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DAY 1 | 10 JUNE
DAY 2 | 11 JUNE
08:00 - 09:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 09:40
UTC+3 (EEST)
Opening Remarks
speaker
Jānis Sārts
Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
speaker
09:40 - 10:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Keynote Speech by H.E. Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of the Republic of Latvia
moderator
Jānis Sārts
Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
keynote
H.E. Edgars Rinkēvičs
President of the Republic of Latvia
keynote
10:00 - 11:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel Discussion | Fragmented Identities and the Future of Democracy: Navigating the New Electoral Landscape
speaker
Baiba Braže
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
speaker
speaker
Peter Frankopan
Professor of Global History, Oxford University
speaker
speaker
Dr. Robert Seely
Author; Head of Strategy, Trypillian
speaker
moderator
Laura Thornton
Senior Director for Global Democracy Programs, McCain Institute
moderator
11:00 - 11:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Moldova: Russian Influence and the Fight for Sovereignty at the Ballot Box
speaker
Adam Rutland
CEO & Co-founder, Centre for Information Resilience
speaker
speaker
Liliana Vițu
Chairwoman, Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Moldova
speaker
speaker
Victoria Olari
Researcher, Atlantic Council's DFRLab
speaker
moderator
Mārtiņš Pundors
Chief of the Operational Support Branch, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
11:30 - 13:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Foreign Influence in German Elections: What Happened and What's Next?
speaker
Christian Spahr
Managing Director, Lie Detectors
speaker
speaker
Paula Köhler
Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference
speaker
speaker
Dr. Thorsten Quandt
Professor (Online Communications), Dean (Dept. of Education and Social Sciences) University of Münster
speaker
moderator
Mareike Müller
Foreign Correspondent covering Ukraine, Russia and Eastern Europe, Handelsblatt
moderator
11:30 - 13:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Foreign Influence in Canada's Elections: Assessing the Threat and Response
speaker
Kenton Thibaut
Senior Resident China Fellow, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab
speaker
speaker
Amb. Larisa Galadza
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs, Global Affairs Canada
speaker
speaker
Laurie-Anne Kempton
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Communications and Consultations, Privy Council Office
speaker
speaker
Marcus Kolga
Founder and Director, DisinfoWatch
speaker
moderator
Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
moderator
12:30 - 14:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel Discussion | Trademark NATO: Security in an Age of Cognitive Warfare; Rethinking Deterrence Communications in Multi-Vector Environment
speaker
Carl-Oscar Bohlin
Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden
speaker
speaker
Marie-Doha Besancenot
Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of France
speaker
moderator
Dr. Elisabeth Braw
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
moderator
15:00 - 15:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout Session | Revitalizing Nuclear Deterrence: A Bold Response in an Age of Reckless Threats
speaker
Dr. Francesca Giovannini
Executive Director, Harvard Belfer’s Initiative on Managing the Atom; Director, Harvard MacArthur Research Network on Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence
speaker
speaker
Iryna Adam
Research Associate, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab
speaker
speaker
Paul Zajac
Director for Strategy and Policy, French Atomic Energy Commission
speaker
moderator
Dr. Joshua E. Segal
Non-resident Associate Fellow, GLOBSEC
moderator
15:30 - 16:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout Session | What Does NATO Conventional Posture Communicate?
speaker
MG Georgs Kerlins
Chief of Staff, National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia
speaker
speaker
MG Jette Albinus
Commander, NATO Multinational Division Headquarters North
speaker
speaker
LTG (Retired) Stuart Skeates
Former Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Brunssum, NATO
speaker
moderator
Greta Monika Tučkutė
Senior Defense Advisor at NATO (Lithuanian delegation), Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania
moderator
15:30 - 16:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout Session | Imposing Costs on Adversaries: Expanding Existing Strategic Communications Options
speaker
Henry Collis
Director, Centre for Information Resilience
speaker
speaker
Kirsten Wild
Researcher, University of Poitiers
speaker
speaker
Magnus Hjort
Director General, Swedish Psychological Defence Agency
speaker
moderator
Gavin Wilde
Senior Researcher, Latvian Institute of International Affairs; Non-resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University and Riga Stradins University
moderator
16:30 - 17:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel Discussion | Washing away memory. New realities emerging.
speaker
Dr. Andrew Hoskins
Professor of AI, Memory and War, University of Edinburgh
speaker
speaker
Andrew Cheatham
Senior Advisor on Global Policy, United States Institute of Peace
speaker
speaker
Margherita Douglas
Executive Director, Zinc Network
speaker
moderator
Elīna Lange-Ionatamišvili
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
18:00 - 18:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
Closing Remarks
moderator
Aron Bonanno
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
18:15 - 21:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Networking
08:30 - 10:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 - 10:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Influence Operations: When They Fail, Why They Still Matter?
speaker
Eto Buziashvili
Research Associate, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab
speaker
speaker
Kenton Thibaut
Senior Resident China Fellow, Atlantic Council’s DFRLab
speaker
moderator
Emerson Brooking
Director of Strategy and Resident Sr. Fellow, Atlantic Council's DFRLab
moderator
09:00 - 10:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | How to Fight Fear?
speaker
Dr. Anneli Portman
Senior Specialist, Finish Institute for Health and Welfare
speaker
speaker
Avital Sahar
CEO, Mithril Global Strategies
speaker
moderator
Dr. Päivi Tampere
Chief of the Technical and Scientific Development Branch, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
09:00 - 10:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Lines Crossed: Ukraine's Strategic Signalling
speaker
Angelica Evans
Russia Analyst, Institute for the Study of War
speaker
speaker
Valeria Kovtun
Strategic Partnerships Lead, OpenMinds
speaker
moderator
Ben Heap
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
10:00 - 10:15
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel discussion | AI Agents and Open-Source Models: Redefining Global Tech Dominance in Information Environment
speaker
Dr. Pekka Abrahamsson
Professor of Software Engineering, Tampere University
speaker
speaker
Philipp Koralus
Founding Director, HAI Lab; McCord Professor of Philosophy and AI University of Oxford
speaker
speaker
Yara Kyrychenko
Manager, Cambridge Social Decision Making Lab
speaker
11:30 - 12:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Technological Capability Advancement in Strategic Communications
speaker
Jānis Butkēvičs
M&C SAATCHI Global Services
speaker
speaker
Shashi Jayakumar
Founder and Executive Director, SJK Geostrategic Advisory Pte
speaker
speaker
Dr. Tae-Eun Song
Assistant Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy
speaker
moderator
Ieva Ilves
Senior Advisor on Cybersecurity Policy and International Cooperation, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
moderator
12:00 - 13:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | The Role of AI in Hostile Information Space
speaker
Doowan Lee
Chief Strategy Officer, EdgeTheory
speaker
speaker
Esteban Ponce de León
Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council's DFRLab
speaker
speaker
Wataru Suyama
Senior Analyst, Constella Security Japan
speaker
moderator
Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi
Founder and CEO, OpenMinds
moderator
12:00 - 13:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Breakout session | Audience behavior modelling as the next step in information environment simulation
moderator
Guna Šnore
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
13:00 - 14:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Lunch
14:30 - 15:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel discussion | 10 Years From Now: Imagine the Unimaginable
speaker
Dr. Alf Rehn
Professor, Innovation, Design and Management, University of Southern Denmark
speaker
speaker
Graham Brookie
Vice President, Technology Programs and Strategy, Atlantic Council; Senior Director, Atlantic Council's DFR Lab
speaker
speaker
Dr. Jonnie Penn
Associate Teaching Professor of AI Ethics and Society, University of Cambridge
speaker
moderator
Daunis Auers
Professor of European Studies and Jean Monnet Chair, University of Latvia; Director, Latvia’s Strategy and Economic Research (LaSER)
moderator
15:30 - 16:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Panel Discussion | Rebranding Freedom: Reclaiming Its Meaning for Future Generations
speaker
Dr. Audrey Borowski
Research Fellow, Centre for Science and Thought, University of Bonn
speaker
speaker
Dr. Hanna Shelest
Director of Security Studies and Global Outreach Programmes, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”; Editor-in-Chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica
speaker
speaker
Dr. Neville Bolt
Founder and Director, Sympodium Institute for Strategic Communications
speaker
moderator
Amb. Larisa Galadza
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs, Global Affairs Canada
moderator
17:00 - 17:30
UTC+3 (EEST)
Closing Remarks
moderator
Aron Bonanno
Senior Expert, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
moderator
keynote
Jānis Sārts
Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
keynote
18:00 - 22:00
UTC+3 (EEST)
Verre de l’amitie (different location)