Agenda and Participants

Who was in Munich, what were the topics, and who were the speakers and panelists?
Download the agenda for the 52nd Munich Security Conference, the list of participants, and the list of observers here.
Friday, February 12, 2016 | |||
03.00 p.m. | Welcome Remarks
Wolfgang Ischinger | ||
03.05 p.m. – 03.45 p.m. |
Opening Statements
Ursula von der Leyen Jean-Yves Le Drian | ||
03.45 p.m. – 04.45 p.m.
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Special Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan
King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein | ||
Intermission | |||
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Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Haider Al-Abadi Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir
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04.45 p.m. – 05.45 p.m. | Panel Discussion "Daeshing" Terror and Safeguarding Liberties
James R. Clapper Robert Hannigan Robert Antonius Cornelis Bertholee Gerhard Conrad Moderator: Richard N. Haass | ||
05.45 p.m. – 05.50 p.m. |
Comment "Daeshing" Terror and the Role of the Internet
Vinton G. Cerf | ||
06.15 p.m. – 06.45 p.m.
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Statements
Federica Mogherini Mohammad Javad Zarif | ||
06.45 p.m. – 07.45 p.m.
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Panel Discussion Refuge Refused? The EU and the Migrant Crisis
Peter Altmeier Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Bert Koenders Paolo Gentiloni William Lacy Swing Moderator: Christiane Amanpour
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06.15 p.m. – 07.15 p.m.
07.45 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.
10.15 p.m. – 11.15 p.m. | Panel Discussion Trade, Prosperity and Security
Michael Froman Ignacio Garcia Bercero Friedrich Merz Mauro Vieira Toomas Hendrik Ilves Moderator: Philip Stephens
Reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Munich
Welcome: Dieter Reiter
Night Owl Session: The Plot Sickens – The Health-Security Nexus
Introduction: Joanne Liu Introduction: Christopher Elias Hanna Serwaah Tetteh David M. Rodriguez James L. Jones Stefan Oschmann Rüdiger Krech Moderator: Robin Niblett |
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Boundless Crises, Reckless Spoilers, Helpless Guardians? The State of the International Order
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09.00 a.m. – 09.10 a.m. | Opening Statement
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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09.10 a.m. – 09.30 a.m.
| Opening Statement
Jens Stoltenberg
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09.30 a.m. – 10.10 a.m. | Prime Ministers' Debate
Manuel Valls Dmitry A. Medvedev Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger
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10.30 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. | Presidential Debate
Sauli Niinistö Dalia Grybauskaitė Andrzej Duda Martin Schulz Moderator: Ian Bremmer |
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11.45 a.m. – 12.05 p.m.
| Statement
John F. Kerry
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12.05 p.m. – 01.00 p.m. | Foreign Ministers' Debate
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Sergey V. Lavrov
Philip Hammond Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger
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03.00 p.m. – 04.30 p.m. | Panel Discussion Doubling Down? China and the International Order(s)
Introduction: Fu Ying Kevin Rudd Ng Eng Hen Robert Corker Fu Ying Moderator: Sebastian Heilmann
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05.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m. | Panel Discussion Between Reassurance and Reengagement? The Future of NATO
Introduction: Klaus Iohannis Erna Solberg Michael Fallon Peter Hultqvist Witold Waszczykowski Petr Pavel Moderator: R. Nicholas Burns |
05.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion Climate and Energy Security: Is the Heat Still on?
Ilham Aliyev Maroš Šefčovič Sheldon Whitehouse Oliver Bäte Kumi Naidoo Moderator: Melinda Crane
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05.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m. | Panel Discussion Towards Further Euro-Atlantic Integration?
Introduction: George Soros Gjorge Ivanov Borut Pahor Kolinda Grabar Kitarović Milo Djukanović Giorgi Kvirikashvili Moderator: Sebastian Kurz
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08.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m. | State Dinner hosted by the Minister-President of the Free State of Bavaria
Welcome: Horst Seehofer Laudatio: Jan Eliasson Laureate: Laurent Fabius
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10.30 p.m. – 11.30 p.m.
| Night Cap Session The Future of Warfare: Race with the Machines
Rose Gottemoeller Alexander Grushko Thomas Rid James Stavridis Kenneth Roth Moderator: Espen Barth Eide |
Sunday, February 14, 2016
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09.00 a.m. – 09.15 a.m. | Opening Statement
Kofi Annan
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09.15 a.m. – 09.25 a.m. | Comment
Salil Shetty
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09.25 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
| Panel Discussion
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Youssef Amrani Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Jean-Marie Guéhenno Smail Chergui Chairman: Olusegun Obasanjo
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Human Plight – Out of Sight? | |
09.00 a.m. – 09.10 a.m.
| Opening Statement
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09.10 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. | Panel Discussion
Ine Eriksen Søreide Filippo Grandi Anne-Marie Slaughter Roula Khalaf Moderator: Jane Harman
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Growing Rifts, Power Shifts? The New Geopolitics of the Middle East | |
11.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. | Statement
John McCain
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11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. | Panel Discussion
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani Norbert Röttgen John McCain Comment: Riad Hijab Moderator: Lyse Doucet
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12.15 p.m. – 12.30 p.m. | Final Comment
Moshe Yaalon Moderator: Lyse Doucet
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12.30 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Wolfgang Ischinger Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Munich |