Paris Naval Conference 2025: Naval Power in support of Maritime Economy
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Tuesday 4 February 2025
11:30 — 20:00
Online or at Ifri
— The conference will take place at Ifri (Paris) and on Zoom.
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This conference will take place in French and English with simultaneous interpretation.
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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.
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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.
Naval power in support of maritime economy
09.45 am - 10.15 am | Arrival at Ifri, coffee
10.15 am - 10.30 am | Welcome remarks by Dr. Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri, and Admiral Nicolas Vaujour, Chief of French Navy
10.30 am - 12.00 pm | Roundtable n°1 – “Challenges and perspectives on securing maritime flows for navies and the maritime sector”
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 Henrik Ryborg, Chief of the Royal Danish Navy
- Rodolphe Saadé, C.E.O., CMA-CGM
Chairs :
- Dr. Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri
- Élie Tenenbaum, Director of Ifri's Security Studies Center
12.00 pm - 12.15 pm | Presentation of the «Admiral Castex» prize
12.15 pm - 1.45 pm | Lunch Break
1.45 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
Other speakers to be confirmed
Chairs :
- Héloïse Fayet, Research Fellow and head of the Deterrence and Proliferation program, 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 Buchanan, Research Fellow, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Franceso Zampieri, Research Fellow, Institute of Maritime Studies, Venice
Other speakers to be confirmed
Chairs :
- Nicolas Mazzuchi, Research director of French Navy Center for Strategic Studies
5.00 pm - 5.30 pm | Concluding remarks by a civilian senior official
5.30 pm – 5.45 pm | Closing address by Admiral Nicolas Vaujour
5.45 pm - 6.30 pm | Press conference
This conference is also an opportunity to promote original research through the Admiral Castex Prize, which rewards research on maritime and naval strategy: you can already send in your contribution.
This conference will take place in French and English with simultaneous interpretation.
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A French frigate escorts a cargo ship
A French frigate escorts a cargo ship