Panelists
Inaugural Session
Inaugural Address
Ararat Mirzoyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Keynote Address
Nikol Pashinyan
Prime Minister, Armenia
Keynote Address
Emmanuel Macron
President, France
Special Guest
Alain Berset
Secretary General, Council of Europe
EU Enlargement and European Integration: Unity, Urgency, and Fragmentation in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
Peter De Roover
President, House of Representatives, Belgium
Marko Đurić
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Serbia
Megi Fino
Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania
Arman Yeghoyan
Chairman of the Standing Committee on European Integration, National Assembly, Armenia
Caspar Veldkamp
Diplomat, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
Moderator
Zbigniew Pisarski
President, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Reinforcing Democracy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges
Keynote Address
Robert Abisoghomonyan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Keynote Address
Stefano Piedimonte Bodini
Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General, Council of Europe
Sari Rautio
Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Sona Ghazaryan
Member of Parliament, Armenia
Angeliki Kourri
Policy Officer, Oxygen for Democracy, Cyprus
Simon Papuashvili
Program Director, International Partnership for Human Rights, Belgium
Camille Grenier
Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy, France
Moderator
Loukas Tsoukalis
Professor, Sciences Po, Paris; President of the Board, ELIAMEP, Greece
South Caucasus at a Turning Point: Prospects for Peace and Cooperation
Ruben Rubinyan
Vice President, National Assembly, Armenia
Magdalena Grono
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia
Serdar Kılıç
Special Representative for Türkiye-Armenia Normalization Process, Türkiye
Lasha Darsalia
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
Zaur Shiriyev
Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Azerbaijan
Moderator
Samir Saran
President, Observer Research Foundation, India
Democratic Resilience, Hybrid Threats and AI: Safeguarding Democratic Elections (co-hosted by CAPS)
Mantas Adomenas
Secretary General, Community of Democracies, Lithuania
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Maxim Behar
President, World Communications Forum Association, Bulgaria
Camille Grenier
Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy, France
Justin Poncet
CEO, opsci.ai, France
Naira Sultanyan
Director, Democracy Development Foundation, Armenia
Moderator
Tristan Aureau
Director, Strategy, Analysis and Policy Planning Centre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Regional Identity and Strategic Autonomy: The Asia-Pacific Response to Great Power Rivalries
Arthayudh Srisamoot
Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Mnatsakan Safaryan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Lê Nguyễn Thiên Nga
Director, Institute of Policy Administrator and Development Strategy, Viet Nam
Aisha Kusumasomantri
Director of Cooperation and External Affairs, Indo-Pacific Strategic Intelligence, Indonesia
Moderator
Manish Chand
CEO, Centre for Global India Insights, India
Navigating Global Geopolitical Shifts in a Multipolar World: Strategic Autonomy or Strategic Alignment?
Andreja Metelko-Zgombić
State Secretary for Europe, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
Zoran Dimitrovski
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, North Macedonia
Lilit Makunts
Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister, Armenia
Zaur Shiriyev
Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Azerbaijan
Moderator
Patrick Walter Wintour
Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian, UK
Critical Minerals, Semiconductors, and the South Caucasus as an Investment Frontier (co-hosted by Enterprise Armenia and Concordia)
John Vonglis
Chairman Strategic Advisory Board and Executive Director, Global Government Affairs, Nano Nuclear Energy, USA
Ruben Simonyan
Deputy Minister, High-Tech Industry, Armenia
Vinay Chawla
Office Director, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, USA
Aram Salatian
President of Engineering Association, Armenia
Yervant Zorian
CTO & Fellow, Synopsys Armenia
Aleksandr Yesayan
Co-founder and CEO of Firebird AI, Armenia
Moderator
Gohar Abajyan
CEO, Enterprise Armenia
AI Sovereignty and Scale: Governing Frontier Technologies in a Competitive World
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan
Minister of High-Tech Industry, Armenia
Omran Sharaf
Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology, UAE
Christos Harpantidis
Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Philip Morris International, Greece
Arsen Babayan
Chief Technology Officer, Ineco Group, Armenia
Moderator
Silvia Boltuc
Managing Director, SpecialEurasia, Italy
Unlocking the South Caucasus – New Economic Horizons (co-hosted by Enterprise Armenia and Concordia)
Vahan Kostanyan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Sonata Coulter
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State, USA
Adrienn Kiraly
Director for Neighborhood East & Türkiye, Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Commission
Mzia Giorgobiani
Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Georgia
Murat Aslan
Senior Researcher, SETA, Türkiye
Moderator
Hanne LeCount
Executive Director, Concordia, USA
Financing the Green Transition. Just, Affordable, and Inclusive Energy Transitions as means of achieving Energy Security
Almasadam Satkaliyev
Chairman, Atomic Energy Agency, Kazakhstan
Meas Kim Heng
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Cambodia
Ahmet Gurbanov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkmenistan
Merve Kavakçı
First Deputy Secretary General, BSEC, Türkiye
Maciej Bukowski
Director, Energy and Resilience Program, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Moderator
Ornela Çuçi
Head of Research Center, Western Balkan University, Albania
Regional Subsystems as Shock Absorbers in the Transformation of the International System
Tatjana Macura
Minister in Charge of Gender Equality, Prevention of the Home Based Violence and Political and Economical Empowerment of Women, Serbia
Batir Tursunov
Deputy Secretary General, Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Krisztián Mészáros
Director of Partnerships and Global Affairs, NATO
Areg Kochinyan
President, Armenian Council, Armenia
Farhad Mammadov
Director, Center for Studies of the South Caucasus, Azerbaijan
Michael Cecire
Researcher, RAND Corporation, USA
Moderator
Rachel Rizzo
Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, USA
New Approaches to Security: Diversification in a Changing World (co-hosted by Konrad Adenauer foundation)
Thomas Tödtling
Executive Director, New York Office, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Austria
Laura Linderman
Director of Programs and Senior Fellow for Eurasia and Director of Programs, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, USA
Mitat Celikpala
Vice Rector, Kadir Has University, Türkiye
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Moderator
Jakob Wöllenstein
Head of Political Dialogue South Caucasus, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany
Parliaments in a Fragmenting World: Safeguarding Democracy and Navigating Geopolitical Change
Sargis Khandanyan
Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly, Armenia
Titus Corlatean
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, Romania
The RT Hon Lord Jack McConnell
Member, House of Lords, UK
Dmytro Mykysha
Member of Parliament, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Ivan Racan
Deputy Chair, EU Affairs Committee of the Parliament, Croatia
Moderator
Gayane Abrahamyan
President, For Equal Rights Educational Center, Armenia
South Caucasus at the Crossroads: Logistics, Connectivity, and the Business Case (co-hosted by Enterprise Armenia and Concordia)
Federico Banos-Lindner
Senior Consultant, The Tantalus Group, Germany
Anushik Avetyan
Deputy Minister of Economy, Armenia
Douglas Smith
Global Head Public Affairs Managing Director MENA, The Nuclear Company, USA
Kristine Ghalechyan
Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Armenia
Lucian Enaru
Country President, Schneider Electric Romania
Moderator
Hanne LeCount
Executive Director, Concordia, USA
Black Sea Security and Connectivity in an Evolving Euro-Atlantic Environment (co-hosted by German Marshal Fund and GlobalFocus Center)
Daniel Kliman
Senior Vice President for Global Power Shifts, German Marshall Fund of the USA
Oana Popescu-Zamfir
Director, GlobalFocus Center, Romania
Mane Adamyan
Adamian Consulting, Former Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister and Former Deputy Minister of Economy, Armenia
Justyna Gotkowska
Deputy Director and Head of Security and Department, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland
Maria Simeonova
Head of the Sofia Office, European Council on Foreign Relations, Bulgaria
Moderator
Oana Cristina Popa
Distinguished Fellow, German Marshall Fund (Bucharest)
Europe Between New Forms of Power and Dominance: Geopolitical Agency in a Fragmenting World (co-hosted by BSF)
Keynote Address
Baiba Braže
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Latvia
Armen Grigoryan
Secretary of the Security Council, Armenia
Audra Plepytė
Deputy Foreign Minister, Lithuania
Jernej Pikalo
Professor of Political science and globalization, University of Ljubljana
Moderator
Simona Leskovar
Programme Director, Bled Strategic Forum, Slovenia
From Media Literacy to Cognitive Security: Is democracy adaptable enough to face modern threats? Rethinking democratic Resilience in the Information Age
Ani Badalyan
Spokesperson MFA, Armenia
Pierrick Judeaux
IFPIM Director, Policy and Ecosystem Development, France
Artur Papyan
Digital Threat Analyst, CyberHUB Armenia
Samuel Van der Staak
Director for Europe, International IDEA, Belgium
Moderator
Camille Grenier
Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy, France
Reinforcing Global Biodiversity Governance in the Face of Contemporary Challenges
Keynote Address
Hambardzum Matevosyan
Minister of Environment, Armenia
Ivana Živković
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of the UNDP
Kaveh Zahedi
Assistant Director General and Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), FAO
Mher Margaryan
Ambassador, Special Envoy of the COP17 Armenian Presidency, Armenia
Mossi Raz
Former Chairperson of the Israel–Armenia Friendship Group, Israel
Moderator
Calum Nicholson
Director of Research, Danube Institute, UK
One-on-One chat with Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Ararat Mirzoyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
From Connectivity to Opportunity: Boosting EU–Armenia Trade and Investment (co-hosted by Enterprise Armenia and Delphi Economic Forum)
Keynote Address
Vahagn Khachaturyan
President, Armenia
Dimitris Skalkos
Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece
Viktorya Aydinyan
Head of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Armenia
Sarkis Dagkazian
President of the Hellenic-Armenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Oana Popescu-Zamfir
Director, GlobalFocus Center, Romania
Tigran Mkhitaryan
Member of the Management Board of “Fast Bank” CJSC
Moderator
Symeon Tsomokos
Founder & President, Delphi Economic Forum, Greece
Beyond Geopolitical Divides: International Human Rights and Justice Institutions as Guardians of International Law
Srbuhi Galyan
Minister of Justice, Armenia
Judge Tomoko Akane
President of the International Criminal Court
Rebecca Shoot
Co-Convener, Washington Working Group for the International Criminal Court
Vahe Grigoryan
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Armenia
Domagoj Hajdukovic
President, Centre for International Relations, Croatia
Moderator
Sheila Paylan
Senior Legal Consultant, United Nations
Geopolitical Shockwaves in the Middle East: Global Implications and Spillovers
Sripriya Ranganathan
Secretary (Consular, Passport, Visa & Overseas Indian Affairs), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Aweke Amare Kenaw
Director General and Lead Researcher, Middle East and Asia-Pacific Affairs, Institute of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia
Alireza Khoda Gholipour
Director General, Institute for Political and International Studies, Iran
Humaid Ali Al Maani
Head of the Diplomatic Academy, Foreign Ministry, Oman
Moderator
Anna Davtyan-Gevorgyan
Researcher, Center for Culture and Civilization Studies, Armenia
Cyber Resilience in the AI Era: Defending States, Infrastructure, and Trust
Nerses Yeritsyan
Chairman of the Information System Regulatory Commission, Armenia
Bassant Hassib
Assistant Professor of Political Science, The European Universities, Egypt
Ararat Ghukasyan
First Deputy Chairman, Management Board, Unibank, Armenia
Janne Taalas
Chief Executive Officer, CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, Finland
Moderator
Andrea Cucco
Editor in Chief, Difesa Online, Italy
Defense Industrial Cooperation: Supply Chains, Talent, and the Role of Smaller States
Dominik P. Jankowski
Deputy Secretary General, NATO PA
Sukaran Singh
MD & CEO, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, India
Gegham Vardanyan
CEO of ATG, Armenia
Jakub Jaworski
Director General, Polish Chamber of National Defence Manufacturers, Poland
Sujan Chinoy
Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Studies and Analyses, India
Moderator
Leonid Nersisyan
Senior Advisor, APRI Armenia
International Development Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects
Robert Abisoghomonyan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Ivana Živković
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of the UNDP
Kaveh Zahedi
Assistant Director General and Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), FAO
Khisrav Sohibzoda
Ambassador-at-Large and Special Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan
David Fernandez Puyana
Ambassador and Permanent Observer of University for Peace to the United Nations in Geneva and Vienna
Moderator
Latika Bourke
Writer-at-Large, The Nightly
Geoeconomics as the New Battlefield. Sanctions, Supply Chains, and Economic Statecraft in a Fragmenting World
Nicolas Albertoni
Center for Development Studies, Uruguay
Thomas Gomart
Director of IFRI, France
Rakhim Oshakbayev
Director, Center of Applied Research TALAP, Kazakhstan
Matthew Wells
President & CEO, One Region, Inc., USA
Eli Bar-On
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Head of the Executive Committee, MENA2050, Israel
Moderator
Viktoria Poghosyan
Director of External Affairs, Philip Morris, Armenia
European Integration for the Prosecution Office: opportunities and challenges
Bostjan Skrlec
Chair of the Board on Relations with Partners, EUROJUST
Anna Vardapetyan
Prosecutor General, Armenia
João Conde Correia
Senior Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Portugal, representative of CARIN network, Portugal
Arpine Sargsyan
Minister of Internal Affairs, Armenia
Moderator
Narine Gasparyan
Advisor to the Prosecutor General, Armenia
Curators Call
Davit Karapetyan
Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Samir Saran
President, Observer Research Foundation, India
Small State Survival in an Era of Great Power Competition: Red Lines, Deterrence Collapse, and the Unraveling of Order (co-hosted by ORF)
Mehdi Jomaa
Former Prime Minister, Tunisia
Per Olsson Fridh
Director General, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Sweden
Malgorzata Bonikowska
Centre for International Relations, Poland
Werner Fasslabend
President, Austrian Institute for European and Security, Austria
Moderator
Liliana Śmiech
Director General for International Affairs, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary
EU’s Enlargement Shift for the South Caucasus (co-hosted by GLOBSEC)
Karel Lannoo
CEO, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
Loukas Tsoukalis
Professor, Sciences Po, Paris; President of the Board, ELIAMEP
Taline Papazian
Sciences Po, Lecturer and researcher, political science, France
Péter Pál Kránitz
Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary
Moderator
Dominika Hajdu
Director for Policy and Programming, GLOBSEC, Slovakia
Advancing Synergies across Rio Conventions
Aram Meymaryan
Deputy Minister of Environment, Armenia
Kaveh Zahedi
Assistant Director General and Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), FAO
Erik Grigoryan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Environment Group, Armenia
Luísa Braga Bianchet
Energy Transition Diplomacy Analyst, E+ Energy Transition Institute, Brasil
Moderator
Françoise Jacob
UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia