Aspen Institute Romania, as an Institutional Partner of the NATO Public Forum, organized on Tuesday, 11 July, a special morning coffee Aspen Watch Event, in Bucharest, which consisted in the exclusive livestreaming in Romania of the NATO Public Forum together with a roundtable discussion.

The NATO Public Forum is the major public diplomacy event organized on 11-12 July during the NATO Summit in Vilnius. The NATO Public Forum aims to promote a better public understanding of NATO’s policies and goals and the decisions to be adopted at the Vilnius Summit, through dialogue and engagement with a unique and diverse group of stakeholders, from Heads of State and Government and Ministers to international security experts, opinion formers, academics, journalists, and young people, in a series of panel discussions, debates, and interactive sessions on various topics on NATO’s agenda.

The guest speaker of the Aspen Watch Event, Ms. Simona Cojocaru, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defense of Romania, provided the appropriate framework of understanding of the current NATO priorities and role of the NATO Vilnius Summit to the fellows and members attending the event. The livestream program featured the Official Opening of the NATO Public Forum with an address by NATO Secretary General Mr. Jens Stoltenberg as well as the Spotlight Conversation with the NATO Deputy Secretary General & Aspen Institute Romania Founding President, Mr. Mircea Geoană.

All details of the NATO Public Forum may be found here: https://natopublicforum2023.lt/en

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Agenda

8.45 – 9.00: Arrival of participants

9.00 – 9.05: Welcome on behalf of the Aspen Institute Romania

  • Teddy Dumitrescu, Acting President, Aspen Institute Romania

Welcome on behalf of the event host – BCR

  • Ionuț Stanimir, Executive Director, Marketing & Communication

9.05 – 9.35: Live watching of the NATO Public Forum Opening address and conversation, featuring Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

9.35 – 9.55: Keynote intervention: Agenda and role of NATO Vilnius Summit & Public Forum

  • Simona Cojocaru, State Secretary, Ministry of National Defense of Romania

9.55 – 10.40: Roundtable Discussions moderated by Ioan Istrate, Aspen Fellow 2021, Aspen Member & Romania’s representative in designing NATO’s Innovation Fund (NATO I-LPAC) and NATO’s Innovation Accelerator (NATO-DIANA)

10.40 – 11.00: Live watching of the NATO Public Forum Conversation with Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană

11.00 – 11.05: Closing of Discussions

  • Teddy Dumitrescu, Acting President, Aspen Institute Romania