Security & Defence Agenda

This massive online brainstorm brings together several thousand participants from around the globe, and from the security sector at large – civilians and military from national governments, international organisations, NGOs, think-tanks, academia, business and the media.

The Jam aims to develop innovative and concrete solutions to global security challenges.

The SDA welcomed high-ranking personalities from the world of security and defence, including US Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Cecilia Malmström, Neelie Kroes, Pauline Neville-Jones, Alexander Vershbow, General James L. Jones, Elmar Mammadyarov and many others.

The SDA received guidance from its Advisory Board, led by Jaap De Hoop Scheffer and Javier Solana.