Thursday, 23 February
Registration
08.00 – 09.30
Opening Remarks
09.30 – 09.45
• Major General (Ret.) Leonardo DINU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center
•Air Flotila General Eugen MAVRIȘ, Rector of the “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania
Panel I. One Year of War in Ukraine. An Assessment of the Impact on the Security Enviroment
10.00 – 11.30
Chair: Major General (Ret.) Leonardo DINU, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence Directorate, Romania
• Lieutenant-general George VLAD, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Romania
• Admiral (Ret.) Ihor KABANENKO, former Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukraine
• General (Ret.) Sir James EVERARD, Chairman of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), UK
• Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ben HODGES, Member of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former commander United States Army Europe, USA
11:00 – 11:30 Open Discussions
Break
11.30 – 11.45
Panel II. The War in Ukraine and Future of the Maritime Domain
11.45 – 12.45
Chair: Major General (Ret.) Paul HURMUZ, senior associate expert, New Strategy Center
• Vice Admiral Mihai PANAIT, Chief of the Naval Forces, Romania
• Mr. Seth CROPSEY, President, Yorktown Institute, USA
12:15 – 12:45 Open Discussions
Working Lunch. „Possible evolutions of the Ukrainian war”
12.45 – 14.00
• Admiral (Ret.) Ihor KABANENKO, former Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukraine
Panel III. The Battle for the Black Sea. Using Unmanned Tools for a Modern Naval Warfare
14.00 – 15.00
Chair: Captain (Navy) (Ret.) John SANDOZ, former Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, USA (via-VTC)
• Mr. Terry JAMISON, Director, Autonomous Aviation & Technology, Defence, Space & Security, Boeing, USA
• VADM (Ret.) Bob HARWARD, former Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command, USA
14:45 – 15:00 Open Discussions
Break
15.00 – 15.15
Panel IV. Investments in Strategic Infrastructure and Training for Autonomous Vehicles
15.15 – 16.15
Chair: Brigadier General (Ret.) Eduard SIMION, Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Mr. Cătălin PODARU, General Manager, Leviatan, Romania
• Mr. Taz LITTLE, CEO&C0-Founder AINautics, USA
• Mr. Florin BĂNĂȚEANU, Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consultanță Romania
16:00 – 16:15 Open Discussions
Break
16.15 – 16.30
Panel V. The Land Domain and the Impact of Unmanned Systems
16.30 – 17.30
Chair: Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN, Member of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Head of the Taskforce Logistics / J4 of the Netherlands MOD, Netherlands
• Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS, Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Ukraine
• Mr. Adam HODGES, International Vertical Lift Sales & Marketing, Boeing, USA
• Dr. Matthew FOGLESONG, Director of Technology, National Advanced Mobility Consortium, USA
17:15 – 17:30 Open Discussions
Panel VI. Battlefields of the Future and the Land Domain. Lesson Learned from the Ukrainian Front
17.30 – 18.15
Chair: Mr. Greg MELCHER, Chief Operations Officer, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA
• General (Ret.) Sir James EVERARD, Chairman of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), UK
• Major General Dragoș IACOB, Commander, HQ Multinational Corps South-East, Romania
17:50 – 18:15 Open Discussions