BLOCK I: DETERRENCE & DEFENCE
- NATO – the Alliance Strategy in Response to Current and Future Challenges.
- Ukraine as the Key Factor to Stabilize Europe.
- Military security in the region – implications of cooperation between European countries and Russia.
- Prospects for the EU and NATO Development in the Area of Defence and Security.
- Sweden and Finland in NATO: Change in Forces Distribution in the Baltic Sea Region.
- Indo-Pacific – regional and global threats.
- Nuclear potential of Russia – the policy of blackmail. How to counteract it?
- The influence of NATO’s Eastern Flank on Euro-Atlantic security.
- Is there an Alternative to the US Leadership in Providing the Hard Security of Europe? Political Speculation vs Reality.
- Russia and its Capabilities to Rebuild the Military potential. A Threat on the Horizon or Another Facade Change?
- Directions of changes in the military doctrine of the Russian Federation as a response to NATO’s transformation and strengthening the Eastern Flank.
- The strategy of Russian indirect actions as another option of a hybrid warfare.
- Strategic communication – patterns, challenges, limitations. The dynamics of the information environment during the war in Ukraine.
- Space. The Importance of the 5th Domain in Operations.
- The influence of Information as a Function of a Joint Operation on Shaping the Military Security on the NATO Eastern Flank
- The Battle for the Black Sea. Why We Must Help Ukraine Keep its Shores.
BLOCK II: RESILIENCE
- How do economic challenges affect international security?
- Strengthening the States and Societies Resilience Against Hybrid Threats – Achievements, Gaps, Challenges.
- The role and development of secret services in Poland in the Context of Global Security Environment.
- Security on the State Border. Modernization of Security Measures on the EU External Border and More.
- Security of Europe – realities resulting from disruptions in energy supplies.
- Renewable Energy Sources – opportunities and challenges for the European energy security.
- The development of Smart City towards ensuring its safety.
- Active counteract against disinformation as a key element of internal and external security.
BLOCK III: ARMED FORCES MODERNIZATION
- Polish defence industry to accelerate modernization of the Polish Armed Forces. New opportunities related to the implementation of the Homeland Defence Law.
- War in Ukraine – lessons learned for the armed forces development and modernization.
- Transformation of the Polish Armored and Mechanized Forces. Creating new divisions and strengthening the existing ones.
- How to Counter the quantitative advantage? Operational Capabilities of the Rocket and Artillery Forces.
- Multilayered anti-tank defence – lessons learned from the war in Ukraine.
- From Wisła to Pilica. Defence of the Polish Airspace.
- Gryf, Zefir and Harpy Claw – New Capabilities for Reconnaissance and Attack. Unmanned Aerial Systems.
- Helicopters on the modern Battlefield. Future of the Airmobile Forces.
- ISTAR and C2 – Crucial Factors to Success on the Battlefield
- Integration of Allies’ air force under NATO command. How effectively and efficiently use current and future air platforms?
- NATO defence capabilities: building national communication capabilities and challenges of broad modernization. How to make different platforms compatible?
- How to build a 300,000 armed forces? Challenges in building operational capabilities and modern training methods.
- “Close to the heart” of soldiers – individual equipment.
- Engineering capabilities crucial to defence. How to prepare terrain on the modern battlefield.
- Lessons learned from Ukraine – modern tactics of urban fights.
- The role of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence in the development of military capabilities to run operations.
- Development of Space and Cyber Domains to Support Conventional Armed Forces.
- EW – Crucial Capability to Support Multi-Domain Operation.
BLOCK IV: DEFENCE INDUSTRY
- Challenges for the national defence industries – the role of the EU and NATO.
- Regional states defence industries cooperation in the context of the armed forces operational capabilities development.
- Development of the defence industry production potential – challenges.
- Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine versus the economy of modernization and security of supplies.
- Urgent strategic and operational needs to replenish equipment and ammunition stocks (a consequence of the war in Ukraine) – are governments and defence industries effective enough?
- Life Cycle of Weapons and Military Equipment: A Modernization Challenge for decades. To what extent can NATO and the EU join the Process more effectively?
- The defence-aerospace sector in 2035. Perspective directions of industrial development under the auspices of the EU / NATO vs. national needs.
- Robotization of the battlefield. Operational, technological and demographic challenges. Should NATO and the EU have decisive voices in the research and development of defense industry projects?
BLOCK V: SOFEAST – SPECIAL OPERATION FORCES
- The increasing role of special operations in full-scale conflicts (the instance of Ukraine).
- Integration of special operations forces (SOF) with other uniformed services in military operations and territorial defense activity (the example of Ukraine).
- The place of intelligence services in contemporary war.
- Elitism and a positive image as the basis for building a solid cadre of Polish intelligence services.
- The role of special operations forces in the enemy’s framework. Partisan of the 21st century.
- Medical segregation in the example of the armed conflict in Ukraine.
- Unconventional warfare – the unknown side of the tactics of the Polish January Uprising of 1863.
- Tactical Casualty Combat Care – verification of current views.
- K9 – Combat dogs in special operations forces.
- How to defend cities today.
- Women in the intelligence services and special operations forces.