Agenda

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)

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 Conversation with Saudi Arabia (video)
Königssaal

• 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 (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)

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 (video)
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)