Introduction by General George Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon, Workshop Chairman

His Excellency Willy Claes
Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Belgium

His Excellency Valdis Birkavs
Prime Minister of Latvia

His Excellency Linas Linkevicius 
Minister of Defense of Lithuania 

Introduction by General Sir Edward Jones, KCB, CBE, United Kingdom Military Representative to NATO Military Committee.

His Excellency Alexandr Vondra
First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic

Ambassador Andrzej Krzeczunwicz
Polish Ambassador to NACC

The Honorable Les Aspin
Former United States Secretary of Defense

NATO's new security challenges including risks of proliferation of nuclear and other dangerous weapons, especially into the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, leading to real threats to many NATO countries. Unpredictable governments in some of these countries, possibly under the influence of religious fundamentalism, may not respond to rational influence or even deterrence. Therefore, it may be necessary to assist former Central/Eastern European countries and former Soviet Republics with defense conversion to discourage and limit the sources of proliferation. At the same time, defenses against these weapons should be further developed.

Introduction by Lieutenant General Degli Innocenti, Italian Military Representative to NATO Military Committee.

General George Joulwan
Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Building a new, engaged NATO that will expand peace and security in the present unsettled times, in order to permit the development of free and prosperous nations from the Atlantic to the Urals. Facing up to reality: since NATO faces no immediate threat to its collective security, its resources have been reduced numerically and its forces are also less well prepared; but, for the first time in its history, NATO is engaged in military conflict and suffering casualties. In these changed circumstances, NATO's member nations must meet the challenge of subordinating their national interests for the collective good of the Alliance. The partnership for peace must be implemented militarily by training forces of countries, including those of central and eastern Europe, to common procedures, standards, and doctrine, while instilling common ideals and values in forces of the new partners. This will permit NATO's new partners, hopefully including republics of the former Soviet Union and even Russia itself, to operate within a NATO combined task force in support of peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. Provided that the societies of NATO's Central and Eastern European partners concurrently learn to permit individual liberties to flourish and their economies to grow economically, the new partners would contribute to regional and even global security and--in a natural, evolutionary way--would become integrated into the social, economic, and security structures of North America and Europe. Special challenges including proliferation of dangerous weapon technologies and the growth of religious fundamentalism, for example, in the Trans Caucasus.

Introduction: Major General Kenneth Hagemann, Director
Defense Nuclear Agency

General George Joulwan
Supreme Allied Commander Europe 

General Helge Hansen
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe 

General Sir Garry Johnson, KCB, OBE, MC
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe

Admiral Leighton W. Smith, III
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe

Lieutenant General D. Danielsen
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

Open discussion between workshop participants and senior officers of Allied Command Europe on building a new NATO in order to expand peace and security.

Professor Dr. Ioan Mircea Pascu
State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of Romania

Introduction by Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE ADC
Chief of the Air Staff, United Kingdom

His Excellency Todor Tchourov
Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria

Professor Dr. Mircea Pascu
State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of Romania

Mr. Tedo Japaridze
National Security Advisor to the Head of State of Georgia

Ambassador Viktor Komplektov, Ambassador-at-Large
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Robert Mayor
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Walter Stadtler
Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense

DINNER ADDRESS
His Excellency Jørgen Kosmo
Minister of Defense of Norway 

Introduction by Dr. J. Patrick Crecine, President of Georgia Institute of Technology

General Vigleik Eide 
Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 

General Helge Hansen
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe 

Admiral Pierre Lacoste
Former President, Fondation pour les Etudes de Defense Nationale

Mr. Guido Spina
Vice President, Alenia

Admiral Guido Venturoni
Chief of Staff of Italian Armed Forces

Personal views and conclusions of panel members concerning issues and challenges of adapting to the post Cold War reality.

LUNCHEON ADDRESS
Introduction by Ambassador Howard K. Walker, Vice President of National Defense University and Deputy Commandant (designated) of NATO Defense College, Rome.

Ambassador Volodymyr Vassylenko
Ukrainian Ambassador to NACC

Period reserved for meetings among participants; boat excursion to the Island of Lysøen with concert in the home of 19th century violinist Ole Bull.