23rd of September 2021, Radisson Blu Hotel, Bucharest – ROMANIA

– a Diplomacy360 International Conference –
5th edition

SECURITY AND PROSPERITY AT THE BLACK SEA

9:00 – 9:30 — Registration, Welcome Coffee & Networking

Introductory speech: Mr Valentin PREDA – CEO, Romanian Business Exchange

9:30 – 10:00 / Official opening

Mr. Nicolae-Ionel CIUCA – Minister of National Defence

Mr. Dănuț Sebastian NECULAESCU – Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. David MUNIZ – Chargé d’Affaires, a.i.: Embassy of the United States of America in Romania

10:00 – 11:00 / Geopolitics of the Black Sea (This panel is held under Chatham House rule)

Mr. Dan DUNGACIU – Director of the Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations of the Romanian Academy

Mr. Shaun RIORDAN – Director of the Chair in Diplomacy and Cyberspace and the European Institute of International Studies

Mr. Ion M. IONITA – Editor of the magazine Historia and Senior editor of the newspaper Adevărul

Moderator: H.E. Mr. Cristian DIACONESCU – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

11:00 – 11:15 — Coffee Break & Networking

11:15 – 12:15 / Defense and Security in the Black Sea region(This panel is held under Chatham House rule)

Col. Keith DERBENWICK – Defense Attaché, Embassy of the United States of America in Romania

Col. Daniel PARPAILLON – Defense Attaché, Embassy of France in Romania

Commander Matt NELSON – Defense Attaché, British Embassy in Romania

Moderator: General(r) Paul HURMUZ – Career Military Diplomat, Former Deputy Director of the Intelligence Division of the NATO International Military Staff

12:15 – 13:15 — Lunch Break & Networking

13:15 – 14:15 / Strategic Business Sectors: Logistic, Agriculture, Industrial cooperation in Defence and Security

Mr. Tom HANSON – Commercial Officer – Embassy of the United States of America in Romania

Mr. Sorin PREDA – CEO, Global Vision: Constanta Business Park

Mr. Marinica MIRZU – General Manager, General Dynamics European Land Systems

Ms. Sude GURCAN – Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Turkey. Business Sectors of interest, for Turkish investors

Moderator: Mr. Emanuel CERNAT – Managing Partner of Corporate Affairs Strategies

14:15 – 14:30 Coffee Break & Networking

14:30 – 15:30 / Business Opportunities offered by the public sector: Climate Change, Energy, Critical Infrastructure

H.E. Ms. Therese HYDEN – Ambassador of Sweden to Romania, Environmental and Climate change factors, as potential business opportunities generators

Gen. (r) Stefan DANILA – former Chief of Romanian General Staff: Opportunities offered by the defense infrastructure developments, for Romanian companies

Mr. George NICULESCU – State Secretary Ministry of Energy

Ms. Mihaela TOADER – Member of the Board of Administration – TRANSGAZ SA: Gas projects at the Black Sea

Moderator: Mr. Ciprian PALTINEANU – CEO, INSPET S.A.

Closing remarks: Valentin PREDA – Diplomacy360 Initiative further developments

The Conference was held in English language.