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Participating at various times throughout the Jam
General Stéphane Abrial, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
Major General Muniruzzaman, Founder and President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS)
Jean-François Bureau, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
Henk Geveke, Director of the National, Safety and Security Department, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands
Iulian Fota, Romanian Chief of National Security Department and Advisor to the President
Pieter De Crem, Minister of Defence, Belgium
Ambassador Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Permanent Representative of Georgia to NATO, Former Georgian Prime Minister
Lt. Gen. David Leakey, Director General, European Union Military Staff (EUMS)
Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Climate and Energy Security Envoy of the UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Thursday, 4 February
Time
Name
Forum
Giles Merritt, Security and Defence Agenda
Political Context
Pierre Reuland, INTERPOL, Special Representative to the European Union
Piracy
12:30 CET
Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin, Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO
13:30 CET
Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)
Political Context, Capabilities & Budgets, Development and Piracy
14:00 CET
Laima Liucija Andrikiené, Vice Chairwoman, European Parliament Committee on Human Rights
Human Rights
15:00 CET
Hans Tino Hansen, Managing Director and CEO, Risk Intelligence
16:00 CET
Steven Erlanger, Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Rising Powers
17:00 CET
Ambassador Robert Hunter (ret), Rand Corporation Washington Office, Former US Ambassador to NATO
Comprehensive Approach
18:00 CET
Pertti Salolainen, Chairman, National Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, Finland
Friday, 5 February
7:00 CET
John A. Heffern, Deputy Permanent Representative, United States Mission to NATO
10:00 CET
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General, OSCE
11:00 CET
Jacqueline McGlade, Director of the European Environment Agency
Environmental Security
Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Vice Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Former Romanian Minister of Defence
12:00 CET
Mark Pyman, Director, International Defence and Security Programme, Transparency International
Comprehensive Approach (also Afghanistan at 13:00)
Wahu Kaara, Social Justice Activist, Former Ecumenical Coordinator for the MDGs
Sheelagh Stewart, Head of the Stabilisation Unit, UK Government
Capabilities & Budgets
Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (ret), CNA Military Advisory Board
Environment
Jaroslaw Pietras, Director General, Directorate General for Environment, Health, Consumers, Education and Culture, Council of the European Union
Professor Michael T. Klare, Professor and Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), Hampshire College
19:00 CET
Sunday, 7 February
Mohamed Gilao, Political Advisor for Peace and Security, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia
13:00 CET
Ana Maria Gomes, Member of the European Parliament
Afghanistan
Monday, 8 February
11:30 CET
Rasa Juknevičienė, Minister of Defence, Lithuania
Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Peyra, Secretary General of Club of Madrid
Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Commander JFC Naples and U.S. Naval Forces, Europe (COMUSNAVEUR)
Ambassador William E. Kennard, US Ambassador to the European Union and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
General Vincenzo Camporini, Chief of Defence, Italy
Crisis Preparedness
15:30 CET
Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), Former Deputy US Undersecretary of Defense
16:30 CET
Ana Palacio, Former Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
18:30 CET
Krzysztof Lisek, Vice Chairman, European Parliament Committee on Security and Defence
Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director, Institute of Security Studies
Tuesday, 9 February
7:30 CET
Ambassador Kai Eide, United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
9:00 CET
Piercarlo Valtorta, Secretary General of ISTRID (Italian Institute of Defence Studies, Research and Information)
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Former NATO Secretary General
15:15 CET
General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the European Military Committee (EUMC)
Capabilities and Budgets
17:30 CET
Heidi Hautala, Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Human Rights, European Parliament