18 June 2025

NATO Public Forum and Industry Defence Forum streaming live from The Hague!

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The Hague will host the NATO Summit. The simultaneous programme, the NATO Public Forum, is co-organised by Clingendael. At the NATO Summit Industry Defence Forum, Clingendael experts are moderating key panels. These sessions are streamed live from the summit venue.

 

The events at the summit venue will bring together a unique and diverse group of stakeholders, from Heads of State and Government and Ministers, to international security experts, opinion leaders, academics, journalists and young people, to discuss developments around the world that affect our security and ways to increase our resilience against the threats facing us. 

NATO Public Forum (24 and 25 June)

Organised by NATO and the Dutch government, together with Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Atlantic Association, and HCSS, the Public Forum will feature key debates, panels, and interactive sessions. 

Attendance at the venue is by invitation only, but online the Public Forum is open for everyone to follow online

Full programme: NATO Public Forum.

NATO Summit: Defence Industry Forum (24 June)

How can we rapidly strengthen and expand the defence industry? To address this issue, defence ministers, experts and and captains of industry from NATO Allies will convene at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum (NSDIF), an official side-event/part of the NATO Summit.

Full programme: NATO Summit Industry Forum.

Clingendael in livestream programme

Keep an eye on the livestream via the YouTube channels NATO and Defensie. The panels below will be moderated by Clingendael experts.

Day 1, 24 June

13:28 - 14:20 | Defence Industry Forum

  • Keynote speech by Ruben Brekelmans, Minister of Defence of The Netherlands
  • Monika Sie Dhian Ho, General Director of the Clingendael Institute, will moderate a NATO - EU conversation with Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. 
  • Followed by a keynote speech by Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

The keynote will be livestreamed on the NATO website

14:40 | NATO Public Forum: A Strong Ukraine for a Just and Lasting Peace (Ministerial panel)

  • Caspar Veldkamp, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  • Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine
  • John Healey, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom
  • Bob Deen, Head of the Security Unit Clingendael Institute, moderates the session

15:20–17:45 | Defence Industry Forum: Panel 2 – Equipping for the present, preparing for the future (CLOSED SESSION)

  • With Inge Bryan, member of the Clingendael Supervisory Board
 
Day 2, 25 June

08:00 | NATO Public Forum: Great Expectations: Looking Ahead at Today's North Atlantic Council (expert roundtable)

  • Liana Fix, researcher at the Europe Council on Foreign Relations
  • Camille Grand,  researcher at the Europe Council on Foreign Relations
  • Rob de Wijk, founder of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
  • Rem Korteweg, Lead of Programmes Geopolitics of Trade and US
  • Ikenna Azuike, journalist and filmmaker, moderates the session

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Authors

Programme Lead Geopolitics of Trade / Lead Clingendael US Programme / Senior Research Fellow
Head of Security Unit / Lead Russia and Eastern Europe Centre / Senior Research Fellow