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ABCD 2023

Speakers

Ian Anthony

Research Analyst, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Ed Arnold

Research Fellow for European Security, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Max Bergmann

Director of Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Programme, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Andrius Bivainis

Research Fellow, Baltic Institute of Advanced Technology (BPTI)

James Black

Assistant Director of the Defence and Security Research Division, RAND Europe

Baiba Braže

Ambassador for Special Assignments, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Justin Bronk

Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Kęstutis Budrys

Chief National Security Advisor to the President of Lithuania

Jonas Cederlöf

Policy Officer, Directorate for Defence Industry and Space, European Commission

Tuuli Duneton

Undersecretary for Defence Policy at the Ministry of Defence of Estonia

Karl Engelbrektson

CEO of Generalship AB and Senior Advisor, Stockholm School of Economics, former Commander of the Swedish Army

Alexandre Escorcia

Director for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Ministry for the Armed Forces of France

Justyna Gotkowska

Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Arti Hilpus

Director of Arms Control Division for NATO and Transatlantic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Tõnis Idarand

Research Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

Giedrimas Jeglinskas

Senior Advisor to Accenture EU AI and Data Lab

Kaja Kallas

Prime Minister of Estonia

George P. Kent

US Ambassador to Estonia

Imants Lieģis

Associate Fellow, Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA)

Maria Mälksoo

Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen

Tomas Malmlöf

Senior Analyst, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Meia Nouwens

Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Liselotte Odgaard

Professor Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Jüri Pajuste

Director of Defence R&D, Milrem Robotics

Hanno Pevkur

Minister of Defence of Estonia

Boris Pistorius

Federal Minister of Defence of Germany
Kristi Raik

Kristi Raik

Director of the ICDS

Clint Reach

International Defence Researcher, RAND Corporation

Martin Roger

Director General for NATO and Transatlantic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Kaupo Rosin

Director General, Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service

Michael Rouland

Senior Strategic Advisor, Russia Strategic Initiative, US European Command

Missy Ryan

Pentagon Correspondent, The Washington Post

Kusti Salm

CEO of Frankenburg Technologies

Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart

Commander, NATO Multinational Corps Northeast

Iro Särkkä

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Jörg See

Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO

Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Kadi Silde

COO, Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

Kalev Stoicescu

Chairman of the National Defence Committee, Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia)

Jaanus Tamm

CEO at Defsecintel Solutions

Jaak Tarien

VP of Sales and Business Development for Defence Technologies, Cybernetica

Pekka Toveri

Member of Eduskunta (Parliament of Finland)

Maryna Vorotnyuk

Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Peter Watkins

Associate Fellow, Chatham House, and Non-Resident Research Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

Jack Watling

Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Darryl A. Williams

Commander of USAREUR-AF and NATO Allied Land Command, United States Army

Tomonori Yoshizaki

Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)