08.15 | Registration |
09.00 | Conference opening Foreword by Mr. Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman Address from 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. Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
09.30 | Key note Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic |
09.50 | Panel 1 / New strategic environment František Šulc, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Václav Bartuška, Special Envoy for Energy Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Alexandr Vondra, Member of European Parliament Moderator: Jan Havránek, Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic |
11.00 | Panel 2 / Cooperation in a period of strategic shock General Aleš Opata, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Major General Vladimír Vlček, Director General of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic Moderator: Jakub Landovský, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO |
11.35 | The importance of defence industry capacities in the war of Ukraine Tomáš Kopečný, Deputy Minister of Department for Industrial Cooperation of Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic Introduced by Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman |
11.45 | Lunch |
12.40 | Panel 3 / Future of Czech Defence Industry in the European context Jiří Šedivý, Chief Executive of European Defence Agency Marek Mora, Deputy Governor of Czech National Bank Lubomír Kovařík, Chairman of the Defense Industry Section of Czech Chamber of Commerce Moderator: Jan Machaček, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Institute for Politics and Society |
13.30 | Panel 4 / Role of technologies in securing strategic resilience Daniel Bagge, Strategist of the Military Intelligence of the Czech Republic Michal Pěchouček, Chief Technology Officer at Avast Software s.r.o. Brigadier General Karel Řehka, Director of National Cyber and Information Security Agency Moderator: Martina Tauberová, Deputy Minister for EU Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic |
14.30 | Coffee break |
14.45 | Key note II Yevhen Perebyinis, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Czech Republic |
15.00 | Panel 5 / Political perspectives in the context of current situation Andrej Babiš, ANO 2011 Chairman Ivan Bartoš, Czech Pirates Party Chairman, Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation and Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic Jan Bartošek, Vice-Chairman of the KDU-ČSL, Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Alexandr Vondra, ODS Deputy Chairman, Member of the European Parliament Tomio Okamura, SPD Chairman Vít Rakušan, STAN Chairman, 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic Markéta Pekarová Adamová, TOP 09 Chairwoman, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Moderator: Tomáš Pojar, Vice-President of CEVRO Institute |
16.20 | Final address Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman |
Glass of wine hosted by Ray Service, Inc. | |
End of the conference |
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The Ball Games Hall
Prague Castle -
18 March 2025
08.45 - 16.00