The third annual Helsinki Security Forum 2024 will take place this week, bringing together over 60 high-level speakers from around the world to discuss some of the most pressing security challenges facing Europe and beyond.
The three-day event will feature a dynamic lineup of panel discussions, interviews, and side events, offering valuable insights into the future of European security. This year’s Helsinki Security Forum (HSF) is titled: “Towards a Total Defence of Europe – From Apathy to Action?”.
The full programme has now been published, featuring discussions covering a broad range of topics, including European security architecture, intelligence, critical infrastructure, Arctic security, transatlantic relations, and climate security. Most of the HSF discussions can be followed via livestream.
HSF 2024 aims to foster dialogue and collaboration among leading experts, decision-makers, and emerging voices in the field of security and defence policy. The distinguished speakers include the President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb, Chief of Defence of Finland Janne Jaakkola, Chief of Defence of Estonia Andrus Merilo, as well as Director General Charlotte Petri Gornitzka from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Senior Researcher and Director Kori Schake from the American Enterprise Institute, the Editorial Director of Le Monde Sylvie Kaufmann, and former Ambassador of Finland to the United States Mikko Hautala.
This year, HSF has more partners than ever before. As in previous years, the forum is supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Ministry of Defence of Finland, the City of Helsinki and Patria. For the first time, HSF is also sponsored by NATO, Fortum, Lockheed Martin, the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE), and IQM.
Helsinki Security Forum is organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). The themes of HSF 2024 will be further explored in a conference report, featuring contributions from FIIA researchers. The report is to be published on the opening day of the conference, Friday 27 September.
For further information, including the full programme and event details, please visit the Helsinki Security Forum website. Sign up to follow the livestream of HSF 2024 here.
Updates on HSF 2024 will also be published on HSF’s LinkedIn and X as well as FIIA’s social media channels.