Munich Security

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Munich Security Conference 2023

February 17-19, 2023 | Main Program

16/02/2023
Formats of the Main Program include Main Stage I & II, Townhalls, Roundtables & Conversations. All formats of the Main
Program take place at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.

Friday, February 17 – Global Challenges

07.30 – 09.00 Breakfasts

09.30 – 11.00 Roundtable (by special invitation only)

Pipe Dreams: Future-Proofing Energy Security
Gelber Salon

Roundtable (by special invitation only)

(Dis-)integrated Circuits: Semiconductor Supply Chains and Export Controls
Fürstensalon

Roundtable (by special invitation only)

Momentum for Munition: Shifting Gears on European Defense
Garden Restaurant

10.30 – 11.15 Conversation

Spotlight: Germany’s International Responsibility Revisited
Public Square

Joachim Gauck
Former Federal President, Federal Republic of Germany

Moderator: Ulrike Demmer

Journalist, Freelancer, former Deputy Government Spokeswoman, Press and Information Office,
Federal Republic of Germany

10.30 – 11.30 Opening Townhall

Recalibrating the Compass: South-North Cooperation
Komödie

Scene-Setting: Charles Michel

President, European Council

Nana Akufo-Addo
President, Republic of Ghana

Kristalina Georgieva
Chair and Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

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Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Moderator: Ottilia Anna Maunganidze

Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies; Munich Young Leader 2017

11.30 – 12.15 Conversation

Spotlight: Brazil
Public Square

Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federative Republic of Brazil

Moderator: Bronwen Maddox

Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House

11.30 – 13.00 Opening Lunch (by special invitation only)

13.30 – 13.45 Main Stage I: Opening & Welcome Remarks by the Conference Chairman
Conference Hall

Christoph Heusgen
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

13.45 – 14.15 Main Stage I: Conversation

David on the Dnipro: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Conference Hall

Ukrainian Official

Moderator: Christoph Heusgen

Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

14.15 – 14.45 Main Stage I: Conversation

Germany in the World
Conference Hall

Olaf Scholz
Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany

Moderator: Christiane Amanpour

Chief International Anchor, Cable News Network

14.45 – 15.15 Main Stage I: Conversation

France in the World
Conference Hall

Emmanuel Macron
President, French Republic

Moderator: Christoph Heusgen

Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break

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15.30 – 16.15 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Against Lawlessness: Ensuring Accountability
Conference Hall

Kaja Kallas
Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia

Karim Khan
Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

Lindsey O. Graham
Senator, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States of America

Nadia Murad
Founder and President, Nadia's Initiative; Goodwill Ambassador, Dignity of Survivors of Human
Trafficking, United Nations; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2018

1st Comment: Leymah Gbowee

Founder and President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2011

Moderator: David Miliband

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee; former Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom; Member of the Advisory Council, Munich
Security Conference

Main Stage II: Panel Discussion

Code of Conduct: Building a Rules-Based Digital Order
Königssaal

Nataša Pirc Musar

President, Republic of Slovenia

Kersti Kaljulaid
Global Advocate of the United Nations Secretary-General, Every Woman Every Child; former
President, Republic of Estonia; Member of the Security Innovation Board, Munich Security Conference

Kemba Eneas Walden

Acting National Cyber Director, The White House, United States of America
Joe Ucuzoglu
Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte LLP

Moderator: Ngaire Woods

Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

15.30 – 16.30 Townhall

Hungry for Change: New Visions for Food Security
Komödie

Scene-Setting: Niels Annen

Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal
Republic of Germany

David Beasley
Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme

Cem Özdemir
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Federal Republic of Germany

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Cindy McCain
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies in Rome

Ertharin Cousin
Member of the Supervisory Board, Bayer AG; Distinguished Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global
Affairs; former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme

Nisreen Elsaim
Chair, United Nations Secretary General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change; Chair, Sudan
Youth Organization on Climate Change

Moderator: Boris Ruge

Ambassador; Vice-Chairman, Munich Security Conference

15.30 – 17.00 Roundtable (by special invitation only)

Under the Influence: Disrupting Strategic Corruption
Gelber Salon

16.30 – 17.15 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Fallout? Challenges for Transatlantic Defense and the Nuclear Order
Conference Hall

Ben Wallace
Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Christopher A. Coons
Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America

Izumi Nakamitsu
Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

Yao Yunzhu
Major General (ret.); Director Emeritus, Center on China-American Defence Relations, Academy of
Military Science, People's Liberation Army, People's Republic of China

Moderator: Claudia Major

Head of the Research Division on International Security, German Institute for International and
Security Affairs

Main Stage II: Panel Discussion

Dis:information: Navigating the Battle of Narratives
Königssaal

Jan Lipavský
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic

Baiba Braže
Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Kent Walker
President for Global Affairs, Google; Member of the Security Innovation Board, Munich Security
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Phumzile van Damme

Counter-Electoral Disinformation and Platform Accountability Specialist; former Member of the
National Assembly of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa; Munich Young Leader
2021/2022

Moderator: Sarah Kelly

Host, Deutsche Welle Conflict Zone

17.00 – 17.30 Coffee Break

17.30 – 18.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Power Shifts: Geopolitics of the Green Transition
Conference Hall

Scene-Setting: Robert Habeck

Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Federal Republic of
Germany

Frans Timmermans
Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal and Commissioner for Climate Action,
European Commission

Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Almheiri

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

1st Comment: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party; Munich
Young Leader 2019

Moderator: Hadley Gamble

Anchor and Reporter, CNBC

Main Stage II: Panel Discussion

Greyzone’s Anatomy: Dissecting Hybrid Threats
Königssaal

Margaritis Schinas
Vice-President for Promoting the European Way of Life, European Commission

Pål Jonson
Minister for Defence, Kingdom of Sweden

Alejandro N. Mayorkas
Secretary of Homeland Security, United States of America

Ana Revenco
Minister of Internal Affairs, Republic of Moldova

Moderator: Alina Polyakova

President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for European Policy Analysis

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Townhall
Resetting Migration: Moving Toward Opportunities
Komödie

Scene-Setting: Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic

Najla Bouden Romdhane [virtual]

Prime Minister, Republic of Tunisia

Ylva Johansson
Commissioner for Home Affairs, European Commission

Veronica Escobar
Representative, Member of the House Committee on Armed Services, United States of America

Moderator: Mina Al-Oraibi

Editor-in-Chief, The National

17.30 – 19.00 Roundtable (by special invitation only)

Doctor’s Prescription: Strengthening the Global Health Architecture
Fürstensalon

18.45 – 19.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Protectonic Shifts: Global Trade Under Pressure
Conference Hall

Valdis Dombrovskis
Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People, European Commission

Katherine Tai
Trade Representative, United States of America

Oliver Zipse
Chairman of the Board of Management, BMW AG

Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes

Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Conversation
Spotlight: Geopolitics of Carbon Border Adjustments
Public Square

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Lindsey O. Graham
Senator, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States of America

Sheldon Whitehouse
Senator, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, United States of America

Moderator: Hadley Gamble

Anchor and Reporter, CNBC

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19.00 – 19.45 Townhall (in cooperation with Deutsche Welle Conflict Zone)
Spotlight: Ukraine
Komödie

Ulf Kristersson
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Sweden

Mateusz Morawiecki
Prime Minister, Republic of Poland

Oleksandr Kubrakov
Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine; Minister of Communities, Territories and
Infrastructure Development, Ukraine

Catherine Colonna
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

Mitch McConnell
Senator, Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, United States of America

Moderator: Tim Sebastian

Host, Deutsche Welle Conflict Zone

20.00 – 21.30 Dinners

22.00 – 23.00 Night Cap Session

Protecting the Core: Refueling Democratic Resilience
Public Square

Merav Michaeli
Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Parliament of the State of Israel; Chair, Israeli
Labor Party

Lia Quartapelle Procopio

Vice-President of the Committee on Foreign and Community Affairs, Parliament of the Italian
Republic; Munich Young Leader 2021/2022

Michael Turner (tbc)

Representative, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States of
America

Johann Wadephul
Deputy Chairman, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag

Lindiwe Mazibuko
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Futurelect; Executive Director, Apolitical Academy; former
Leader of the Opposition at the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa; Munich Young
Leader 2016

Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Chief Executive Officer, New America

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Saturday, February 18

Part I – International Order

07.30 – 08.45 Breakfasts

07.30 – 08.45 Roundtable (by special invitation only)

Hydrate Threats: Advancing Water Security
Fürstensalon

09.00 – 10.00 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Defending the UN Charter and the Rules-Based International Order
Conference Hall

Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia

Francia Márquez
Vice President, Republic of Colombia

Enrique Manalo
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines

Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federative Republic of Brazil

Moderator: Christoph Heusgen

Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

09.30 – 10.15 Conversation

Spotlight: Yemen
Public Square

Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi

Chairman, Presidential Leadership Council, Republic of Yemen

Moderator: Yalda Hakim

Anchor and Correspondent World News, British Broadcasting Corporation

09.30 – 10.30 Townhall

Woman, Life, Freedom: Visions for Iran
Komödie

Robert Menendez
Senator, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America

Hannah Neumann
Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Arab Peninsula, The Greens/EFA Parliamentary Group,
European Parliament

Nazanin Boniadi
Ambassador, Amnesty International United Kingdom

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Masih Alinejad
Founder, Activist and Journalist, White Wednesdays

Reza Pahlavi
Activist and Advocate

Moderator: Suzanne Maloney

Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Program, The Brookings Institution

Moderator: Karim Sadjadpour

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

10.00 – 10.45 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Birth of Geopolitical Europe?
Conference Hall

Ursula von der Leyen

President, European Commission

Sanna Marin
Prime Minister, Republic of Finland

Moderator: Christiane Amanpour

Chief International Anchor, Cable News Network

10.30 – 11.15 Conversation

Spotlight: Women, Peace and Security
Public Square

Vjosa Osmani
President, Republic of Kosovo

Francia Márquez
Vice President, Republic of Colombia

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Opposition Leader, Belarus

Svenja Schulze
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany

Moderator: Ambika Vishwanath

Co-Founder and Director, Kubernein Initiative; Munich Young Leader 2011

10.45 – 11.15 Main Stage I: Conversation

China in the World
Conference Hall

Wang Yi
Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, People's Republic of China

Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger

Ambassador (ret.); President, Munich Security Conference Foundation Council

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

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11.30 – 12.00 Conversation

Spotlight: Iraq
Public Square

Mohammed Shia’ Sabbar Al-Sudani

Prime Minister, Republic of Iraq

Moderator: Courtney Kube

News Correspondent, NBC News

11.30 – 12.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Beyond the Alliance: Partnering up for European Security
Conference Hall

Scene-Setting: Jens Stoltenberg

Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Sauli Niinistö
President, Republic of Finland

Maia Sandu
President, Republic of Moldova

Mette Frederiksen
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Denmark

Moderator: Heather Conley

President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

12.00 – 13.00 Townhall

Talibanned: Prospects for Afghanistan
Komödie

Catherine Russell
Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund

José Manuel Albares Bueno

Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Kingdom of Spain

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party; Munich
Young Leader 2019

Hadja Lahbib
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions,
Kingdom of Belgium

Michael McCaul
Representative, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States of America

Hosna Jalil [virtual]

Former Deputy Minister for the Interior, Policy and Strategy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan;
Munich Young Leader 2021/2022

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Mahbouba Seraj [virtual]

Journalist and Executive Director, Afghan Women Skills Development Center

Moderator: Michael Keating

Executive Director, European Institute of Peace

12.30 – 13.00 Main Stage I: Conversation

The US in the World
Conference Hall

Kamala Harris
Vice President, United States of America

Moderator: Christoph Heusgen

Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

13.00 – 13.30 Main Stage I: Conversation

The UK in the World
Conference Hall

Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Moderator: Maria Tadeo

European Correspondent, Bloomberg

13.30 – 15.00 Lunches

Part II – Regional Challenges

15.15 – 16.15 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Whole, Free, and at Peace: Visions for Ukraine
Conference Hall

Annalena Baerbock
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany

Antony Blinken
Secretary of State, United States of America

Dmytro Kuleba
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

Moderator: Roula Khalaf

Editor, Financial Times

15.30 – 16.15 Main Stage II: Panel Discussion

On Shifting Sands: Fostering Stability in the Sahel
Königssaal

Robert Dussey
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration, Togolese Republic

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Ousmane Kane
Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Production Sectors, Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Svenja Schulze
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany

Nathalie Loiseau
Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, Renew Europe Parliamentary Group, European
Parliament

Abdou Abarry
Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central
Africa, United Nations

Moderator: Jana Puglierin

Head of Berlin Office and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Conversation
Spotlight: Black Sea
Dachgarten Lounge

Bogdan Aurescu
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Moderator: Eka Tkeshelashvili

President, Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies; former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Republic of Georgia; Munich Young Leader 2013

15.30 – 17.00 Roundtable (by special invitation only)

Navigating Breakup: Freezing Politics and Thawing Landscapes in the Arctic
Palaisstube

16.30 – 17.15 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Show of Force or Just for Show? Fostering Resilience in Europe’s North-East
Conference Hall

Scene-Setting: Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany

Egils Levits
President, Republic of Latvia

Jonas Gahr Støre

Prime Minister, Kingdom of Norway

Jeanne Shaheen
Senator, Chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation,
United States of America

Moderator: Katarzyna Pisarska

Chair, Warsaw Security Forum; Chairwoman, European Academy of Diplomacy; Munich Young Leader
2021/2022

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Main Stage II: Panel Discussion

Moving Mountains? Building Security in the South Caucasus
Königssaal

Ilham Aliyev
President, Republic of Azerbaijan

Irakli Garibashvili
Prime Minister, Georgia

Helga Maria Schmid

Secretary General, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; Deputy President of the
Foundation Council, Munich Security Conference Foundation

Moderator: Christoph Heusgen

Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

16.30 – 17.30 Townhall

To Greener Pastures: Advancing Joint Climate Action
Komödie

Scene-Setting: Mia Mottley

Prime Minister, Barbados

Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Almheiri

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates

John Kerry
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, United States of America; Member of the Advisory Council,
Munich Security Conference

Jennifer Morgan
State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Federal Foreign Office, Federal
Republic of Germany

1st Comment: Johan Rockström

Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Moderator: Edith Kimani

News Anchor, Deutsche Welle

17.00 – 17.30 Coffee Break

17.30 - 18.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

The Other Zeitenwende: Maintaining a Balance of Power in the Indo-Pacific
Conference Hall

Scene-Setting: Hayashi Yoshimasa

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan

James Cleverly
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland

Mélanie Joly
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada

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Park Jin
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

Moderator: Joshua Walker

President and Chief Executive Officer, Japan Society; Munich Young Leader 2015

Main Stage II: Panel Discussion

Middle Men: The Geostrategic Role of Middle Eastern Countries
Königssaal

Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Kuwait

Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (tbc)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Moderator: Nora Müller

Executive Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung

17.30 – 19.00 Roundtable (by special invitation only)

So Near, Yet So Far: The Western Balkans’ EU Perspective
Fürstensalon

18.00 – 19.00 Townhall

New Dawn in the Horn: Inching Toward Peace in the Region?
Komödie

Aden Duale
Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Republic of Kenya

Christopher A. Coons
Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America

Annette Weber
European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, European Union External Action
Service

Moderator: Comfort Ero

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group

18.30 – 19.15 Main Stage II: Conversation

Democratic Peace Revisited: The Role of Parliaments in War
Königssaal

Ruslan Stefanchuk
Chairman, Parliament of Ukraine

Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Emerita of the House of Representatives, United States of America

Moderator: Alina Polyakova

President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for European Policy Analysis

20.00 – 21.30 Dinners

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20.00 – 22.00 State Dinner hosted by the Minister President of the Free State of Bavaria
Munich Residenz (by special invitation only)

22.00 – 23.00 Night Cap Session

Russia Reimagined: Visions for a Democratic Future
Public Square

Garry Kasparov
Chairman, Human Rights Foundation; Founder and Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative

Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Social Entrepreneur and Opposition Activist, Russian Anti-War Committee

Zhanna Nemtsova
Co-Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom

Irina Shcherbakova
Founding Member, Memorial; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2022

Moderator: Katja Gloger

Journalist, Freelancer; Executive Member and Spokesperson of the Board, Reporters Sans Frontières

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Sunday, February 19 –Europe

07.30 – 09.00 Breakfasts

09.30 – 10.30 Townhall

Levelling Up: Sub-State Actors as Global Players
Komödie

Philip D. Murphy
Governor, State of New Jersey, United States of America

Niels Annen
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal
Republic of Germany

Nina Hachigian
Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy, Department of State, United States of America

Zdeněk Hřib
Mayor, City of Prague

Vitaliy Klitschko
Mayor, Kyiv; Leader, Party of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms

Moderator: Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook

Executive Vice President and Senior Adviser, Bertelsmann Stiftung; Munich Young Leader 2014

09.30 – 11.00 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

Back to the Future? Visions for the European Security Architecture
Conference Hall

Scene-Settting: Josep Borrell Fontelles

Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Commission;
Member of the Advisory Council, Munich Security Conference

Kaja Kallas
Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia

Ulf Kristersson
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Sweden

Bujar Osmani
Chairperson-in-Office, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia

Moderator: Nathalie Tocci

Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

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11.30 – 12.30 Conversation

Spotlight: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
Public Square

Ehud Olmert
Former Prime Minister, State of Israel

Ayman Hussein Abdullah Al-Safadi

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, The Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan

Anniken Huitfeldt
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Norway

Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain

Moderator: Anja Wehler-Schöck

Head of Department of International Politics, Tagesspiegel

11.30 – 13.00 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion

A Dream Come Due: Towards European Strategic Sovereignty
Conference Hall

Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Belgium

Ingrida Šimonytė
Prime Minister, Republic of Lithuania

Antonio Tajani
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian Republic

Lars Klingbeil
Co-Chairman, Social Democratic Party of Germany, German Bundestag

Moderator: Rym Momtaz

Consultant Research Fellow for European Foreign Policy and Security, International Institute for
Strategic Studies; Munich Young Leader 2018

13.00 – 13.05 Main Stage I: Closing Remarks by the Conference Chairman

Conference Hall

Christoph Heusgen
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

13.30 – 15.00 Lunches

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