Welcome: Youth Perspectives on Security
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. CET/7:00 – 7:15 a.m. ET
MC: Lauren Speranza, Director, Transatlantic Defense and Security, Center for European Policy Analysis
Baiba Braže, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
Opening: Setting the Scene
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. CET/7:15 – 7:45 a.m. ET
H.E. Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO
Moderator: Lauren Speranza, Director, Transatlantic Defense and Security, Center for European Policy Analysis
Spotlight: An Intergenerational Alliance
1:45 – 1:50 p.m. CET/7:45 – 7:50 a.m. ET
H.E. Pedro Sánchez, President, Government of Spain
Discussion: The Future of European Security
1:50 – 2:35 p.m. CET/7:50 – 8:35 a.m. ET
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Former Minister of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany
Gen. John Allen, President, Brookings Institution
Dr. Alina Polyakova, President and CEO, Center for European Policy Analysis
Capt. Thorben Pfeifer, Aide de Camp to the Director General, NATO International Military Staff
Moderator: Amy Mackinnon, National Security and Intelligence Reporter, Foreign Policy
Geolocation Challenge: Can You Spot the Lie?
2:35 – 2:45 p.m. CET/8:35 – 8:45 a.m. ET
Lukas Andriukaitis, Associate Director, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Council
Uncovering the Truth: New Media, the Information Space, and Conflict
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. CET/8:45 – 9:15 a.m. ET
Jessikka Aro, Journalist, YLE
Andrea Chalupa, Journalist and Author; Writer, Mr. Jones
Peter Pomerantsev, Author, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible; Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Moderator: Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Break / How NATO Makes a Difference
3:15 – 3:25 p.m. CET/9:15 – 9:25 a.m. ET
Messages from:
Capt. Alexander Landry, Staff Officer (Canadian Army), NATO Allied Land Command
Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair, Center for European Policy Analysis
Capt. John G.L.J. Jacobs, Former Policy Advisor, Counter Hybrid Unit, Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands
Ine Eriksen Søreide, Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, Parliament of Norway
Discussion: The Security Implications of Climate Change
3:25 – 4:10 p.m. CET/9:25 – 10:10 a.m. ET
Alexandria Villaseñor, Founder, Earth Uprising
Neeshad Shafi, Co-Founder, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar
Jill Duggan, Executive Director, Europe, Environmental Defense Fund
James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
Moderator: Jeff Goodell, Author and Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine
Group Simulation: Responding to Cyber Attacks
4:10 – 4:45 p.m. CET/10:10 – 10:45 a.m. ET
Opening: Chelsey Slack, Deputy Head, Cyber Unit, NATO
Simulation Facilitator: Jason Israel, Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Discussion: Women, Gender, and Identity in Peace and Security
4:45 – 5:45 p.m. CET/10:45 – 11:45 a.m. ET
Opening: The Hon. Gina Ortiz Jones, Under Secretary, US Air Force
Interviewed by: Tea, Young Ambassador, Inspiring Girls
Miriam González Durántez, Founder and Chair, Inspiring Girls International; Founder, #ThisLittleGirlIsMe Campaign
Samina Ansari, Founding Director, Avyanna Diplomacy; Senior Consultant, Vektor Consulting
Cori Fleser, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
Shiran Mlamdovsky-Somech, Vice President of Impact, D-ID, Listen to My Voice Campaign
Irene Fellin, Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security, NATO
Moderator: Daria Nashat, Co-Founder, Women in Politics
Break
5:45 – 6:00 p.m. CET/11:45 – 12:00 p.m. ET
Spotlight: The Future Needs You
6:00 – 6:05 p.m. CET/12:00 – 12:05 p.m. ET
The Hon. Julianne Smith, Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
Policy Pitching: Ideas from the Next Generation
6:05 – 6:40 p.m. CET/12:05 – 12:40 p.m. ET
Max Brooks, Author, World War Z
Elisabeth Braw, Author, God’s Spies and The Defender’s Dilemma
Benedetta Berti-Alberti, Head of Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Tania Lațici, Policy Officer, Security and Defense Policy, European External Action Service; Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Facilitator: Lauren Speranza
Competition Winners:
Katarina Kertysova, Policy Fellow, European Leadership Network
Răzvan Foncea, Student, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Maria Luisa Moreira, International Relations Officer, Women in International Security Portugal
Gaming: Connect, Defend, and Win
6:40 – 6:45 p.m. CET/12:40 – 12:45 p.m. ET
eSports Team, US Army
Discussion: Global Competition on the Rise
6:45 – 7:30 p.m. CET/12:45 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Co-Author, China’s Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage
Andrei Soldatov, Co-founder and Editor, Agentura.Ru; Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Tsiporah Fried, Senior Advisor for Prospective and Strategy to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, French Joint Staff
Rita Balogh, Europe Lead, International Government Affairs, Google
Lt. Gen. Lance Landrum, Deputy Chair, NATO Military Committee
Moderator: Alexandra Martin, Re.Think CEE Policy Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Spotlight: The Importance of Values and Civic Engagement
7:30 – 7:35 p.m. CET/1:30 – 1:35 p.m. ET
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader, Democratic Belarus
Discussion: At the Frontlines: Democracy, Human Rights, and Activism
7:35 – 8:05 p.m. CET/1:35 – 2:05 p.m. ET
Olga Tokariuk, Freelance Correspondent in Kyiv; Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
Nathan Law, Human Rights Activist; Author, Freedom
Mikhail Fishman, Russian Journalist and TV Presenter
Moderator: Damon Wilson, President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy
Storytelling: A No-Fly Zone in Ukraine: Why or Why Not?
8:05 – 8:10 p.m. CET/2:05– 2:10 p.m. ET
Ben Wheeler (D1Wheeler), Content Creator, TikTok
Spotlight: Perspectives from Across the Channel
8:10 – 8:15 p.m. CET/2:10– 2:15 p.m. ET
Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, Minister of State for Europe and North America, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom
Showcase: NATO Innovation: Project X
8:15 – 8:25 p.m. CET/2:15 – 2:25 p.m. ET
Daniel Hilgert, International Staff, Defense Investment Division, NATO
Eilidh Catherine Radcliff, Teaching Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft
Dennis Wietse Van Eck Van der Sluijs, Security Studies Student, Leiden University
Closing: Passing the Ball
8:25 – 8:30 p.m. CET/2:25 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, NATO
