50th Munich Security Conference January 31 to February 2, 2014
Agenda 01.02.2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
03.00 p.m. – 03.45 p.m. Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Welcome Remarks Wolfgang Ischinger Ambassador, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
Opening Statement Joachim Gauck Federal President, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
03.45 p.m. – 05.00 p.m. Rebooting Trust? Freedom vs. Security in Cyberspace Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Statement Toomas Hendrik Ilves President, Republic of Estonia, Tallinn
Panel Discussion Introduction: Timotheus Höttges Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn
Dr. Thomas de Maizière Federal Minister of the Interior, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Michael Rogers Representative, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Cecilia Malmström Commissioner for Home Affairs, European Union, Brussels
John Suffolk Senior Vice President and Global Cyber Security Officer, Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd., Shenzhen
Matt Thomlinson Vice President, Microsoft Security, Redmond, WA
Moderator: John Mroz President and Chief Executive Officer, EastWest Institute, New York, NY
05.00 p.m. – 05.30 p.m. Coffee Break Venue: Cocktail Lounge and Atrium, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
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05.30 p.m. – 05.40 p.m. Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Statement Dr. Ursula von der Leyen Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
05.40 p.m. – 07.00 p.m. The Future of European Defence Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Introduction: Frank Mattern Senior Director, McKinsey & Company, Frankfurt a.M.
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Minister of Defence, Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague
Dr. Thomas Enders Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Group, Leiden
John D. Harris Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon International, Arlington, VA
Dr. Pedro Morenes Eulate Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Spain, Madrid
Chairman: Javier Solana Former Secretary General of NATO; former EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy; President, ESADE Center; Member of the Advisory Council, Munich Security Conference, Madrid
05.40 p.m. – 07.00 p.m. The Middle East Peace Process Venue: Königssaal, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Breakout Session Tony Blair Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Quartet Representative on the Middle East, London
Tzipi Livni Minister of Justice, State of Israel, Jerusalem
Dr. Saeb Erekat Head of the Palestinian Negotiation Steering and Monitoring Committee, Palestinian National Authority, Ramallah
Dr. Martin S. Indyk Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, United States of America; Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Philip Stephens Associate Editor, Financial Times, London followed by Reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Munich Venue: Atrium, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
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10.30 p.m. Night Owl Session: The Syrian Catastrophe Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Introduction: Kenneth Roth Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY
Geneva Debriefing Lakhdar Brahimi Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria, New York, NY
Emma Bonino Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italian Republic, Rome
Najib Mikati Prime Minister, Lebanese Republic, Beirut
António Guterres High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations, Geneva
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter President and Chief Executive Officer, The New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Comments Ahmad Al Assi Jaba (tbc) President, National Coalition of the Syrian Revolution and Armed Forces, Cairo
Hadi Al-Bahra (tbc) Chief Negotiator of the Syrian Opposition Delegation, Geneva II Negotiations
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Global Power and Regional Stability
09.00 a.m. – 09.30 a.m. Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Opening Statements Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Ban Ki-moon Secretary General, United Nations, New York, NY
Herman Van Rompuy President, European Council, Brussels
09.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Europe Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Anders Fogh Rasmussen Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels
Laurent Fabius Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, French Republic, Paris
Sergey V. Lavrov Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, Moscow
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger Ambassador, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
10.40 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. A Transatlantic Renaissance? Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion John Kerry Secretary of State, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger Ambassador, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
11.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Coffee Break Venue: Cocktail Lounge and Atrium, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
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12.00 p.m. – 01.00 p.m. Europe, America, and Asia Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipović President, Republic of Croatia, Zagreb
Lindsey Graham Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Fu Ying Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China, Beijing
Shivshankar Menon National Security Advisor, Republic of India, New Delhi
Moderator: James G. Stavridis Admiral (ret.); former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Comment Fumio Kishida Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan, Tokyo
01.00 p.m. – 03.00 p.m. Lunch Break Venue: 6th Floor Restaurant, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
03.00 p.m. – 04.30 p.m. MSC at Fifty: The Past, Present, and Future of International Security Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Helmut Schmidt Former Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; Editor, Die Zeit, Hamburg
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing Former President of the French Republic, Paris
Dr. Henry Kissinger Former United States Secretary of State; Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc., New York, NY
Prof. Dr. Egon Bahr Former Federal Minister for Special Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
Radoslaw Sikorski Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland, Warsaw
David Miliband Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee, New York, NY
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Josef Joffe Editor, Die Zeit, Hamburg
04.30 p.m. – 05.00 p.m. Coffee Break Venue: Cocktail Lounge and Atrium, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
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05.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m. Global Power and Regional Stability: A Focus on Central and Eastern Europe Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Introduction: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski Former United States National Security Advisor; Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Leonid Kozhara Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine, Kiev
Vitali Klychko Party Chairman, Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms, Kiev
Leonid Slutsky Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Compatriot Relationships, Russian Federation, Moscow
Irakli Garibashvili Prime Minister, Georgia, Tbilisi
Traian Băsescu President, Romania, Bucharest
Chairman: Štefan Füle Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, European Union, Brussels
05.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m. Energy and Climate Security Venue: Kleine Komödie, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Breakout Session Introduction: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Lorentz President and Chief Executive Officer, Stiftung Mercator, Essen
Günther Oettinger Commissioner for Energy, European Union, Brussels
Anshu Jain Co-Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt a. M.
Sheldon Whitehouse Senator, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism for the Senate Committee on Judiciary, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, New York, NY
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Yergin Executive Vice President and Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Washington, D.C.
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05.00 p.m. – 06:30 p.m. The Post-Conflict Conundrum Venue: Königssaal, Hotel Bayerischer Hof (Palais Montgelas, 2nd Floor)
Breakout Session Philip Hammond Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London
Philip M. Breedlove General, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO Allied Command Operations, Mons
Mohamed Emhemed Abdul Aziz Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Libya, Tripoli
Dr. Almut Wieland-Karimi Director, Center for International Peace Operations, Berlin
Chairman: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Member of the Advisory Council, Transparency International, London
08.00 p.m. State Dinner hosted by the Minister-President of the Free State of Bavaria Venue: Munich Residence (by special invitation only)
Presentation of the Ewald-von-Kleist-Award
10.30 p.m. Night Cap: Big Data and the Future of Intelligence (Chatham House Rule, participants only) Venue: Night Club, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Introduction: Ian Manocha Vice President of Government, SAS Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, London
Dr. August Hanning Former State Secretary; former President of the German Foreign Intelligence Service, Berlin
Michael V. Hayden General (ret.); former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency; Principal, The Chertoff Group, Washington, D.C.
Jane Harman Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Member of the Advisory Council, Munich Security Conference, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Georg Mascolo Former Editor-in-Chief of Der Spiegel; Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
2014: A Year for Long-Term Solutions?
09.00 a.m. – 09.45 a.m. The Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Ivica Dačić Prime Minister, Belgrade
Hashim Thaçi Prime Minister, Pristina
Baroness Catherine Ashton Vice President of the European Commission; High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union, Brussels
09.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. What Season is next for the Middle East? Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey, Ankara
Dr. Khalid Mohamed A. Al-Attiyah Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar, Doha
Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani Secretary General, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Riyadh
Prince Turki Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies; Member of the Advisory Council, Munich Security Conference, Riyadh
John McCain Senator, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Ian Bremmer President and Founder, Eurasia Group, New York, NY
11.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. Coffee Break Venue: Cocktail Lounge and Atrium, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
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11.45 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. Iran Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Panel Discussion Mohamad Javad Zarif Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran
Carl Bildt Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Sweden, Stockholm
Dr. Yukiya Amano Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Christopher Murphy Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger Ambassador, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
01.00 p.m. – 01.30 p.m. Venue: Conference Hall, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Statement Moshe Ya'alon Minister of Defence, State of Israel, Jerusalem
Moderator: Lyse Doucet Chief International Correspondent, BBC World, London
01.30 p.m. Lunch Venue: 6th Floor Restaurant, Hotel Bayerischer Hof
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