DAY 2
19 October 2023

08:30-09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 – 09:40 Welcoming remarks by

Oliver Morwinsky, Head of the Baltic States Offices, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Beata Patašova, Programme Officer, NATO
Sigita Struberga, Secretary-General of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation
Dr Kristine Zaidi, Programme Lead, Future Leaders Forum, The Riga Conference 2023

09:40 – 11:00
Adaptive Leadership for changing times. Future Leaders Panel
Leadership, when there are no easy answers to challenges our society faces, requires an adaptive approach to tackle wicked problems. In this panel, we explore the diverse nature of challenges to international stability and security and the kind of leadership needed to navigate them. During the session, emerging leaders will share their views on the leadership needed in these times of change to help shape a sustainable rules-based global order.
Megan Gisclon, Managing Editor and Researcher, Istanbul Policy Center
Benjamin Fogel, Senior Consultant, International Military Training, USA
Rebeka Zvirbule, Student, Rīga’s Stradiņu University, Latvia
Maarten Toelen, Manager - Business Continuity, Crisis Management & Cyber Resilience, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) TBC
Moderator: Marco Németh, Student, Milestone Institute, Budapest, Hungary

11:00-12:15
Sustaining a Rules-based Global Order: challenges and opportunities
The rules-based international order is undoubtedly the foundation on which long-term economic, social and cultural prosperity across the globe is sustained. Without the effective functioning of the international order, chaos, war and conflict replace peace and stability. How do we strengthen the foundations of an equitable rules-based society? There are many perspectives on how this can be achieved; however, common to all potential solutions is the need for a comprehensive perspective on security and a systemic approach to producing resilience. In this session, we will discuss the requirements for a functioning international order that is fit for purpose in a time of disruptive change for a world that is built on diverse political, socio-economic and cultural traditions.
Jazlyn Melnychuk, Senior Consultant for Public Affairs, Enterprise Canada
David A. Andelman, Commentator for CNN / Publisher SubStack: Andelman Unleashed
Dr Adam Potočňák, Assistant Professor, Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, University of Defence, Czech Republic
Antonia-Laura Pup, Policy Advisor to a member of the NATO PA delegation of Romania
Arta Haxhixhemajli, Rethink Non-Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (joining online)
Moderator: Donada Rata, project manager, Liberal Institute of Tirana PASHKO, Albania

12:15 – 13:15
Lunch break

13:15 – 14:45
#PreBunkers, led by John  Jacobs, Director of the Atlantic Forum Academy
#PreBunkers is a workshop designed by the Atlantic Forum Academy based on the 'Bad News Game', an educational browser game designed by 'DROG' and Cambridge University, and uses declassified material on resilience from NATO's CIMIC Centre of Excellence and NATO doctrine on Information Operations. The game is classified as a serious game and a newsgame aimed at improving media literacy and social impact and has been described by the media as a "fake news vaccine”.

14:45-16:00
Strengthening Trans-Atlantic relationships to foster Global Security
As the nature of threats continues to evolve, so must our response. Such agility not only requires maintaining a technological advantage but also a set of continuous intensive collaborative efforts across a myriad of areas ranging from security and defence to energy and food to ensure sustainable supply chains. This requires political and diplomatic efforts to strengthen existing alliances and recognition of what needs to be changed to remain responsive and effective in the collective pursuit of stability and security. All of which are prerequisites of economic growth, and societal and cultural prosperity. In this session, we explore how NATO, the EU, and individual member-states, need to adapt to be able to remain at the cutting edge of innovation and be able to respond effectively to the diverse nature of challenges and evolving threats to make a meaningful contribution to building a secure and resilient global order.
Matej Kandrik, Chief Executive Director, Adapt Institute, Slovakia
Julian Lindley-French, Chair & Founder of TAG – Geopolitics, Strategy and Innovation; Chairman of The Alphen Group, UK=
Eleanor Wragg, Senior Reporter at Global Trade Review (GTR) & Editorial Consultant
Patricia Nguyen, Staff Officer, NATO International Military Staff, Office of the Gender Advisor (IMS GENAD)
Ben Bruecher, Project Leader at the Ax:son Johnson Institute of Statecraft and Diplomacy
Moderator: Oksana Bidnenko, Riga Graduate School of Law

16:00-16:15
Coffee break

16:15-17:30
War in Ukraine: Pathway to peace and implications for wider security in Europe
The war in Ukraine will have a lasting impact on regional and global security. The primary aim is to secure peace, where Ukraine, with the support of its allies, will be in a position to implement its recovery plan. While securing peace, we need to learn collective lessons to ensure that such conflicts do not occur; and how to reduce dependences that impact our ability to respond to aggression through cooperation. War and violent conflict are devastating and must be prevented; however, as we have seen, conflicts also create a window of opportunity to produce change and a focus on progress and development. In this session, we will discuss the impact of the war and what we can learn from it to make a positive change, from post-war reconstruction to strengthening wider security in Europe.
Ian Bond, Director of Foreign Policy, Centre for European Reform
Alena Kudzko, Director of the GLOBSEC Policy Institute
Pavel Havlíček, Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs (AMO)
Bohdanna Duma, Lead organization representative (NGPO "Women's Union of Lviv region") of the working task group on youth issues UN SC 1325 Women Peace Security in the city of Lviv, Ukraine.
Romain Le Quiniou, Program Officer, Transatlantic Strategy Division, International Republican Institute
Moderator: Anna Nikolaienko, Operations Manager, NGO “Ukrainian Women’s Congress”

18:00
Discussion with Mr Oleksii Goncharenko MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (online)

18:30
Closing remarks