11th Maritime Colloquium Wilhelmshaven (MKW)

The Arctic and the northern North Atlantic - increasingly in focus

27 May 2025, ATLANTIC Hotel Wilhelmshaven, Jadeallee 50, 26382 Wilhelmshaven

Against the backdrop of the US President's claim to Greenland and other security policy developments in the region, we want to take a closer look at the far north.

Together with the Einsatzflottille 2, the German Naval Association, the German Armed Forces Association and the German Atlantic Society, we would like to invite you to the 11th Maritime Colloquium Wilhelmshaven to the ATLANTIC Hotel Wilhelmshaven on 27 May 2025.

The Arctic and the northern North Atlantic - increasingly in focus

AGENDA

from 12:00 - Registration

13:00 - Opening & greetings

Welcome Karsten Schneider
Rear Admiral (ret.), President, German Maritime Institute

Greeting Siemtje Möller
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence

Greeting Carsten Feist
Lord Mayor of the City of Wilhelmshaven

13:30 - Keynote

High Noon in the High North?
Emily J. HollandResearch Director & Assistant Professor at United States Naval War College

14:15 - PANEL I: The Arctic

Moderation Dr Heiko Herold, DMI, ISPK

Lecture
Germany's security policy interests in the Arctic region
Dr Franziska Hagedorn, Head of the Arctic Policy Division at the Federal Foreign Office

Lecture
The Polar Silk Road: China's strategic footprint in the Arctic
Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior Reporter International Affairs, Newsweek

15:30 h - Networking Break

16:15 - PANEL II: The North Atlantic

Moderation Heinz Schulte, DMI

Lecture
Will NATO remain the central guarantor of security in the North Atlantic? What are the challenges?
Olena Podvorna, Project Manager and Senior Researcher with a focus on the Arctic, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

Lecture
Greenland's Strategic Importance
Nils C. Wang, Rear Admiral (Ret.), Managing Director of Naval Team Denma

Pronunciation

17:30 - Closing remarks Karsten Schneider

Rear Admiral (ret.), President, German Maritime Institute

17:45 - Reception

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