AGENDA

8:00am - Arrival

8:30am - Welcome

9:30am - Panel I

11:00am - Panel II

12:15pm - Lunch

1:45pm - Panel III

3:15pm - Panel IV

4:45pm - Capstone

6:00pm - Reception and Dinner

Registration and Check-in

The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC

Welcome and Introduction
Peter B. Doran, President, CEPA
 

Opening Keynote
Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
 

Unfinished Business of 1989

Empowering the Transatlantic Relationship

MODERATOR: Edward Lucas, Senior Vice President, CEPA
Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Marcin Przydacz, Undersecretary of State for Eastern Policy, Economic Diplomacy, and Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
František Ružička, State Secretary of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

 

Strategic Competition with China

Is Europe Ready?

MODERATOR: Corina Rebegea, Fellow-in-Residence, CEPA

Alan Riley, Senior Fellow, Institute for Statecraft

Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, United States

Lunch Keynote
Whole, Free, and at Peace: The Work Ahead
 

INTRODUCTION: Brian Whitmore, Senior Fellow and Russia Program Director, CEPA

Kurt Volker, Executive Director, McCain Institute

Expanding the Horizons on Energy Security

MODERATOR: Réka Szemerkényi, Executive Vice President, CEPA
Margarita Assenova, Associate Scholar, CEPA
Václav Bartuška, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Colin Cleary, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, United States
Benjamin Schmitt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University; Former European Energy Security Advisor, U.S. Department of State

The Future of Warfare
The Future of Warfare: New Domains and Transformations

MODERATOR: LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, CEPA
MG (Ret.) John Gronski, United States
LTG Eric Wesley, Deputy Commanding General, Army Futures Command/Director, Futures and Concepts Center, United States
Mikołaj Wild,State Secretary for the Government Plenipotentiary for Solidarity Transport Hub, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland


FIRST RESPONDENT: BG Per Knudsen, Liaison Officer to Pentagon, Allied Command Transformation, NATO

 

Janusz Bugajski, Senior Fellow, CEPA
Peter B. Doran, President, CEPA

Andrássy National Security Fellowship Reception

Ilona Teleki, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, CEPA
Zsombor Zeöld, Andrássy Fellow in National Security, CEPA-HIF
Anna Smith Lacey, Executive Director, The Hungary Initiatives Foundation

CEPA Forum Award Dinner

Václav Bartuška, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Peter B. Doran, President, CEPA

KENNAN AWARD RECIPIENT: Senator Jeanne Shaheen, (D-NH), United States