Security

Munich Security Conference 2026

The 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) took place from February 13 to 15, 2026, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. As the leading forum for international security policy, the MSC 2026 enabled once again high-level debates on the key foreign and security policy challenges of our time. Topics at MSC 2026 included European security and defense, the tran…

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12Speakers
20Sponsors
7Sessions
20Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Munich, in alphabetical order.

Alexander De Croo
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme; former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
Alexia Latortue
Head of Secretariat, Future of Development Cooperation Coalition; former Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development of the United States of America
Edith Kimani
East Africa Correspondent, Deutsche Welle
Friedrich Merz
Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
Jozef Síkela
Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission
Markus Söder
Minister President, Free State of Bavaria; Chairman, Christian Social Union
Michael Waltz
Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Nations; former National Security Advisor of the United States of America
Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez
Major General; Minister of National Defence, Republic of Colombia
Reem Alabali Radovan
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany
Robert Dussey
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Togolese Abroad, Togolese Republic
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador; Chairman, Munich Security Conference; President of the Foundation Council, Munich Security Conference Foundation
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Africa CenterContent Partner
African UnionContent Partner
CSISContent Partner
EYKnowledge Partner
Global Commission Drug PolicyContent Partner
Global InitiativeContent Partner
ICIJContent Partner
Information is BeautifulContent Partner
International Crisis GroupContent Partner
InterpolContent Partner
MegaPixelsContent Partner
PMI ImpactKnowledge Partner
RHIPTO
Science in the NewsContent Partner
SentryContent Partner
Small Arms SurveyContent Partner
SWAC-OECDContent Partner
UNODCContent Partner
West Africa CommissionContent Partner
World Customs OrganizationContent Partner

Agenda

Selected from 7 sessions.

  • 3:00 a.m. - 4:30 a.m.

    Competition for Computation: The Geopolitics of the AI Infrastructure Boom

    Roundtable
  • 3:00 a.m. - 4:30 a.m.

    No Silver Warhead: Europe’s Nuclear Options

    Roundtable
  • 3:00 a.m. - 4:30 a.m.

    Power Couples: Trade and Green Energy Cooperation Between Europe and the Global South

    Roundtable
  • 4:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.

    Reboot or Repair? Toward A New Development Paradigm

    Townhall
  • 7:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.

    Opening and Welcome Remarks

    Main Stage I
  • 7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

    Germany in Europe and the World

    Main Stage I
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

    Breaking Point: The International Order Between Reform and Destruction

    Main Stage I
Company intelligence

An audience of 20 companies, parsed from the program.

Twenty companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
0Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

8% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Director / Head of18%
  • Advisor / Investor18%
  • Other roles1083%

Of 12 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Africa CenterSponsor · Content Partner-
2African UnionSponsor · Content Partner-
3CSISSponsor · Content Partner-
4EYSponsor · Knowledge Partner-
5Global Commission Drug PolicySponsor · Content Partner-
6Global InitiativeSponsor · Content Partner-
7ICIJSponsor · Content Partner-
8Information is BeautifulSponsor · Content Partner-
9International Crisis GroupSponsor · Content Partner-
10InterpolSponsor · Content Partner-
11MegaPixelsSponsor · Content Partner-
12PMI ImpactSponsor · Knowledge Partner-
13RHIPTOSponsor-
14Science in the NewsSponsor · Content Partner-
Sponsors by tier
content partner17
85% of 20
knowledge partner2
10% of 20
unspecified1
5% of 20