Munich Security Conference Live: Day 1 | DW News

The Munich Security Conference is an annual event bringing together security experts and politicians, military leaders and the defense industry from around the world. Watch the main program live here.

Schedule Friday, February 17

13.30 – 13.45 CET – Main Stage I: Opening & Welcome
Remarks by the Conference Chairman Christoph Heusgen,
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

13.45 – 14.15 CET – Main Stage I: Statement & Conversation
David on the Dnipro: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Ukrainian Official
Moderator: Christoph Heusgen
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

14.15 – 14.45 CET Main Stage I: Conversation – Germany in the World
Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
Moderator: Christiane Amanpour
Chief International Anchor, Cable News Network

14.45 – 15.15 CET Main Stage I: Conversation – France in the World
Emmanuel Macron, President, French Republic
Moderator: Christoph Heusgen
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference

15.30 – 16.15 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion – Against Lawlessness: Ensuring Accountability
Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia
Karim Khan, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Lindsey Graham, Senator, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States of America
Nadia Murad, Founder and President, Nadia's Initiative; Goodwill Ambassador, Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking, United Nations; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2018
1st Comment: Leymah Gbowee, Founder and President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2011
Moderator: David Miliband, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee

16.30 – 17.15 CET Main Stage I: Panel Discussion – Fallout? Challenges for Transatlantic Defense and the Nuclear Order
Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Christopher A. Coons (tbc), Senator, Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States of America
Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations
Yao Yunzhu Major General (ret.); Director Emeritus, Center on China-American Defence Relations, Academy of Military Science, People's Liberation Army, People's Republic of China
Moderator: Claudia Major, Head of the Research Division on International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

17.30 – 18.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion – Power Shifts: Geopolitics of the Green Transition
Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Federal Republic of Germany
Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal and Commissioner for Climate Action, European Commission
Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
Sri Mulyani Indrawati Minister of Finance, Indonesia
1st Comment: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party
Moderator: Hadley Gamble, Anchor and Reporter, CNBC

19.00 – 19.45 CET (in cooperation with Deutsche Welle Conflict Zone)
Spotlight: Geopolitics of Carbon Border Adjustments
Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Sweden
Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister, Republic of Poland
Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine; Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine
Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic
Mitch McConnell, Senator, Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, United States of America
Moderator: Tim Sebastian, Journalist, Deutsche Welle Conflict Zone

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