Europe and its external challenges – a 360° approach in uncertain times
About the Congress: 26 – 27 November 2019 » One of the largest yearly events on European Security and Defence Vienna House Andel’s Berlin » Meeting place for about 1 000 participants from more than Landsberger Allee 106 50 countries D-10369 Berlin » International forum for members of parliament, politicians and representatives of the armed forces, security organisations and www.euro-defence.eu industry » Partner in 2019: Italy » Former Partners: Russia, United Kingdom, Turkey, USA, France, Sweden, Netherlands » Exhibition with companies from Europe and abroad » Organised by the – Germany’s leading independent Newspaper for Civil and Military Services
Advisory Board
Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering Niels Annen Michel Barnier Wolfgang Hellmich former President of the European Parliament, MP, Minister of State, Chief Negotiator, Head of MP, Chairman of Representative for European Affairs of the Konrad German Federal Foreign Task Force under Article the Defence Committee, Adenauer Stiftung, Congress President BSC 2019 Office 50 TEU with UK, former German Bundestag Advisor of President Juncker on Security and Defence, European Commission
Prof Ioan Mircea Pa s¸ cu Ambassador Ji r˘ í S˘ ediv´y Dr Peter Tauber Dr Karl von Wogau Robert Walter former MEP, former former Permanent MP, Parliamentary State Secretary General of President of the Vice-President of the Representative of the Secretary, German Federal the Kangaroo Group, Assembly of the WEU European Parliament, Czech Republic to Ministry of Defence Congress President 2008 – 2011, President former Defence Minister NATO, former Minister BSC 2001 – 2011 of the European Security of Romania, Congress of Defence, Congress and Defence Association President BSC 2018 President BSC 2015 – 2017 (ESDA), Congress Presi- dent BSC 2012 – 2014
Associations cooperating with the Berlin Security Conference
CiDAN (Citizenship, Defence, European Security and Defence Association Army, Nation) Association Association européenne de sécurité et de défense
congress languages: English / German, main programme: in addition Italian
status: 23 September 2019 status: 23 September 2019 Main Programme Tuesday, 26 Nov 2019
08.00 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration 08.45 Welcome to the Congress » Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel
09.00 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE » Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, former President of the European Parliament, Representative for European Affairs of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Congress President BSC 2019
» The European Anthem followed by two Keynote Speeches
» Lorenzo Guerini, Minister of Defence, Italy (invited) » Miroslav Lajcák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, 2019 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
10.00 Keynote Industry » Alessandro Profumo, CEO Leonardo 10.20 Coffee Break 10.40 Keynote Industry » Pasquale di Bartolomeo, Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development and Managing Director MBDA Italia 11.10 Keynote Speech » Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway (invited)
11.30 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE European Security and Regional Stability – how to maintain coherence in times of epochal transition? Chair: » Niels Annen MP, Minister of State, German Federal Foreign Office Speakers: » General (ret) Philip M. Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the Commander of U.S. European Command » Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation » Alice Guitton, Director General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of the Armed Forces, France » Ambassador Nasser Kamel*, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) » Moussa Faki Mahamat*, Chairperson African Union Commission (AUC) » Dr John Manza, Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO Headquarters
HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE » Ambassador Ron Prosor, Head of the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Israel » Dr Norbert Röttgen MP, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Bundestag » Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway (invited) » Dr Detlef Wächter, Director General Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany » NN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
13.00 Luncheon / Buffet 14.30 Panel Session > Panels A1 – A8 16.00 Coffee Break 16.30 Resolving digital dilemmas in uncertain times – key takeaways for military leaders » Udo F. Littke, Managing Director & COO, Atos Germany 16.50 Keynote Speech General Eberhard Zorn, Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany 17.10 Keynote Speech » General Claudio Graziano, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee 17.30 Keynote Industry » Marc-Olivier Sabourin, Vice President and General Manager, Europe and Africa, CAE
17.50 HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM The Mediterranean Sea and North Africa – striving for regional stability to enhance European Security Chair: » Ambassador Ji r˘ í S˘ ediv´y , former Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO Speakers: » Elena Gómez Castro, Director General for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Spain » Vice Admiral Charles-Henri de la Faverie du Ché*, Commander and Chief of the Mediterranean (CECMED), Fance » Vice Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chief of Italian Navy » Lieutenant General Salvatore Farina, Chief of Italian Army » Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, Chief of German Navy FUTURE FORCES FORUM » Ambassador Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General CSDP and Crisis Response, EEAS
19.20 CIDAN/ESDA Ceremony » European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence 20.00 Buffet / Networking 21.30 End of the first day
www.euro-defence.eu * to be confirmed status: 23 September 2019 Main Programme Wednesday, 27 Nov 2019
08.00 Opening of the Exhibition 08.30 Welcome to the 2nd Conference Day
08.40 OPENING OF THE 2ND CONFERENCE DAY » NN, High-Level Personality OPENING
09.00 Keynote Industry » NN, Raytheon
09.20 HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW UN Security Council Resolution 1325 – Women, Peace and Security » Prof Ioan Mircea Pas¸cu, former MEP, former Vice-President of the European Parliament speaking with » Dr Veronika Bock, Director of the centre of the ethical education in the armed forces (zebis), Germany » Elisabeth Braw, Director, Modern Deterrence, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), United Kingdom » Dr Nicoletta Pirozzi, Head of the EU, politics and institutions programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali
INTERVIEW (IAI) and Vice President of Women in International Security (WIIS) – Rome Chapter » Dr Judit Varga, Minister of Justice and Minister of European Affairs, Hungary
10.00 Keynote Industry » Dr Thomas Kauffmann, Vice President & Managing Director GDELS-Deutschland 10.20 Keynote Speech » Ilkka Kanerva MP, Chair of the Defence Committee, Parliament of Finland 10.40 Coffee Break 11.00 Procurement and Innovation in uncertain times » Vice Admiral Dario Giacomin, Deputy Secretary General of Defence and National Armaments Director, Italy 11.20 Digital Geopolitics – new borders, growth and security of our countries » Enzo Benigni, President & CEO Elettronica 11.40 Change room for Panel Session 11.45 Panel Session > Panel B1 – B7 13.15 Buffet / Lunch Discussion 14.30 Keynote Speech » Lieutenant General Steven M. Shepro*, Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 14.50 Keynote Speech » General Enzo Vecciarelli, Chief of Defence, Italy 15.10 Keynote Industry » Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fincantieri SpA
15.30 FUTURE FORCES FORUM The European Defence Architecture – challenges and vulnerabilities versus innovation Chair: » Dr Peter Tauber MP, Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Defence Speakers: » Lieutenant General Gábor Böröndi, Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces » Vice Admiral de Hervé Bonnaventure*, Deputy Director General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry for the Armed Forces, France » Admiral Timothy Fraser, CB, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, UK » Ralf Ketzel, Senior Vice President, KMW, München » Lieutenant General Giovanni Nistri, Commanding General of the Italian Carabinieri Corps » Lieutenant General Alberto Rosso, Chief of the Italian Air Force HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM » Vice Admiral Joachim Rühle, Vice Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
17.00 CLOSING REMARKS
» Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, Congress President of the BSC 2019 CLOSING 17.15 End of the Congress
Co-Chairman BSC 2019: Brigadier General (ret) Reimar Scherz Co-Chairman BSC 2019: Major General Reinhard Wolski Coordinator BSC 2019: Colonel (ret) Hubertus von Rohr
www.euro-defence.eu * to be confirmed status: 23 September 2019 Panel Programme 26 November 2019
Panel A1 Panel A3 PESCO – a major step of the EU Defence Military Mobility – Combined Joint Support Strategy and Enabling in Europe for larger formations Chair: Chair: » Martin Konertz, » Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Director Capability, Armament and Technology, EDA Chief of the German Joint Support and Enabling Service Introduction: Introduction: » Thomas Gottschild, » Alexander von Erdmannsdorff, Executive Group Director Strategy and Managing Leiter Political & Public Affairs, Director MBDA Germany RUAG Deutschland GmbH Panellists: » NN, Lockheed Martin » Lucio Demichele, Panellists: Directorate General for Political and Security Affairs, » Dietmar Hilke, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Director Cybersecurity Public & Defence, Cisco Germany Cooperation, Italy » Lieutenant General Jürgen Knappe, Commander Joint » Natalia Pouzyreff MP, Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) and Comman- Secretary of the Defence Committee in the French ding General of Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm National Assembly » Dirk Moede, » Dr Germar Schroeder, Senior Key Account Manager, Computacenter AG Partner, PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH & Co oHG » Dr Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß, » Lieutenant General Bruno Paccagnini, Branch Chief EU /CSDP, Federal Ministry of Defence, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Performance, France Germany » Colonel Enrico Rinaldi, » NN, Rheinmetall Chairman NATO Transport Group Inland Surface Transport Working Group
Panel A2 Panel A4 Regional Cooperation in the Mediterranean Area NATO / EU Initiatives to improve capabilities for – multilateral initiatives to build resilience and medical operations enhance security Chair: Chair: » Major General (MC) Dr Stephan Schoeps, » Lieutenant General Roberto Perretti, Deputy Surgeon General of the Bundeswehr Commander NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Joint Medical Service (NRDC-ITA) Introduction: Introduction: » NN, CAE » Giampaolo Giraudi, Panellists: Institutional Relations and Marketing Director, » Prof Dr Rainer Bernnat, IVECO Defence Vehicles Partner, PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH Panellists: » Brigadier General (MC) Dr Stefan Kowitz, » Andrea Avoli, Director Multinational Medical Coordinantion Centre / Vice President Marketing NATO & EU, European Medical Command Electronics Division, Leonardo » Colonel Veterinary Dr Katalyn Roßmann, » Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano, Branch Chief Preventive Health Protection Operations, Director Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service (COESPU), Italy » Surgeon Captain Donald Verschoor, » Major General Alberto Biavati, Medical Advisor to the Chief of Operations, Ministry of Chief of Staff Italian Air Force Operational Forces Defence, the Netherlands Command, former President of 5+5 initiative » Colonel Claudio Zanotto, » Rear Admiral Luca Conti, Chief of International Relations Office, Deputy Capability Director, Defence General Staff, General Inspectorate for Military Health, Italy Italy » NN, Panasonic » Dr John Manza, Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO Headquarters » Ross Riddell, Advisor Multinational Cooperation Defence Planning Integration Strategic, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
www.euro-defence.eu * to be confirmed status: 23 September 2019 Panel Programme 26 November 2019
Panel A5 Panel A7 European Naval Cooperation – prerequisite Terrorism – the future of countering the for (collective) maritime security in the global threat Mediterranean and Black Sea Chair: Co-Chairs: » Nils Wörmer, » Vice Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Head of the Team Foreign, Security and European Chief of Italian Navy Policy, European and International Cooperation of » Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Chief of German Navy Introduction: Introduction: » Joel Bollö, CEO Micro Systemation (MSAB) » Dr Rolf Wirtz, Panellists: Chief Executive Officer, » Dr Gerhard Conrad, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH Director of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre, Panellists: EEAS » Dr Marcello Mariucci, » Patrizio Fondi, Managing Director, Elettronica GmbH Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International » Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Cooperation, Italy Director Plans & Concept, International » Prof Seth G. Jones, Cooperation, German Naval Command Director of the Transnational Threats Project, » NN, Director Plans and Maritime Policy, Senior Advisor to the International Security General Staff Italian Navy (invited) Programme at the CSIS » NN, Raytheon » Dr Hans-Jacob Schindler, Senior Director at Counter Extremism Project » NN, Capgemini
Panel A6 Panel A8 Digitization versus Cyber Threats – Revolution in Mobile Military Operations – multidomain operations as part of digital new technologies for command and control warfare Chair: Chair: » Major General Dr Michael Heinz Färber, » Lieutenant General Michael Vetter, Commanding General of the Information Director-General CIT, Federal Ministry of Defence, Technology Command Bundeswehr Germany Introduction: Introduction: » Stefan Hefter, » Andreas Schiel, Partner Global Business Services, IBM Deutschland Head of Business Unit Command & Control Systems, Panellists: ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik GmbH » Terry Halvorsen, Panellists: Chief Information Officer / EVP, » Tobias Dames, IT & Mobile Communication, Samsung Electronics IT-Security Consultant, Bechtle » Stephan Kornrumpf, » Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Account Director Public Safety & Security, Director of the European Union Satellite Centre Ericcson GmbH (SatCen) » Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger, » Brigadier General (sel) Frank Pieper, Chief Strategy Officer, BWI GmbH Chief Digital Officer German Army » Peter Obermark, » Dr Volker Strecke, Special Representative of the Management Board, Senior Business Development Manager, Rheinmetall AG Arrow ESC AG » Christian Peters, » Major General Francesco Vestito, Programme Leader D-LBO TEN, Federal Office of Commander of the Joint Operational Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology Cyber Command (JOCC), Italy and In-Service-Support (BAAINBw) » Heiko Seebode, Head of Business Segment IT & Land Systems, Defence & Public Security Division, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
www.euro-defence.eu * to be confirmed status: 23 September 2019 Panel Programme 27 November 2019
Panel B1 Panel B3 Arms Control – how to prevent a new arms Capability Development – how to harmonize the race in Europe? efforts in the EU, in NATO and in the Nations? Chair and Introduction: Chair: » Ambassador Susanne Baumann, » Lieutenant General Christian Badia, Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament Director-General for Planning, and Arms Control, Director-General for International Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany Order, the United Nations and Arms Control, German Introduction: Federal Foreign Office » Michael Brückner, Panellists: BEITEN BURKHARDT, Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH » Jacek Bylica, Panellists: EEAS Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and » Rear Admiral Luca Conti, Disarmament Deputy Capability Director, Defence General Staff, Italy » Janis Garisons, » Peter Heilmeier, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Latvia Sales and Business Development Director » Dr Oliver Meier, MBDA Germany Deputy Head International Security Division, German » Dr Thomas Kauffmann, Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Vice President & Managing Director GDELS-Deutschland » Prof Dr Krzysztof Miszczak, » Dr Gergely Németh, Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Deputy State Secretary and Defence Policy Director, International Studies, Poland Hungary » Brigadier General Wolfgang Ohl*, » Timo Pesonen*, Director for Security and Defence Policy, Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission » NN, Director General for Strategy, Security and » Dr Germar Schroeder, Disarmament, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Partner, PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH » NN, Department of Non-Proliferation and Arms » Rear Admiral John W. Tammen*, Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy, Russian Federation Headquarters Supreme Allied Command Transformation
Panel B2 Panel B4 NATO Strategic Direction South – the Hub Multinational Air Power – how to increase Chair: operational readiness to counter international » NN, Chief of Staff Allied Joint Forces Command threats? Naples (invited) Co-Chairs: Introduction: » Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, » NN, Raytheon Chief of German Air Force Panellists: » Lieutenant General Alberto Rosso, » Colonel (GS) Jörg Dronia, Chief of Italian Air Force Branch Chief DEU Enable and Enhance Initiative, Introduction: Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany » Giovanni Soccodato, » Colonel Mario Nicola Greco, Chief Strategy Officer, Leonardo NATO IS Strategic Analysis Capability Panellists: » Brigadier General John Hashem, » Major General Claudio Gabellini, Deputy Director, Strategy, Engagement and Commander of the ITAF Air Operations Command and Programs, United States Africa Command Commander of the NATO Deployable Air Command & » Brigadier General Ignazio Lax, Control Centre Director of NATO Strategic Direction South Hub » Air Vice Marshal Alan Gillespie CBE, » NN, Fincantieri Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group, Royal Air Force » NN, General Atomics » Celia Pelaz, Member Executive Committee Head of Spectrum Dominance & Airborne Solutions, Hensoldt » Lieutenant General Francisco Javier Fernández Sánchez*, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air Force » NN, Airbus Defence and Space
www.euro-defence.eu * to be confirmed status: 23 September 2019 Panel Programme 27 November 2019
Panel B5 Panel B7 Joint and Combined Armed Forces / Airborne Security in the Mediterranean Area – Multinational Formations in a 3600 Israeli technical solutions approach – what is the main effort? Chair and Indroduction: Co-Chairs: » Amira Ilany, Director Europe & North America » Lieutenant General Salvatore Farina, Division SIBAT, Ministry of Defence, Israel Chief of Italian Army Panellists: » Lieutenant General Jörg Vollmer, » Ilan Freedman, Chief of German Army Vice President Kineti Introduction: » Rami Shmueli, » N.N. Rheinmetall CEO RT Systems Ltd. Panellists: » Alon Svirsky, » Lieutenant General Christopher Cavoli, CEO copterPix Ltd. COM USAREUR » Dr Jörg Hennemann, Marketing Police, Military & Sport, Schmidt & Bender » Brigadier General Attila Takács, Inspector of the Hungarian Land Forces » Brigadier General Alberto Vezzoli, Commander of “Julia” Brigade / Multinational Land Force (MLF) » Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen*, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army Media Partners
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Panel B6 Conflict Scenarios of the Future – the impact of digitization Chair: » Lieutenant General Ludwig Leinhos, Chief of German CID Service Introduction: » Marcel Taubert, Head of Division Defence, secunet Security Networks AG Panellists: » Dr Christoph Erdmann, CEO Secusmart » Sven Sakkov, Director International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia » Major General (ret) Erich Staudacher, GEAF (ret), VP EMEA and General Manager AFCEA Europe » Leendert van Bochoven, Global Lead for Defence, Intelligence and NATO, IBM » NN, Director Centre for Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence, Italy (invited)
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