitalisation, Behörden Spiegel

Introduction:

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

Speakers:

  • Dr Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia
  • Martin Povejšil, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security and Multilateral Issues, Czech Republic
  • Marcin Przydacz, Undersecretary of State for Security and Eastern Policy MOFA, Republic of Poland
  • Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
  • Dr Detlef Wächter, Director General for Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence

13.00 Keynote Congress Partner

Dr Christoph Erdmann, CEO Secusmart
13.20 Break / Visit to the digital exhibition and networking in virtual space
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:

  • 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 Andreas Marlow, Commanding General 1 (GE/NL) Corps

Panellists:

  • Brigadier General Andrea Argieri, Deputy Head of Plans and Policy Division, Defence General Staff, Italy
  • Major General (ret) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff Czech Armed Forces
  • 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

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

Chair

  • Lieutenant General Jürgen Weigt, Deputy 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 Frank Sabath, Defence Research Institute for Protection Technologies (WIS), Chairman JCBRN Defence Capability Development Group
  • Martin Schieffer, Head of Unit Counter-Terrorism, European Commission
  • Colonel Klaus Werner Schiff, Commander Bundeswehr CBRN Command

Panel A4: Air Defence for Multinational Formations on the move

Chair and Introduction:

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

Panellists:

  • Brigadier General Gregory Brady, Commanding General 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command
  • Major General Rob Jeulink, Deputy Commander Royal Netherlands Army
  • Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command
  • Colonel Vladimír Vyklický, Research Fellow, Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies, Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic

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

Chair:

  • Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schönbach, Chief of German Navy

Introduction:

  • Major General USAF (ret) Scott F. Smith, Regional Vice President Europe, International Strategic Development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Panellists:

  • Rear Admiral Rune Andersen, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy
  • Prof James Bergeron, Political Advisor to Commander, Allied Maritime Command in Northwood
  • Rear Admiral (UH) Mihai Panait, Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces
  • General (ret) PhD Gheorghe 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:

  • Leendert van Bochoven, Executive Member and Global Segment Leader for Defence and Intelligence, IBM’s Public Sector

Panellists:

  • Dr Regine Grienberger, Ambassador for Cyber Foreign and Cybersecurity Policy, German Federal Foreign Office
  • Prof Dr Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Faculty of Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
  • Mario Hempel, Director Sales Development Public Sector, 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
  • Major General Göksel Sevindik, Chief of Staff NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

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

Chair and Introduction:

  • 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

Panellists:

  • Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Director of the European Union Satellite Center (SatCen)
  • Maxime Lebrun, Senior Analyst Research and Analysis Function, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)
  • Lieutenant General (ret) Frank Leidenberger, Chief Digital Officer, BWI GmbH
  • Colonel (ret) Ralph D. Thiele, Chairman „Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft“ (pmg), President EuroDefense (Deutschland), CEO StratByrd Consulting
16.00 Short Break / Visit to the digital exhibition and networking in virtual space

16.30 Security through responsibility - Joint Forces for Northern Europe

General Jörg Vollmer, Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

16.50 Military digital collaboration - a vision for a European approach

Udo F. Littke, Head of Central Europe, Atos

17.10 Keynote Speech

General Eberhard Zorn, Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
17.30 Closing Remarks 1st Day

Programme Day 2, Wednesday, 19 May 2021

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition

08.30 Welcome to the 2nd Conference Day

Lubomir Metnar, Minister of Defence, Czech Republic

08.40 The Czech Republic´s perspective on Transatlantic Security and Defence

Jan Havránek, Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Czech Republic

09.00 Keynote Speech

Ludovic Orban, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
09.20 Short Break

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

Dr Eva-Charlotte Proll, Member of the Executive Board, Head of Corporate Development and Digitalisation Behörden Spiegel with

  • Clare Hutchinson, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
  • 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
  • Kristin de Peyron, Director/Deputy Managing Director for Human Rights, global and multilateral issues (MD Global), EEAS

10.10 Short Break

10.20 Keynote Congress Partner

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

10.40 The Armament Procurement’s Cooperation as a sustainable way to make EU Defence stronger

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

11.00 Keynote Speech

Janis Garisons, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Latvia

11.20 Keynote Speech

Christoph Otten, CEO ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik GmbH
11.40 Short Break
11.45 Panel Session: Panel B1 – B8

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

Chair and indroduction:

  • Thomas Birringer, Deputy Head Division Analysis and Consulting, 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
  • Jakub Janda, Director European Values Center for Security Policy, Czech Republic
  • 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
  • Brigadier General (MC) Dr Nicole Schilling, Vice President Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management
  • Colonel Peter Tagesson, Head of Personnel Planning, Sweden

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

Chair and Introduction:

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

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:

  • Lieutenant General (ret) Arnaud Sainte-Claire Deville, Vice President Institutional Relations, Nexter Group, France

Panellists:

  • General Christopher Cavoli, Commanding General USAREUR-AF
  • Ivo Pikner, Research Fellow, Department of Military Science Theory, Faculty of Military Leadership, Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic
  • Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
  • 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
  • Major General Nándor Kilián, Air Chief and Inspector for Air Force Hungarian Defence Command

Introduction:

  • Lieutenant General (ret) Steven M. Shepro, Vice President, Commercial Derivative Aircraft, Strike, Surveillance and Mobility, and Phantom Works Fixed Wing, Boeing

Panellists:

  • Nicola Baumann, Operational Requirements Manager, ESG Defence and Public Security
  • Marco Gumbrecht, Head of Training Simulation Military Air Systems, Airbus Defence and Space
  • Brigadier General Petr Lanci, Deputy Commander of the Air Force, Armed Forces of the Czech Republic

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

Chair:

  • Major General Dr Michael Heinz Färber, Commanding General of the Information Technology Command Bundeswehr

Introduction:

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

Panellists:

  • Stefan Hefter, Partner IBM Global Business Services Defense & Intelligence
  • Brigadier General Frank Pieper, Chief Digital Officer German Army
  • Lieutenant General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Deputy Chief of German Air Force
  • Alexander Schütterle, Vice President Sales EMEA, Cellebrite

Panel B7: New and Disruptive Technologies

Chair and Introduction:

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

Panellists:

  • Joel Bollö, CEO Micro Systemation (MSAB)
  • Barbara Hoffman, Vice President Global Strategic Operations Government, Samsung Electronics
  • Martin Issakhani, Senior Enterprise Account Manager DACH, RSA
  • Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

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

Chair and Introduction:

  • 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)

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 Martin Schelleis, Chief of the German Joint Support and Enabling Service
  • Major General Andreas Schick, Commander European Air Transport Command (EATC)
  • Major General (MC) Dr Stephan Schoeps, Deputy Surgeon General of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service
  • Ali Vezvaei, Vice Chairman ECOLOG International
13.15 Break / Visit to the digital exhibition and networking in virtual space

14.30 Rebuilding the Hungarian Defence Industries – Technological Step into the Future

Prof Dr László Palkovics, Minister for Innovation and Technology, Hungary

14.50 Keynote Congress Partner

Dror Bar, Vice President and General Manager, Air and Missile Defense Division, IAI
15.10 Short Break

15.20 Extended Introduction Future Forces Forum

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:

  • Francois Arbault, Director for Defence Industry, EU Commission
  • Hubert Blahnik, Deputy National Armament Director, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
  • Lieutenant General Thierry Carlier, Head of International Development and National Armament Director, France
  • Major General (AF) Giandomenico Taricco, Director 4th Department Armament Programs Coordination, National Armaments Directorate, Italy
  • General (ret) László Tömböl, Deputy National Armament Director, Commissioner for Defence Develop, Government Office of the Prime Minister, Hungary
  • Dr Pavel Zůna, Director of the Collaboration Support Office, NATO Science and Technology Organization

17.00 Closing Remarks

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

17.15 End of the Congress

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