“Security and Defence days” è un’iniziativa della Fondazione De Gasperi giunta alla sua seconda edizione, che riunisce decisori europei e italiani, esperti, professionisti, rappresentanti di istituzioni internazionali e stakeholder privati per discutere del futuro dell’Unione Europea e del ruolo della NATO negli scenari europei e globali e lo stato attuale delle relazioni transatlantiche. La conferenza è organizzata in collaborazione con la NATO e il Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies e si svolgerà il 14 e 15 giugno 2022 a Roma. L’iniziativa fa parte del progetto “Security and Defence Days: NATO, towards and a new strategic concept”
Conference
SECURITY AND DEFENCE DAYS
14, 15 June 2022
I day
Date 14 June 2022, from 14.30 to 18.00
Venue Associazione della Stampa Estera, via dell’Umiltà 83, Rome
Programme
14:45 Welcome by Angelino Alfano, President of De Gasperi Foundation
Session 1
“The new strategic concept and the war in Ukraine: charting NATO’s route in a changing geopolitical scenario”
- Marco Dreosto, MEP
- Thierry Tardy, Head of the Research Division, NATO Defence College
- Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Member of Ukrainian Parliament
- Gerald E. Connolly, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Moderator: Mattia Caniglia, Head of the Geopolitics and Security Desk of De Gasperi Foundation
16:30 Session 2
“NATO’s future in uncertain times: a new political direction suited for a new era”
- Giampiero Massolo, President of ISPI
- Francesco M. Talo’, Permanent Representative of Italy to NATO
- Paolo Alli, former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Moderator: Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher at NATO Defense College
II day
Date 15 June 2022, from 9.30 to 13.00
Venue Associazione della Stampa Estera, via dell’Umiltà 83, Rome
Programme
Session 1
“The new security landscape in Europe, NATO’s Madrid Summit and the European Union
- Nicola de Santis, Head Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
- Stefania Craxi, President of Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate of the Republic
- Roberta Pinotti, President of Defence Committee, Senate of the Republic
- Mikuláš Dzurinda, President of Wilfred Martens Centre for European Studies
Moderator: Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Director of Eastwest
Speech by Luigi di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
11:30 Session 2
“Time to invest in Security and Defence: political and technological opportunities in a competitive world”
- Niklas Novaky, Senior Research Officer, Specialised in European defence, and external policies at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
- Lorenzo Benigni, SVP Governmental & Institutional Relations of Elettronica
Moderator: Flavia Giacobbe, Director of Airpress
12:30 Closing remarks by Giorgio Mulé, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
