7th NATO Asia-Pacific Dialogue 2017
Date: 15 October , 2017
Hour:
Location: ATA HQ, Brussels
Agenda
Sunday, 15 October
17:00 hrs Arrival of Speakers
(Hotel Le Plaza Brussels, Boulevard Adolphe Max 118-126, 1000 Bruxelles)
18:30 hrs Meeting in the hotel lobby
19:00 hrs Welcome Dinner
Monday, 16 October
09:30 hrs Meeting at hotel lobby and departure to NATO HQ for briefings and discussion
(Meeting Room: Lange)
10.30 hrs Welcome Remarks followed by a Briefing and discussion on NATO’s Current Political Agenda
Ambassador Tacan Ildem
Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
11.30 hrs Briefing and discussion on NATO Partnerships
Dr. Jaroslaw Skonieczka
Senior Director, Integration, Partnerships and Cooperation Directorate, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO
12.30 hrs Lunch in NATO’s restaurant
hosted by Mrs. Carmen Romero
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
14.00 hrs Briefing and discussion on NATO-Russia Relations
Mr. Thomasz Chlon
Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
15.00 hrs Briefing and discussion on NATO – EU Relations
Mr. Alexandros Papaioannou
NATO and Multilateral Affairs, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO
16.00 hrs Departure to the hotel
17:30 hrs Meeting in the hotel lobby and departure to the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) (Rue des Petits Carmes 20, 1000 Bruxelles)
18:15 hrs Registration and welcome cocktail
18:45 hrs Welcome remarks by
The Honorable Rose E. Gottemoeller
Deputy Secretary General, NATO
19:00 hrs Panel Discussion “Creating Predictability in Asian and European Security Dynamics”
Mr. Jason Wiseman
Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association
Panelists:
Keynote speech by The Honorable Rose E. Gottemoeller
Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Prof. Robert Patman
Head of Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand
Prof. Shen Dingli
Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs, Fudan University, China
Prof. Matake Kamiya
National Defense Academy, Ministry of Defense, Japan
Followed by Dinner Reception
Tuesday, 17 October
8:00 hrs Meeting at hotel lobby and departure to NATO HQ for full-day closed-door Dialogue (Meeting Room: Brosio)
9:00 hrs Welcome Remarks
Mr. Zsolt Rabai
Programme Officer for Partners Across the Globe, Engagements Section, NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Mr. Christian Echle
Director Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
9:15 hrs “Returning of Great Power Politics and Impact on NATO and the Asia-Pacific”
Dr. Jamie Shea
Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO
Prof. Matake Kamiya
National Defense Academy, Ministry of Defense, Japan
Prof. Hyun-Wook Kim
Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
Dhruva Jaishankar
Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings, Republic of India
10:45 hrs Coffee
11:15 hrs “Projecting stability in crisis areas”
Mr. James Mackey
Head, Euro-Atlantic and Global Partnership, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO
Dr. Faramarz Tamanna
Director General, Center for Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Simone Roworth
Defence Policy Advisor, Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations and former Senior Advisor to the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
12:45 hrs Lunch in NATO’s restaurant
hosted by Dr. Gerlinde Niehus Head, Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
14:00 hrs “Cyber Security / Hybrid Warfare”
Dr. Stefanie Babst (tbc)
Head, Strategic Analysis Capability, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO
Prof. Robert Patman
Head of Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr Shashi Jayakumar
Senior Fellow and Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Republic of Singapore Colonel Sofian Bin Kamaruddin (ret.) Director,
Institute of Executive Education (NIEEd) and Senior Fellow, Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia
15:30 hrs Coffee
16:00 hrs “NATO’s Perception in the Asia Pacific”
Mr. Vlad Vernygora
Project Director of ‘Science for Peace and Security Programme Project: NATO Global Perceptions – Views from Asia-Pacific Region, Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Dr. Gerlinde Niehus
Head, Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division,
Prof. Shen Dingli
Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs, Fudan University, China
Dr. Curie Mahrani Savitri
Binus University, and advisor to the Ministry of Defense, Republic of Indonesia
Byambakhand Luguusharav
Senior Expert, Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies, Mongolia
17:30 hrs Concluding Remarks
Mr. Christian Echle
Director Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Mr. Zsolt Rabai
Programme Officer for Partners Across the Globe, Engagements Section, NATO Public Diplomacy Division
18:30 hrs Farewell Dinner