Meet Our Speakers
We're bringing together top leaders and experts from both sides of the Atlantic.
Meet our speakers.
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Alex Krutz
Founder, Managing Director,
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Manufacturing at the U.S. Department of Commerce
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Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan
Commission Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)
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Tomasz Szatkowski
Secretary General. The European Conservatives and Reformists Group
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Kimberly Reed
Distinguished Fellow. Former Chairman (2019-21), Export-Import Bank of the United States
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Klaus Berend
Director for Food Safety, Sustainability, and Innovation DG SANTE, European Commission
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Nile Gardiner
Director
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow
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Diana Furchtgott‑Roth
Distinguished Fellow at the
Energy Policy Research Institute.
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Piero A. Tozzi
Deputy Staff Director
of the Congressional-Executive
Commission on China
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Katarina Wallin Bureau
General Manager, Strategic Relations | European Government Affairs
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Antonio Calcara
Head of the Geopolitics and Technology Programme at CSDS. Research Professor at VUB
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Damian Brennan
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of American Heavy Plates
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Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament Vice-Chair, Delegation for relations with the United States
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Philip Bednarczyk
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), Warsaw Office Director- Co-Master of Ceremonies
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Julia Wojtkowski
Columbia University (SIPA) / London School of Economics- Co-Master of Ceremonies
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Brian J. Grim
Founding President of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF)
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Dr. Antonios Nestoras
Founder and Director
European Policy Innovation Council
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Eliza Kruczkowska
Board Member at
European Innovation Council
Managing Director at
Think Tank The Company
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Matthias Jørgensen
Acting Director for the Americas, Agriculture and Food Safety
DG TRADE European Commission
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Jan Ziemecki
Partner & Investor at Keystone Partners,
Alternative Investments CEE LLC
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Bart Szewczyk
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the GMF,
Adviser on European and Public
at Covington & Burling
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Claire Munck
CEO BeAngels, Founder Scalefunds and Board member Business Angels Europe
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Andreas Schwarz
Head of Cabinet
Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva
Startups, Research and Innovation
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Marjeta Jager
Deputy Director- General Directorate-General for International Partnerships
