List of Participants

Nenad Adžemović Dmytro Andriyevskiy Zoltán Bali Attaché Member of Parliament Head Defence Planning Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of “Batkivshchyna” (“Fatherland”) All-Ukrainian Ministry of Defence of Serbia Union faction Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Martina Balleková Muafak Ahmad Spokesperson Adviser to the President of Iraq Ian Anthony Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Public relations Programme Director Office of the President of Iraq European Security Programme Csaba Balogh Stockholm International Peace Research Ambassador Noorullah Ahmadzai Institute (SIPRI) Embassy of Hungary in Bratislava Acting Head United Kingdom Cross Practice Unit Matthias Bange United Nations Development Programme James Appathurai Captain Afghanistan Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Federal Defence Forces of Germany Affairs and Security Policy Mahash Al Hameli NATO Andris Banka Director Researcher International Security Cooperation Department Rowinda Appelman University of Birmingham Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab YATA President Latvia Emirates Atlantic Treaty Association Netherlands Shukria Barakzai Riad Al Khouri Member of Parliament Senior Consultant Yasser Atef House of the People Institute for Democracy and Electoral Studies Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of University of Jordan Relations with EU Countries Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic Mohamed Al Robaiee of Egypt Michal Baranowski Ambassador Senior Program Officer Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Bratislava Richard Atwood The German Marshall Fund of the United States Director of Research Poland Mohammed Al Shamsi International Crisis Group Deputy Director Belgium John Barter International Security Cooperation Department Regional Director Austria, Hungary, Poland & Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Martin Ayrer Emirates Spokesperson, Director BAE Systems Communications Department Slovakia Izabela Albrycht Office of the Government of the Czech Chairperson of the Board Republic Dániel Bartha The Kosciuszko Institute Head of Central Europe Program Poland Matej Avbelj Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) Dean Hungary Oľga Algayerová Graduate School of Government and European Ambassador, Permanent Representative Studies Vladimír Bartovic Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the Slovenia Director International Organizations in Vienna EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy Shlomo Avineri Czech Republic Farida Allaghi Professor of Political Science President Hebrew University Václav Bartuška Libyan Forum for Civil Society Israel Ambassador at Large for Libya Energy Security Thomas Bagger Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic John Allen Head of Policy Planning Former Commander Federal Foreign Office of Germany Juraj Bayer ISAF and U.S. Forces Afghanistan Financial Director United States John Baird Západoslovenská energetika, a.s., Member of Vice President E.ON Group Katrīna Allikas Poland IAMD Slovakia Secretary General Raytheon Latvian Transatlantic Organisation United States Peter Bátor Latvia Head of Political Section Erik Baktai Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic Kurt Amend Senior Consultant to NATO Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary International Business Development Jozef Bátora Raytheon Péter Balázs Director United States Director Institute of European Studies and International Center for EU Enlargement Studies Relations Pavel Andreev Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary in Bratislava Executive Director Slovakia Valdai Discussion Club Václav Bálek Russia Political Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

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Anton Bebler Anouck Boillat Ian Brzezinski President Global HR Director Senior Fellow Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia SpotMe Atlantic Council United States Nicolai Bechfeldt Werner Böhler First Lieutenant Head of Prague and Bratislava Office Lenka Bučková Danish Defence Forces Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Program Manager Denmark Germany International Visegrad Fund Slovakia Michael Beltrani Ian Bond Director Director of Foreign Policy Kathryn Buer Business Development for the Communications Centre for European Reform (CER) Vice President Eastern Europe and Baltics and Controls Solutions (CCS) United Kingdom Raytheon International BAE Systems Poland United States Branislav Borenovic Chairman Janusz Bugajski Kristof Bender Committee for European Integrations and Senior Fellow Deputy Chairman Regional Cooperation Center for Strategic and International Studies European Stability Initiative (ESI) National Assembly of the Republika Srpska (CSIS) Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina United States

Mohammed Benhammou Julian Borger Beata Bulawová President Diplomatic Editor CFO & Executive Director The Moroccan Center for Strategic Studies The Guardian Jagello 2000 Morocco United Kingdom Czech Republic

Martin Bennett Karel Borůvka Kathy Bunka Managing Director for Europe and the Americas Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Legal and Chargé d’Affaires BAE Systems Consular Affairs Embassy of Canada in Bratislava United Kingdom Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Peter Burian Alexander Ben-Zvi Ferenc Bösenbacher State Secretary Ambassador Director Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Bratislava Center for Security and Defense Studies Slovak Republic Foundation Ronen Bergman Hungary David Burrows Senior Correspondent Managing Director Military and Intelligence Affairs Nenad Bosiljčić EMEA Government Yedioth Ahronoth Program Coordinator Microsoft Corporation Israel Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE) United Kingdom Serbia Július Berith Ditmir Bushati Chairman of the Board Davor Božinović Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Virtual Reality Media, a.s. Chairman Albania Slovakia Interparliamentary Cooperation Committee Croatian Parliament Martin Bútora Nuala Bethell Honorary President Youth Delegate Ahron Bregman Institute for Public Affairs Global Voices Professor of War Studies Slovakia Australia King’s College London United Kingdom Roman Bužek Vladimír Bilčík Director General Head of European Studies Markus Breyer International Organisations, Development Slovak Foreign Policy Association Director General Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Division Slovakia Microsoft Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovakia Slovak Republic Carl Bildt Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Ingrid Brocková David Cadier Sweden Ambassador and Permanent Representative Fellow in International Strategy and Diplomacy Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the London School of Economics Maja Bobić OECD United Kingdom Secretary General European Movement in Serbia Anders Brudevoll Anne-Marie Callan Higher Executive Officer Ambassador Daniel Boestad Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries of the Embassy of the Republic of Ireland in Bratislava Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe Kingdom of Norway SAAB Colin Cameron Sweden Matthew Bryza Secretary General Director Interparliamentary European Security & International Centre for Defense Studies Defence Association United States United Kingdom

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Vincenzo Camporini Martin J. Coyne Attila Demkó Vice President Director Head of Defence Policy Department Institute of International Affairs Business Development Ministry of Defence of Hungary Italy MEADS International United States Judy Dempsey Céline-Agathe Caro Senior Non-Resident Associate Coordinator Lorne Craner Carnegie Europe European Policy Co-Director Germany European and International Cooperation Transatlantic Renewal Initiative Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung World Affairs Institute James Denton Germany United States Co-Director Transatlantic Renewal Initiative Salvatore Cataldo Martin Čambalík World Affairs Institute Business Development Executive Advisor to the Minister United States MBDA Italia S.p.A. Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Italy Neelam Deo Ľubomír Čaňo Co-Founder and Director Mitat Celikpala Director Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Chair Common Foreign and Security Policy Relations International Relations Department India Kadir Has University Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Turkey Slovak Republic Šani Dermaku Ambassador Richard Celder Martin Čapliar Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Bratislava Head of Department President Bilateral Relations Section Euro-Atlantic Center Glevin Dervishi Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Slovakia Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Albania Milan Cerovský Ivana Červenková Former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Director Christopher DeWitt Forces of the Slovak Republic Office of the Minister Regional Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Business Development Marek Cichocki Sikorsky Aircraft Programme Director Ana Maria Ribeiro Da Silva United States Natolin European Centre Chargé d‘Affaires e.p. Poland Embassy of the Portuguese Republic in Marija Djakova Bratislava College of Europe Ján Cingel Macedonia** Project Coordinator Nils Daag Transfer of Know-How Ambassador Ivana Djukanovic Slovak Atlantic Commission Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Vienna Minister Counsellor Slovakia Embassy of Montenegro in Vienna Nicholas Davis Armand Clesse Director, Head of Europe Matthias Dornfeldt Director World Economic Forum Assistant Professor Luxembourg Institute for European and Switzerland Political Science International Studies Freie Universität Berlin / Center for Casp Luxembourg Olivier De France ian Region Studies Research Director Germany Andy Cobb Institute of International and Stategic Relations Senior Director (IRIS) Peter Dostál BAE Systems France General Director United Kingdom Aliter Technologies a.s. Rob De Wijk Slovakia Oana Antonia Colibasanu Director Vice President The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies Mark Downes Stratfor Netherlands Head of Team United States International Security Sector Advisory Team Mary Dejevsky Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Alexander Corbeil Columnist Armed Forces Senior Middle East Analyst The Independent Switzerland NATO Council of Canada United Kingdom Ahmed Driss Kathleen Court Pavol Demeš President Higher Defence Studies Programme Student Senior Transatlantic Fellow Centre for Mediterranean and International British Army The German Marshall Fund of the United States; Studies United Kingdom Member of Board Tunisia European Endowment for Democracy Slovakia

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Juraj Droba Oskar Elschek Gjorgji Filipov Deputy Chairman Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Foreign Affairs Committee Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia** in National Council of the Slovak Republic International Organisations in Vienna Vienna

Andrej Droba Andrea Elscheková-Matisová Martin Filko Director Director General Director Office of the Minister European Affairs Division Institute for Financial Policy Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic Slovak Republic Slovak Republic Aaron Fishbone Sorin Ducaru Philippe Errera Adjunct Faculty Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Director of Strategic Affairs International Relations Security Challenges Ministry of Defence of the French Republic Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts NATO United States Marek Eštok Daniel Duchoň Ambassador Mary Fitzgerald Chairman Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Paris Foreign Affairs Correspondent Committe on Finance and Budget The Irish Times National Council of the Slovak Republic Mats Fagerberg Ireland Vice President Milo Đukanović Land Segment CEE Petr Fleischmann Prime Minister of Montenegro SAAB Advisor Sweden Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Naz Durakoglu Chief of Staff Nabil Fahmy Stewart Fleming Subcommittee on Europe Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic Senior Member Foreign Affairs Committee of Egypt St Antony’s College; House of Representatives Oxford and Economics columnist United States Werner Fasslabend European Voice President United Kingdom Richard Ďurana Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party Director Austria Liam Fox INESS - Institute of Economic and Social Studies Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom; Slovakia Martin Fedor Former Secretary of State Member of Parliament for Defence of the United Kingdom Nenad Đurđević Committee for Defence and Security Coordinator National Council of the Slovak Republic Pavol Frešo Forum for Ethnic Relations Chairman Serbia Gabriel Fedorko Bratislava Self-Governing Region PSD Lead Slovakia Mikuláš Dzurinda Microsoft Member of Parliament Slovakia Roland Freudenstein Foreign Affairs Committee Deputy Director and Head of Research National Council of Slovak Republic; Miroslava Fekiačová Wilfried Martens Center for European Studies President Head of Department Germany Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies International Visegrad Fund Slovakia Slovakia George Friedman Founder and Chairman Boris Ecker Szabolcs Ferencz Stratfor Political Officer Senior Vice - President for Corporate Affairs United States Americas Department MOL Group Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Hungary Štefan Füle Slovak Republic European Commissioner for Enlargement and Andrea Ferjenčíková Neighbourhood Policy Akio Egawa Executive Director Czech Republic Ambassador Centre for European Affairs Embassy of Japan in Bratislava Slovakia Peter Gajdoš First Deputy Chief of Staff Christoph Eichhorn Amanda Ferrer General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Ambassador, Deputy Commissioner for Business Development Manager Financial Republic Disarmament and Arms Control Crime, Europe Federal Foreign Office of Germany BAE Systems Boris Gandel United Kingdom Spokesperson Ahmed Shihab - Eldin Office of the Minister Journalist and Presenter Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the The Huffington Post Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Slovak Republic United States Ján Figeľ Margarita Ganeva Deputy Speaker Ambassador National Council of the Slovak Republic Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Bratislava

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Charles Gati Heather Grabbe Joseph Hall Author and Senior Fellow Director Vice President Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Open Society European Policy Institute Halifax International Security Forum Studies United Kingdom United States United States Bernarda Gradišnik Miklós Halmai Jeff Gedmin Ambassador Deputy Head Co-Director Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Bratislava Department for Security Policy and Non- Transatlantic Renewal Initiative proliferation World Affairs Institute Camille Grand Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary United States Director Foundation for Strategic Research Wael Hamed Sergiy Gerasymchuk France Minister Plenipotentiary International Programs Director Cabinet of the Minister Strategic and Security Studies Group Jonas Grätz Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic Ukraine Senior Researcher of Egypt Center for Security Studies (CSS) ETH Zurich Konstantinos Geropoulos Switzerland Pavol Hamžík Energy & Russian Affairs Editor Ambassador at Large New Europe Thomas Greminger Office of the Minister Belgium Permanent Representative of Switzerland to Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the OSCE Slovak Republic Abduljalil Ghafoory Executive Director Vladimír Grežo Zsolt Harmati Foundation for Afghanistan Director Deputy Head of Mission Afghanistan Bratislava Culture and Information Centre Embassy of Hungary in Bratislava Slovakia Edlira Gjoni Peter Hatiar Lecturer Stepan Grigoryan Ambassador Albanian School of Political Studies Chairman of the Board Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Riga Albania Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) Csaba Hende Martin Glváč Armenia Minister of Defence of Hungary Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Iulian Groza Jason Healey Brian Glynn Deputy Minister Director Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Cyber Statecraft Initiative Atlantic Council International Security Policy Integration of the Republic of Moldova United States Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland Miriama Gurínová Karel Hirman Desk Officer Director Anas El Gomati Asia and Pacific Department Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency Middle East Analyst and Director Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovakia Al Sadeq Institute Slovak Republic Libya Roman Hlobeň Tim Gürtler Director Peter Gothe Program Director South-Eastern Europe and Turkey Department Deputy General Director Munich Security Conference Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency Germany Slovak Republic (FXM) Sweden Serhat Güvenç Petra Hochmannová Associate Professor Director Justyna Gotkowska International Relations Computer Security Incident Response Team Project Coordinator Kadir Has University Slovakia Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Turkey Poland Kasper Høeg-Jensen István Gyarmati Director of the Private Office of the Secretary Nik Gowing President General International Broadcaster International Centre for Democratic Transition NATO United Kingdom Hungary Jonathan Hoyle Faysal Gouia Denis Hadzović Regional Lead - Europe & the Americas State Secretary Secretary General Lockheed Martin International Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tunisian Centre for Security Studies United States Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Michal Homza Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Venera Hajrullahu Consular Emploee Assistant Secretary General for Public Executive Director Consulate General of Slovakia in New York Diplomacy Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) NATO Kosovo*

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Ferenc Horváth Arslan Chikhaoui Gerhard Jandl Executive Vice President Executive Chairman Security Policy Director MOL Group NSV Strategy Consultancy Center Federal Ministry for European and International Hungary Algeria Affairs of the Republic of Austria

Enver Hoxhaj Tomasz Chłoń Kestutis Jankauskas Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ambassador Ambassador, Permanent Representative Kosovo* Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Bratislava Permanent Delegation of the Republic of to NATO Yuliy Hoydash Todor Churov Head of the Department Deputy Foreign Minister Balázs Jarábik International Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Associate Fellow Uzhhorod National University Bulgaria Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) Ukraine Slovakia Anna Ibrisagic Štefan Hríb Member of the European Parliament Peter Javorčík Editor-in-Chief Sweden State Secretary .týždeň Magazine Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovakia Ramadan Ilazi Slovak Republic Executive Director Iveta Hricová Kosovo Institute of Peace Milan Ježovica Director Kosovo* Senior Fellow Department of European Policies M.E.S.A.10 Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Andrei Illarionov Slovakia Slovak Republic Senior Fellow Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity Teng Jianqun Natasha Hroneska CATO Institute Director Cabinet of the Minister Former Chief Economic Advisor to Presidents American Studies Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Yeltsin and Putin China Institute of International Studies Macedonia** United States China

Karol Hudec Barbara llková Jan Jireš Sales Manager Director General Director BMW Group Slovakia Legal and Consular Affairs Division Defence Policy and Strategy Division Slovakia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic Slovak Republic Peter Hulényi Natália Juhariová Director Agim Isaku Director Department for Development Assistance and Ambassador Department of Protocol Humanitarian Aid Embassy of the Republic of Albania in Bratislava Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Bruce Jackson Igor Jukič President Political Director Lucia Husenicová Project on Transitional Democracies Common Foreign and Security Policy Service Editor-in-Chief United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Euro-Atlantic Quarterly Slovenia Slovak Atlantic Commission Keith Jackson Slovakia Corporate Exhibitions Manager Benediktas Juodka BAE Systems Chairman Paul Huynen United Kingdom Committee on Foreign Affairs Security Policy Director Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Mark Jacobson Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Senior Adviser Rastislav Káčer Belgium Truman National Security Project Honorary Chairman Professional Lecturer Slovak Atlantic Commission; David Chapman The George Washington University Honorary President Regional Sales Director, Europe United States Central European Strategy Council BAE Systems Slovakia United Kingdom Michaela Jacová Investment Manager Peter Kadvan Michael Chertoff Neulogy Ventures Analyst Chairman and Co-Founder Slovakia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the The Chertoff Group; Slovak Republic Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security & Annika Jagander Member of the Global Commission on Internet Ambassador Salim Kakoo Governance Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Prague Member of Kurdistan Parliament United States Kurdistan - Iraq Magdalena Jakubowska Assistant to the Director General Eve-Külli Kala Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Ambassador Poland Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Vienna

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Pellumb Kallaba Thomas Kennedy Hilda Kolevska Chief of Cabinet of the Minister Chief Executive Officer Minister Plenipotentiary Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Raytheon Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia** in Kosovo* United States Vienna

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica Annika Kiessler Oleksiy Kolomiyets Chairperson Global Leadership Fellow / Senior Community President European Affairs Committee Manager, Europe Centre for European and Transatlantic Studies Parliament of the Republic of Latvia World Economic Forum Ukraine Switzerland Nebojsa Kaludjerović Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister Suat Kınıklıoğlu Christian Kønigsfeldt Office of the Prime Minister of Montenegro Executive Director Ambassador Center for Strategic Communication Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Robert Kandra Turkey Bratislava Former CIA Field Officer in Damascus; Senior Advisor Nazar Kinji Roman Kopřiva Defence Attaché The Chertoff Group Chief of Staff Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bratislava United States Office of the President of Iraq Michal Kořan Gyöngyi Kanyár András Király Deputy Director Counsellor Director Institute of International Relations Embassy of Hungary in Bratislava Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA) Czech Republic Hungary Marek Kapusta Manuel Korček Executive Director Director Open Society Foundation President-Elect of the Slovak Republic Security Policy Department Slovakia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Boukje Kistemaker Slovak Republic Andres Kasekamp Information Analyst Director ACAPS Ivan Korčok Estonian Foreign Policy Institute Netherlands Ambassador, Permanent Representative Estonia Permanent Representation of the Slovak Tomáš Kladívko Republic to the EU František Kašický Senator, Member Ambassador Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Simona Kordošová Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Oslo Security Associate Director Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Martin Kay Atlantic Council Chargé d’Affaires Livia Klausová United States Embassy of the United Kingdom in Bratislava Ambassador Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bratislava Michael Kordys Melih Kayaalp General Manager International Business Development Manager Jakub Klepal BMW Group Slovakia FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.S. Executive Director Slovakia Turkey Forum 2000 Czech Republic Nata Koridze Malcolm Keay Head of the NATO Integration Department Senior Research Fellow Henna Knuuttila Office of the State Minister for European and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Chargé d’Affaires Euro-Atlantic Integration United Kingdom Embassy of the Republic of Finland in Bratislava Georgia

Gabriela Kečkéšová Jana Kobzová Peter Kormúth Member of Cabinet of VP Maroš Šefčovič Associate Policy Fellow Head of Unit for V4 Countries European Commission European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Department for Neighbouring Countries, Slovakia Belgium Bulgaria, Romania and Baltic States Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Joanna Kędzierska Miroslav Kocian Slovek Republic PR Manager Military Representative Public Information Office Military Representation of the Slovak Republic to Elena Korosteleva Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) NATO and EU Director Poland Global Europe Centre Kathleen Koch University of Kent Patrick Keller Author and former CNN Correspondent United Kingdom Coordinator for Foreign and Security Policy United States Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Thomas A. Kosik Germany Jan Kohout Business Development Manager Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Virtual Reality Media a.s. Republic United States

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Robert Kosla Karl Lamers CEE Area Lead, Public Safety/Security/Defence Member of the European Parliament President Microsoft Slovakia Atlantic Treaty Association Germany Germany Jakub Kulhánek Miloš Koterec Deputy Minister Karel Lannoo State Secretary Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic Chief Executive Officer Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Center for European Policy (CEPS) Anna Kulikowska-Kasper Belgium Juraj Kotian Specialist Economist, Head of CEE Macro Research Group Public Information Office Jolanta Lapkiewicz Erste Group Bank Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Director Slovakia Poland Patriot Programs Raytheon IAMD Mohamed Samir Koubaa Radha Kumar United States Ambassador Director Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia in Vienna Peace & Conflict Program Kristína Larischová Delhi Policy Group Director General Marios Kountourides India Analysis and Communication Division Ambassador Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Bratislava Robert Kupiecki Deputy Minister Francisco de Borja Lasheras Matej Kováč Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Associate Director of ECFR Madrid & Policy Spokesperson Poland Fellow Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Slovakia Albert Kuqi Spain Counsellor Martina Kováčová Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo* in Vienna Stephan Lechner Senior Consultant & Project Coordinator Director Aspiro Jaroslav Kurfürst Institute for the Protection and Security of the Slovakia Director General Citizen European Division DG Joint Research Centre Karel Kovanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Germany Manager Brussels Representative Office Mimoza Kusari Lila Pierre Lellouche ČEZ a.s.; Mayor of Gjakova Municipality Deputy of Paris Former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Republic of Kosovo* National Assembly NATO French Parliament Czech Republic Pavel Kuznetsov Ambassador Christian Lepage Lubomír Kovařík Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bratislava Ambassador Chairman and CEO Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Bratislava Česká zbrojovka a.s. Anton La Guardia Czech Republic European Union Correspondent and Bruno Lété “Charlemagne” Columnist Senior Program Officer for Foreign & Security David Král The Economist Policy Director United Kingdom The German Marshall Fund of the United States Department of Strategy, Analysis and Planning Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic François Lafond Executive Director Miriam Lexmann Katarína Králiková EuropaNova Director of EU Office Head of Economy, Trade and Development France International Republican Institute Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Pretoria Slovakia Benno Laggner Mária Krasnohorská Ambassador Victor Liakh Ambassador Division for Security Policy President Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Rome Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of East Europe Foundation (EEF) Switzerland Ukraine Ivan Krastev Director Miroslav Lajčák Ivars Liepnieks Center for Liberal Strategies Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Head of NATO and European Security Policy Bulgaria European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Franz Kuehnel Milan Lajčiak Former Senator of the Federal Council, General Director Kadri Liik ret. Asia and Pacific Department Senior Policy Fellow ESDA Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Austria Slovak Republic Estonia

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Scott Limbrick Edward Lucas Leon Malazogu Chief Executive Officer International Editor Executive Director Global Voices The Economist; Democracy for Development Institute (D4D) Australia Member of International Advisory Board Kosovo* Slovak Atlantic Commission Tod Lindberg United Kingdom Branimir Mandić Research Fellow Director Hoover Institution Stefan Lüders RACVIAC - Centre for Security Cooperation Stanford University Computer Security Officer Bosnia and Herzegovina United States CERN Switzerland Dražen Maravić Anders Lindgren Head of the Bureau for Strategic Planning Counsellor Oana Lungescu Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Vienna Spokesperson NATO Lucia Marcišiaková Julian Lindley-French Political Counsellor Senior Fellow Marco Lupo Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic Institute for Statecraft Global Market Development to NATO United Kingdom Vice President Europe Finmeccanica S.p.A. Gábor Marosfi Linas Linkevičius Italy Policy Adviser Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Department for Security Policy and Non- Lithuania Brian Lynch Proliferation Senior Fellow Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary František Lipka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Ambassador Centre for Strategic Studies Victoria University of Barbora Marônková Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Podgorica Wellington Programme Manager New Zealand Public Diplomacy Division Marek Lisánsky NATO Director General Ľubomír Macko Slovakia Defence Policy Division Desk Officer Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Security Policy Department Roberto Martini Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Ambassador Peter Lizák Slovak Republic Embassy of the Republic of Italy in Bratislava Director Department of Analysis and Policy Planning Pavel Macko János Martonyi Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Second Deputy Chief of Staff Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Slovak Republic General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic Katarína Mathernová Nicholas Lloyd Senior Adviser on Roma Inclusion Graduate Student Casper Madsen World Bank Political Science Sales Account Manager Slovakia University of Illinois at Chicago BAE Systems United States Denmark Marek Matraszek Founding Partner Chiara Loda Mirela Maghiar CEC Government Relations Poland Ph.D. Student Deputy Director Dublin City University Private Office of the Secretary General Boris Mattoš Ireland NATO Vice Dean for Education Faculty of International Relations Didier Lopinot Inga Magistad University of Economics in Bratislava Ambassador Ambassador Slovakia Embassy of the French Republic in Bratislava Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Bratislava John McCarthy Atis Lots Ľudovít Macháček National President Head Head of Personal Office Australian Institute of International Affairs Office of the Minister Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Australia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Marian Majer Ken McDonagh Barbora Loudová Senior Fellow Lecturer Director Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) Dublin City University; Department of Protocol and Foreign Relations Slovakia Visiting Fellow Office of the Government of the Czech Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) Republic Mona Makram-Ebeid Ireland Distinguished Lecturer Political Science Steve Mead American University in Cairo; Vice President Former Senator Central and Eastern Europe Egypt BAE Systems Czech Republic

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Oleksiy Melnyk Miroslav Mizera László Nagy Director Head of the Secretariat of the Slovak EU Counsellor Foreign Relations and International Security Presidency 2016 Embassy of Hungary in Slovakia Programme Cabinet of State Secretary Razumkov Centre Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Edward Nakas Ukraine Vice President Rastislav Mojto Europe and Canada Grigorij Mesežnikov Second Secretary AugustaWestland President Office of the Minister United Kingdom Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovakia Slovak Republic Ihab Nasr Ambassador Ayman Mhanna Attila Molnár Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Executive Director Political Advisor Bratislava Samir Kassir Foundation Embassy of the United States in Lebanon Zsolt Németh György Molnár Parliamentary State Secretary Juraj Migaš Ambassador, Director General for Security Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Ambassador Policy and Non-Proliferation Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Ljubljana Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Martin Nesirky Director Peter Mihók Mario Monti UN Information Service President Senator for Life United Nations Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry Committee for Foreign Affairs and Emigration Austria Slovakia Senate of the Parliament of the Italian Republic Former Prime Minister of the Italian Republic Mário Nicolini Martin Michelot Founder & Honorary President Program & Research Officer Rainer Muenz Euro-Atlantic Center The German Marshall Fund of the United States Head Slovakia France Erste Group Austria Milan Nič Andrew Michta Executive Director Senior Fellow Jan Mühlfeit Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) Center for European Policy Analysis Chairman Europe Slovakia United States Microsoft Corporation Czech Republic Paul Nicholas Ivan Mikloš Senior Director Member of Parliament Jakša Muljačić Microsoft Global and Security Strategy and Committee on Finance and Budget Ambassador Diplomacy National Council of the Slovak Republic Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Bratislava United States

Slavica Milačić Bernhard Müller-Härlin Alexander Nikitin Ambassador Program Director Director Embassy of Montenegro in Vienna International Affairs Center for Euro-Atlantic Security Körber Foundation Moscow State Institute of International Relations Jelena Milić Germany (MGIMO) Director Russia Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies Andreas Müllerleile Serbia Researcher Andrej Nosko Loughborough University Program Manager Alaksandr Milinkievič Germany Think Tank Fund Chairman Open Society Foundations Movement for Freedom Falah Mustafa Hungary Belarus Minister, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations Luka Novosel Matthew Miller Kurdistan Regional Government Consultant Spokesperson, Public Affairs Officer Kurdistan - Iraq International Affairs Embassy of the United States of America in Croatian Democratic Union Bratislava Jaroslav Naď Croatia Senior Fellow Ognyan Minchev Central European Policy Institute (CEPI); Ewa Nowaczewska Executive Director Deputy Vice-President General Manager Institute for Regional and International Studies Central European Strategy Council BAE Systems Bulgaria Slovakia Poland

Wess Mitchell Farkhunda Zahra Naderi Victoria Nuland President Member of Parliament Assistant Secretary of State for European and Center for European Policy Analysis House of the People Eurasian Affairs United States National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of U. S. Department of State Afghanistan United States

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Chris Nunn Alexei Pikulik Jana Puglierin Vice President for Central & Eastern Europe Academic Director Program Officer BAE Systems Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) United Kingdom Belarus Germany

Maciej Olex-Szczytowski Zbigniew Pisarski Massimo Pugnali Head of Business Development President of the Board SVP Global Market Development BAE Systems Casimir Pulaski Foundation Finmeccanica S.p.A. Poland Poland Italy

Erika Olson Juris Poikans Vesna Pusić First Secretary Ambassador for the Eastern Partnership Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Embassy of the United States of America in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia Bratislava Latvia Denisa Pussová Zbyněk Pavlačík Nikola Poposki Project Coordinator CEO & Co-Founder Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of International Visegrad Fund Jagello 2000 Macedonia** Slovakia Czech Republic Andrei Popov Dragana Radulović Dalibor Pavolka Ambassador Director-General Director Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Vienna Directorate General for NATO and Security International Relations Department Policy Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Sébastien Potaufeu Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European First Secretary Integration of Montenegro Radomil Peca Embassy of the French Republic in Bratislava Statutory Representative Magda Radzyminski BIAR s.r.o. Fabrice Pothier Europe Region-Sales Slovakia Director Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Policy Planning Unit United States Peter Pellegrini Office of the Secretary General State Secretary and Digital Leader NATO Mubariz Rahimli Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic Member of Majlis Martin Povejšil Republican Alternative Political Movement Marcel Peško Ambassador, Permanent Representative Azerbaijan Director Permanent Representation of the Czech Office of the Secretary General Republic to EU Martina Rakovická Organization for Security and Cooperation Director (OSCE) Michael Prebble Office of the Minister Slovakia International Business Development Director Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic FNSS Savunma sistemleri A.S Agáta Pešková Turkey Esraa Rashed Deputy Director Vice Chairman Bratislava Office Arkadiusz Protas Egyptian Democratic Academy Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Board Member Egypt Slovakia Propublic Poland Edvilas Raudonikis Alex Petriashvili Charge d’Affaires State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Tomáš Prouza Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Vienna Integration State Secretary for European Affairs of the Republic of Georgia Government of the Czech Republic Arto Räty Permanent Secretary Roman Petrík Volodymyr Prykhodko Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Finland Corporate Sales Manager Chief of Department, Professor BMW Group Slovakia International Economic Relation Anders Fogh Rasmussen Slovakia Uzhgorod National University Secretary General of NATO Ukraine Federico Petroni Per Råstedt Contributing Editor Anna Przybyll Defence Attaché Limes; Journalist Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Prague Defense & Security Analyst iMerica Polska The Times daily Italy Poland Paige Reffe President Nikola Petrović Marika Přinosilová The Reffe Group Director Head of Marketing Communication CEE United States ISAC Fund SAAB Serbia Czech Republic Jozef Regec Senator, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

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Jean-Arthur Regibeau Alexander Rozin Oleh Shamshur Political Director Marketing Director Foreign Affairs Advisor to Vitali Klitschko Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Incheba, a.s. Ukraine Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Slovakia Belgium Jamie Shea Alexander Rozin Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Ľubomír Rehák Managing Director and Chairman of the Board Security Challenges Director General, Political Director of Directors NATO Political Division Incheba, a.s. Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovakia James Sherr Slovak Republic Senior Fellow Dana Rusnáková Chatham House John Reid Project Coordinator United Kingdom Member BAE Systems House of Lords Slovakia Robin Shepherd United Kingdom Parliament Director of International Affairs Aldo Russo The Henry Jackson Society Dagmar Repčeková Area Sales Manager United Kingdom Director General BAE Systems Economic Cooperation and Aid Division Denmark Luan Shllaku Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Executive Director Slovak Republic Oleh Rybachuk Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) Chairman & Co-Founder Kosovo* Tomáš Rezek Centre UA; Analyst Former Deputy Prime Minister for European Shlomo Shpiro Association for International Affairs (AMO) Integration Director, Political Studies Czech Republic Ukraine Bar-Ilan University Israel Matthew Rhodes Kameran Saber Director of Programs in Central and Southeast Adviser to the President of Iraq Marietje Schaake Europe Office of the President of Iraq Member of European Parliament George C. Marshall European Center for Global Commission on Internet Governance Security Studies Khatuna Saginadze Netherlands United States Adviser Office of the State Minister for European and Kori Schake Alan Riley Euro-Atlantic Integration Research Fellow Professor and Director of the LLM Programme Georgia Hoover Institution The City Law School Stanford University City University of London Isam Salih United States United Kingdom Analyst Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency Randy Scheunemann Edgars Rinkēvičs (FXM) President Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sweden Orion Strategies LLC Latvia United States Piotr Samerek Milan Roćen First Counsellor, Head of Politico-Economic William Schmieder Chief Political Adviser to the Prime Minister Department Regional Executive Office of the Prime Minister of Montenegro Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Bratislava Europe Raytheon International Inc Max Rodenbeck Zoltán Sándor Belgium Chief Middle East Correspondent Counsellor The Economist Embassy of Hungary in Slovakia Jiří Schneider United States Senior Fellow Danka Savić Prague Security Studies Institute Ivan Rohaľ Ambassador Czech Republic Deputy Director for Slovakia Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Prague BAE Systems Karel Schwarzenberg Slovakia Marko Savković Chairman Program Coordinator Committee on Foreign Affairs Michał Romanowski Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE) Chamber of Deputies Program Coordinator Serbia Parliament of the Czech Republic German Marshall Fund of the United States Poland Giulio Sdei Christian Schweiger International Gov Business Lecturer in Government Helene Roos AgustaWestland Durham University First Counsellor United Kingdom United Kingdom Political Section Embassy of the French Republic in Bratislava Theodore Sedgwick Tomasz Siemoniak Ambassador Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Embassy of the United States of America in Poland Bratislava

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Péter Siklósi Frank Spengler Jaroslav Sykáček Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy and Head of the Budapest Office Senator, Vice-Chairman Planning Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Ministry of Defence of Hungary Germany Security Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Michal Skala Andris Spruds Project Coordinator Director Håkan Syrén Transfer of Know-How Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) Senior Advisor Slovak Atlantic Commission Latvia SSC Group Slovakia Sweden Mirko Stanić Nicholas Skopal Spokesperson Réka Szemerkényi Youth Delegate Socialdemocratic Party of Montenegro Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor Global Voices Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary Australia Robert M. Stein Senior Fellow Ádám Szesztay Edgars Skuja US Defence Science Board; Member Director Ambassador US Missile Defence Advisory Committee Department of Strategic Planning Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Vienna United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

Martina Slabejová Douglas Stevenson Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi BDM GOV Industry, CEE Director V4 and CEI National Coordinator Microsoft Poland IAMD Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Slovakia Integrated Air & Missile Defense Raytheon Péter Sztáray Marek Slobodník United States Ambassador, Permanent Representative Master of Public Policy Candidate Permanent Delegation of Hungary to NATO Hertie School of Governance Martin Stoklasa Slovakia Chief of Training and Support František Šebej General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Chairman Eugeniusz Smolar Republic Foreign Affairs Committe Foreign Affairs Expert National Council of the Slovak Republic Smolar Un-limited Martin Stropnický Poland Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Jiří Šedivý General Manager Timothy Snyder Milan Stupka Generals Ltd Permanent Fellow Communication Manager Czech Republic Institute for Human Sciences BMW Group Slovakia United States Slovakia Maroš Šefčovič Vice President for Inter-Institutional Relations Bohuslav Sobotka Paul Sturm and Administration Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Fellow in International Security European Commission European and Eurasian Studies Slovakia Rebecca Söderberg School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Deputy Director Johns Hopkins University Vladimír Šimanský Office of the Minister Belgium General Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Virtual Reality Media, a.s. Sweden Olga Stuzhinskaya Slovakia Director Milan Solár Office for a Democratic Belarus Martin M. Šimečka Director of the GLOBSEC Forum Belgium Editor-in-Chief Executive Director Respect Magazine Slovak Atlantic Commission Daniel Struž Czech Republic Slovakia Director General Česká zbrojovka a.s. Ľudmila Šimorová Andrei Soldatov Czech Republic Account Manager Public Sector Investigative Journalist and Editor-in-Chief Microsoft Agentura.Ru Ferenc Suba Slovakia Russia Vice Chair of the Management Board ENISA Ján Šoth Oleg Soskin Hungary Head of the Office Director Office of the President of the Slovak Republic Institute of Society Transformation Ulf Sverdrup Ukraine Director Tomáš Špavelko Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Specialist in International Relations Duncan Souster Norway International Relations Department Global Sales Director Letové prevádzkové služby SR, š. p. SpotMe Paweł Swieboda Slovakia President demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy Foundation Poland

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Sandis Šrāders Mark Thum Ana Trišić-Babić Advisor Vice President for International Requirements Deputy Minister Latvian Transatlantic Organization (LATO) Electronic Systems Sector Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Latvia BAE Systems Herzegovina United States Ivan Šramko Pavel Trpák Chairman Ivan Timofeev Senator, Member Council for Budget Responsibility Program Director Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Slovakia Russian International Affairs Council Security Russia Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Milan Šuplata Head of the Security and Defence Policy Mehmet Tiraş Ola Tunander Programme Executive Vice-President Research Professor Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) USAK (International Strategic Research Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Slovakia Organisation) Norway Turkey Andrew Tabler Donald Tusk Senior Fellow Dmitry Titov Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Assistant Secretary General for Rule of Law and United States Security Institutions Lebibe Ulutekin United Nations Ambassador Szabolcs Takács Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Bratislava Deputy State Secretary and Political Director Ľubomír Tokár Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Head of Multilateral Relations Section Kristina Vaičiūnaitė Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Director Vladimír Tarasovič Eastern Europe Studies Centre Director Ryszard Tomaska Lithuania Office of the State Secretary Coordinator - Military Projects Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic BAE Systems Neringa Vaisbrode Poland Adviser Fabrizio Tassinari Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senior Researcher and Head of Research Unit Erik Tomáš Lithuania Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Director Denmark Press and Information Department Justin Vaïsse Office of the Government of the Slovak Director Stefan Tegzes Republic Policy Planning Staff Regional Manager Int. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic Direct and Special Sales Central and Monika Tomašovičová Southeastern Europe Director Tomáš Valášek BMW AG Munchen Department for Western European Countries Honorary Chairman Germany Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Central European Policy Institute; Slovak Republic Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Sylke Tempel Slovak Republic to NATO Editor-in-Chief Tanja Tomić Internationale Politik Member of Parliament Felix Valdés German Council on Foreign Relation (DGAP) Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia** Ambassador Germany Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Bratislava Ben Tonra Peter Terem Head of School Stanislav Vallo Vice-Dean for Science and Research School of Politics and International Relations Director General Faculty of Political Sciences and International University College Dublin Section of the Minister Relations Ireland Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Slovakia Dobromir Totev Permanent Undersecretary of Defence Richard Van Rijssen Marcin Terlikowski Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria Ambassador Head Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in European Security and Defence Economics James Townsend Bratislava Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Poland European and NATO Policy Caroline Vandedrinck U. S. Department of Defence Vice President Viera Teťáková United States Europe and Central Asia Director Sikorsky Aircraft Department of Protocol Daniel Trenchov United States Office of the Government of the Slovak Third Secretary, Diplomatic Representative Republic Political Section Vladimír Vaňo Mission of the Republic of Macedonia** to NATO Chief Analyst and Head of CEE Research SBERBANK Europe AG Slovakia

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Giorgi Vardishvili Alexandr Vondra Damon Wilson National Expert - Political and Media Analyst Director Executive Vice President Office of EU Special Representative for the Prague Centre for Transatlantic Relations Atlantic Council South Caucasus and crisis in Georgia CEVRO Institute College (PCTR); Honorary United States Georgia President Czech-Euro Atlantic Council Czech Republic Jason Wiseman Marek Varga Assistant Secretary General Head of Department Vlaďka Votavová Atlantic Treaty Association Strategic Analysis Director Belgium European External Action Service Association for International Affairs (AMO) Slovakia Czech Republic Jakub Wiśniewski Director Róbert Vass Peter Vršanský Department of Foreign Policy Strategy Founder of the GLOBSEC Forum Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of CEO & Executive Vice-President Institute of International Affairs and Poland Central European Strategy Council Comparative Law Slovakia Faculty of Law Kataryna Wolczuk Comenius University in Bratislava Reader in Politics and International Studies Magdaléna Vášáryová Slovakia Centre for Russian and East European Studies Member of Parliament (CREES) Committee for Culture and Media Zoran Vujić University of Birmingham National Council of the Slovak Republic Head of the Department United Kingdom EU Institutions Inna Veleva Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sarah Wolff Project Manager Serbia Lecturer in Public Policy Responsible Leadership Queen Mary University of London BMW Foundation Andrijana Vukotić United Kingdom Germany Public Relations Adviser to the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister of Montenegro Jason Worlledge Pirro Vengu Executive Director Director of the Cabinet of the Minister Aleš Výborný European Academy of Diplomacy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Director Czech Republic United States Albania BAE Systems Czech Republic Marek Wośko Alexander Vershbow President Deputy Secretary General Jozef Vyskoč MAW Telecom International S.A. NATO Associate Fellow Poland Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) Luigi Vignali Slovakia Markus Wuketich External & Institutional Relations and Ambassador Communication, Diplomatic Advisor Peter Weiss Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Bratislava Finmeccanica Ambassador Italy Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Prague Karla Wursterová Executive Director Jozef Viskupič Tobias Wennberg International Visegrad Fund Member of Parliament Senior Vice President Slovakia Committee on European Affairs Head of Central and Eastern Europe National Council of the Slovak Republic SAAB Claire Yorke Czech Republic Ph.D. Student Sylvester Vizi King’s College London President Reinhard Wiemer United Kingdom Hungarian Atlantic Council Chargé d’Affaires Hungary Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Marcin Zaborowski Bratislava Director Florin Vodiţă Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Chargé d’Affaires Zuzana Wienk Poland Embassy of the Republic of Romania in Program Director Bratislava Fair-Play Alliance Dick Zandee Slovakia Senior Research Fellow Kurt Volker Clingendael Institute Executive President Anna Wieslander Netherlands McCain Institute of International Leadership Deputy Director Arizona State University Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) Lubomír Zaorálek United States Sweden Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Konstantin Von Eggert Steve Williams Kim Zetter Editor-in-Chief Regional Vice President Senior Reporter Kommersant FM Radio Europe & Americas, CIBD Lockheed Martin Wired Magazine Russia International United States United States

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Miroslav Zozulák Minister-Counsellor Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bratislava

Marija Žužek Programme Manager Center for Security Cooperation RACVIAC Serbia

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Richard Atwood Kaja Ciglic Viera Grigová Director of Research Senior Cybersecurity Strategist Director International Crisis Group Microsoft Americas Department Belgium Slovenia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Bogdan Aurescu Manlio Cuccaro State Secretary for Strategic Affairs Vice President Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Europe & Israel – Marketing, Sales & Busi- Stanislav Guláš of Romania ness Development -Selex ES Security Auditor and Security Analyst Finmeccanica International Organization for Security and András Bácsi-Nagy Italy Crisis Planning International Public Affairs Manager Slovakia MOL Group Dušan Dacho Hungary Ambassador at Large for Eastern Partner- Arne Heden ship Senior Adviser to Director General John Baggott Ministry of Foreign anf European Affairs of Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of International Business Development the Slovak Republic Sweden IIS Raytheon Alessandro Del Ponte Ferenc Jári United States Assistant to Senator Mario Monti EaP Coordinator Senate of the Republic of Italy International Visegrad Fund (IVF) Matúš Baltazarovič Italy Hungary Product and Price Manager BMW Group Slovakia Alain Deletroz Juraj Ješko Slovakia Senior Associate Fellow Coordinator Foundation for International Relations and Office of the Minister Radoslav Baťo Foreign Dialogue (FRIDE) Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Advisor of President-Elect of the Slovak France the Slovak Republic Republic Andrej Kiska Slovakia Richard Dírer Hrant Kostanyan Director Research Fellow Tomáš Bereta Radio Best FM Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Public Affairs Consultant Slovakia Belgium Fipra Slovakia Boris Ďurkech Daniel Koštoval Rector Secretary of State Iwona Bermig Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Šte- Rastislav Štefánik fan Füle Slovakia Henrich Krejčí European Commission Head of Energy Law and Regulatory & Poland Thomas Eymond-Laritaz Public Affairs Senior Director Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. Laci Bonivart The Association of Public-Safety Commu- Slovakia Defence Attaché nications Officials Worldwide Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in United Kingdom Zdenka Krížová Vienna PR Specialist Zuzana Fialová PR and Marketing Janusz Bugajski Program Coordinator Microsoft Slovakia Senior Fellow Humanitarian Aid and Development Co- Center for European Policy Analysis operation Juraj Krúpa (CEPA) People in Peril Association Counsellor United States Slovakia Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic

Alexander Brakel Martin Franta Akiko Kudo Head of the Office Industrial Cooperation Project Manager Consultant Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Belarus SAAB International Finance Corporation Sweden United States Sanja Bujas Juraga Director Koen Gijsbers Marcus Lippold Directorate for NATO and International General Manager Head of Strategy and Regulatory & Public Security NATO Communications Affairs Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Information Agency MOL Plc. of the Republic of Croatia Hungary

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Tibor Loncsar Radoslav Procházka Tomasz Szatkowski National Technology Officer Member of Parliament President Microsoft Committee on Law and Constitution National Centre for Strategic Studies Foun- Hungary National Council of the Slovak Republic dation Poland Michael Lynch Karel Prskavec President Director Gergely Szentgáli Strategic Energy and Economic Defence and Security Department Political Advisor Research Inc. Office of the Government of the Czech Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary United States Republic Ivan Štefanec Norman Mlambo Ján Pšenica Chairman Security Sector Reform Officer Ambassador Committee on European Affairs African Union Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Bosnia National Council of the Slovak Republic Ethiopia and Herzegovina Kristián Takáč Anton Molnár Alon Redlich Former State Secretary of the Ministry of Head of Corporate and Marketing Com- Advisor Economy of the Slovak Republic munications Raytheon RWE Slovakia Slovnaft a.s. Poland Slovakia Philip Tibbetts Peter Scaruppe Strategy Analyst – Combat Air & Interna- Giuseppe Monsone Director of Acquisition tional Strategy Team Regional Manager Europe 2 NATO C&I Agency BAE Systems Head of Budapest Branch Office Market- United Kingdom ing Sales and Business Development-Selex Ľudmila Simorová ES Account Executive Michal Tonhauser Finmeccanica Public Sector Coordinator Italy Microsoft Corporation Office of the Minister Slovakia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Jan Neutze the Slovak Repulic Director of Cybersecurity Policy Ondrej Sočuvka Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) Public Policy Manager Tomáš Trstenský Microsoft Google Corporate Communications Assistant United States Slovakia Marketing BMW Group Slovakia Christopher O’Connor Natália Soczó Slovakia Alumni Specialist Energy Policy Senior Expert Alumni Programs/ College of International MOL Group Marc Van Bellinghen Security Studies Hungary Deputy Head of Division George C. Marshall European Center for Conflict Prevention, Peace-building & Security Studies Marek Souček Mediation Instruments United States Deputy Director of the European Policies European External Action Service Coordination Belgium Ján Orlovský Office of the Government of the Czech Spokesperson Republic Oszkár Világi Západoslovenská energetika Director General Slovakia Tibor Straka Slovnaft a.s. Director Slovakia Radka Pavlačíková Office of the Security Council of the Slo- Head of Purchasing Centre Ostrava vak Republic Mihály Zala GBS Procurement Slovakia President DHL Express National Security Authority of Hungary Czech Republic David Stuart Ambassador Petr Zlatohlávek Attila Péterfalvi Embassy of the Commonweath of Austra- Executive Director President lia in Bratislava Jagello 2000 National Authority for Data Protection and Czech Republic Freedom of Information of Hungary Hannes Swoboda MEP, President Patrik Zoltvány Ladislav Plánka Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Dem- Senior Partner Sales Director ocrats Fipra Slovakia Lynx Austria Slovakia Slovakia Beatrice Szabóová Spokesperson Government Office of the Slovak Republic

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