HELSINKI SECURITY FORUM 2026

WELCOMING REMARKS

Hiski Haukkala, Director, Finnish Institute of International Affairs

VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY

SECURITY AND STABILITY AFTER RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE

Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova
Alexander Stubb, President of the Republic of Finland
Moderator: David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor, The Economist

FRONTLINE STATES AND THE FUTURE OF SECURITY AND PREPAREDNESS

Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
Moderator: David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor, The Economist

In cooperation with Nokia and ICEYE

Justin Hotard, President and CEO, Nokia Corporation
Rafal Modrzewski, CEO, ICEYE
Moderator: Kirsi Heikel, Helsinki Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

Peter Sarlin, Founder and Chairman, NestAI
Iryna Terekh, Chief Technical Officer, Fire Point
Moderator: Valtteri Vuorisalo, Strategic Adviser, Digital Defence Ecosystem

Tarja Jaakkola, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments, NATO
Oleksandr Kamyšin, Head of Representative Office, UDI JSC in Germany
Elizabeth Parcella, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Panu Routila, President and CEO, Patria
Moderator: Teri Schultz, Freelance NATO and EU Reporter

David Cadier, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Strategic Research (IRSEM)
Claudia Major, Senior Vice President, Transatlantic Security, German Marshall Fund
Robert Ondrejcsak, Executive Director, European Leadership Network
Jeremy Shapiro, Director of Research, European Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Rym Momtaz, Editor in chief of Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe

Mari Holopainen, Member of Parliament (The Greens)
Veronika Honkasalo, Member of Parliament (Left Alliance)
Tomi Immonen, Member of Parliament (The Finns Party)
Jukka Kopra, Member of Parliament (The National Coalition Party)
Mikko Savola, Member of Parliament (Centre Party)
Tytti Tuppurainen, Member of Parliament (Social Democratic Party)
Moderator: Teri Schultz, Freelance NATO and EU Reporter

Benedetta Berti, Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Amanda Sloat, Professor of Practice, IE University, Spain
Moderator: Iro Särkkä, Senior Research Fellow, FIIA

John Kampfner, Author/Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI
Moderator: Iro Särkkä, Senior Research Fellow, FIIA

In cooperation with Fortum

Nebahat Albayrak-Edgar, Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Relations, Fortum
Sakari Puisto, Minister for Economic Affairs of Finland
Monika Zsigri, Head of Unit, Energy Security and Safety, European Commission

Emma Hakala, Leading Researcher, FIIA
Laurie Laybourn, Executive Director, Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, Chatham House
Petteri Taalas, Director General, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Moderator: Marco Siddi, Leading Researcher, FIIA

Jim Banks, U.S. Senator (R-Indiana)
Moderator: Kim Dozier, Director, George Washington University Project for Media & National Security; CNN Global Affairs Analyst

Thomas Graham, Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Antti Helanterä, Strategy Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Pierre Levy, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Institute for Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN)
Alexandra Prokopenko, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Margarita Zavadskaya, Senior Research Fellow, FIIA
Moderator: Bojan Pancevski, Chief European political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

Michael Kimmage, Director, Kennan Institute
Moderator: Ville Sinkkonen, Leading Researcher, FIIA

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor of International Relations at American University
Roland Paris, Professor, University of Ottawa
Moderator: Ville Sinkkonen, Leading Researcher, FIIA

Mara Karlin, Professor and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Johns Hopkins University
Janne Kuusela, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
Anders Norén, Head of Branch, Civil Defence and Resilience, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Moderator: Joel Linnainmäki, Research Fellow, FIIA

Hiski Haukkala, Director, FIIA