The conference is held under the auspices of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Lubomír Metnar
| 08.15 | Registration |
08.45 | Conference opening Foreword by Mr. Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman Address by the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman – delivered by Mr. Rudolf Jindrák, Head of the Foreign Affairs Department, Office of the President of the Czech Republic Speech by Mr. Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic |
| 09.00 | Address by the Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic Our security and defence policy in the crises times: 2020s as a restart? Jan Hamáček, 1st Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic Moderator: Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman |
| 09.15 | Key note I Mircea Geoană, NATO Deputy Secretary General (videoconference) Topic: Crises help us get stronger: NATO’s response to current global situation Moderator: Jakub Landovský, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to NATO |
| 09.30 | Panel 1 / Cooperation Role of NATO and collective defence: current view from Central Europe Lubomír Metnar, Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Tibor Benkő, Minister of Defence of Hungary Jaroslav Naď, Minister od Defence of the Slovak Republic Moderator: Tomáš Pojar, Vice-President of CEVRO Institute |
| 10.15 | Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Tomáš Petříček (video) Moderator: Martin Povejšil, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 10.30 | Panel 2 / Connections Information, Finance, Cybersecurity: covid-19 as a catalyst Karel Řehka, Director, National Cyber and Information Security Agency Michal Kořan, President, Global Arena Research Institute Roman Chlupatý, Global Strategist, Save & Capital Moderator: Radek Špicar, Vice-President for Economic Policy and Export at the Confederation of Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic |
| 11.30 | Lunch |
| 13.15 | Key note II John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (videoconference) Topic: Joint international involvement in Afghanistan’s reconstruction and its relevance for the future Moderator: Martin Povejšil, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 13.30 | Panel 3 / Transformations Pandemic as a test of the power of democracy and economy Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, European Commission Vladimír Dlouhý, President, Czech Chamber of Commerce Moderator: Martin Povejšil, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 14.00 | Key note III Richard B. Landolt, U.S. Secretary of Defence Representative in Europe (videoconference) Topic: NATO: Now and forever Moderator: Martin Povejšil, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 14.15 | Coffee break |
| 14.30 | Panel 4 / Perspectives Political debate: Czech defence and security in the pandemic times Lubomír Metnar, Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, ANO 2011 Ivan Bartoš, Pirates Chairman Ondřej Veselý, ČSSD Deputy Chairman Marian Jurečka, KDU-ČSL Chairman Vojtěch Filip, KSČM Chairman Alexandr Vondra, MEP, ODS Deputy Chairman Tomio Okamura, SPD Chairman Markéta Pekarová Adamová, TOP 09 Chairwoman Vít Rakušan, STAN Chairman Moderator: Tomáš Pojar, Vice-President of CEVRO Institute |
| 16.00 | Final address Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman |
| 16.15 | Glass of wine hosted by SATUM CZECH s.r.o. |
| 17.00 | End of the conference |