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Ľubomír Ábel Sinisa Aleksoski Oliver Andonov Vice President of the Police Force National Security Advisor Professor of the Slovak Republic Cabinet of the President of Faculty of Security SMIT Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Macedonia** University Republic Macedonia** Emiliano Alessandri Adrian Adam Senior Officer Ian Anthony Corporate & Diplomatic Sales External Co-operation Programme Director Auto Palace s.r.o. Organization for Security and Co- European Security ProStockholm operation in (OSCE) International Peace Research Austria institute (SIPRI) Alexander Aksenenok Sweden Ambassador Extraordinary and Oľga Algayerová Plenipotentiary; Expert Ambassador Oksana Antonenko Committee on International Permanent Mission of the Slovak Senior Political Counsellor Affairs Republic to the International European Bank for Federation Council of the Russian Organizations Reconstruction and Development Federation United Kingdom Ebtesam Al-Ketbi President James Appathurai Hussam Al Husseini Emirates Policy Center Deputy Assistant Secretary Ambassador United Arab Emirates General for Political Affairs and Embassy of the Hashemite Security Policy Kingdom of Jordan in Vienna John Allen NATO Former Special Presidential Belgium Baria Alamuddin Envoy for Global Coalition to Foreign Editor Counter ISIL Anne Applebaum Al Hayat United States of America Director United Kingdom Transitions Forum Kristóf Altusz Legatum Institute Madeleine Albright Deputy State Secretary United Kingdom Chair; former U.S. Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and State Trade of Steluta Arhire Albright Stonebridge Group Ambassador United States of Niels Martin Andersen Embassy of the Republic of Advisor to the Chairman Romania in Bratislava Izabela Albrycht Rasmussen Global Chairperson of the Board Denmark Jessikka Aro Kosciuszko Institute Investigative Reporter Matej Andolšek YLE Kioski Adviser Finland Nina Aleksieva Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Country Executive Republic of Michael Arwas Honeywell Market and Competitor Analyst Slovakia BAE Systems United Kingdom

Matthew Atkins Péter Balázs Vladimír Bartovic Defence Attaché Director Director Embassy of the United States of Center for EU Enlargement EUROPEUM Institute for America in Bratislava Studies (CENS) European Policy Hungary Bogdan Aurescu Former Minister of Foreign Zoltán Bali Vasco Batista Affairs of Romania Head of Defence Planning Spokesperson's Service of the Department EEAS Shlomo Avineri Ministry of Defence of Hungary Professor Portugal The Hebrew University of Peter Balík Jerusalem Economic Specialist Radoslav Baťo Israel Embassy of the United States of Advisor America in Bratislava Office of the President of the Ladislav Babčan Slovak Republic Member of Minister's Cabinet Peter Balint Ministry of Foreign and European Sales Manager Peter Bátor Affairs of the Slovak Republic HP Inc. Head of the Security Policy Slovakia Division András Bácsi-Nagy Office of the President of the Head of International Public István Balogh Slovak Republic Affairs Director General MOL Group Department for SecuriMinistry of Jozef Bátora Hungary Foreign Affairs and Trade of Associate Professor Hungary Department of Daniel Baer in Bratislava Ambassador Natália Barter Slovakia Permanent Representation of the Director United States of America to the B2 Consulting Ansgar Baums OSCE Slovakia Head Europe | Middle East | Africa John Baird John Barter Government Relations HP Vice President Regional Director Germany Integrated Defense Systems BAE Systems (International) Raytheon Limited Ján Bečky United States of America Slovakia Sales Manager HP Inc. Falah Bakir Lorenz Barth Slovakia Head of Department of Foreign Deputy Head of Mission Relations Embassy of the Federal Republic Jozef Benčík Kurdistan Regional Government of Germany in Bratislava Sales Director in Iraq SAS Slovakia, s.r.o. Dániel Bartha Slovakia Péter Balás Executive Director Deputy Director General (rtd) Centre for Euro-Atlantic DG TRADE Integration and Democracy European Commission (CEID) Belgium Hungary

Anton Bendarzsevszkij Carl Bildt Cristian Botan Research Director Former Prime Minister and Advisor Institute of Geopolitics Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chancellery of the Prime Minister PAGEO - Pallas Athene Kingdom of Sweden of the Republic of Romania Geopolitical Foundation Hungary Ana Birchall Norbert Brada Chairperson Deputy Director Kristof Bender Committee on European Affairs Office of the State Secretary Deputy Chairman Parliament of the Republic of Ministry of Foreign and European European Stability Initiative (ESI) Romania Affairs of the Slovak Republic Austria Steven Blockmans Radovan Bránik Levente Benkő Head of EU Foreign Policy Independent Publisher & Expert Political Director & Deputy State Centre for European Policy Slovakia Secretary for Security Policy Studies (CEPS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Belgium Markus Breyer Trade of Hungary General Manager Phillip Blond Microsoft Slovakia Július Berith Director Chairman of the Board ResPublica Josip Brkić Virtual Reality Media, a.s. United Kingdom Deputy Minister Slovakia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Daniel Boestad Haydar Berk Vice President - Gripen CEE Ambassador & Director Saab AB Ingrid Brocková RACVIAC - Centre for Security Czech Republic Director General Cooperation Economic Cooperation Section Andreja Bogdanovski Ministry of Foreign and European Security Research Fellow Affairs of the Slovak Republic Joel Best Analytica Think Tank Senior Manager Europe Macedonia** Barbara Brooš-Budišová Global Military Programs Attaché Bell Helicopter Radomír Boháč Committee for Civilian Aspects of Czech Republic Director General Crisis Management (CIVCOM) Section of the MinistMinistry of Permanent Representation of the Subrata Bhattacharjee Foreign and European Affairs of Slovak Republic to the EU Ministry of State for External the Slovak Republic Belgium Affairs of the Republic of India Werner Böhler Jean-Louis Bruguière Jaroslav Bieleny Director for Czech Republic and Eminent European Person; Sales Manager Slovakia Antiterrorism Expert MSM Martin Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Council of Europe Slovakia Czech Republic France

Vladimír Bilčík David Jan Bosschaert Martin Bruncko Head of EU Program Student Managing Partner Slovak Foreign Policy Association College of Europe Steam Capital (SFPA) Belgium United Kingdom Slovakia

Matthew Bryza Peter Burian Ján Cingel Member of International EU Special Representative for Research Fellow Advisory Board Central Asia European Neighbourhood International Centre for Defence European External Action Service Program Studies (EEAS) GLOBSEC Policy Institute Turkey Belgium Slovakia

Ian Brzezinski Patrick Bury Jurate Cizauskaite Senior Fellow Consultant Lawyer The Atlantic Council European Security Iniative NATO United States of America GLOBSEC Policy Institute Belgium United Kingdom Kerry Buck Tom Clark Ambassador and Permanent Martin Bútora Chief Political Correspondent Representative Ambassador; Honorary President Global News Joint Delegation of Canada to Institute for Public Affairs Canada NATO Slovakia Belgium Steve Clemons Furkan Çako Washington Editor at Large Neil Buckley Minister of Foreign Investments The Atlantic Eastern Europe Editor Government of the Republic of United States of America The Financial Times Macedonia** United Kingdom Amy Coetzee Anne-Marie Callan CEO Lenka Bučková Ambassador Global Voices Program Manager Embassy of the Republic of Australia International Visegrad Fund Ireland in Bratislava Slovakia Keren Cohen-Gat Vincenzo Camporini Advisor Goran Buldioski Vice President Central Europe DepartMinistry of Director Institute of International Affairs Foreign Affairs of the State of Open Society Initiative for Europe (IAI) Israel Hungary Italy Oana Antonia Colibasanu Tobias Bunde Helfried Carl Honorary Adviser; Partner - Head of Policy and Analysis & Ambassador Regional Director Eurasia Research Associate Embassy of the Republic of Ministry of Energy of the Munich Security Conference Austria in Bratislava Republic of Romania; Stratfor Germany Martin Cimerman Magnus Collett Kathy Bunka Official First Secretary Chargé d'Affaires Foreign Affairs and Protocol Embassy of the Kingdom of Embassy of Canada in Bratislava Department Sweden in Vienna Chancellery of the National Chris Burelli Council of the Slovak Republic Lazăr Comănescu Alumni Relations Specialist Minister of Foreign Affairs of the George C. Marshall European Republic of Romania Center for Security Studies Germany

Robert Cooper Maja Čavlović Aleksandar Dedović Member Defence and National Security Executive Director European Council on Foreign Adviser to the President NVO Alpha Centar Relations (ECFR) Office of the President of the Montenegro United Kingdom Republic of Croatia Michelle DeFreese Caroline Cooper Daniel Čech International Research Fellow Regional Director for Europe Director General Young Professionals for Foreign Raytheon International, Inc. Tax and Customs Section Policy United States of America Financial Directorate of the United States of America Slovak Republic Alexander Corbeil Pavol Demeš Lead Analyst Milan Čelko Senior Transatlantic Fellow Special Operations and Director General The German Marshall Fund of the Intelligence National Armament Department United States The SecDev Group Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Slovakia Canada Republic Attila Demkó Martin Coyne Radka Čížová Head of Defence Policy Director Conference Manager Department Business Development European Alliance for Innovation Ministry of Defence of Hungary Lockheed Martin Missiles and Slovakia Fire Control Judy Dempsey United States of America Christian Danielsson Nonresident Senior Associate Director General for Enlargement Carnegie Europe Igor Crnadak and Neighbourhood Policy Germany Minister of Foreign Affairs of Directorate-General for Bosnia and Herzegovina Neighbourhood and Enlargement Will Dempster Negotiations Vice President Katarína Cséfalvayová European Commission McBee Strategic Consulting Vice Dean for Foreign Affairs Belgium United States of America Faculty of International Relations University of Economics in Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Neelam Deo Bratislava Adviser Co-founder and Director Slovakia Strategic Planning Gateway House: Indian Council European External Action Service on Global Relations Éva Czimbalmosné Molnár Belgium India Ambassador Embassy of Hungary in Bratislava Rob de Wijk Šani Dermaku Director Ambassador Markéta Čadková The Hague Centre for Strategic Embassy of the Republic of Innovation Program Director Studies (HCSS) in Bratislava Central Europe Saab AB Vitalie Diaconu Slovakia Slawomir Dębski First Secretary Director Permanent Delegation of the Polish Institute of International Republic of Moldova to the OSCE Affairs (PISM) Poland

Angeliki Dimitriadi Tibor Ďurajka Jessica Elledge Research Fellow Head of Business Department Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Hellenic Foundation for European MSM Group Ltd Chris Murphy and Foreign Policy Slovakia U.S. Senate Germany United States of America Naz Durakoglu Filip Djuranovic Senior Advisor to the Assistant Spaden Elmhirst Public Relations Adviser Secretary for European and Product Manager – Government Government of Montenegro Eurasian Affairs Solutions U.S. Department of State BAE Systems Apllied Intelligence Vít Dostál United States of America United Kingdom Research Director Association for International Denisa Ďurišová Muhammad El-Orabi Affairs (AMO) Director of Protocol Chairman; former Foreign Czech Republic Government Office Minister of Egypt Slovakia Foreign Relations Committee Peter Dostál Parliament of the Arab Republic CEO Helen Eduards of Egypt Aliter Technologies, a.s. Ambassador Slovakia Embassy of Kingdom of Sweden Marek Eštok in Vienna Ambassador Juraj Droba Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Member of Parliament Martin Ehl Paris Foreign Affairs Committee Chief International Editor National Council of the Slovak Hospodářské noviny Jonathan Eyal Republic Czech Republic International Director Royal United Services Institute Francisco Duarte Lopes Kristina Eichhorst (RUSI) Political Director Coordinator United Kingdom Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Crisis and Conflict Management Portugal Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Justina Fakejevaite Germany Group Business Development Martin Dubéci Graduate Researcher Lawrence Elder BAE Systems plc Progressive Centre Principal United Kingdom Slovakia Intelligence & Investigation Practice Theresa Fallon Daniel Duchoň SAS Senior Associate Member of Parliament, Chairman United Kingdom European Institute for Asian Committee on Finance Studies National Council of the Slovak Amr Elhenawy Belgium Republic Ambassador Embassy of the Arab Republic of Björn Fägersten Zuzana Duračinská Egypt in Bratislava Senior Research Fellow and Security Analyst Director of the Europe Program National Computer Security The Swedish Institute of Incident Response Team International Affairs (UI) Czech Republic Sweden

Martin Fedor Jacek Foks Thomas Fronek Member of Parliament Deputy Director Chief of Staff Foreign Affairs Committee The Polish Institute of Directorate for Security Policy National Council of the Slovak International Affairs (PISM) Austrian Armed Forces Republic Poland Austria

Gabriel Fedorko Frank Foley Štefan Füle Public Sector Lead Lecturer in International Special Envoy for the OSCE and Microsoft Slovakia Relations the Western Balkans Department of War Studies Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Alexei Fedotov King's College London Czech Republic Ambassador United Kingdom Embassy of the Russian Ivan Gabal Federation in Bratislava Joerg Forbrig Member of the Chamber of Transatlantic Fellow for Central Deputies Marcus Felsner and Eastern Europe Defence Committee President German Marshall Fund of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Eastern Europe Business United States (Berlin) Association of Germany Germany Peter Gajdoš Germany Minister of Defence of the Slovak John Frank Republic Tomáš Ferko Vice-President EU Government Director of Protocol Department Affairs Hana Galambošová Office of the President of the Microsoft Corporation Director's Assistant Slovak Republic Belgium BAE Systems Slovakia Roland Freudenstein Prime Minister of the Slovak Deputy Director and Head of Andrei Galbur Republic Research Deputy Prime Minister and Wilfred Martens Centre for Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ján Figeľ European Studies European Integration of Moldova Former EU Commissioner for Belgium Education, Training and Culture Tomáš Gális Slovakia George Friedman Commentator Founder and Chairman Denník N Branimir Filipović Geopolitical Futures Slovakia Assistant Minister United States of Amercia Section for Security Ministry of Ján Gallo Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Karsten Friis AML/CTF Specialist Serbia Senior Adviser TRIDOM Institute Norwegian Institute of Slovakia Mary Fitzgerald International Affairs (NUPI) Foreign Affairs Correspondent Norway Boris Gandel The Irish Times Ambassador Ireland Troels Frøling Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Senior Advisor Copenhagen Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Denmark

Margarita Ganeva François Gibelli Camille Grand Ambassador PhD Candidate Director Embassy of the Republic of Ministry of Energy of the French Foundation for Strategic in Bratislava Republic Research France Fei Gao Ida Girke Assistant President and Academic Business Development Igor Grexa Dean The Project Group GmbH Director China Foreign Affairs University Germany Department of Analysis and China Policy Planning Wojciech Gizicki Ministry of Foreign and European Vicente Garrido Rebolledo Associate Professor Affairs of the Slovak Republic General Director Institute of Political Sciences and International Affairs and Foreign Interbational Affairs Peter Grk Policy Institute Foundation The John Paul II Catholic Secretary-General of the Bled (INCIPE) University of Lublin Strategic Forum Spain Poland Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Andy Garth Tim Glaeser Ambassador Vice President & Business Victoria Grove Embassy of the United Kingdom Development Executive Student of Public Policy of Great Britain and Northern IDS/Business Development University of Cambridge Ireland in Bratislava Raytheon Company United Kingdom United States of America Alan Garwood Małgorzata Grzegrzółka Group Business Development Jakub Godzimirski Executive Director Director Research Professor National Centre for Strategic BAE Systems Norwegian Institute of Studies United Kingdom International Affairs (NUPI) Poland Norway Tibor Gašpar Céline Guillermin President of the Police Force of Thomas Goetz Production Coordinator the Slovak Republic Ambassador EURONEWS Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Embassy of the Federal Republic France Republic of Germany in Bratislava Nataliya Gumenyuk Marian Gazdík Nik Gowing Editor-in-Chief Managing Director International Presenter Hromadske Strartup Grind Europe United Kingdom United Kingdom Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Igor Hajdušek Kostis Geropoulos President of the Republic of Ambassador-at-Large Science Energy & Russian Affairs Croatia and Innovation New Europe Head of Global Policy Unit Belgium Bernarda Gradišnik Ministry of Foreign and European Ambassador Affairs of the Slovak Republic Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Bratislava

Aleqa Hammond Oleh Havaši Oleksii Hodzenko Member of Parliament of the Ambassador Correspondent Kingdom of Denmark; former Embassy of Ukraine in Bratislava 24 Kanal Prime Minister of Greenland Ukraine Parliament of the Kingdom of Jan Havránek Denmark Defence Counsellor Emma Hogan Ministry of Defence and Armed Europe Correspondent Pavol Hamžík Forces of the Czech Republic The Economist Ambassador-at-Large for Energy United Kingdom Security Rüdiger Heinrich Ministry of Foreign and European Military Attaché Ola Hoglund Affairs of the Slovak Republic Embassy of the Federal Republic Defence Attaché of Germany in Bratislava Swedish Armed Forces Barbara Hanis Czech Republic Desk officer Zsolt Hernádi Cabinet of the Minister Chairman and CEO Ján Hochmann Ministry of Defence of Hungary MOL Group Director Hungary National Security Agency of the August Hanning Slovak Republic Former President of the German Pascal Heyman Federal Intelligence Agency Diplomatic Director and Defense Martina Hollá Germany Policy Director Project Manager of Tatra Summit Cabinet of the Minister of GLOBSEC Michal Hanus Defence of the Kingdom of Slovakia Event Manager Belgium BMW Group Jana Hönschová Slovakia Paul Hitchcock Consultant Vice President Europe, Group UN Information Service (UNIS) Sylvia Hartleif Business Development Austria Head of Foreign Affairs Team BAE Systems plc European Political Strategy United Kingdom Hanna Hopko Centre Chairperson European Commission Katarína Hlatká Foreign Affairs Committee Belgium Economic and Political Affairs Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Embassy of the State of Israel in Ofir Hason Bratislava Enver Hoxhaj CEO Chairman CyberGym David Hobbs Foreign Affairs Committee Israel Secretary General Ministry of Foreign Affairs of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Kosovo* Boris Haško Belgium PR Assistant Štefan Hríb BMW Group Slovakia Ivan Hodač Editor-in-Chief Slovakia Vice President .týždeň Aspen Institute Slovakia Peter Hatiar Belgium Ambassador Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Riga

Iveta Hricová Michael Chertoff Kostas Ifantis Director General Executive Chairman & Co- Professor of International Directorate General for European Founder; former U.S. Secretary of Relations Affairs Homeland Security Kadir Has University, Istanbul and Ministry of Foreign and European The Chertoff Group University of Athens Affairs of the Slovak Republic United States of America Greece

Danuta Maria Hübner Mikheil Chkhikvadze Masafumi Iida Chair Chargé d'Affaires Senior Fellow Constitutional Affairs Committee Embassy of in Bratislava Regional Study Department European Parliament National Institute for Defense Belgium Juraj Chmiel Studies Ambassador Japan Vazil Hudák Embassy of the Czech Republic in Advisor; former Minister of Masaki Ikegami Economy of Slovakia Director Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Krystian Chmielewski Central and South Eastern Republic Vice President Europe Division Kongsberg Defence&Aerospace Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Michal Hudec AS Japan CEO Poland Energy analytics, s.r.o. Tacan Ildem Slovakia Yordanka Chobanova Assistant Secretary General for Advisor to the President Public Diplomacy Lucia Husenicová Administration of the President NATO Lecturer of the Republic of Bulgaria Belgium Department of Security Studies, Faculty of Political Science and Andrej Chovan Anastasija Ilieska International Relations Economic, Energy and Climate State Secretary Banská Change Officer Ministry of Interior of the Bystrica Embassy of the United Kingdom Republic of Macedonia** Slovakia of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Bratislava Barbara Illková Oleksandr Chaliy Director General President Dušan Chrenek Directorate General for Grand Thorton Ukraine Head of Representation International Legal and Consular Ukraine Representation of the European Affairs Commission in Slovakia Ministry of Foreign and European Martin Chandler Slovakia Affairs of the Slovak Republic Head of Business Development František Imrecze BAE Systems Anna Ibrisagic President United Kingdom Senior Partner Financial Directorate of the ESL&Network Slovak Republic Meryl Chertoff Belgium Executive Director The Aspen Institute United States of America

Gianfranco Incarnato Radovan Javorčík Rastislav Káčer Deputy Director General Director Ambassador, Chairman Directorate General for Political Office of the State Secretary GLOBSEC Affairs Ministry of Foreign and European Hungary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Affairs of the Slovak Republic International Cooperation of Italy Martin Kačo John Jenkins Director Masafumi Ishii Executive Director Common Foreign and Security Ambassador, Representative of The International Institute for Policy Department the Government of Japan to Strategic Studies (IISS) Ministry of Foreign and European NATO & Ambassador in Charge of Bahrain Affairs of the Slovak Republic Public Diplomacy in Europe Embassy of Japan in Brussels Vuk Jeremić Riina Kaljurand Former Minister of Foreign Director of the Lennart Meri Gjorge Ivanov Affairs of Serbia Conference President of the Republic of RKK ICDS - International Centre Macedonia** Milan Ježovica for Defence Studies Cabinet of the President of the Senior Fellow Estonia Republic of Macedonia** M.E.S.A. 10 Slovakia Arnold Kammel Beata Jaczewska Director Director Jan Jireš Austrian Institute for European International Visegrad Fund Deputy Director and Security Policy (AIES) Slovakia Defence Policy and Strategy Austria Division Szymon Jagiello Ministry of Defence and Armed Katarina Karan Journalist Forces of the Czech Republic Student Forbes Afrique Faculty of Political Science Belgium Srdjan Jovic University of Belgrade Student Serbia Marián Jakubócy Faculty of Law Ambassador University of Belgrade Jovan Karanovic Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Serbia Student Skopje Faculty of Law Nasser Judeh University of Belgrade Balázs Jarábik Deputy Prime Minister and Serbia Visiting Scholar Minister of Foreign Affairs and Carnegie Endowment for Expatriates of the Hashemite Matthew Karnitschnig International Peace Kingdom of Jordan Chief Europe Correspondent United States of America Politico Benediktas Juodka Germany Peter Javorčík Chairman Ambassador, Permanent Committee on Foreign Laura Kasinof Representative of the Slovak Parliament of the Republic of Freelance print journalist Republic to the EU Lithuania Germany Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU Belgium

Patrick Keller Otokar Klein Petr Kolář Coordinator for Foreign and Mayor Ambassador, Senior Advisor Security Policy Nové Zámky City Squire Patton Boggs Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Slovakia Czech Republic Germany Jakub Klepal Lukáš Kolibal Alexis Keslinke Executive Director Aide-de-Camp to the Chairman Communications Director Forum 2000 Office of the Chairman of the Albright Stonebridge Group Czech Republic NATO Military Committee United States of America Belgium Pavlo Anatoliyovych Klimkin Tinatin Khidasheli Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oleksiy Kolomiyets Minister of Defence of Georgia Ukraine President The Centre for European and Holly Kilroy Martin Klus Transatlantic Studies Co-Founder & Head of Member of Parliament Ukraine Development European Affairs Committee Security First National Council of the Slovak Zbigniew Komański Ireland Republic Defence Attaché Embassy of the Republic of Anamarija Kirinić Peter Kmec Poland in Bratislava Head of the President's Cabinet Ambassador Office of the President of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Roman Konečný Republic of Croatia Washington, D.C. Deputy Director National Security Authority of the Brian Kirk Veronika Kňazovická Slovak Republic US Navy Explosive Ordnance Head of European Affairs Disposal Officer Defence Policy Department Miroslav Korba U.S. Department of Defense Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Air Chief United States of America Republic General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic Róbert Kirnág Markus Kneip Ambassador Lieutenant General and Vice Manuel Korček Embassy of the Slovak Republic in CHOD Director Chișinău Ministry of Defence of the Security Policy Department Federal Republic of Germany (OBEP) Andrej Kiska Ministry of Foreign and European President of Slovak Republic Jana Kobzová Affairs of the Slovak Republic Senior Programme Officer Alica Kizeková European Endowment for Ivan Korčok Adviser to Speaker Jan Hamáček Democracy State Secretary and Government Parliament of the Czech Belgium Plenipotentiary for the Slovak Republic/Chamber of Deputies Presidency of the Council of the Kathleen Koch Livia Klausová Author, Journalist and Founder Ministry of Foreign and European Ambassador LeadersLink Affairs of the Slovak Republic Embassy of the Czech Republic in United States of America Bratislava

Michael Kordys Jacek Kotas Ivan Krastev Managing Director President Chairman BMW Group Slovakia National Centre for Strategic Centre for Liberal Strategies Studies Bulgaria Elena Korosteleva Poland Director of Global Europe Centre Petr Kratochvíl University of Kent Katarína Kováčová Director United Kingdom Analyst/Diplomat Institute of International Security Policy Department Relations Selim Koru Ministry of Foreign and European Czech Republic Analyst Affairs of the Slovak Republic TEPAV Péter Krekó Turkey Milan Koza Director Sales Manager Political Capital Institute Thomas Kosik BMW Group Slovakia Hungary Sales and Marketing Virtual Reality Media, a.s. Vít Koziak Roman Krpelan Slovakia Director Advisor to the President of the Foreign Policy Department Slovak Republic Igor Kosír Office of the President of the Office of the President of the Professor Slovak Republic Slovak Republic Faculty of Political Science and International Relations David Král Michael Krutina Matej Bel University in Banská Director Country Leader Bystrica Policy Planning Department Raytheon Slovakia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Germany Czech Republic Robert Kosla Ján Kubiš CEE Region Director - Public Andrej Králik Special Representative of the UN Safety & National Security Head of Press and Political Secretary General for Iraq Microsoft CEE HQ section United Nations Assistance Germany Representation of the European Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Commission in Slovakia Iraq Deyana Kostadinova Head of Cabinet Katarína Králiková Administration of the President First Secretary Member of European Parliament; of the Republic of Bulgaria Department of General Affairs former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Relations with the EU Belgium Marina Kostić Institutions Specialist in International Politics Ministry of Foreign and European Jakub Kulhánek Institute for Political Studies Affairs of the Slovak Republic Deputy Minister Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Mária Krásnohorská Czech Republic Daniel Koštoval Ambassador Deputy Minister, Head of the Ministry of Foreign and European Rasťo Kulich Armaments and Acquisition Affairs of the Slovak Republic Country Manager Division Google Ministry of Defence and Armed Slovakia Forces of the Czech Republic

Isabelle Kumar Alba Lamberti James Leeke Presenter Senior Director for Advocacy Channel Partner Director Euronews European Council on Foreign BAE Systems Applied Intelligence France Relations (ECFR) United Kingdom United Kingdom Vijay Kumar Singh Andrej Lehocký Minister of State for External Filip Lampaert Portfolio Manager Affairs of India Sales Manager Benelux – Nordics J&T India BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Slovakia Belgium Andrzej Kupich Myroslava Lendel Professor, Director Olivier Landour Director Institute of Management and Director Europe Research and Scientific Institute Economics North America & Multilateral of Central Europe Humanitas University in Affairs Ukraine Sosnowiec Ministry of Defence of the French Poland Republic Miriama Letovanec Manager Fiscal & Regulatory Darja Kuret Petr Lang Affairs State Secretary Program Director Corporate Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Prague Security Studies Institute Philip Morris Slovakia Republic of Slovenia (PSSI) Slovakia Czech Republic Maksym Kyiak Magnus Lewis Olsson Co-founder Ephraim Lapid Head of Market Area Europe, Global Ukraine Foundation Lecturer; former Senior Middle East & Africa Ukraine Intelligence Officer of Israel Saab AB Defence Forces United Kingdom Martha Lacrosse Bar-Ilan University Director, Poland, GBD Israel Miriam Lexmann BAE Systems Director United Kingdom Rahakundini Laspetrini EU Office President International Republican Institute Agnieszka Lafita-Kopeć Indonesia Institute for Maritime (IRI) Head of Public Information Office Studies Slovakia The Polish Institute of Indonesia International Affairs (PISM) Ivan Lidarev Poland Shpetim Latifi Advisor Lecturer National Assembly of the François Lafond Contemporary Sciences and Republic of Bulgaria Senior Member Technologies Institute of European Democrats South East European University Martin Lidegaard France Macedonia** Member; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Miroslav Lajčák Iurie Leancă Parliament of the Kingdom of Minister of Foreign and European Former Prime Minister of Denmark Affairs of the Slovak Republic Moldova European People's Party of Moldova

David Lidington Didier Lopinot Ivan Máčovský Minister of State for Europe Ambassador State Secretary Foreign & Commonwealth Office Embassy of the French Republic Ministry of Defence of the Slovak of the United Kingdom of Great in Bratislava Republic Britain and Northern Ireland Atis Lots Lukáš Madleňák Simona Lightfoot Head of Minister's Office Corporate sales Deputy Director, Business Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Autopalace Bratislava s.r.o. Development Republic of Latvia Slovakia Europe Programs Atlantic Council Edward Lucas Guido Maene United States of America Senior Vice-President Director General Center for European Policy Royal Higher Institute for Kadri Liik Analysis (CEPA) Defence Senior Policy Fellow United Kingdom Belgium European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Fabrizio Luciolli Inga Magistad United Kingdom President Ambassador Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) Embassy of the Kingdom of Erika Lindauerova Italy Norway in Bratislava Managing Director HP Inc Slovakia, s.r.o. Petr Luňák Jan Macháček Slovakia Deputy Head Chairman of the Board of Engagements Section NATO PDD Directors Linas Linkevičius Belgium Institute for Politics and Society Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Republic of Lithuania Marian Lupu Former President of Parliament Marian Majer František Lipka of Moldova Director Ambassador Democratic Party Slovak Security Policy Institute Ministry of Foreign and European Moldova Slovakia Affairs of the Slovak Republic Richard "Trey“ Lyons Martina Maláková Martina Lisická Deputy Chief of Mission President Director Embassy of the United States of French - Slovak Chamber of International Relations America in Bratislava Commerce Department Slovakia Slovakia National Security Authority of the Slovak Republic Ewen MacAskill Damjan Malbasic Defence and Intelligence Fundraising Coordinator Peter Lizák Correspondent Belgrade Security Forum Ambassador The Guardian Serbia Embassy of the Slovak Republic in United Kingdom Berlin Param Mann Pavel Macko Ambassador Fredrik Löjdquist 1st Deputy Chief of the General Embassy of India in Bratislava Ambassador Staff Permanent Delegation of the General Staff of the Armed Kingdom of Sweden to the OSCE Forces of the Slovak Republic

Antti-Pekka Manninen Aylin Matlé Grigorij Mesežnikov Research Assistant Academic Assistant President University of Turku Halle University Institute for Public Affairs Finland Germany Slovakia

Frantisek Markovic Ondřej Matoušek Ayman Mhanna Co-founder Government Executive Executive Director EuropeanPublicAffairs.eu European Policies Coordination Samir Kassir Foundation Belgium Department Lebanon Office of the Government of the Alexander Marschik Czech Republic Alexander Micovčin Director General Ambassador, Deputy Permanent International Affairs Section Marek Matraszek Representative Federal Ministry for European Chairman Permanent Representation of the and International Affairs of the CEC Government Relations Slovak Republic to the EU Republic of Austria Poland Belgium

Ivana Martac Boris Mattoš František Mičánek Student Vice-Rector for International Director Faculty of Political Science Relations Center for Security and Military University of Belgrade University of Economics in Strategic Studies Serbia Bratislava Czech Republic Slovakia Roberto Martini Stanislav Mičev Ambassador Milan Maxim Director General Embassy of the Republic of Italy Chief of the General Staff Museum of the Slovak National in Bratislava General Staff of the Armed Uprising Forces of the Slovak Republic Slovakia Lucia Martišková Project Manager of GLOBSEC John McCarthy Tomáš Michálek Forum 2016 National President Science Manager GLOBSEC Australian Institute of Department of Research and Slovakia International Affairs Development Australia Slovak Academy of Sciences Elena Marzac Slovakia Director Dana Meager IDC NATO in Moldova Vice President, Financial Sergej Michalič Administration Advisor to the President of the Ile Masalkovski Financial Directorate of the Slovak Republic Deputy Secretary General and Slovak Republic Office of the President of the Head of Protocol Slovak Republic Cabinet of the President of Gabriel Merňák Macedonia** Head of State Secretary's Office Peter Michalko Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Ambassador Andrej Matišák Republic Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Deputy Head of Foreign Desk Athens Pravda Slovakia

Martin Michelot Miroslav Mizera Milan Mrázik Director of Research Adviser to State Secretary Sales and Marketing EUROPEUM Institute for Ministry of Economy of the Virtual Reality Media, a.s. European Policy Slovak Republic Slovakia Czech Republic Kálmán Mizsei Jakša Muljačić Ivan Mikloš Former Special Representative of Ambassador Chief Advisor to the Minister of the European Union to the Embassy of the Republic of Finance; former Minister of Republic of Moldova Croatia in Bratislava Finance of the Slovak Republic Ministry of Finance of Ukraine Zuzana Mjartanová Christopher Murphy Slovakia EU Energy Policy Specialist Senator Department of International Committee on Foreign Relations Lucia Milanová Relations in Energy U.S. Senate Corporate Partnerships Director Ministry of Economy of the United States of America GLOBSEC Slovak Republic Slovakia Ratko Mutavdžić Michal Mlynár CEE PS Cloud Lead Jelena Milić Director General Microsoft Corporation Director Division for International Croatia Development Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies Organisations٫ (CEAS) Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Yoji Muto Serbia Ministry of Foreign and European State Minister for Foreign Affairs Affairs of the Slovak Republic of Japan Daniel Milo Senior Adviser, Coordinator of Rastam Mohd Isa Jaroslav Naď Counter-Extremism Policies Chairman and Chief Executive Director for Defence and Security Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Institute of Strategic and Slovak Security Policy Institute Republic International Studies Slovakia Malaysia Antonio Missiroli Evgeny Nadorshin Director Rastislav Mojto Chief Economist EU Institute for Security Studies Deputy Head of Mission PF Capital France Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Russia Budapest Peter Mišík Anna Nádudvari Director General Miroslav Mojžita International Officer Political Section Ambassador Hungarian Youth Atlantic Council Ministry of Foreign and European Ministry of Foreign and European Hungary Affairs of the Slovak Republic Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mustafa Nayyem Sebastian Mitrache Anton Molnár Member of the Verkhovna Rada Director Head of Communications Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovnaft Republic of Romania Slovakia

Magda Nemkyová Peter Nilsson Bonji Ohara Government Executive Head of Business Development Research Fellow European Policies Coordination MA EMEA The Tokyo Foundation Department Saab AB Japan Office of the Government of the United Kingdom Czech Republic Rein Oidekivi Renatas Norkus Ambassador Martin Nesirky Director Embassy of the Republic of Director Transatlantic Cooperation and Estonia in Vienna United Nations Information Security Policy Department Service (Vienna) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Manal Omar Austria Republic of Lithuania Acting Vice – President Center for Middle East and Africa Ivo Nesrovnal Andrej Nosko United States Institute of Peace Mayor Unit Manager United States of America Bratislava City Governance and Policy Debates Slovakia Units Ján Orlovský Open Society Initiative for Europe Director Adrian Neumann Hungary Open Society Foundation Project Director Slovakia Institute for Security Policy Ewa Nowaczewska Kiel University General Manager – Poland Lukasz Osinski Germany BAE Systems Journalist Poland PAP Mario Nicolini Poland Executive Director Tom Nuttall Parliament of the World's Charlemagne Columnist Farid Osmanov Religions – Slovakia The Economist Third Secretary Slovakia United Kingdom Regional Security Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Milan Nič Rastislav Ňukovič Republic of Azerbaijan Research Director General Director GLOBSEC Policy Institute Eustream Peter Osuský Slovakia Slovakia Member of Parliament European Affairs Committee & Gerlinde Niehus Francis O'Donnell Foreign Affairs Committee Head of Engagements Section Life Member National Council of the Slovak NATO Institute of International and Republic Germany European Affairs Ireland Mazlan Othman Alexander Nikitin Former Director Director Osama Odwan UN Office for Outer Space Affairs Center for Euro-Atlantic Security Director Malaysia MGIMO Moscow State Institute Minister's Office of International Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ann-Kristin Otto Russia Expatriates of the Hashemite Desk Officer Kingdom of Jordan Political Section Federal Ministry of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany

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