The International Security Forum Bonn 2023 will take place under the patronage of Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst. The Main Day under the title "A World out of Joint – Global Power Shifts and Religous Extremism" provides international experts the possibility to discuss the future of transatlantic relations and key challenges in international politics. The Main Day of the International Security Forum Bonn 2023 is hosted by the Henry Kissinger Professorship for Strategic and Integration Studies at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies in cooperation with the Academy of International Affairs NRW. 

The Bonn Future Lab on Strategic Foresight “Global Energy Transitions” consists of two complementary segments: On October 20th, high-level international experts will discuss interactions between energy supply and international conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, as well as the importance of global power shifts for various facets of energy security broadly in the panels “Geopolitics of Energy Transitions” and “Geoeconomics and Energy Transitions”, “Innovation and Technology: Shortcuts to Sustainable Futures?” and “Beyond Dependence: Energy Cooperation Among Tech Middle Powers”. After short remarks of each panelist, each format will offer great opportunity for discussion with the audience. Based on this distinguished international conference, on the following days, young academics and experts will develop scenarios and contrive sustainable, resilient and successful strategies for European and German policymakers in a professional, method-based strategic foresight workshop.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

3:00 p.m.

Welcoming remarks

• Dr. Matthieu Osmont, Institut français Bonn

Panel Discussion

"Global Power Shifts - Do we have a common German-french perspective?"

• Claude-France Arnould, former Ambassador
• Prof. Joachim Bitterlich, former Ambassador, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Paris

Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie, University of Bonn

Opening Remarks

• Hendrik Wüst (digital), Minister President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Zimmer, Vice Rector for Research and Early-Career Researchers, University of Bonn

Welcoming Remarks

• Nicole Unterseh, First Deputy Mayor, City of Bonn

Introductory statements

“The Role of Academic Excellence in the Transatlantic Partnership”

• Pauline Kao, Consul General for the United States in North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf

“Israel under attack: a view from our academic partner”

• Prof. Assaf Moghadam (digital), Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Tel Aviv

“Turmoil in the Middle East, war in Ukraine, and beyond: two snapshots”

• Sir Richard Shirreff, General (ret.) and former Deputy Supreme Commander NATO Europe, London
• Prof. Phillips O’Brien, Professor for Strategic Studies, Head of the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews

First session: “Global Power Shifts and the Future Strategic Landscape”

Impulse statement

• Prof. Dr. Beatrice de Graaf, Professor for History of International Relations and Global Governance, Utrecht University

Followed by a discussion with

• Prof. Dr. Phillips O’Brien, Professor for Strategic Studies, Head of the School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews
• Sir Richard Shirreff, General (ret.) and former Deputy Supreme Commander NATO Europe, London

Chair

• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie, Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategic Studies, Director of CASSIS, University of Bonn
• Dr. Mayssoun Zein Al Din, Executive Director of the Academy of International Affairs NRW, Bonn

Coffee Break

Second Session: “Political Islam as a hybrid Actor in Europe – activities, means and strategies”

Impulse Statements

• Marwa Farid, Policy Advisor at the European Foundation for Democracy, Brussels
• Prof. Dr. Christine Schirrmacher, Professor for Islamic Studies at the Universities Bonn and Leuven
• Prof. Thomas Jäger, Professor for International Relations and Foriegn Policy, University of Cologne
• Dr. Johann Schmid, Center for Military History and Social Science, Bundeswehr, Potsdam

Followed by a discussion

• Mag. Lisa Fellhofer, Director, Austrian Fund for the Documentation of Religiously Motivated Political Extremism, Vienna
• Prof. Thomas Weber, Professor of History and International Affairs, Director of the Centre for Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen

06:00 p.m. - 07:30p.m.

ZEF/ZEI
Genscherallee 3
53113 Bonn

Third Session: “Afghanistan and Pakistan on a Knife’s Edge – Transatlantic Perspectives” 

• Peter C. Flory, Former NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investmen
• Jill Long, Air Attaché at Embassy of the United States in Germany, Berlin
• Prof. Jochen Prantl, Professor for Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
• H.E. Syedah Saqlain, Ambassador to the State of Pakistan in Germany, Berlin

Discussion led by

• PD Dr. Evelyn Bokler-Völkel, Research Fellow, Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Münster

Concluding remarks

• Prof. Ulrich Schlie, Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategic Studies, Director of CASSIS, University of Bonn

Reception

Arrival, Registration (University Forum Bonn)

Opening & Welcome (public)

• Dr. Enrico Fels, CASSIS
• Prof. Dr. Birgit Münch, Vice Rector for International Affairs, University of Bonn

Keynote 1 “Strategic Pathways for Sustainable Hydrogen Evolution” (public)

• Prof. Dr. Detlef Stolten, Forschungszentrum Jülich

Input Session 1

“Geopolitics of Energy Transitions”

• Dr. Gilles Lepesant, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
• Yana Popkostova, European Centre for Energy and Geopolitical Analysis (ECEGA)
• Michael Rühle, Climate and Energy Security Section, NATO, ret.
• Prof. Dr. Maria Julia Trombetta, University of Nottingham Ningbo
• Dr. Frank Umbach, European Cluster for Climate Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at CASSIS

Chair: PD Dr. Antje Nötzold, University of Technology Chemnitz

Input Session 2

“Geoeconomics and Energy Transitions”

• Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, Heritage Foundation
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebing, Conjuncta
• Dr. Peter Zeniewski, International Energy Agency

Chair: Prof. Dr. Hubertus Bardt, German Economic Institute

Lunch

Keynote 2 (public)

“Geopolitcs of Hydrogen: Anticipating the Future Energy-Security Nexus”

• Dr. Dawud Ansari, German Institute for International and Security Affaires (SWP)

Input Session 3
“Innovation and Technology: Shortcuts to Sustainable Futures?”

• Prof. Dr. Marc Oliver Bettzüge, Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI)
• Prof. Dr. Kathleen J. Hancock, Colorado School of Mines
• Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger, International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
• Gilles Le Van, Large Industries and Energy Transition Central Europe Air Liquide

Chair: Dr. Bert Droste-Franke, Institut für qualifizierende Innovationsforschung und -beratung GmbH (IQIB)

Input Session 4
“Beyond Dependence: Energy Cooperation Among Tech Middle Powers”

• Mohammed Baharoon, Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b’huth)
• Prof. Dr. Jochen Prantl, Australian National University
• Dr. Rita Strohmaier, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
• Dr. Erick Tambo, Pan African Cooperation and Educational Technologies (PACET), United Nation University

Chair: Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, CASSIS

Wake-Up Call

Wehrhaft. Resilient. Nachhaltig. Über die außen- und sicherheitspolitische Strategiefähigkeit der Bundesregierung

Welcome: Dr. Enrico Fels, CASSIS

• Prof. Dr. René Bantes, Fraunhofer INT
• Dr. Henning Riecke, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS)
• Dr. Olaf Theiler, Bundeswehr

Chair: Jessica Nies, Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V. (GSP)

Recap (Plenum)

Methodische Einführung

Ergebnisse der Trendanalyse

Einflussfaktoren und Wirkungsanalyse

Ergebnisse der Trendanalyse, Ausarbeiten der Einflussfaktoren, Wirkungsanalyse

(Plenum und Kleingruppen)

Mittagspause

Fallbeispiel

„Resilienz-Monitoring für die Digitalisierung der Energiewende (ReMoDigital)”

Davy Van Doren, Institut für qualifizierende Innovationsforschung und -beratung GmbH (IQIB)

Szenarienentwicklung

(Plenum und Kleingruppen)

Wake-Up Call (hybrid)

„Energiekrise oder – chance? Der Blick aus den Regionen“

• Dr. Clemens von Doderer, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. Namibia
• Birgit Lamm, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Pakistan

Chair: Maximilian Schranner, CASSIS

Strategieentwicklung I

(in Kleingruppen)

Mittagspause

Strategieentwicklung II

(in Kleingruppen)

Vorstellung und Diskussion der Strategien

(im Plenum)