Speakers - Baltic Military Conference

Speakers of the Baltic Military Conference 2026

H. E. Mr Gitanas NAUSĖDA, President of the Republic of Lithuania
Mr Robertas KAUNAS, Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
General Seán CLANCY, Chair of the European Union Military Committee
Ambassador Dr Detlef WÄCHTER, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the North Atlantic Council (NATO)
General Raimundas VAIKŠNORAS, Chief of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
General Aurelio COLAGRANDE, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
Lieutenant General Remigijus BALTRĖNAS, Director General of the International Military Staff, NATO
Lieutenant General (MC) Dr Nicole SCHILLING, Vice Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
Lieutenant General Peter SCOTT, Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Naples, NATO
Lieutenant General Dariusz PARYLAK, Ph. D. Commander, Multinational Corps Northeast, NATO
Major General John R. PIPPY, The Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard
Major General Sean FLYNN, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, NATO
Brigadier General Nerijus STANKEVIČIUS, Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force
Mr Zamir Nicholas CATSARAS, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO
Colonel Ričardas DUMBLIAUSKAS, Commandant of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
General (ret.) Sir James EVERARD KCB CBE, Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), NATO
General (ret.) Jim MCCONVILLE, Former Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Lieutenant General (ret.) Sir Nick BORTON KCB, DSO, MBE, Former Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO
Lieutenant General (ret.) David J. JULAZADEH, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council, United States
Major General (ret.) Reinhard WOLSKI, Chairman of the Berlin Security Conference, Germany
Rear Admiral (ret.) Mark MONTGOMERY, Senior Director at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, United States
Mr Vidmantas VERBICKAS, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Mr Ignacio B. MADRIAGA, Undersecretary for Strategic Assessment and Planning, Department of National Defense, Philippines
Mr Andriy ZAGORODNYUK, Former Defence Minister of Ukraine
Mr Horng-Huei (Alex) PO, Former Vice Minister for Policy, Ministry of National Defence, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Dr Vaidotas URBELIS, Defence Policy Director, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
Mr Benjamin FRIEDMAN, Policy Director at Defence Priorities, Washington DC, United States
Mr Masataka OKANO, Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Colonel Andrius PALIUŠIS, National Liaison Representative, Allied Command Transformation, NATO
Mr Margiris ABUKEVIČIUS, Defence Adviser, MOD Representative for the Indo-Pacific, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to Japan
Dr Andrea KENDALL-TAYLOR, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for a New American Security, United States
Dr Kristina PRIŠMANTAITĖ, Director of the Centre for Defence Analysis, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
Mr Peter ROUGH, Senior fellow and director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute, United States
Mr Benjamin FRIEDMAN, Policy Director at Defence Priorities, Washington DC, United States
Prof. Dr Sven BISCOP, Acting Director-General at Egmont, the Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium
Prof. Dr Carlo MASALA, Chair for International Politics, Bundeswehr University of Munich
Dr Rob DE WIJK, Founder of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), Professor of International Relations at Leiden University, Netherlands
Dr Emilija PUNDZIŪTĖ-GALLOIS, Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University and Lecturer at Science Po Paris
Dr Mara KARLIN, Professor of Practice, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, United States
Ms Laura K. COOPER, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, United States
Mr James BLACK, Deputy Director, Defence and Security; European Lead, Space, RAND Europe, United Kingdom
Dr Robert DALSJÖ, Director of Studies at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden
Mr Tomas JERMALAVIČIUS, Head of Studies and Research Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), Estonia
Mr Paul VAN HOOFT, Research Leader, RAND Europe, United Kingdom
Dr François HEISBOURG, Senior Adviser for Europe for the IISS, Special Adviser for the Paris-based Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), France
Mr Jonathan BERKSHIRE MILLER, Senior Fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada
Mr Vykintas PUGAČIAUSKAS, International News Editor, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
Mr Vaidas SALDŽIŪNAS, Defence Editor at Delfi, Lithuania

Speakers of the Baltic Military Conference 2025

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 Defence 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