Helsinki Security Forum (HSF) is the flagship event of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), bringing around 200 decision-makers, experts, and influencers from around the world to Helsinki. The conference addresses foreign and security policy challenges, issues, and future prospects. HSF focuses on significant topics relevant to Finland and its neighborhood through annually changing themes. HSF was first held in 2022 and will be organized for the fourth time in the fall of 2025.
Helsinki Security Forum 2025
When Transatlantic trust frays and old certainties are questioned, can Europe shoulder a larger share of its own defence and a chart a new course for its future success? Under the theme ‘The Hour of Europe’, Helsinki Security Forum 2025 brings experts and decision-makers together to ponder the hard questions and explore Europe’s path forward.
The fourth annual Helsinki Security Forum (HSF) will be held on 19–21 September 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. HSF offers a unique platform for security and defence dialogue at a time when Europe’s ability to act is once again tested.
Updates on HSF 2025 will be published on HSF’s LinkedIn and website as well as FIIA’s social media channels.
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Helsinki Security Forum 2024
At HSF 2024, the conference discussions revolved around the main theme, ‘Towards a Total Defence of Europe – From Apathy to Action?’ and explored topics such as transatlantic relations, defence capabilities, intelligence, critical infrastructure, and climate security, among others.
Some of the discussions from the HSF 2024 conference can be viewed on FIIA’s YouTube channel.
Helsinki Security Forum 2023
In HSF 2023, the discussions of the conference included topics such as the era of radical uncertainty in Europe, technology development, economic security, as well as reverberations in the Indo-Pacific of the war in Ukraine.
You can watch the recordings of the live-streamed discussions on FIIA’s YouTube channel.
Helsinki Security Forum 2022
In 2022, the Helsinki Security Forum was held for the first time, and the theme was Northern European Security Redone.
You can watch the recordings of the live-streamed discussions on FIIA’s YouTube channel.
In 2023 and 2022, the President of the Republic, Sauli Niinistö, served as the patron of the conference. You can watch his opening speech at the 2022 Helsinki Security Forum here.