ABCD 2023

Agenda

Wednesday

Tuesday
September 26

Pre-event, in cooperation with Milrem Robotics and DefSecIntel:

Technology and Warfare – How to Stay Ahead of the Game?

Andrius Bivainis , Jack Watling , Jüri Pajuste , Jaanus Tamm

Pre-event, in cooperation with the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

The State of Arms Control – Taking a Time Out or Throwing the Towel In?

Arti Hilpus , Martin Roger , Ian Anthony , Kalev Stoicescu , Tõnis Idarand

Keynote speeches

Defending Every Inch – Time for Some Proper Weightlifting

Kaja Kallas , Darryl A. Williams

Opening session

Defending Every Inch – Time for Some Proper Weightlifting

Maria Mälksoo , Pekka Toveri , Max Bergmann

’Night Owls’ Session by Royal United Services Institute (RUSI):

War in Ukraine – What’s the Score?

Ed Arnold , Justin Bronk , Jack Watling , Maryna Vorotnyuk
Tuesday

Wednesday
September 27

Breakfast breakout session

Defence and Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific – Is There a Gameplan?

Iro Särkkä , Meia Nouwens , Liselotte Odgaard , Tomonori Yoshizaki , Baiba Braže

Breakfast breakout session

Defence Industry and Innovation – Whose Court is the Ball In?

Jaak Tarien , Jonas Cederlöf , Kadi Silde , Giedrimas Jeglinskas , James Black

Keynote session

Making the Powerplay Count

Kristi Raik , Hanno Pevkur , Boris Pistorius

Session one

Russia’s Threat – How Deep is Their Bench?

Michael Rouland , Kęstutis Budrys , Kaupo Rosin , Tomas Malmlöf , Clint Reach

Keynote session

Responding to the Threat – How Can We Set the Right Pace for a Long Run?

Sir Ralph Wooddisse

Session two

Euro-Atlantic Strategy – Full Court Defence and Beyond

Imants Lieģis , Alexandre Escorcia , George P. Kent , Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß , Karl Engelbrektson , Justyna Gotkowska

Session three

Implementation – Home Run or Strikeout?

Missy Ryan , Tuuli Duneton , Jörg See , Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart , Peter Watkins

Closing session

Way Forward – Taking the Gloves Off

Kusti Salm