IISS Stockholm Civil Defence Forum | 21–22 April 2026

Dr Bastian Giegerich

Director-General and Chief Executive

Dr Maria Shagina

Diamond–Brown Senior Research Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and Strategy

General (Retd) François-Marie Gougeon

Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Defence Policy and Planning Division

Ana Burkovskienė

Vice-Minister of the Interior

Hans Das

Deputy Director General; Chief Operations Officer, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

Giovanni De Siervo

Head, European and International Relations Unit, Civil Protection Department

Azar Koulibaly

General Manager and Associate General Counsel, Corporate External and Legal Affairs, Europe North and the Netherlands