Warsaw Transatlantic Forum

March 12th, Young Atlanticist Day

9:00 Registration Panel 1 (Old Library Building, main auditorium)

9:30 Introduction

• Amb. Jerzy M. Nowak, President Polish Euro-Atlantic Association

Welcoming Address

• Dr hab. Marcin Palys, Rector University of Warsaw

Welcoming Remarks

• Frances G Burwell, Vice President, Atlantic Council of the United States

9:45 Panel 1. Future of NATO (Videoconference with Kiev, Ukraine)

The Alliance’s role in meeting new and unconventional threats and providing security to its members: ways and means to build solidarity in promoting stability in the Euro-Atlantic area and beyond – througn cooperation with partners (EU in particular) and through enlargment, strategy for the future, in particilar on harmonizing Euro-Atlantic interests

Moderator: Amb. Jerzy M. Nowak, President Polish Euro-Atlantic Association

In Warsaw

• Julian Lindley French, Defense Academies of the Netherlands and the UK
• Prof. dr hab. Roman Kuzniar, Director Strategic Studies and Security Section, Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw 
• Temuri Yakobashvili, Minister of Euro-Atlantic Integration, Georgia

In Kiev (National Academy of Public Administration):

• Oleh Kokoshynsky, Vice President, Atlantic Council of Ukraine
• Oksana Pyliavets, deputy head of the Ukrainian Students Euroatlantic Forum.Discussion

10:45 Coffee Break and registration Panel 2

11:00 Panel 2. Alliance Challenges in Afganistan and its Region (VTC with American University in Kabul)

Moderator: Julian Lindley French, Defense Academies of the Netherlands and the UK

In Warsaw:

• Jacek Najder, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
• Colonel John Shirras, Allied Joint Force Command HQ Brunssum or ISAF, or independent military expert
• Gen. Franciszek Gagor, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
• Łukasz Tolak, expert: Afganistan & Pakistan – Collegium Civitas

American University of Afghanistan, Kabul:

• David Shaw, Director of Student Services, American University of Afghanistan
• Fawzia Koofi, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

12:00 End of Panel 2 (invitation for Opening Ceremony and lunch)

12:20 Opening Ceremony – Photo Exhibition (Old Library Building hall)

• Amb. Jerzy M. Nowak, President Polish Euro-Atlantic Association 
• Jean-François Bureau, Assistant Secretary General of NATO
• Jacek Wojciechowicz, Deputy Mayor of the City of Warsza
• Iwona Kuczaik – Chief of the Academic Section, Polish Euro-Atlantic Association 

12:35 Press briefing

12:35 Lunch (Old Library Building hall)

13:15 Registration Panel 3 (Old Library Building, main auditorium)

13:30 Visit to  “NATO Village” located at the courtyard, in front of Old Library Building  with representatives from 25 NATO  member states Embassies’ and the Polish Ministry of National Defence

13:45 Panel 3. Challenges for Global Peace and Democracy: Legacy and Visions of Professor Bronislaw Geremek (Old Library main auditorium)

In Warsaw (all):

Moderator: Bronislaw Misztal, Executive Director, Permanent Secretariat, Community of Democracies

• Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
• Dr. Morton Halperin, Former Director of Policy and Planning, US Department of State, Chairman of the Board, Democracy Coalition Project
• Aleksander Smolar, Chair of the Board, The Batory Foundation
• Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, President , International Center for Democartic Transition
• Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy

15:30  Coffee Break and registration Panel 4 (Old Library Building main auditorium)

15:45  Panel 4. Transatlantic Relations and the role of the U.S. in Evolving Global Challenges (Videoconference with George Washington University)

Europe and America: Still Venus and Mars?

Moderator: Fred Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council of the United States

In Warsaw:

• Robert Hutchings, Professor, US Princeton University, forr head of U.S. National Intelligence Council and Senior Director for Europe, National Security Council
• John MicGiel, Director, East Central European Center; Executive Director, European Institute; Associate Director, Harriman Institute,  Columbia University
• Jakub Budohoski, PhD student Warsaw University, Euro-Atlantic Association – Academic Section - discussion

In US:

• Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia
• Dr. Hope M. Harrison, Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Elliott School, George Washington University

Discussion

17:30 Closing Remarks

• Amb. Jerzy M. Nowak, President Polish Euro-Atlantic Association
• Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council of the United States

17:35 End of Day 

March 13th "NATO – Challenges and Tasks Ahead"

9:00 Opening of the conference

Welcome by Eugeniusz Smolar – President, Center for International Relations

Key-Note Speeches:

• Hon. Donald Tusk – Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
• Hon. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer - Secretary General of NATO
• Questions and answers session moderated by Ambassador Jerzy M. Nowak - President of the Euro-Atlantic Association, former permanent repesentative of Poland to NATO (2002-2007)

10:00 – 12:00 PANEL I: A Strong Alliance

• Hon. Bogdan Klich - Poland's Minister of National Defense

Moderator: Eugeniusz Smolar - CIR President

- NATO 60 years later – achievements and significance for Poland;

- Political and military aspects of NATO functioning – historical and current perspective;

- Solidarity in defence as the fundamentals of NATO’s credibility;

- Defence alliance in the transatlantic region and the international security stabilizing functions (“out-of-area” operations).

• Christian Schmidt - Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defense, Berlin
• Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld - Former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former director of SIPRI, Stockholm
• Dr. Andrew A. Michta - Professor at George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
• Dr. Ronald D. Asmus - Executive Director of the Transatlantic Center, GMF US, Brussels, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 – 15:00 PANEL II: Cooperation or division of roles?

Moderator: Frederick Kempe – President and the CEO, Atlantic Council of the United States

- Importance of NATO in United States’ security strategy;

- Differences among the European allies’ policies and their contribution to NATO functioning;

- The importance of France’s return to NATO military structures;

- Present and expected state of cooperation between NATO and the European Union, UN, OSCE and other actors of the international scene.

• Jamie Shea – Director of Policy Planning in the Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO
  
• Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp – Director, Research Division, NATO Defense College in Rome
  
• Muriel Damenach - Deputy Head, Centre d' Analyse et de Prevision, MFA , Paris
• Dr. Alyson Bailes - Visiting Professor, Dep. of Political Science, University of Iceland in Reykjavik, former director of of SIPRI, Stockholm
• Pawel Swieboda - Director, demosEuropa, Warsaw

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

16:45 – 18:45 PANEL III: NATO – Adequate Answers

Moderator: Dr. Janusz Reiter, Head of the Center for International Relations Council, former ambassador to the US and Germany

- Old and new threats – NATO level of preparation (cyber-terrorism, critical infrastructure, energy security, other asymmetric threats);

- Should ‘out-of-area’ NATO missions change their nature?

- Regional security, stability transfer to the East;

- Professionalization of the Polish Armed Forces, Polish input in NATO activities integration (level of compatibility and interoperationality).

Introduction: Radosław Sikorski - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

• Kurt Volker – U.S. permanent representative to NATO
• General Franciszek Gągor – Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
• Dr Hans Binnendijk – Vice President for Research, National Defense University, Washington
• Michel Miraillet - Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Director for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Defense, France
• Adam Kobieracki - Director of Dept. of International Security, Polish MFA, former NATO Assiatant Secretary General for Operations

18:45 “Diplomacy and International Affairs” contest award ceremony, organized by the Euro-Atlantic Association

19:00 END OF CONFERENCE – Dr. Jerzy M. Nowak, President of the Euro-Atlantic Association