Programme

Saab 16th Annual EU and NATO Defence Seminar

17:00 - 17:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee | 17:30 - 19:30 Seminar 19:30 - 21:30 Networking and Walking Dinner

Can Europe Protect and Defend Itself?

What value can the EU add for Member States and the EDTIB in the Paradigm Shift?

17:00 - 17:30

Registration and Coffee

17:30 - 17:45

Welcome and Introduction

Micael Johansson 

President and CEO, Saab AB

17:45 - 18:00

Keynote Speech

Andrius Kubilius

Commissioner-Designate, Defence and Space, European Commission

18:00 - 19:10

Fireside Chats

Katarina Tracz

Moderator, Security & Defence Analyst

Session 1 (20 minutes)

Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defence, European External Action Service

Ambassador Vsevolod Chentsov

Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU

  • Q&A – 5 min

Session 2 (10 minutes)

Timo Pesonen

Director-General for Defence and Space, European Commission

  • Q&A – 5 min

Session 3 (20 minutes)

Zoe White

Head of Policy, Plans and Partnerships, NATO

Jiří Šedivý 

Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

  • Q&A – 5 min

19:10 - 19:25

Closing Remarks

Angus Lapsley

Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO

19:25 - 19:30

Thank you and See you next year

Micael Johansson 

President and CEO, Saab AB

19:30

Networking and Walking Dinner

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