Speakers
Meet the distinguished line-up of global experts, policymakers, and strategic thinkers shaping the security landscape of tomorrow. Explore the speakers joining us for the Oslo Security Conference 2026.
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Kate Hansen Bundt
Secretary General, The Norwegian Atlantic Committee -
Jonas Gahr Støre
Prime Minister of Norway -
Kaja Kallas
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission -
Radmila Shekerinska
NATO Deputy Secretary General -
Janne Haaland Matlary
Professor, University of Oslo -
Andrew Michta
Professor of Strategic Studies, University of Florida -
Dr. Barbara Kunz
Senior Researcher and Director of the European Security Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute -
Kaush Arha
Senior Fellow at the Center for Technology & Diplomacy at Purdue and President of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Forum -
Lt. Gen (ret.) Ben Hodges
Former Commanding General of US Army Europe -
Espen Barth Eide
Norwegian minister of foreign affairs -
Radosław Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland -
Ulf Sverdrup
Professor, Department of Law and Governance, the Norwegian Business School -
Keir Giles
Senior Consulting Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House -
Katarzyna Pisarska
Professor, Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum, Civic Activist, Scholar and Expert in International Security -
Arne Bård Dalhaug
Seniorrådgiver (deltid)Ekspert på Ukraina, Nato og det norske Forsvaret -
Sten Rynning
Director of the Danish Institute of Advanced Study and a Professor of War Studies, the University of Southern Denmark -
Rob Johnson
Director of the Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford -
Bruno Tertrais
Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique -
Karl-Heinz Kamp
Associate fellow, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council on Foreign Relations -
Andreas Flåm
State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Defence -
Julian Lindley-French
Chairman of The Alphen Group -
Rear Admiral Oliver Berdal
Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy -
Major General Richard J Cantrill OBE MC Royal Marines
Commander Operations, Royal Navy -
Katarzyna Zysk
Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies -
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Senior Advisor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies -
Luis Simón
Director, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Vrije Universiteit Brussels -
Øystein Tunsjø
Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies -
Grete Faremo
LederTidligere forsvarsminister (Arbeiderpartiet), visegeneralsekretær i FN og direktør for FNs kontor for prosjekttjenester (UNOPS)
