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International Cooperation and National Security

Institute of International Affairs

The National Security Council of Iceland and the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland hosted an open conference on the importance of international cooperation for national security. The seminar took place in Norðurljós, Harpa, Wednesday, 22 March 2023.

Recording from the conference

Programme

13:00 – 13:15 Opening remarks

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland

13:15 – 14:30 International Cooperation and Current Challenges  

Keynote Address: Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland

Address: Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference*

Panel Discussions: Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Hermann Örn Ingólfsson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iceland to NATO, Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Professor of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, Albert Jónsson, Former Ambassador of Iceland to Russia, Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Iceland

Short remarks: Mika Aaltola, Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and Kristin Haugevik, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)*

Moderated by Pia Hansson, Director of Höfði Reykjavík Peace Centre

*Online participation

14:30-14:45 – Coffee Break  

14:45-15:45 International Cooperation and Iceland's Security Interests

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Keynote Address and moderation: Halla Hrund Logadóttir, Director-General at Iceland's National Energy Authority

Panel Discussions: Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, Guðmundur Arnar Sigmundsson, Director of CERT-IS, Halldór Þorgeirsson, Chair of Iceland's Climate Council, Bjarni Már Magnússon, Professor of Law at Bifröst University

15:45 - 16:00 Closing remarks

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland and Chairman of the National Security Council of Iceland

Photo gallery from the conference