Digitale Berliner Sicherheitskonferenz 2021 – Stabilität Mitteleuropas
Der Online-Kongress DIGITALE BERLINER SICHERHEITSKONFERENZ behandelt 2021 die Zukunft der europäischen Sicherheit und Verteidigung sowie die osteuropäischen Partner als Pfeiler der regionalen Stabilität in Mitteleuropa in Partnerschaft mit der Tschechischen Republik. Präsident der DIGITALEN BERLINER SICHERHEITSKONFERENZ ist Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, ehemaliger Präsident des Europäischen Parlaments, Europabeauftragter der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Highlights:
- Keynote by Jakub Kulhánek*, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic.
- The future of EU Defence: Combining Strategic Autonomy and Enhanced Partnerships with General Claudio Graziano, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC).
- HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE: European Security and Defence – Central and Eastern (Expectations) and Contributions with Niels Annen MP, Minister of State, German Federal Foreign Office (Chair and Introduction); Jakub Kulhánek*, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic; Dr Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia; Marcin Przydacz, Undersecretary of State for Security and Eastern Policy MOFA, Republic of Poland; Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary and Dr. Detlef Wächter, Director General for Security and Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence.
- The Czech Republic´s perspective on transatlantic security by Jan Havránek, Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Czech Republic.
- HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW: Implementation of gender policy in NATO and EU defence planning with Dr Hans-Peter Bartels, former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Germany; Clare Hutchinson, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security; Colonel Magda Dvorřáková, Head of the Public Diplomacy Section, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces; Lieutenant Colonel Peter Östman, Commander Nordic Center for Gender in Military Operations, Sweden and Kristin de Peyron, EEAS Deputy Managing Director- Global.
Hauptprogramm 1. Tag (Teil 1)
Hauptprogramm 1. Tag (Teil 2)
Hauptprogramm 2. Tag (Teil 1)
Hauptprogramm 2. Tag (Teil 2)
Fachforen
Panel A1: Review of CDP / CARD / EDF / PESCO – how to achieve more synergy in defence and budget plans?
Chair and introduction:
- Lieutenant General Christian Badia, Director-General for Planning, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
Panellists:
- Rear Admiral Jürgen Ehle, Senior Military Advisor Managing Director for CDSP and Crisis Response EEAS
- Dr Jörg Hennemann, Marketing Police, Military & Sport, Schmidt & Bender
- Josef Procházka, Deputy Director Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies, National Defence University Brno, Czech Republic
- Dr Jan Wille, Partner and Managing Director at PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH
Panel A2: Framework Nations Concept – effective catalyst of regional mil-mil cooperation and capability development
Chair and Introduction:
- Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commanding General 1 (GE/NL) Corps
Panellists:
- Brigadier General Andrea Argieri, Deputy Head of Plans and Policy Division, Defence General Staff, Italy
- Major General (ret) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff Czech Armed Forces
- Dr Gergely Németh, Deputy State Secretary and Defence Policy Director, Hungary
- Olli Ruutu, Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)
- Brigadier General Jaroslav Schön, Commander Joint Logistics Support Group Brunssum
Panel A3: CBRN Defence – Whole-of-Government Approach
Chair
- Lieutenant General Jürgen Weigt, Deputy Chief of the German Joint Support and Enabling Service
Introduction:
- Christopher W. Frech, Senior Vice President Global Government Affairs, Emergent Biosolutions
Panellists:
- Colonel David Martínek, Director JCBRN Defence Centre of Excellence, Czech Republic
- Dr Frank Sabath, Defence Research Institute for Protection Technologies (WIS), Chairman JCBRN Defence Capability Development Group
- Martin Schieffer, Head of Unit Counter-Terrorism, European Commission
- Colonel Klaus Werner Schiff, Commander Bundeswehr CBRN Command
Panel A4: Air Defence for Multinational Formations on the move
Chair and Introduction:
- Lieutenant General Klaus Habersetzer, Commander German Air Operations Centre, Commander CAOC,
Uedem and Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar
Panellists:
- Brigadier General Gregory Brady, Commanding General 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command
- Major General Rob Jeulink, Deputy Commander Royal Netherlands Army
- Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command
- Colonel Vladimír Vyklický, Research Fellow, Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies, Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic
Panel A5: EU / NATO Naval Cooperation – prerequisite for maritime security on the eastern flank in the Baltic and the Black Sea
Chair:
- Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schönbach, Chief of German Navy
Introduction:
- Major General USAF (ret) Scott F. Smith, Regional Vice President Europe, International Strategic Development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Panellists:
- Rear Admiral Rune Andersen, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy
- Prof James Bergeron, Political Advisor to Commander, Allied Maritime Command in Northwood
- Rear Admiral (UH) Mihai Panait, Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces
- General (ret) PhD Gheorghe Savu, Director Damen Naval Romania
Panel A6: Countering Cyber Threats – the progress of digital warfare in multidomain operations
Chair:
- Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of German CID Service
Introduction:
- Leendert van Bochoven, Executive Member and Global Segment Leader for Defence and Intelligence, IBM’s Public Sector
Panellists:
- Dr Regine Grienberger, Ambassador for Cyber Foreign and Cybersecurity Policy, German Federal Foreign Office
- Prof Dr Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Faculty of Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
- Mario Hempel, Director Sales Development Public Sector, Bechtle GmbH & Co. KG
- Brigadier General (ret) Karel Řehka, Director National Cyber and Information Security Agency, Czech Republic
- Andreas Schiel, Head of Business Unit Command & Control Systems and Joint Fire Support ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
- Major General Göksel Sevindik, Chief of Staff NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)
Panel A7: Strategic Intelligence and Communications –prerequisite for strategic analysis and decision making on EU-level also in a hybrid conflict environment
Chair and Introduction:
- Dr August Hanning, former President of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND),
former State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Member of the programme and editor board of the Behörden Spiegel Group
Panellists:
- Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Director of the European Union Satellite Center (SatCen)
- Maxime Lebrun, Senior Analyst Research and Analysis Function, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)
- Lieutenant General (ret) Frank Leidenberger, Chief Digital Officer, BWI GmbH
- Colonel (ret) Ralph D. Thiele, Chairman „Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft“ (pmg), President EuroDefense (Deutschland), CEO StratByrd Consulting
Panel B1: China’s military ascent and its implications for the West
Chair and indroduction:
- Thomas Birringer, Deputy Head Division Analysis and Consulting, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Panellists:
- Elbridge A. Colby, Principal at the Marathon Initiative, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development
- Jakub Janda, Director European Values Center for Security Policy, Czech Republic
- Dr Sarah Kirchberger, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Strategy and Security, Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University
gGmbH (ISPK) - Martin Riegl, Acting Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Czech Republic
Panel B2: Human Resources – recruitment and retention
Chair:
- Emmanuel Jacob, President European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions (EUROMIL)
Introduction:
- Dr Germar Schröder, Partner PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH
Panellists:
- Brigadier General (ret) František Mičánek, Research Fellow, Centre for Security and Military Strategy Studies,
Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic - Brigadier General (MC) Dr Nicole Schilling, Vice President Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management
- Colonel Peter Tagesson, Head of Personnel Planning, Sweden
Panel B3: How to maintain a credible nuclear deterrence in and for Europe?
Chair and Introduction:
- Lieutenant General (ret) Heinrich Brauss, former Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning NATO
Panellists:
- Ambassador Susanne Baumann, Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control,
Director-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control, German Federal Foreign Office - Jessica L. Cox, Director Nuclear Policy Directorate NATO International Staff
- Dr Jan Jireš, Chief Defence Counsellor, Czech Delegation to NATO
- Dr Oliver Meier, Senior Researcher Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
- Natalia Pouzyreff, Secretary of the Defence Committee in the French National Assembly
Panel B4: Land Forces in a Joint and Combined Environment – readiness and availability
Chair:
- Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of German Army
Introduction:
- Lieutenant General (ret) Arnaud Sainte-Claire Deville, Vice President Institutional Relations, Nexter Group, France
Panellists:
- General Christopher Cavoli, Commanding General USAREUR-AF
- Ivo Pikner, Research Fellow, Department of Military Science Theory, Faculty of Military Leadership, Defence University in Brno, Czech Republic
- Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
- Lieutenant General Slawomir Wojciechowski PhD, Commanding General of Multinational Corps North East
Panel B5: Multinational Air Power – enhancing EU-capabilities within NATO
Co-Chairs:
- Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, Chief of German Air Force
- Major General Nándor Kilián, Air Chief and Inspector for Air Force Hungarian Defence Command
Introduction:
- Lieutenant General (ret) Steven M. Shepro, Vice President, Commercial Derivative Aircraft, Strike, Surveillance and Mobility, and Phantom Works Fixed Wing, Boeing
Panellists:
- Nicola Baumann, Operational Requirements Manager, ESG Defence and Public Security
- Marco Gumbrecht, Head of Training Simulation Military Air Systems, Airbus Defence and Space
- Brigadier General Petr Lanci, Deputy Commander of the Air Force, Armed Forces of the Czech Republic
Panel B6: Digitalisation – robust interoperable networks for European military operations
Chair:
- Major General Dr Michael Heinz Färber, Commanding General of the Information Technology Command Bundeswehr
Introduction:
- Marcel Taubert, Head of Division Defence & Space, secunet Security Networks AG
Panellists:
- Stefan Hefter, Partner IBM Global Business Services Defense & Intelligence
- Brigadier General Frank Pieper, Chief Digital Officer German Army
- Lieutenant General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Deputy Chief of German Air Force
- Alexander Schütterle, Vice President Sales EMEA, Cellebrite
Panel B7: New and Disruptive Technologies
Chair and Introduction:
- Dr Pavel Zůna, Director of the Collaboration Support Office, NATO Science and Technology Organization
Panellists:
- Joel Bollö, CEO Micro Systemation (MSAB)
- Barbara Hoffman, Vice President Global Strategic Operations Government, Samsung Electronics
- Martin Issakhani, Senior Enterprise Account Manager DACH, RSA
- Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command
Panel B8: Covid-19 Lessons Learned – maintaining Europe’s military capabilities (and resilience) in times of a global pandemic
Chair and Introduction:
- Brigadier General (MC) Zoltán Bubeník, Surgeon General of the Czech Armed Forces, Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Health Services of the NATO (COMEDS)
Panellists:
- Prof Dr Rainer Bernnat, Senior Partner and Managing Director PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH
- Mo Cashman, Director of Solution Architects & Principal Engineer, McAfee
- Brigadier General (sel) Dr Zuzana Kročová, PhD., Rector-Commandant of the University of Defense in Brno, Czech Republic
- Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Chief of the German Joint Support and Enabling Service
- Major General Andreas Schick, Commander European Air Transport Command (EATC)
- Major General (MC) Dr Stephan Schoeps, Deputy Surgeon General of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service
- Ali Vezvaei, Vice Chairman ECOLOG International