

Agenda
The full main program of the Munich Security Conference 2020 from February 14 to 16 is available here. Aside from the main program, dozens of official side events as well as thousands of bilateral and multilateral meetings take place at the conference.
Friday, February 14, 2020
09.00 – 10.30
Energy Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Gelber Salon
09.00 – 10.30
Cyber Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Fürstensalon
09.00 – 10.30
Health Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Garden Restaurant
10.30 – 11.30
Townhall on Arms Control (video)
Palaishalle
14.00 – 14.15
Welcome Remarks by the Conference Chairman (video)
Conference Hall
- Wolfgang Ischinger (Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference)
14.15 – 14.45
Opening Statement (video)
Conference Hall
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Federal President, Federal Republic of Germany)
14.50 – 15.50
Conversation Speakers' Corner: The State of Democracy in the West (video)
Conference Hall
- Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives, United States of America)
- Wolfgang Schäuble (President, German Bundestag, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group)
- Moderator: Ivan Krastev (Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies)
15.00 – 16.00
Townhall on Women, Peace, and Security (video)
Palaishalle
15.30 – 17.00
Human Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Dachgarten II
15.50 – 17.00
Panel Discussion Westlessness in the West: What Are We Defending? (video)
Conference Hall
- Introduction: Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Canada)
- Erna Solberg (Prime Minister, Kingdom of Norway)
- Sebastian Kurz (Federal Chancellor, Republic of Austria)
- Moderator: Timothy Garton Ash (Professor of European Studies, St Antony's College, University of Oxford; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
16.45 – 17.45
Townhall on Food (In)Security (video)
Palaishalle
17.30 – 19.00
Panel Discussion Westlessness in the World: Multilateralism in a Changing International Order (video)
Conference Hall
- Introduction: Heiko Maas (Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany)
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Minister of External Affairs, Republic of India)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice President for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age, European Commission)
- Kang Kyung-Wha (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea)
- Lindsey O. Graham (Senator, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States of America)
- Moderator: Amrita Narlikar (President, German Institute of Global and Area Studies)
17.30 – 19.00
Parallel Panel Discussion Heavy Duties? Prospects of Global Trade (video)
Königssaal
- Scene Setter: Joseph E. Stiglitz (University Professor for Finance, Columbia University; Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences 2001)
- Kristalina Georgieva (Managing Director, International Monetary Fund)
- Arancha González Laya (Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Kingdom of Spain)
- Oliver Zipse (Chairman of the Board of Management, BMW AG)
- Mitt Romney (Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America)
- Moderator: Mohamed A. El-Erian (Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz SE)
17.30 – 19.00
Balkan Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Dachgarten II
18.30 – 19.30
Townhall on the Future of Disinformation (off-the-record)
Palaishalle
22.00 – 23.15
Night Owl Session Truce for Tripoli? An Update on the Libyan Conflict (video)
Conference Hall
- Scene Setter: Niels Annen (Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany)
- Lia Quartapelle Procopio (Secretary of the Committee on Foreign and Community Affairs, Parliament of the Italian Republic)
- Hossam Zaki (Assistant Secretary General, League of Arab States)
- Smaïl Chergui (Commissioner for Peace and Security, African Union)
- Moderator: Rym Momtaz (Correspondent, Politico Europe; Munich Young Leader 2018)
Saturday, February 15, 2020
09.00 – 10.00
Townhall on the Coronavirus Outbreak (video)
Palaishalle
09.00 – 10.15
Statements and Discussion (video)
Conference Hall
- Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
- Mike Pompeo (Secretary of State, United States of America)
- Mark Esper (Secretary of Defense, United States of America)
- Moderators: Teri Schultz (Freelance Journalist); Bojan Pancevski (Germany Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal)
10.15 – 11.15
Chairman's Interview (video)
Conference Hall
- Emmanuel Macron (President, French Republic)
- Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger (Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference)
11.45 – 12.15
Statement and Discussion (video)
Conference Hall
- Wang Yi (State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China)
- Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger (Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference)
11.45 – 12.45
Townhall on Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelensky (video)
Palaishalle
12.15 – 13.15
Panel Discussion Keeping it Pacific: Managing Security Relations in Asia (video)
Conference Hall
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Minister of External Affairs, Republic of India)
- Mark Rutte (Prime Minister, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Linda Reynolds (Minister for Defence, Commonwealth of Australia)
- Motegi Toshimitsu (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan)
- Robert Menendez (Senator, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America)
- Moderator: Lynn Kuok (Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Munich Young Leader 2013)
15:00 – 15:05
An Update on the Coronavirus (video)
Conference Hall
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director General, World Health Organization)
15.05 – 15.30
Statement and Discussion (video)
Conference Hall
- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany)
- Moderator: Christiane Hoffmann (Diplomatic Correspondent, Der Spiegel)
15.30 – 16.00
Statement and Discussion (video)
Conference Hall
- Sergey Lavrov (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation)
- Moderator: Christiane Hoffmann (Diplomatic Correspondent, Der Spiegel)
15.00 – 16.00
Townhall on Artificial Intelligence (video)
Palaishalle
15.00 – 17.00
Bridging Troubled Waters: De-escalation in the Gulf
Königssaal
15.00 – 15.15
A Conversation with Iran (video)
Königssaal
- Mohammad Javad Zarif (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Moderator: Lyse Doucet (Chief International Correspondent, British Broadcasting Corporation)
15.15 – 16.45
Panel Discussion (video)
Königssaal
- Introduction: Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar)
- Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah (Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Kuwait)
- Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey)
- Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman)
- Christopher Murphy (Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America)
- Moderator: Lyse Doucet (Chief International Correspondent, British Broadcasting Corporation)
16.45 – 17.00
A Comment from Saudi Arabia (video)
Königsaal
- Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
- Moderator: Lyse Doucet (Chief International Correspondent, British Broadcasting Corporation)
15.30 – 17.00
Defence Roundtable (off-the-record)
Fürstensalon
16.00 – 16.30
Conversation Learn Fast and Fix Things: Social Media and Democracy (video)
Conference Hall
- Mark Zuckerberg (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook)
- Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger (Ambassador; Chairman of the Munich Security Conference)
16.30 – 17.10
Conversation Corporate Responsibility to Protect: The Politics of Big Data (video)
Conference Hall
- Brad Smith (President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft Corporation)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner for Internal Market, European Union)
- Moderator: Marietje Schaake (President, CyberPeace Institute; Munich Young Leader 2013)
17.30 – 19.00
Panel Discussion To an Uncertain Degree: Climate Change and Security (video)
Conference Hall
- Scene Setter: Jennifer Morgan (Executive Director, Greenpeace International)
- Introduction: Kent Walker (Senior Vice President Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, Google)
- Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (Ambassador; Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
- Lindsey O. Graham (Senator, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States of America)
- Tom Middendorp (General; Chairman, International Military Council on Climate and Security; Former Chief of Defence of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States of America)
- Moderator: Melinda Crane-Röhrs (Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle)
17.30 – 18.15
Conversation An Update on Nagorno-Karabakh (video)
Königssaal
- Ilham Aliyev (President, Republic of Azerbaijan)
- Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister, Republic of Armenia)
- Moderator: Celeste A. Wallander (President and Chief Executive Officer, The US Russia Foundation)
18.15 – 19.00
Conversation Geography Matters: An Update on Central Asia (video)
Königssaal
- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (President, Republic of Kazakhstan)
- Mohammad Ashraf Ghani (President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
- Moderator: Richard N. Haass (President, Council on Foreign Relations)
17.30 – 19.00
Arctic Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Dachgarten I
17.30 – 19.00
Transnational Security Roundtable (off-the-record)
Fürstensalon
20.00 – 22.00
State Dinner hosted by the Minister President of the Free State of Bavaria
Munich Residenz
22.30 – 23.30
Congressional Night Cap Session Lead or Retreat? Prospects for US Foreign Policy (video)
Königssaal
- Veronica Escobar (Representative, Member of the House Committee on Armed Services, United States of America)
- Rob Portman (Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America)
- Elissa Slotkin (Representative, Member of the House Committee on Armed Services, United States of America)
- Mac Thornberry (Representative, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Armed Services, United States of America)
- Moderator: Jane Harman (Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Wilson Center)
Sunday, February 16, 2020
08.00 – 09.30
Townhall on the Future of Diplomacy (video)
Palaishalle
09.00 – 10.45
Panel Discussion Eurovision Contest: A Europe That Protects (video)
Conference Hall
- Introduction: Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister, Republic of Croatia
- Scene Setting: Zuzana Čaputová, President, Slovak Republic
- Ludovic Orban, Prime Minister, Romania
- Věra Jourová, Vice President for Values and Transparency, European Commission
- Annalena Baerbock, Chairwoman, Alliance 90/The Greens Party; Member of the Committee on Economics and Energy, German Bundestag
- Armin Laschet, Minister President, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Margaritis Schinas, Vice President for Promoting the European Way of Life, European Commission
- Moderator: Henrik Enderlein, President, Hertie School of Governance; Director, Jacques Delors Centre
11.00 – 12.30
Townhall on Palestine (video)
Palaishalle
11.25 – 13.00
Panel Discussion Eurovision Contest: A Europe That Projects
Conference Hall
- Scene Setting: Luigi Di Maio (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian Republic)
- Jacek Czaputowicz (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland)
- Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice President of the Commission and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union)
- Sir Mark Philip Sedwill (National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Jean-Yves Le Drian (Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic)
- Moderator: Nathalie Tocci (Former Special Adviser to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union; Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali)
13.00 – 13.05
Closing Remarks by the Conference Chairman (video)
Conference Hall
- Wolfgang Ischinger (Ambassador; Chairman of the Munich Security Conference)