The first day focused on security trends and global challenges in regional perspectives from the US, Russia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa about security challenges, as well as transnational issues of migration, resources, proliferation, terrorism, the environment and security sector reform.
Think Tanks from around the world gathered together for the discussions and the forum will result in a publication representing the different views of prevalent security threats.
The meeting concluded on May 29 with a focus on the views from Asia.
Speakers at this Forum included:
- Dr. Abdulaziz O. Sager, Chairman, Gulf Research Center, Saudi Arabia
- Rear Admiral Maurizio Ertreo, Commander, Navy Staff College, Venice, Italy
- Professor Matteo Legrenzi, Associate Professor, Ca" Foscari University of Venice, Italy
- Professor Janice Gross Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
- Dr. Daniel Möckli, Head, Strategic Trends Analysis Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Dr. Richard Hooker, Dean, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
- Ambassador James Larocco, Near East and South Asia Center
- National Defense University (NDU), United States
- Dr. Vladimir A. Orlov, President PIR - The Russian Center for Policy Studies
- Captain (Capitano di Vascello) Gianluigi Reversi, Italian Navy
- Dr. Musa Shteiwi, Director, Center for Strategic Studies, Jordan
- Dr. Mustafa Alani, Director, Dept. of Security and Defence Studies, Gulf Research Center, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Marina Ottaway, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace, USA
- Dr. Cheryl Hendricks, Senior Research, FellowConflict Management and Peace-Building Institute for Security Studies, South Africa
- Professor Kivanç Ulusoy, Director, Center for Strategic Research,Turkey
- Dr. Peter J. Croll, Director Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Germany
- David Michel, Director, Environmental Security, The Henry L. Stimson Center, USA
- Ambassador Teddy Winkler, Director , Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Switzerland
- Hekmat Karzai, Director, Center for Conflict and Peace Studies, Afghanistan
- Dr. Mallika Joseph, Executive Director, Regional Center for Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka
- Lt. General (ret.) Vasantha Raghavan, President, Center for Security Analysis, India
- Professor Joseph Liow, Associate Dean, Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ambassador Yukio Satoh, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan
- Dr. Leanne Piggott, Director, Business Programs Unit, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
