Program

• 12.30-13.00 Arrival, registration & networking
• 13.00 Welcome
  Moderator: Mr. Thomas Elkjer Nissen, Head of Defence, Danish Chamber of Commerce
  
  
• 13.05-13.20 Setting the scene: The current security environment
  ○ Ambassador (ret.) Carsten Søndergaard. The Danish ambassador’s latest postings before his retirement were Moscow, Dublin, the Danish representative to NATO, Berlin and Ankara
  
  
• 13.20-13.35 Setting the scene: The special conditions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic
  ○ Ms. Nauja Bianco, Director Isuma Consulting (consultancy within the Arctic, Greenland and the North Atlantic). Former diplomat and native Greenlander living in Denmark
   
• 13.35-14.20 THEME 1: Requirements for addressing risks and threats in the Arctic, the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea?
  Presentations sharing academic views and panel discussion with
  ○ Professor Kjell Inge Bjerga, PhD, Director at Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
  ○ Commander Johannes Riber, PhD fellow at University of Copenhagen, Center for Military Studies. Analyst at Institute for Strategy and War Studies, Royal Danish Defence College
  ○ Mr. Lars Bangert Struwe, PhD and Secretary General of the Danish Atlantic Treaty Association
  
  
• 14.20-14.35 Coffee break & networking
  
  
• 14.35-15.15 THEME 2: Which maritime capabilities would be able to address the operational and strategic requirements?
  Presentations sharing Allied nations’ experience and panel discussion with
  ○ Dr. Nicolas Mazzucchi, Research Director, French Navy Center for Strategic Studies, Paris (online)
  ○ Captain (N) Joachim Brune, Head of Undersea Warfare, German Navy Flotilla 1 (online)
  ○ Captain (N) Per Edling, Head of operational planning, Swedish Joint Force Command
  ○ TBC
  
  
• 15.15-16.00 THEME 3: Maritime capabilities - what are the options?
  Factual presentations by international defence industry representatives on options and panel discussion with
  ○ Mr. Hans Wicklander, VP International Business Development, Saab Kockums
  ○ Mr. Philipp Schön, Head of Sales Submarines, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH
  
  
• 16.00-16.25 THEME 4: How will risks, threats and capabilities be addressed in the future political work?
  Short presentations on way ahead and panel discussion with representatives from the Danish political parties (defence committee members)
  ○ Mr. Rasmus Jarlov, Member of Parliament from The Conservative Party, former minister, chairman of the Defence Committee
  ○ TBC
  ○ TBC
  
  
• 16.25-16.30 Concluding remarks by the moderator