European Defence & Security Summit 2025

10-11 June, Brussels.

Co-organised by ASD, the European Defence and Security Summit aims to prompt action on Europe’s future during a period of profound geopolitical change. 

Three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, war still rages on Europe’s eastern flank. Warnings that Moscow could expand its aggression beyond Ukraine are growing more urgent, and hybrid threats are quickly becoming a daily preoccupation. Meanwhile, conflicts elsewhere in the world generate far reaching consequences, reshaping the security landscape and further exacerbating global instability.

For Europe, this enduring state of crisis comes at a precarious moment. With the result of political developments across the Atlantic now clear, Europe must decide whether it is willing – and able – to take greater responsibility for its own security. A new European Parliament and Commission, as well as crucial budgetary and financial negotiations – amongst other key topics – will shape the bloc’s response. The coming years will reveal whether Europe can assert itself as a strategic actor, transforming current challenges, threats and hostilities into opportunities to take proactive leadership and achieve long-term security. 

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Among the speakers

  • EU Commissioner for Defence & Space
    Andrius Kubilius
    • EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management
      Hadja Lahbib
      • President and CEO, Saab
        Micael Johansson
        • CEO, Datenna
          Jaap van Etten
          • Secretary General, ASD
            Jan Pie
            • Minister of Defence, Belgium
              Theo Francken
              • Director General, DG ENEST
                Gert Jan Koopman
                • CEO, DSR Bank
                  Rob Murray
                  • Chairman-elect, European Union Military Committee
                    Lieutenant General Seán Clancy
                    • Member of the European Parliament
                      Bart Groothuis
                      • Member of the European Parliament
                        François-Xavier Bellamy
                        • Member of the European Parliament
                          Costas Mavrides
                          • Member of the European Parliament
                            Hannah Neumann
                            • Member of the European Parliament
                              Wouter Beke
                              • Member of the European Parliament
                                Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
                                • Member of the European Parliament
                                  Niclas Herbst
                                  • Member of the European Parliament
                                    Andrey Novakov
                                    • Member of the European Parliament
                                      Michał Szczerba
                                      • Member of the European Parliament
                                        Tobias Cremer
                                        • Senior Partner, Head of Aerospace & Defence, EMEA, McKinsey & Company
                                          Hugues Lavandier
                                          • Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
                                            Yaroslav Trofimov
                                            • Foreign Policy and Defence Correspondent, Bloomberg
                                              Andrea Palasciano
                                              • Advisor to President Zelenskyy on Strategic Affairs
                                                Oleksandr Kamyshin
                                                • Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Swiss Confederation
                                                  Martin Pfister

                                                  The European Defence & Security Summit 2024

                                                  The 7th European Defence & Security Summit took place in Brussels on 17 April 2024. The Summit brought together key leaders from EU institutions and agencies, national governments, NATO, industry, academia, and media to discuss the pressing security and defence issues facing Europe.

                                                  Read about the Summit