Málstofa NATO í 75 ár: Samvinna í þágu öryggis/Seminar NATO for 75 years: Cooperation for security

A video recording of an open seminar in Iceland to mark the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Alliance. The video has both English and Icelandic subtitles.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Vardberg, an association for Western cooperation and international affairs, and the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, held an open seminar on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the Ceremonial Hall of the University of Iceland, on Monday, May 13, 2024.

Agenda
Opening speech by H.E. Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Address by H.E. Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.

Panel: Defense cooperation for 75 years: NATO's main challenges today
Panelists:
Mr. Andres Ingi Jonsson, Member of Parliament for the Pirate Party and Vice-Chairman of the Icelandic delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Dr. Bjarni Mar Magnusson, professor and dean of the University of Bifrost Faculty of Law.

Mr. Hermann Orn Ingolfsson, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Atlantic Alliance NATO.

Ms. Karitas Rikhardsdottir, Landsbankinn's communications manager and Vice Chair of Varðberg ATA Iceland.

Mrs. Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, Chair of the Liberal Reform Party (Vidreisn)

Moderator of the discussion: Mr. David Stefansson, Chairman of Varðberg-ATA Iceland

Video address by H.E. Jens Stoltenberg, 13th Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance.

Panel: Security and defense prospects for the future

Panelists:

Ms. Freyja Steingrimsdottir, BSRB communications manager and prospective executive director of the Icelandic Journalists' Association.

Mr. Julius Viggo Olafsson, a economics student at the University of Iceland and chairman of Heimdallur - the National Youth Organization of the Independence Party in Reykjavik.

Mr. Njall Trausti Fridbertsson, Member of Parliament for the Independence Party and Chairman of the Icelandic delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Mrs. Silja Bara Omarsdottir, professor of international relations at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Political Science.

Ms. Stefania Reynisdottir, secretary of Skjoldur YATA and international representative of Uppreisn the Liberal Reform Party's youth section.

Moderator of the discussion: Mrs. Pia Hansson, director of the University of Iceland's Institute of International Affairs.

Moderator of the seminar: Mr. Thorir Gudmundsson, Expert at the MFA Defense Office.