The conference is held under the auspices
of President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel,
of Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala,
of 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic Vít Rakušan,
of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský,
and of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Jana Černochová
Preliminary program as of 20 February 2025
08.00 | Registration |
09.00 | Official opening Opening words by Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman |
09.05 | Address by Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala Address by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský Address by Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Jana Černochová |
09.45 | Coffee break |
10.15 | Panel 1 / Increasing defence spending Jana Matesová, Economist Tomáš Pojar, National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Karel Řehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Moderator: Jan Jireš, Director General for Defence Policy and Strategy Planning of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic |
11.15 | Panel 2 / Broader importance of the defense industry to the economy Tomáš Kopečný, Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine Lubomír Kovařík, Chairman of the Defense Industry Section of the Czech Chamber of Commerce Jiří Šedivý, Chief Executive Officer of the European Defence Agency Moderator: Radka Konderlová, Director General of Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic |
12.15 | Panel 3 / Interconnection between internal and external security Lt. Gen. Vladimír Vlček, Director General of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic L.t Gen. Martin Vondrášek, President of the Police of the Czech Republic Moderator: Tomáš Pojar, National Security Advisor |
13.00 | Lunch |
14:15 | Address by President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel |
14.30 | Panel 4 / Political debate Karel Havlíček, 1st Deputy Chairman of ANO 2011 Zdeněk Hřib, Chairman of the Czech Pirates Party Marek Výborný, Chairman of KDU-ČSL party Representative of ODS party (TBC) Tomio Okamura, Chairman of SPD (TBC) Vít Rakušan, Chairman of STAN Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Chairwoman of TOP 09 Moderator: Martin Jonáš, Analyst, Seznam Zprávy |
15.45 | Final word Zbyněk Pavlačík, Jagello 2000 Chairman |
Glass of wine hosted by Ray Service, Inc. | |
End of the conference |