The conference participants will be addressed by European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš, Minister of Defense Andris Sprūds, former President of Latvia Dr. Vaira Vīķe Freiberga, Director of Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council Anna Vīslandere and others. The conference will be opened by the President of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs. The event will be watched live www.rigaconference.lv and on the TVNET portal.
Since 2006, the conference has been one of the most important discussion platforms on security and foreign policy in the Baltic Sea region.
This year’s focus is on the prospect of a smart wartime economy in Europe, European security, including women leaders’ agenda for peace and security in times of global geopolitical upheaval, the transatlantic partnership and its strategy on the frontier of war, NATO’s future plans, artificial intelligence and technology challenges. At the end of a difficult geopolitical year in the world, the conference will analyze the strategy of the transatlantic partners for the Indo-Pacific region, as well as many other important elements of security and defense.
The program of the main part of the Riga conference can be viewed herewhile the program of the open discussion day on October 19 can be viewed here.
The Riga conference is jointly organized by the Latvian Transatlantic Organization (LATO), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and the Ministry of Defense, in close cooperation with the NATO Public Diplomacy Department, the European Commission Representation in Latvia and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The conference is supported by the Embassy of the United States of America in Latvia, the Embassy of Georgia in Latvia, the Embassy of Israel in Latvia, the Embassy of Canada in Latvia, the Embassy of Turkey in Latvia, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Latvia and the Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Latvia, as well as Riga City Council.
2023-10-13 05:20:00
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