Munich Security Conference live: The Global Challenge of Eroding Democracy

Munich Security Conference 2022 - DAY 1

Today's Schedule CET:
13.45 – 14.00 Main Stage I: Opening Statement
Turning the Tide: International Cooperation in a Time of Mounting Crises
Conference Hall
António Guterres
Secretary General, United Nations
Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference

14.00 – 15.00 Main Stage I: Statement & Conversation
Unlearning Helplessness: Meeting Global Challenges
Conference Hall
Annalena Baerbock
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
Antony Blinken
Secretary of State, United States of America
Moderator: Christoph Heusgen
Ambassador, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Munich Security Conference Foundation

15.30 – 17.00 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion
Rising Tides: Scaling Up Global Climate Action
Conference Hall
Scene-Setting: Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A.K. Abdul Momen
Minister of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Sultan Al Jaber
Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate, United Arab Emirates;
Group Chief Executive Officer, ADNOC; Chairman, Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
John Kerry
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, United States of America; Member of the Advisory
Council, Munich Security Conference
Franziska Brantner
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Federal
Republic of Germany
Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

17.30 – 18.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion
Get Well Soon: Finding a Way Out of the Pandemic
Conference Hall
Scene Setting: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director General, World Health Organization
Mélanie Joly
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Ann Linde
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Sweden
Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Comfort Ero
President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group
Moderator: Hadley Gamble
Anchor and Reporter, CNBC

18.30 – 19.30 Main Stage I: Panel Discussion
Stemming the Illiberal Tide: The Global Challenge of Eroding Democracy
Conference Hall
Scene Setting: Christine Lambrecht
Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House of Representatives, United States of America
Brad Smith
President and Vice Chair, Microsoft Corporation
Moderator: Ivan Krastev
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies




U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz among other world leaders during her visit to the 2022 Munich Security Conference (MSC) . This is her highest-profile foreign trip yet, as the Biden administration tries to prevent a
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Harris is expected to arrive at the conference on Friday and also meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, leaders of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and with the bipartisan U.S. congressional delegations to the security conference. She will meet Ukrainian and Polish counterparts during visits to both nations, before attending the Munich Security Conference in the southern German city on Saturday.

During her trip, a diplomatic test of her vice presidency, Harris will discuss a "path to de-escalation" in the Ukraine crisis, the officials said. She will meet Ukrainian and Polish counterparts during visits to both nations, before attending the Munich Security Conference in the southern German city on Saturday.

US Vice President Harris will also discuss economic measures that would be deployed in the event of an invasion as well as America's readiness to further reinforce NATO allies on its eastern flank.


The Munich Security Conference will be held in person at its traditional venue in 2022 after the previous year's conference was only virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Media will not be allowed in and there will be reduced attendance. The Munich conference, launched by Western nations at the height of the Cold War to address military conflicts, takes place on February 18 - 20, 2022.


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