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Paris Naval Conference 2025: Naval Power in support of Maritime Economy

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Tuesday 4 February 2025
10:30 — 17:45
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This conference will take place in French and English with simultaneous interpretation.

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A French frigate escorts a cargo ship

This third edition of the Paris Naval Conference (CNP), bringing together high-level speakers from the military, industry and academia, aims to address the issues of securing the maritime economy for the world's navies.

Playing a crucial role in the global economy, the maritime economy, which includes maritime transport, fishing, the extraction of underwater resources, the leisure and tourism sectors and, increasingly, marine renewable energies, is particularly exposed to the deterioration of international relations when it is expressed primarily in common spaces. As such, it seems inexorably destined to (re)become an essential issue for the navies in charge of securing maritime activities. 
 
Program
 
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Welcome remarks by Dr. Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri, and Christine Cabau, vice-president in charge of assets and operations
 
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Roundtable  n°1 – Challenges and perspectives on securing maritime flows for navies

Speakers :
  • Admiral Nicolas Vaujour, Chief of French Navy
  • Rear Admiral Olivier Berdal, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy
  • Admiral Sir Ben Key, First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
  • Admiral Jim Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
  • Rear Admiral Søren Kjeldsen, Chief of the Royal Danish Navy
Chair : Élie Tenenbaum, Director of Ifri's Security Studies Center
 
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Press conference 
 
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Lunch Break 

1:45pm - 2:00 pm | Presentation of the « Admiral Castex » prize
 
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Roundtable n°2 – Security in support of prosperity: safeguarding critical flows to enable long-term economic development
 
Speakers :
  • Simon Bergulf, Group Representative Europe Public and Regulatory Affairs, head of Energy transition and Operations, Maersk
  • Emily Holland, Deputy Political Advisor for Critical undersea infrastructure, NATO Maritime Command
  • Edouard Louis-Dreyfus, chairman of Armateurs de France
Chair: Héloïse Fayet, Research Fellow, Security Studies Center, Ifri
 
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Coffee Break 
 
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Roundtable n°3 – The influence of the maritime economy on naval power: rethinking Mahan in the 21st century
Speakers :
  • Elisabeth Braw, Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
  • Elizabeth Buchanan, Research Fellow, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
  • Nicolas Mazzucchi, Research director of French Navy Center for Strategic Studies
Chair: Maxence Brischoux, non-resident fellow at the Centre Thucydide, Université Paris Panthéon Assas
 
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Concluding remarks by Agnès Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Environment and the Sea
 

This conference will take place in French and English with simultaneous interpretation.

The conference will be livestreamed on Zoom (upon registration) and YouTube Live (no registration needed). On-site attendance is only upon invitation.
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For any question regarding the conference, please contact the Security Studies Center: [email protected]. If you wish to attend the press conference in person, or are a member of the press, you can reach out to our media manager Natacha Crance ([email protected]).

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