On April 25th, Aspen Institute Romania hosted the Aspen Dialogue on the NATO Youth Summit, organized in the context of this year’s edition of NATO’s annual conference for people aged 18 to 35, to which we are proud to have been an Institutional Partner. Through this event, Aspen Institute Romania brought the discussion from the NATO Youth Summit closer to the young Romanian public.

The Aspen Dialogue on the NATO Youth Summit took place on Friday, April 25th, and included a live screening of the Summit’s official opening, followed by a conversation on NATO’s agenda and the role of youth in promoting peace and security. The meeting concluded with a special networking session bringing together participants from the institutional, private, academic, and civic sectors.

On April 25–26, the NATO Youth Summit took place in Budva, Montenegro, gathering young leaders from NATO member and partner countries to debate critical issues related to global security – from the impact of emerging technologies to countering disinformation and defending the Alliance’s core values.

Agenda:

10:30 – 11:00 Arrival of Guests & Welcome Coffee

11:00 – 11:05 Opening Remarks

  • Vlad Nicolae – Executive Director, Aspen Institute Romania

11:05 – 11:10 Keynote Speech: NATO Youth Summit – Perspectives from the Host Nation

  • Dalibor Ðurović – Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Montenegro to Romania

11:10 – 11:15 Keynote Address

  • H.E. Ihor Prokopchuk – Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania

11:15 – 11:20 Keynote Address

  • H.E. José Antonio Hernández Pérez-Solórzano – Ambassador of Spain to Romania

11:30 – 11:45 Live Watch: Conversation with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska

11:45 – 12:30 Conversation on NATO’s Agenda & Current Security Challenges

  • Gen. (Ret.) Daniel Petrescu – Former Chief of the Romanian Defence Staff, Ministry of National Defence / Aspen Alumnus

Moderator: Dragoș Vulvară – Acting Head of Policy and Strategy Unit, Defense Policy Directorate, Ministry of National Defence, Government of Romania / Aspen Fellow

12:30 – 13:00 Q&A & Roundtable discussion

The photo album of the event is available at THIS LINK.