NATO 2030 Youth Summit

The recordings of all sessions of the NATO 2030 Youth Summit are available on our YouTube channel and in our media library:

03.30 p.m. – 03.35 p.m.
Introductory Video

#NATO 2030

03.35 p.m. – 03.45 p.m.
Welcome

Scene-setting for the NATO 2030 Youth Summit

03.45 p.m. – 03.55 p.m.
Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General

The Transatlantic Alliance in 2030

03.55 p.m. – 04.00 p.m.
Video Presentation and Interview

Introducing the NATO 2030 Young Leaders

04.00 p.m. – 04.20 p.m.
Video Screening & Statements

#NATO2030 – Current Leaders Ask, Future Leaders Respond

NATO 2030 Young Leaders

04.25 p.m. – 04.40 p.m.
Scenario-Building Exercise

Setting the Scene: The World in 2030

Channel 1:
04.45 p.m. – 05.15 p.m.
Digital Conversation

Keeping P(e)ace? Contributing to Stability Beyond NATO’s Borders

This Digital Conversation explores the wide spectrum of NATO’s activities to support stabilization in an unstable word.

With the boundaries between internal and external security becoming more fluid and the Alliance’s neighbourhood increasingly unstable, crisis management, stability operations and cooperation with partners to support stabilization have developed into one of the core roles of NATO.

Discussing the lessons of 25 years of its manifold stabilization activities, this session seeks to address how this field of NATO’s work should evolve towards 2030.

Bringing in a wide range of voices from the military, civil society and academia, a particular focus will be placed on the importance of local actors and civil-military cooperation for securing local ownership, legitimacy and durability of stabilization processes.

Channel 2
04.45 p.m. – 05.15 p.m.
Digital Fishbowl Discussion

Ready for the Future? Defending NATO in 2030

This Digital Fishbowl sheds light on future threats for NATO and its allies and what steps need to be taken to deter and defend against them.

This session will focus on NATO’s role in deterrence and in the defence of the Euro-Atlantic area. First, the speakers will provide their perspectives on successes and continuing efforts in adaptation of the Alliance since the pivotal NATO Wales Summit in 2014. In an interactive Digital Fishbowl, our panel of experts will then look at the threats that NATO Allies will be facing in 2030, how to best deter and defend against these and the resulting top priorities of NATO in terms of military adaptation and coordination.

Channel 3
04.45 p.m. – 05.15 p.m.
Digital Conversation

Prepared to Respond? NATO and Disruptive Technologies

This Digital Conversation will highlight how disruptive technologies shape the battlefield of tomorrow and how NATO needs to respond.

This session will provide the chance to enter into a conversation with experts and policy makers on how NATO can prepare for the challenges emerging and disruptive technologies pose to the Alliance. The panel will focus on the potential impact of cyber-attacks and NATO’s role in cyber defence, but also provides an opportunity to discuss how emerging and disruptive technologies (re)shape the battlefield of the future. The session will highlight the importance of securing NATO’s technological edge and challenge participants to think about NATO’s role in technological innovation in the security domain.

05.15 p.m. – 05.20 p.m.
Video Screening & Announcement of Winners

#NATO2030 Video Contest

Channel 1
05.25 p.m. – 05.55 p.m.
Digital Fishbowl Discussion

Under (Arms) Control: The Future of Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic Region

This Fishbowl Discussion delves into the role of nuclear weapons for NATO’s deterrence strategy and zooms in on the Alliance’s efforts in enhancing arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation.

This discussion will shed light on the implications of the erosion of arms control regimes, combined with emerging technologies and increasing great power competition, for the strategic stability of the Euro-Atlantic region. A particular focus will be on how NATO can foster arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation strategies. The session will also reflect on the role of nuclear weapons for the Alliance’s deterrence today and in future.

Channel 2
05.25 p.m. – 05.55 p.m.
Digital Conversation

Heating Up: Climate Change and Global Security

This Digital Conversation explores the link between climate chance and security and discusses how NATO and NATO Allies should adapt to and contribute to mitigating an ever changing climate.

As the severe and cascading impacts of climate change on global security become more and more visible, this session seeks to analyse NATO’s and Allies’ role and responsibility in combating climate change.

Bringing in voices from politics, the military and civil society, various aspects will be explored: the implications of climate change for human and international security, as well as for NATO’s missions and operations; and, building on that, the ways how NATO and its Allies can adapt to and help to reduce the impact of climate change.

Channel 3
05.25 p.m. – 05.55 p.m.
Policy Pitches

Tricking the Trolls: A Look at the Digital Future

In a set of Policy Pitches, experts analyze the increasing risk from disinformation and what NATO can do to respond.

Disinformation poses a growing security risk for open, democratic societies. How can the Alliance contribute to defending NATO Allies against these risks? In this session, participants will have the chance to listen and react to three pitches for policy recommendations in this field. The ensuing discussion will review how security risks from disinformation have intensified and addresses the challenge of defending against it, as well as the importance of keeping the internet and media open and free.

Channel 1
06.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.
Digital Fishbowl Discussion

A (Strategic) Balancing Act: NATO in an Era of Great Power Competition

This Digital Conversation addresses the changes in the geopolitical landscape and the resulting implications for the Alliance – today and in future.

As global power balances are shifting and the liberal international order is increasingly under pressure, this session analyzes the challenges these developments pose for NATO. Building on that, it seeks to explore the geostrategic implications of these trends towards 2030 and the ways the transatlantic Alliance and can and should respond to them. 

Channel 2
06.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.
Policy Pitches

Of Black Swans & Grey Rhinos: Enhancing NATO’s Resilience to Future Crises

In a set of Policy Pitches, experts highlight potential future crises and ways in which NATO can prepare for them.

This year has highlighted the threat posed by unexpected or hidden security risks and has emphasized the importance of resilience. What are possible future crises and what role does NATO have in preparing and responding to them? In this session, participants will have the chance to hear four experts pitch their perspective on what NATO can do to strengthen its strategic foresight capabilities and prepare for a wide range of eventualities.

Channel 3
06.00 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.
Digital Conversation

Partnering for Peace: NATO’s Role in the Rules-Based Multilateral Order

As the rules-based multilateral order is increasingly challenged, this Digital Conversation discusses how NATO can contribute to strengthening it.

At a time when international norms are repeatedly violated and the liberal international order is increasingly under pressure, this session seeks to explore how the Alliance should respond to this development and what it can do to uphold and foster the rules-based multilateral order. In this context, a particular focus will be placed on NATO’s partners: their expectations for the Alliance, and, most crucially, their views on how NATO can best work together with its partners to defend and strengthen the international order – today and looking towards 2030.

06.30 p.m. – 06.45 p.m.

Closing