Washington Summit: Join the Online Public Forum

NATO Heads of State and Government will meet in Washington from 9 to 11 July to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Alliance. To mark the occasion, NATO is hosting the NATO Public Forum, a public event jointly organised by NATO and the host government with civil society organisations, which takes place during the Summit Meetings of NATO Heads of State and Government.

The aim of the Public Forum is to promote a better public understanding of NATO’s policies and objectives and the decisions to be taken at the Summit in Washington. The aim of the Forum is to dialogue and engage a unique and diverse group of stakeholders, from Heads of State and Government and Ministers, to international security experts, opinion makers, academics, journalists and young people, in a series of panel discussions, debates and interactive sessions on various topics on the NATO agenda.

ICDS is an institutional partner of the NATO Public Forum. To hear world leaders and leading experts address key issues from collective security to climate change on the NATO Public Forum stage, Register for the live discussion on July 10 and 11 at www.natopublicforum.org.

This year, NATO is co-hosting a Public Forum with the United States Government during the Washington Summit, in cooperation with the Atlantic Council, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), GLOBSEC, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the Hudson Institute.

ICDS Public Forum Contacts:

Kristi RaikDeputy Director/Head of the Foreign Policy Program. Areas of specialization: European Security; Estonian Foreign, Security and EU Policy; EU Foreign and Security Policy; EU-Ukraine Relations; EU-Russia Relations; Finland’s Foreign and Security Policy. Dr. Raik has published, lectured and commented widely on European security and EU foreign policy issues, including EU relations with Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern neighbours. She is also an expert on the foreign and security policies of the Baltic States and Finland.

Helga KalmDirector of the Lennart Meri Conference. Ms. Kalm served as Director of the NATO and Security Policy Department at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked as a political advisor at the Estonian Embassy in Washington. Throughout her career, she has always focused on NATO, transatlantic relations and Baltic Sea security.