HELSINKI SECURITY FORUM 2023

29.9.–1.10.2023

The war in Ukraine has changed Europe forever.

In 2023, war continues to ravage Ukraine, with repercussions for global security. Europe has been moved to a new era of radical uncertainty, one in which we need to address the question of how Europe should be defended and secured. Thinking about future security architectures, needed military capabilities, and cooperation to address geopolitical changes has never been more important.

Helsinki Security Forum brings together leaders and foreign policy experts to discuss the global implications of current international security issues, resilience, and defense capabilities from the perspective of Northern Europe.

The theme of HSF 2023 is Deter, Defend and Secure – Europe in the Era of Radical Uncertainty.

Programme - HSF 2023

FRIDAY 29.9.2023

Time

Session

13:30-14:30

15:30-16:30

16:30-17:30

Pre-event: BRUSSELS SPROUTS AT HELSINKI SECURITY FORUM:
THE FUTURE OF FINNISH FOREIGN POLICY – A DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATES

Speakers:
Mika Aaltola
Pekka Haavisto
Alexander Stubb

Moderators: Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, CNAS; and
Jim Townsend, Adjunct Senior Fellow, CNAS

HSF 2023 OPENING SESSION

Welcoming remarks:
Samu Paukkunen, Acting Director, FIIA
Kai Sauer, Ambassador; Chair of the Board, FIIA

Keynote address:
Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister of Finland
Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Interview on stage:
Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Moderator: Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Leading researcher, FIIA

SESSION I: DETER, DEFEND AND SECURE – EUROPE IN THE ERA OF RADICAL UNCERTAINTY

Keynote address:
Antti Häkkänen, Minister of Defence of Finland

Speakers:
Heather Conley, President, German Marshall Fund
Sten Rynning, Director of the Danish Institute of Advanced Study; Professor of War Studies, University of Southern Denmark

Moderator: Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Leading researcher, FIIA

Live-streamed

SATURDAY 30.9.2023

Time

Session

8:30-9:45

9:45-10:15

10:30-11:45

16:50-18:00

21:45-23:00

SESSION II: RAPID TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETAL SECURITY – OPPORTUNITIES AND DANGERS?

Speakers:
Wendy R. Anderson, Senior Vice President, Federal, National Security, Palantir Technologies
James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges
Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia Law School
Pekka Laurila, Co-founder, ICEYE

Moderator: Greg Miller, Investigative Foreign Correspondent, Washington Post

INTERVIEW ON STAGE

H. R. McMaster, Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Moderator: Kim Dozier, CNN Global Affairs Analyst

SESSION III: REVERBERATIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Speakers:
Ummu Salma Bava, Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jessica Berlin, Founder and Managing Director, CoStruct; Vice Chairman, Bridge Technologies
Andrew Michta, Senior Fellow and Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, Atlantic Council of the United States
Euan Graham, Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
Lynn Kuok, Senior Fellow, IISS-Singapore
Barry Pavel, Vice President, RAND National Security Research Division; Director, National Defense Research Institute

Moderator: Mikael Mattlin, Research Professor, FIIA

SESSION IV: ENHANCING EUROPE’S DEFENCE CAPABILITIES

Speakers:
Christopher G. Cavoli, NATO SACEUR
Ulrike Franke, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Pål Jonson, Minister for Defence of Sweden
Michael Kofman, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment; Principal Research Scientist, CAN
Esa Rautalinko, CEO, Patria

Moderator: Teri Schultz, Freelance Journalist for NPR & Deutsche Welle

NIGHT OWL SESSION: FOR A RAINY DAY: LEARNING ABOUT THE NUCLEAR UMBRELLA

Speakers:
Jessica Cox, Director, Nuclear Policy Directorate, NATO
Jyri Lavikainen, Research Fellow, FIIA
Frank A. Rose, Principal Deputy Administrator, U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Moderator: Tiina Raijas, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Defence of Finland

Live-streamed

Closed session

SUNDAY 1.10.2023

Time

Session

9:00-10:15

10:30-11:45

11:45-12:15

SESSION V: REJECTING RUSSIAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

Speakers:
Keir Giles, Senior Consulting Fellow, Chatham House
Sinikukka Saari, Research Director, FIIA
Stanislav Secrieru, National Security Advisor, Presidential Administration, Republic of Moldova

Moderator: Henry Foy, Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times

SESSION VI: ECONOMIC SECURITY AS NATIONAL SECURITY

Speakers:
Braz Baracuhy, Chargé d’Affaires of Brazil to the WTO
Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Associate Professor, Indiana University
David O’Sullivan, EU Sanctions Envoy, European Comission
Mikael Wigell, Research Director, FIIA

Moderator: Alexandra Pasternak-Jackson, CEO, AmCham Finland

CLOSING REMARKS

Live-streamed

Speakers

Alexander Stubb

President of the Republic of Finland

Alexandra Prokopenko

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Amanda Sloat

Professor, IE University

Amitav Acharya

Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University

Anders Norén

Head of Branch, Civil Defence and Resilience Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Antti Helanterä

Strategy Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Benedetta Berti

Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Bojan Pancevski

Chief European Political Correspondent, Wall Street Journal

Constanze Stelzenmueller

Director Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution

David Cadier

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM)

David Rennie

Geopolitics Editor and Columnist, The Economist

Elina Valtonen

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland

Elizabeth Parcella

Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Lockheed Martin

Emma Hakala

Leading Researcher, FIIA

Hannu Rajaniemi

Co-Founder Red Queen Bio

Hiski Haukkala

Director, FIIA

Director, FIIA

Iro Särkkä

Senior Research Fellow, FIIA

Iryna Terekh

CEO, Fire Point

Janne Kuusela

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Finland

Jeremy Shapiro

Director of Research, ECFR

Jim Banks

U.S. Senator (R-Indiana)

Joel Linnainmäki

Research Fellow, FIIA

John Kampfner

Author/Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute

Jukka Kopra

Member of Parliament (The National Coalition Party)

Justin Hotard

CEO, Nokia

Kęstutis Budrys

Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Kim Dozier

Director, George Washington University Project for Media & Nat’l Security & CNN Global Affairs Analyst

Kirsi Heikel

Helsinki Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

Lauri Tähtinen

CEO, Mission Grey

Laurie Laybour

Executive Director, Strategic Climate Risks Initiative

Maia Sandu

President of the Republic of Moldova

Mara Karlin

Professor and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Johns Hopkins University

Marco Siddi

Leading researcher, FIIA

Margarita Zavadskaya

Senior research fellow, FIIA

Mari Holopainen

Member of Parliament (The Greens)

Michael Kimmage

Director, The Kennan Institute

Mikko Savola

Member of Parliament (Centre Party)

Monika Zsigri

Head of Unit, Energy Security and Safety, European Commission

Nebahat Albayrak-Edgar

Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Relations Fortum, Oyj

Oleksandr Kamyšin

Head of Representative Office of UDI JSC in Germany

Panu Routila

President and CEO, Patria Oyj

Peter Sarlin

Founder & Executive Chairman, NestAI

Petteri Taalas

Director General, Finnish Meteorological Institute

Pierre Levy

Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Institute for Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN)

Rafal Modrzewski

CEO, ICEYE

Robert Ondrejcsak

Executive Director, European Leadership Network (ELN)

Roland Paris

Professor, University of Ottawa

Rym Momtaz

Editor-in-Chief Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe

Sakari Puisto

Minister for Economic Affairs of Finland

Tarja Jaakkola

Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments, NATO

Teri Schultz

Freelance NATO and EU reporter

Thomas Graham

Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Tomi Immonen

Member of Parliament (The Finns Party)

Tytti Tuppurainen

Member of Parliament (Social Democratic Party)

Valtteri Vuorisalo

Strategic Adviser, Digital Defence Ecosystem

Veronika Honkasalo

Member of Parliament (Left Alliance)

Ville Sinkkonen

Leading Researcher, FIIA

HSF is Organised by

Partners

Contact

Kukka-Maria Kovsky

Head of Strategic Partnerships at FIIA,
Head of the HSF Secretariat
kukka-maria.kovsky@fiia.fi

Anni Lindgren

Specialist,
HSF Conference Coordinator
anni.lindgren@fiia.fi

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