Vladislav Davidzon
Security of EU countries and hybrid threats
USA/ Russia
Vladislav Davidzon is the Chief Editor of The Odessa Review and Tablet Magazine’s European culture critic. His literary criticism and reportage have appeared in Bookforum, The Forward, The New...
Jan Macháček
Moderator of the Panel The Future of the Eurozone
Czech Republic
Jan Macháček is a Czech journalist and musician, working as a commentator and analyst for the daily newspaper Lidové noviny. Before, he worked for Hospodářské noviny and Respekt, the latter of...
Ivo Šlosarčík
Institutional Challenges for the European Union
Czech Republic
Ivo Šlosarčík is a professor of European Integration Studies and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at Charles University in Prague. Having graduated in law and...
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Security of EU Countries and Hybrid Threats
Poland
Born in 1937, Janusz holds a M.Sc and PhD in pure mathematics and served as Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Leeds, UK. He has...
Sebastian Vagt
Moderator of the Panel Security of EU countries and hybrid threats
Germany
Sebastian Vagt is a defence analyst at the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom. Being based in Brussels, his focus is on the security and defence politics of NATO...
Věra Jourová
Keynote Speaker
Czech Republic
Věra Jourová is currently European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. In 2014, before arriving to the European Commission, Ms Jourová held the position of...
Dmitri Teperik
Security of EU countries and hybrid threats
Estonia
Dmitri Teperik was appointed as Chief Executive of the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in January 2016. From 2007-2015, Dmitri worked at the Estonian...
H.E. Yevhen Perebyinis
Security of EU countries and hybrid threats
Ukraine
Mr. Yevhen Perebyinis is a career diplomat who joined the Ukrainian Foreign Service in 1992. From 2015 to 2017, he represented Ukraine as Ambassador to the Republic...
Bruno Lété
Security of EU countries and hybrid threats
Belgium
Bruno Lété currently serves as a Senior Fellow for Security and Defence Policy at The German Marshall Fund of the United States in Brussels. He provides...
H.E. Manuela Franco
Institutional Challenges for the European Union
Portuguese Republic
Manuela Franco currently serves as an ambassador of Portugal to the Czech Republic since May 2015. She graduated from the University of Lisbon School of Law in 1978 and she is a...
Tomáš Púchly
The Future of the Eurozone
Slovak Republic
Tomáš Púchly is an analyst at F. A. Hayek Foundation, liberal economic think-tank based in Bratislava. His main field of interest is political economy, particularly public...
H.E. Efthymios Efthymiades
VIP TALK I
Hellenic Republic (Greece)
A graduate of the Faculty of Law, Athens University, and the National School for Public Administration, he is a career diplomat. He has represented Greece in...
Pavla Novotná
VIP TALK I
Czech Republic
Pavla Novotná graduated from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Philosophy at the Charles University in Prague. Currently, she is a Director of the...
Csaba Tóth
Moderator of the Panel Institutional Challenges for the European Union
Hungary
Csaba Tóth has worked in the Hungarian Prime Minister’s office as a political advisor, and has been the strategic director for two election campaigns for the...
H.E. Roland Galharague
VIP TALK II
French Republic
Roland Galharague is currently Ambassador of the French Republic to the Czech Republic. Roland Galharague was Special Advisor to the Director General for political and security affairs...
Péter Balázs
The Future of the Eurozone
Hungary
Graduated in Budapest at the Faculty of Economics (today Corvinus University), he got his PhD degree and habilitated at the same University. He is a ScD...
Oldřich Dědek
The Future of the Eurozone
Czech Republic
Dr. Dedek graduated at the Prague School of Economics in 1978 and until 1992 he was affiliated to the Institute of Economics of the Czechoslovak Academy...
Phillip Blond
VIP TALK II
United Kingdom
Phillip Blond is an internationally recognised political thinker and social and economic commentator. He bridges the gap between politics and practice, offering strategic consultation and policy...
Benjamin Haddad
The Future of the Eurozone
USA
Benjamin Haddad is a research fellow at Hudson Institute specializing in European and transatlantic affairs. His work has mostly focused on the future of the European...
Anna Shavit
Moderator of VIP TALK II
Czech Republic
Anna Shavit is a political scientist, lecturer and researcher at the Department of Marketing Communication under the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague....
H.E. Kees Jan René Klompenhouwer
The Future of the Eurozone
Netherlands
After graduating in Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, ambassador Klompenhouwer has had an extensive career in the Dutch diplomatic service. He started out at the Ministry...