2026
Speakers of the Baltic Military Conference 2025
The Baltic Military Conference 2025 brought together senior policymakers, military officers, and defence experts to discuss military strategic developments:
- H. E. Gitanas NAUSĖDA, President of the Republic of Lithuania
- Ms Dovilė ŠAKALIENĖ, Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
- Mr Andrius KUBILIUS, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space
- General Raimundas VAIKŠNORAS, Chief of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
- Admiral Sir Keith Edward BLOUNT KCB OBE, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), NATO
- Lieutenant General Andreas HOPPE, German Vice Chief of Defence
- Lieutenant General (GER Army) Jürgen-Joachim von SANDRART, Former Commander of Multinational Corps Northeast
- Major General John R. PIPPY, the Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard, United States
- Rear Admiral (UH) Placido TORRESI, Deputy Chief of Staff, Multi-Domain Force Development (MDFD), Allied Command Transformation, NATO
- Colonel Ričardas DUMBLIAUSKAS, Commandant of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
- General (ret) Sir Patrick Nicholas Yardley Monrad SANDERS KCB CBE DSO, Former Chief of the General Staff of the British Army
- Lieutenant General (ret) Sir Nick BORTON, Senior Expert Advisor, Anders de Wiart Associates, United Kingdom
- Rear Admiral (ret) Mark MONTGOMERY, Senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States
- Mr Jim STOKES, Director of Nuclear Policy, NATO
- Dr Karolis ALEKSA, Vice-minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
- Dr Oleksandr BALANUTSA, Former Deputy Defence Minister of Ukraine for European integration
- Dr Ana BERNARDO-GANCEDO, Senior Associate, NATO Innovation Fund
- Dr John R. DENI, Senior Nonresident Fellow, Atlantic Council, United States
- Dr Richard D. HOOKER, JR., Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Atlantic Council, United States
- Dr Lukas MILEVSKI, Assistant Professor (tenured) at Leiden University, the Netherlands
- Dr Arūnas MOLIS, Policy Analyst at the Centre for Defence Analysis, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
- Dr Michael O’HANLON, Director of Research in Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, United States
- Dr Artis PABRIKS, Chairman of Northern Europe Policy Centre. Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs, Member of European Parliament
- Dr Kristina PRIŠMANTAITĖ, Director of the Centre for Defence Analysis, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
- Dr Emilija PUNDZIŪTĖ-GALLOIS, Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
- Dr Michito TSURUOKA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Deputy Director, Keio Center for Strategy, Keio University, Japan
- Dr Vaidotas URBELIS, Defence Policy Director, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
- Ms Domitille BIGOT, Director, Renaissance Strategic Advisors, France
- Mr James BLACK, Assistant Director of the Defence and Security Research Group, RAND Europe, United Kingdom
- Col (ret) Romualdas PETKEVIČIUS, Director of Defence Industrial Policy and Innovations Department at the Defence Materiel Agency under Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania
- Mr Jamie FLY, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States
- Mr Nicolas JOUAN, Defence Economist, RAND Europe, United Kingdom
- Ms Kadi SILDE, Director of European Engagement, Helsing, Estonia