09:45 - 10:00 Welcoming remarks
Professor Michael Clarke, Distinguished Fellow, RUSI
Robert Walter, President, EuroDefense, UK
Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
10:00 -10:30 Keynote: The Future of European Defence
Chair: Robert Walter, President, EuroDefense, UK
The Rt Hon James Heappey MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, UK Ministry of Defence
10:30 - 11:30 Panel One: ESDP/CSDP in Action
Chair: Professor Michael Clarke, Distinguished Fellow, RUSI
Claude-France Arnould, Former Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
Lieutenant General David Leakey CMG CVO CBE, Former Commander Operation Althea (EUFOR) and former Director General EU Military Staff
Lord Ricketts GCMG GCVO, RUSI Vice-Chair; Former UK National Security Advisor; former British Ambassador to France
Ambassador Gérard Errera, Former Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; former French Ambassador to the United Kingdom and NATO
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 -13:00 Panel Two: Ukraine: The Game Changer
Chair: Ian Bond, Director of Foreign Policy, Centre for European Reform
Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Senior Vice President, Geostrategy, Paris Office, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Angus Lapsley CMG, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO
Alexandre Escorcia, Head of Euro Atlantic Security, Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry of the Armed Forces, France
Industry representative (to be confirmed)
13.00 Closing Remarks
Robert Walter, President, EuroDefense, UK
