Topic: Russia's aggression against the West
Organizer: Centre for Strategic Analysis and Forecast, University of Lodz
Date: 28/29 November, 2024
Place: Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz, Skladowa 43 Street, Lodz PL 90 – 127, Poland
Agenda:
Russia's covert aggression against the West escalates year after year, at least since the (in)famous Putin's 2007 Munich Conference speech. This includes both kinetic and non-kinetic actions directed against both Western and Central European states and the EU itself.
The conference's aims are to describe and diagnose current situations in these fields as well as to make plausible predictions of future developments in order to make adequate preparations and effective countermeasures for the future dangers escalating from Russia. We want to invite specialists in the areas of both kinetic and non-kinetic aggressive actions and create the platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences to work out viable solutions which may help governments in their hard task of protecting states and societies being under constant Russia's aggression.
Summit program:
28 November, 2024
14.30 – 17.45 Panel session I "Russia's kinetic actions against the West (diversion, terrorism, targeted killings, arsons, etc.)"
14.30 – 15.15 Keynote speaker presentation: dr Kacper Rękawek: “We have forgotten about state terrorism. We were wrong”
15.15 – 17.30 Panel discussion (Kacper Rękawek, Xavier Raufer, Timo Hellenberg, Morgan Finnsiö, Hans-Jakob Schindler, Ruslan Trad, moderator dr hab. Ryszard Machnikowski)
17.30 – 17.45 Summing up
29 November, 2024
10.30 – 13.45 Panel session II “Russia's non-kinetic actions against the West (propaganda, disinformation, cyberattacks, influence ops, etc.)"
10.30 – 11.15 Keynote speaker presentation: Denys Kolesnyk: “Winning without fighting: the strategic edge of non-kinetic warfare”
11.15 – 13.30 Panel discussion (Denys Kolesnyk, Kamil Basaj, Michał Marek, Léo Péria-Peigné, Maksym Sijer, Katarzyna Chawryło, Christian Lange, moderator: dr Andrzej Kozłowski)
13.30– 13.45 Conference ending