Topics
EU Security Architecture and Governance
EU External Action and Geopolitics
Defence and Military Capabilities
Economic Security
Hybrid Threats and Internal Security
Technology and Future Security
Climate, Health and Human Security
Institutional Opening Day – Plenary Format
17:00 h – Accreditation and registration
18:00 h – Welcome remarks
18:10 h – Opening Keynote: Europe’s Strategic Future
18:20 h – Opening Plenary: Security and Prosperity: Can Europe Protect Both?
19:10 h – Special Address
19:15 h – Opening Keynote
19:25 h – Opening Conversation: Space: Where Science Meets Security
20:00 h – Networking Cocktail
*This programme is subject to change
Central day: parallel thematic sessions, plus simulations and policy labs.
09:30 – 10:20 h – Introductory Plenary: EU in the Global Arena
• Jean-Marie Guéhenno (Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations)
10:30 – 11:30 h – Parallel Sessions (Block 1)
Europe’s Security Architecture
• Enrique Silvela Díaz-Criado (Major General, Spanish Army)
• Irene Blázquez (IE University)
Financing Europe’s Security
• Irene Tinagli (MEP, S&D Group)
• Alejandro Raboso (European Investment Bank)
• Carlos Ruiz (CEOE)
Information Integrity and Democratic Resilience
• Carlos Hernández-Echevarría (Maldita.es)
• Major General Alfredo Sanz y Calabria (Ret.) (Grupo Oesía)
Ukraine and the New European Order
• Gumenyuk Nataliya (PIJL)
• Borja Lasheras (European Commission)
AI, Quantum Computing and Europe’s Technological Edge
• Óscar Díez (European Commission)
Energy Security and Resilience
Europe’s Critical Connections and Infrastructure
AP Institute Policy Lab
11:30 – 12:30 h – Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:30 h – Parallel Sessions (Block 2)
From Fragmentation to Integration
• Ángel Olivares (FEINDEF Foundation)
Strategic Dependencies and Economic Resilience
• Gerassimos Thomas (European Commission)
• Amparo López Senovilla (Sec. of State for Trade)
• Carlos Ruiz (CEOE)
Intelligence and Resilience in a Changing Security Environment
• Daniel Markic (EU INTCEN, EEAS)
• Javier Quesada (Frontex)
Europe Between Washington and Beijing
• Antonio López Istúriz (MEP, EPP Group)
• Delphine Pronk (EEAS)
The Age of Autonomous and Connected Systems
• Juan Luis Chulilla (Red Team Shield)
• Gonzalo León Serrano (Fundación Círculo)
Climate, Competitiveness and the Clean Industrial Deal
• Iván Albertos (BASF)
• Juan Moscoso (EsadeGeo)
Health Security and Pharmaceutical Sovereignty
• Sofía Salido (Ex-Johnson & Johnson)
INDRA Simulation Workshop
13:30 – 15:00 h – Lunch Break
15:00 – 16:00 h – Parallel Sessions (Block 3)
Closing Europe’s Capability Gaps
• Pablo González (Indra)
• Ana García (Airbus Defence and Space)
Europe’s Industrial Competitiveness: From Strategy to Scale
• José Cepeda (MEP, S&D Group)
• José Bayón (General Dynamics)
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure
• Mariano Benito (GMV)
• Luis Miguel Vega Fidalgo (European Commission)
The Southern Flank: Europe’s Stakes in North Africa
• Francisco Gaztelu Mezquíriz (European Commission)
The New Space Race
• Aitor Álvarez Rodríguez (EUSPA)
The Future of Clean and Competitive Mobility
Maldita.es Lab
Maldita.es Lab
16:00 – 17:00 h – Closing Plenary: Europe’s Industrial Future: Can Europe Compete?
*This programme is subject to change
Closing Day & Conclusions
10:00 – 10:45 h – Networking Breakfast
10:45 – 11:30 h – Decisions at Sea: How Europe responds to a Maritime Crisis
11:45 – 13:15 h – Live Recording of “El Orden Mundial” Podcast
13:15 h – Adoption of the Forum’s Conclusions + Institutional Closing Ceremony
13:30 h – End of the Forum
*This programme is subject to change
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