Future
Resilience
Forum
New World Order | New World Thinking
Some 65 speakers from 40 countries and 220 organisations gathered to address the key issues that affect the resilience of our Western model and global stability.
An excellent forum of discussion, insight and inspiration — reminding us all of the power of dialogue, partnership, and perseverance in building stability and prosperity
Some conferences leave you tired this one left me inspired
It was a pleasure to engage with remarkable people from different backgrounds working in different fields
I go to a lot of conferences each year but I have to say FRF 2025 was the best I have ever participated in
Monday 20 October
09:45-09:50
Welcome by Fiona Hill CBE,
Founder of the Future Resilience Forum
09:55-10:40
Panel: Doing Business in Africa
Pr Amine Laghidi, International Expert and President, Morocco; Lord Browne, Chairman of BeyondNetZero and former Group CEO of BP; Ayo Otuyalo, Group MD at Prime Atlantic; Dr Emomotimi Agama, Director-General/CEO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria; Moderator: Jeremy Wilson, from Covington law firm
10:45-11:05
Security in the Sahel fireside chat:
Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, member of the Defence Commission of the National Transitional Council of Mali, with Beatriz de León Cobo, researcher, Director of Sic Transit Advisory and Sahel-Europe Dialogue Forum (UFV)
11:10-11:20
Scene-setter: Brian Menell, CEO of Techmet
11:35-12:25
The Geology in Geopolitics
Panel:
Leif Johan Sevland, Director of ONS Foundation and former Mayor of Stavanger, Norway; Emma Priestley, CEO of Goldstone; Philip Lindop, Co-Head of Global Metals & Mining at Barclays Investment Bank; Moderator: Brian Menell, CEO of Techmet
12:30-13:10
The Quantum Era: Redefining innovation, security and global power
Panel:
Ray Harishankar, IBM fellow and Vice President; Philip Intallura Ph.D, Head of Quantum at HSBC; Allen Terleto, Chief Technology Officer, Cockroach Labs; Moderator: Mark Fieldhouse, Chief Revenue Officer, Form 3
13:55-14:35
War in the New World Order: Subsea resilience panel (Chatham House Rules)
Joe Robinson, Technologist; Olivier Wenden, Vice-Chairman & CEO of Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation; Beniamino Irdi, Non Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; James East, Head of Auterion UK; Jonathan Kriegel, Senior Advisor at APTelecom; Moderator: Ieva Ilves, Senior Advisor on Cybersecurity Policy and member of the Advisory Board of FRF
14:40-14:55
Space Scene Setter: Lieutenant-General John E Shaw, former deputy-commander of US Space Force
14:55-15:35
Who is winning the space race?
Panel:
Major-General Paul Tedman, Head of UK Space Command; Brigadier-General (Ret) Uri Oron, former head of the Israel Space Agency; Nick Shave, CEO, Astroscale UK; Sean Cantrell, Director, International Engagement, Vantor; Lord Lansley, member of UK Engagement with Space Committee; Moderator: Rob Desborough, CEO, Seraphim VC
15:35-16:15
Turkish Defence Tech
Kerem Caliskan CEO InfoDif; Ulaş Kurtis Çezik, PhD; Turgut Şenol, Senior Turkish Defence Executive; Moderator: Barbara DeLeo, retired US diplomat
16:20-16:35
Annual FRF Lecture: ‘International Law in the New World’ delivered by
Cherie Blair CBE KC, Founder and Chair, Omnia Strategy LLP
16:40-16:55
Fireside chat: Dr Can Öztaş, Former Diplomat and Independent Lecturer in International Law, and Cherie Blair CBE KC
16:55-17:00
Closing remarks: Fiona Hill CBE
19:00-22:00
Gala Dinner, by invitation only
Tuesday 21 October
09:45-09:50
Introduction to Day 2: Fiona Hill CBE
09:50-10:00
Presentation of FRF-UCL research paper by Lord Sedwill GCMG: Future Resilience and Competitiveness: A Public-Private model for the UK in a New World Order
10:05-10:15
Future Resilience and CompetitivenessUK national security perspective: Rt Hon Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Minister of State for Security, Home Office and Cabinet Office
10:15-10:55
Speech and fireside chat with Fiona Hill CBE and H.E. Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar, Syrian Economy and Industry Minister
11:25-11:55
International mediation fireside chat with David Miller OBE, FRF Advisory Board. Dr Majed Al-Ansari, Advisor to Qatari Prime Minister and for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs
12:20-13:05
Speech and Fireside chat with Fiona Hill CBE and H.E. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania
14:00-14:40
Panel: Community Jameel: How to win friends and influence: reclaiming soft power in a fragmented world.
Fiona Crack, Deputy Global Editor, BBC News; Thomas Pascoe, Manufacturing Africa, McKinsey; Bridgette Motsepe, New Africa Mining Fund; Scott Weber, CEO of Peace Invest; Kristina Murrin, CEO, The King’s Foundation; Moderator: George Richards, Director, Community Jameel
14:45-15:15
Panel: Clean trade and investment partnerships
Hannah Ryder, CEO, Development Reimagined; Ina Hoxha, Chief Investment Officer & Deputy CEO at Climate Bonds (CBI); Jos Delbeke, EIB Climate Chair, School of Transnational Governance; Moderator: Karen McClellan, Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business/Doerr School of Sustainability
15:15-16:00
Presentation: (Haiti): Tackling organised crime in narco-states
Erik Prince, Founder of Vectus Global, includes short video presentation and speech
16:30-16:45
Speech: Future of NATO: Tom McSorley, General Counsel NATO DIANA
16:45-17:00
Kazakhstan – Diplomacy & Trade: Middle Power Countries
Scene-setter: H.E. Alibek Kuantyrov, Deputy-Foreign Minister
17:00-17:50
Panel
H.E. Alibek Kuantyrov, Deputy-Foreign Minister; Zhussup Yeralin, CEO of Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund (KIDF) Management Company
Ltd; Sanzhar Zharkeshov, Vice Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan; Madiyar Sultanbek, Deputy-Chairman of NC Kazakh Invest; Bakhtiyar Tleubekov, Chairman of the Management Board, Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Authority; Maria Shipuleva, General Director of AstraZeneca Kazakhstan; Yerlan Galiyev, Chairman of the Board of the National Geological Survey of Kazakhstan; Moderator: Elira Kokona, CEO Albanian Investment Corporation
17:50-18:00
Closing remarks: Fiona Hill CBE, Founder, Future Resilience Forum