MSC Special Edition 2021
Beyond Westlessness: Renewing Transatlantic Cooperation, Meeting Global Challenges
Joe Biden, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Boris Johnson, António Guterres, Jens Stoltenberg, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, John F. Kerry, and Bill Gates participated at the event titled "Beyond Westlessness: Renewing Transatlantic Cooperation, Meeting Global Challenges." The virtual event also marked the 57th Munich Security Conference, which could not be held in its usual format due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The MSC Special Edition marked the beginning of the "Road to Munich". Stops on this road include virtual high-level events and initiatives to prepare the ground for the 58th Munich Security Conference, which is currently planned for February 2022.
For more information about the MSC Special Edition, read our press release.
The Munich Security Brief "Beyond Westlessness: A Readout From the MSC Special Edition 2021" provides a summary and profound analysis of the event.
Agenda
04.00 p.m. CET
Introduction & Welcome Remarks
Natalie Amiri und Wolfgang Ischinger
Natalie Amiri
Correspondent, ARD German Television (BR), Munich
Master of Ceremony
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
Markus Söder
Minister President, Free State of Bavaria, Munich
04.15 p.m. CET
Priorities for Global Action
Guterres
António Guterres
Secretary-General, United Nations, New York
04.35 p.m. CET
Spotlight: Fighting the Pandemic
Tedros, Gates, Moderator: Ischinger
Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization, Geneva
Q&A with the following Munich Young Leaders:
Ambika Vishwanath, Co-Founder and Director, Kubernein Initiative, Mumbai (Munich Young Leader 2011, Twitter Biography)
Joshua Walker, President, Japan Society, New York (Munich Young Leader 2015, Twitter Biography)
Şafak Pavey, Senior Adviser to the High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations, Geneva (Munich Young Leader 2016, Twitter)
05.15 p.m. CET
A New Transatlantic Agenda (Part I)
Joseph R. Biden, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger
Joe Biden
President, United States of America, Washington, DC
Angela Merkel
Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Emmanuel Macron
President, French Republic, Paris
06.00 p.m. CET
A New Transatlantic Agenda (Part II)
Michel, von der Leyen, Stoltenberg, Moderator: Ischinger
Ursula von der Leyen
President, European Commission, Brussels
Charles Michel
President, European Council, Brussels
Jens Stoltenberg
Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels
Q&A with the following Munich Young Leaders:
Dominik P. Jankowski, Political Adviser and Head of Political Section, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO, Brussels (Munich Young Leader 2014, Twitter)
Caroline Schmutte, Germany Office Lead, Wellcome Trust, Berlin (Munich Young Leader 2016, Twitter)
Kati Piri, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, S&D Parliamentary Group, European Parliament, Brussels (Munich Young Leader 2017, Twitter Biography)
06.45 p.m. CET
Spotlight: Tackling the Climate Crisis
Kerry, Moderator: Ischinger
John Kerry
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, United States of America, Washington, DC
Statement and Q&A with the following Munich Young Leaders:
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria (Munich Young Leader 2017, Twitter)
Shafqat Munir, Head of Bangladesh Centre for Terrorism Research, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Dhaka (Munich Young Leader 2017, Twitter)
Claudia Gamon, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe Parliamentary Group, European Parliament, Brussels (Munich Young Leader 2020, Twitter Biography)
07.00 p.m. CET
A New Transatlantic Agenda (Part III)
Johnson
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London
07.15 p.m. CET
Closing Remarks
Amiri, WI
Natalie Amiri
Correspondent, ARD German Television (BR), Munich
Master of Ceremony
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
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