
XXI Forte International Security Conference
No way out? Navigating Global Insecurity
September 27th
(Open Conference) – Museu do Amanhã
08h00 | Registration
OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:15 (BRT/UTC-3) | 14:00 – 14:15 (CEST/UTC+2)
Maximilian Hedrich, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brazil
José Pio Borges, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
Marian Schuegraf, Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil
KEYNOTE SPEECH – Security Challenges in an Unraveling World
09:20 – 10:20 (BRT/UTC-3) | 14:20 – 15:20 (CEST/UTC+2)
José Múcio Monteiro, Minister of Defense, Brazil
Cosmin Dobran, Director for Peace, Partnerships and Crisis Management at European External Action Service, Brussels
Juan Battaleme, Secretary for International Defense Affairs of the Ministry of Defense, Argentina
Moderation: Marcia Loureiro, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
PANEL 1 – Forging new paths for Multilateralism
10:25 – 11:30 (BRT/UTC-3) | 15:25 – 16:30 (CEST/UTC+2)
Melina Risso, Director of Igarapé Institute, Brazil
João Gomes Cravinho, Ambassador, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Portugal
Jonatan Vseviov, Ambassador, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
Moderation: Henning Speck, National Security Advisor to the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag
PANEL 2 – Organized Crime and Democracy: the global scale of the parallel state
11:35–12:30 (BRT/UTC-3) |16:35–17:30 (CEST/UTC+2)
Samira Bueno, Director of Brazilian Forum of Public Security, Brazil
Alberto Lara, Co-director Social Development Group and Former vice-minister of Security and Defense, Colombia
Moderation: Fernando Azevedo e Silva, Former Minister of Defense and vice-President of the Brazilian Mining Association, Brazil
12:30 – 14:20 | BREAK
PANEL 3 – Climate meets Security: local threats, global impacts
14:25–15:30 (BRT/UTC-3) | 19:25–20:30 (CEST/UTC+2)
Fabricio Cabrera Ortiz, General, Head of the Advanced Course in Military Studies at the Colombian War College, Colombia
Kgaugelo Mkumbeni, Research Officer at Institute for Security Studies, South Africa
Moderation: Feliciano Guimarães, Professor, Academic Director at CEBRI, Brazil
PANEL 4 – On the Horizon: Understanding Escalating Geopolitical Tensions
15:35–16:40 (BRT/UTC-3) | 20:35–21:40 (CEST33/UTC+2)
Catarina dos Santos-Wintz, Member of the German Bundestag CDU/CSU, Germany
Barbora Maronkova, Programme Officer for Global Partner Engagements Section of the Public Diplomacy Division at NATO, Belgium
Ronaldo Carmona, Professor at Superior War School and Senior Fellow at CEBRI, Brazil
Moderation: Oliver Stuenkel, Professor at FGV, Brazil
CLOSING REMARKS
16:50 (BRT/UTC-3) | 21:50 (CEST/UTC+2)