ABOUT BERLIN SECURITY CONFERENCE

The Berlin Security Conference is one of the largest European security and defence policy events.

The congress and exhibition, held every autumn since 2001 in Berlin, draw participants from European and non-European countries, the European institutions, and NATO. The 24th Berlin Security Conference will take place at the Vienna House Andel’s Berlin on 18-19 November 2025. The event is free of any government influence. It is not supported by public budgets and is therefore at liberty to take an objective stance.

Berlin Security Conference at a glance:

  • One of the largest events on European Security and Defence
  • International Forum for Members of Parliaments, politicians, and senior executives of the military, and security organizations and industry
  • Exhibitions of international companies
  • Main programme with international political, military and business leaders
  • Panel sessions with international experts
  • Exhibition with leading systems solutions manufacturers
  • Media coverage by the print press, radio and television

Famous Speakers

About 140 High-level Speakers from politics, the military and the business community

Panels

In 16 panels, top-class specialists discuss current aspects of security and defence policy, military aspects and defence technology.

Participants

from European and non-European countries

Catering included

Coffee, lunch and dinner buffet throughout the conference

Speakers and Participants:

In addition to over 140 distinguished speakers including political, military, business and civil society leaders the conference draws an ever larger number of members of national parliaments and the European Parliament, as well representatives of the European institutions and NATO. Foreign and Defence Ministers, Ambassadors, Generals, Admirals and industry representatives see the conference as an invaluable forum for addressing a wide range of topics related to security and defence policy.

Venue:

Vienna House by Wyndham Andel’s Berlin
Landsberger Allee 106, 10369 Berlin
Phone: 030 4530530

Room booking

Downloads:

Please find further information for speakers and participants as well as aims and outcomes of the Berlin Security Conference 2025 under the following links: Information for Speakers and Participants / Aims and Outcomes

Topics 2025 NATO: The Transatlantic Lifeline – Total Defence – Threats, Risks and their Mitigation in Europe – Progress on Deterrence and Defence Planning – EU’s military level of Ambition – Assistance to the Ukraine – The Middle East General Issues security Security and Defence Blockchains in der Defence Procurement Sector - Interoperability of Armed Forces - The protection of critical infrastructure - Alternative energy concepts for platforms - Artificial intelligence in NATO and EU (chances and restrictions) - Climate change - Human Resources - Military cloud systems build-up Technology, Research, Development and Procurement Multi-Domain Operations - The domains (Air / Maritime / Land / Cyber / Space / Medical / Joint / Support and Enabling) - NDPP and CARD, how are they aligned - Hybrid Warfare

VIDEOS 2024

If their Goal Is Confusion, Our Weapon Is Clarity | Jonatan Vseviov

”Russia’s war against Ukraine undermines your security” | Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Renewables Empower Communities | Michael House (Siemens Governmental Technologies)

Leadership Drives Equality | Charlotte Isaksson (SWE)

Changing Nature of Euro-Atlantic Security | Admiral Sir Keith E Blount KCB OBE

Quantity vs. Quality | Admiral Rob Bauer

A Framework for Success | Claude-France Arnould

ADVISORY BOARD

The event is supported by an Advisory Board made up of distinguished international personalities. The members of this board are:

Dr Tobias Lindner

Former Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany (2021-2025)

Michael Gahler

MEP, EPP Group Foreign Affairs Coordinator, European Parliament

Claude-France Arnould

Senior Advisor on European matters of the French Institute of international relations (Ifri), former French Ambassador to Belgium, former Chief Executive of the EDA

Siemtje Möller

Former Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany (2021-2025) and Member of the German Bundestag

Prof Ioan Mircea Pascu

former MEP, former Vice-President of the European Parliament, former Defence Minister of Romania, Congress President BSC 2018

Robert Walter

President of the Assembly of the WEU 2008 – 2011, President of the European Security and Defence Association (ESDA), Congress President BSC 2012 – 2014

Silvia Petig

Chairwoman of the German Section of Women in International Security, WIIS.de

Dr Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

MEP, Chair of the Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament, Congress President BSC

Claus Robert Krumrei

Diplomat, former German Ambassador, member of the CDU State Executive Committee Hamburg

PARTNERS

For some years now nations have been invited to become partners of the Berlin Security Conference. In 2013, United Kingdom was the first partner country, followed by Türkiye, the United States of America, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Czech Republic, international agencies at EU and NATO level the Kingdom of Norway and in 2024 Estonia was the partner of the BSC. They contribute to the programme, participate with high-ranking delegations and organise the preevent Reception in their embassies. Our conference partners from industry and business had accompanied the new format with specified contributions and an exhibition.

Partnernation 2025: Sweden

TEASER 2025