Workshop Patrons, Keynote Speakers and Advisory Board Members
Patrons, Honorary General Chairmen, & Keynote Speakers
 His Excellency Vecdi Gönül
Minister of Defense of Turkey
(2009) |
 His Excellency Ignazio La Russa
Minister of Defense of Italy
(2008) |
 His Excellency Hervé Morin
Minister of Defense of France
(2007) |
 His Excellency Franz Josef Jung, MdB
Minister of Defense of Germany
(2006) |
 Her Excellency Michčle Alliot-Marie
Minister of Defense of France
(2005, 2007) |
 His Excellency Zurab Nogaideli
Prime Minister of Georgia
(2006) |
 His Excellency Aleksander Kwasniewski
President of Poland
(1996-98, 2000, 2002) |
 His Excellency Václav Havel
President of the Czech Republic
(1996, 1997) |
 His Excellency Peter Struck, MdB
Minister of Defense of Germany
(2004) |
 His Excellency Rudolf Scharping
Minister of Defense of Germany
(2000, 2002) |
 His Excellency Dr. Werner Fasslabend
Minister of Defense of Austria
(1998) |
 His Excellency Jan Trřjborg
Minister of Defense of Denmark
(2001) |
 His Excellency Árpád Göncz
President of Hungary
(1999) |
 His Excellency Volker Rühe
Minister of Defense of Germany
(1995) |
 General John Shalikashvili
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(1993) |
 General James Jones
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(2004, 2006, 2007) |
 General George Joulwan
Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Workshop Honorary General Chairman
(1994-1997) |
 General Henri Bentegeat
Chairman of the EU Military Committee
(2007) |
Advisory Board Members
 His Excellency Valdas Adamkus
Former President of Lithuania
(1998-2003) |
 Ing. Giovanni Bertolone
CEO, Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
|
 Admiral Jean Betermier
Senior Advisor to the CEO, EADS
|
 Mr. Tim Bloechl
Managing Director, Worldwide Public Safety and
National Security, Microsoft
|
 Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola
Chairman of NATO Military Committee,
Former Chief of Staff of Italian Armed Forces
|
 Sir Stewart Eldon KCMG OBE
United Kingdom Permanent Representative to NATO
|
 The Honorable Gordon England
Former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
(1999- ) |
His Excellency Dr. Werner Fasslabend
Former Minister of Defense of Austria
|
General George A. Joulwan (Ret.)
Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
|
 Ambassador Mahmoud Karem
Egyptian Ambassador to the EU
|
 Ambassador Jaromir Novotny
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Japan
|
 Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Secretary General, OSCE
|
 Ing. General Robert Ranquet
Institut des hautes études de défense nationale
|
 Vice Admiral Sanfelice di Monteforte
Former Italian Military Repres. to NATO
|
 His Excellency Borys Tarasyuk
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
|
 Ing. Dr. Giorgio Zappa
COO of Finmeccanica and Chairman, Alenia Aeronautica
|