11:30 - 12:10
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Registration & Networking Lunch
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12:10 - 12:20
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Opening Remarks
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Surgey Guriev | Dean, London Business School
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12:20 - 13:00
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Keynote Fireside Chat | President of East Timor
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Jose Ramos-Horta | President, East Timor, Nobel Peace Price recipient Mandeep Rai | Author, The Values Compass & Journalist, BBC World Service
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13:00 - 13:40
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Tech Panel | Assessing the Geopolitical Implications of AI, Chips & Technological Supremacy
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Zaid Belbagi | Managing partner of Hardcastle advisory Nicholas Butts | Director, Global Cybersecurity & AI Policy, Microsoft Nathan Naidoo | Director of Public Policy, Meta Nick Reiners | Senior Analyst, Geotechnology, Eurasia Group
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13:40-14:10
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Fireside Chat | Why Does Salesforce Care About Geopolitics?
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Colid Reed | Director, Global Strategic Threats, Salesforce
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14:10 - 14:40
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Coffee Break & Networking
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14:40 - 14:50
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IOG Update | Survey of 100 Japanese Companies on Economic Security
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Hitoshi Suzuki | Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics - International House of Japan
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14:50 - 15:40
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Trade Panel | Navigating the Uncertainties of Trump, Tariffs & Trade for Global Business
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Mandeep Rai | Author, The Values Compass & Journalist, BBC World Service Anil Jhanji | Chief Commercial Officer, Tata Steel UK Nazir Yasser Tarraf | VP Macro Research, Patria Investments Stuart R Broadley | CEO, Energy Industries Council Stephanie Baker | Senior Writer, Bloomberg Wilson Chan | CEO/Founder, Permutable.ai
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15:40 - 16:10
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Fireside Chat | Defence Preparedness in an Era of Geopolitical Tensions & Military Leadership Lessons for Business
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Colin Weir CB DSO CBE | Military Advisor, BAE Systems & Ex-Chief Operating Officer, UK Field Army, British Army Jacob Parakilas | Research Leader - Defence Strategy, Policy & Capabilities, RAND Europe (moderator)
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16:10 - 16:40
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Coffee Break & Networking
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16:40 - 17:30
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Defence Panel | The Business Implications of European Defence Spending & Procurement
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Paulo Surico | Professor of Economics, London Business School (moderator) Colin Annette | Managing Director, Technology Solutions, QinetiQ Ian Vaculik | Director, Central & Eastern Europe, Government Solutions, KBR William McManners | Managing Partner, MD One Ventures Michael Martins | Founding Partner, Overton Advisory Lucia Retter | Assistant Director - Defence, Security & Justice, RAND Europe
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17:30 - 18:00
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Growth Panel | Is the European Economic Model Broken?
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Thomas Gratowski |Director, Center for Geopolitics, Boston Consulting Group Anna Rosenberg | Head of Geopolitics, Amundi Investment Solutions Federico Santi | Senior Analyst, Europe, Eurasia Group Joseba Martinez | LBS Economics Professor, IMF Visiting Scholar, former Senior Manager at European bank for Reconstruction and Development
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18:00 - 19:30
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Networking Drinks Reception
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