You are cordially invited to attend a keynote speech by Mr Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary-General of NATO, on the topic “NATO in a Changing World”, followed by a conversation with the audience.
The event will take place on Friday the 17th of May at 13:00hrs at the The Hague Campus of the University of Leiden, Turfmarkt 99.
Mircea Geoană became NATO Deputy Secretary General in October 2019, after a distinguished domestic, European and international career. Mr Geoană is the first Deputy Secretary General from Romania, and the first from any of the countries that joined the Alliance after the end of the Cold War.
In his speech, the Deputy Secretary General will focus on the challenges facing NATO in the year the Alliance marks its 75th anniversary, including in the context of the upcoming NATO Summit in Washington, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, NATO’s relations with its Asia-Pacific partners, and the impact of emerging and disruptive technologies.
This public event will take place in the margins of an international conference on cyber security, hosted by the Netherlands. The event is hosted in collaboration with the Young Atlantic Association, Leiden University, the Clingendael Institute, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) and the Royal Netherlands Society for War Studies (KVBK).
Please register using the link below. You will be able to register for this event until 12:00 PM on Thursday May 16th, 2024.