The annual Spring Security Conference with a title “Secure Czechia in Secure Europe” took place on Thursday, May 16th, 2019 in House for Professed, Prague. The conference with more than 180 attendees was traditionally organized by the Center for Security Policy, IPS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in cooperation with European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic. On the eve of the conference, organizers hosted a reception for speakers and partners in the conference venue.
From left: Radoslava Stefanova, Head of the Russia and Ukraine Relations Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO; Harald Müller, former Executive Director of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt; Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Charles University; Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President EuroDéfense-CZ; Václav Bělohradský, Political Sociologist, Publicist; and Petr Pavel, former Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
From left: Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Charles University; Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President EuroDéfense-CZ; and Václav Bělohradský, Political Sociologist, Publicist
From left: Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Charles University; Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President Euro- Défense-CZ; Václav Bělohradský, Political Sociologist, Publicist; and Petr Pavel, former Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
From left: Jan Ludvík, Center for Security Policy, Charles University; Luděk Moravec, Science and Technology Attaché of the Czech Republic to the United States; Olga Štěpánková, President of the Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics; Pavel Queisner, Director of Technical Division, RETIA/CSG Aerospace; Jackie Eaton, Senior Operational Research Analyst at the NATO Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre; Jaroslav Šmíd, Deputy Director of the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency; Jan Beroun, Director of the Military Intelligence; and Nada Milisavljevic, Policy Officer, Unit “Innovation and Industry for Security” DG Home – European Commission
From left: Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Charles University, and Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President EuroDéfense-CZ
Radoslava Stefanova, Head of the Russia and Ukraine Relations Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, and Harald Müller, former Executive Director of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
From left: Michal Koudelka, Director of the Security Information Service; Marek Šimandl, Director of the Office for Foreign Relations and Information; and Helena Válková, Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, former Minister of Justice
Petr Pavel, former Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
From left: Libor Stejskal, Center for Security Policy, Charles University; František Vavera, Deputy Director General of the Fire Rescue Service; Michal Koudelka, Director of the Security Information Service; Marek Šimandl, Director of the Office for Foreign Relations and Information; Helena Válková, Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, former Minister of Justice; Jan Beroun, Director of the Military Intelligence; Jaroslav Vild, Deputy President of the Police of the Czech Republic; Miroslav Hlaváč, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Armed Forces of the Czech Republic; and Pavlína Bláhová, Center for Security Policy, Charles University
From left: Václav Bělohradský, Political Sociologist, Publicist and Petr Pavel, former Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
From left: Michal Smetana, Center for Security Policy, Charles University; Lubomír Zaorálek, Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, President EuroDéfense-CZ; Aleš Gerloch, Vice-Rector of the Charles University; and Václav Bělohradský, Political Sociologist, Publicist
From left: Marcela Champion, Co-owner Hutira-Vision; Kateřina Smrčenská, Member of the Board of Institute of Joint Cooperation; Milan Janíček, Owner of URC Systems; Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Robert Prokop, Owner of URC Systems
From left: Miloš Balabán, Head of the Center for Security Policy, Charles University; Radoslava Stefanova, Head of the Russia and Ukraine Relations Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, and Harald Müller, former Executive Director of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Malvína Krausz-Hladká, Deputy Director of the Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, and Luděk Moravec, Science and Technology Attaché of the Czech Republic to the United States
From left: Jaroslav Vild, Deputy President of the Police of the Czech Republic, and Miroslav Hlaváč, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Armed Forces of the Czech Republic
Spring Security Conference