I am a regular speaker at events, including industry, naval and diplomatic conferences as well as academic workshops on various aspects of maritime security and global ocean politics. Contact me to book me as a speaker, moderator or facilitator, or get in touch to arrange a training course on maritime security.
Upcoming talks
- Geneva Dialogue on Maritime Security, 26.-27.06.25 , UNIDIR, Geneva
- IMSC 2025, 6.-8.5.25, Singapore.
- Connectivity and Maritime Security for the Mediterranean, 14-15.3., University of Rijeka.
- Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, 2.-5.3.25 Chicago, United States.
- Maritime Domain Awareness for the Indian Ocean, 27.-31.1., National Security College, Sri Lanka.
- Mauritius Shipping Week, 22.1., Port Louis, Mauritius.
- Future Challenges in the Mediterranean, 5.12., Italian Navy, Rome
- Pirates, Smugglers and Oil Spills. Understanding Maritime Security Book Launch, 27.11., Mauritius.
- Understanding Maritime Security, Book Launch, 22.11., London
- Maritime security, Athens Security Forum, 20.11., online.
2024
- Securing the Seas. A comprehensive assessment of global maritime security, 8.11., UNIDIR, Geneva.
- Communities of Practice and the Negotiation of BBNJ, Seminar, 7.11., University of Hamburg, Germany.
- Understanding Maritime Security, 6.11., University of Hamburg.
- Understanding Maritime Security, 31.10., University of Lisbon, [recording].
- The Environment on the Collective Maritime Security Agenda: Fighting Fishery Crime, 31.10., Atlantic Center, Portuguese Navy, Lisbon [recording]
- Shadow fleets and Critical Infrastructure: Maritime security in the Baltic and North Sea, Maritime Security Roundtable, 29.10. NATO Center of Excellence, Norfolk, United States.
- The Future of Maritime Security, 28.10., U.S. Naval War College, Newport, United States.
- “Ontologies and Epistemologies in Science and Technology Studies”, Workshop, 23-24.10., Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany.
- Depths of the Next Digital Frontier: U.S.-China Competition in Undersea Digital Infrastructure. Emerging Threats Group & Oxford China Policy Lab, Oxford University, 21.10., online.
- Governing maritime security effectively, Maritime Security Working Group, Government of Indonesia, 14.10., online.
- Maritime security and the deep sea frontier, XIV Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium, 7.-10.10., Italian Navy, Italy [recording].
- Maritime security: trends and frontiers, special address, 2024 Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue, 2.-5.10., Indian Navy & National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, [recording].
- Maritime Security Symposium, Australian Department of Defense, 26.-27.8., Singapore.
- The new frontiers of maritime security, Exercise Southeast Asian Cooperation and Training (SEACAT), U.S. Navy, 12.-16.8., Singapore
- Regional Maritime Security Practitioner Programme, 22.7.-26.7., Information Fusion Centre, Singapore Navy, Singapore.
- Understanding Maritime Security, 23.7., RSIS, Singapore, https://www.rsis.edu.sg/event/rsis-seminar-by-christian-bueger/
- Workshop on World Order and Infrastructures of Communication, 3.-4.7., ZIF, University of Bielefeld, Germany
- Maritime Security and the Challenge of Subsea Data Cable Protection, Conference on „Submarine Data Cables – Strengthening the Lifeline of the Digital World“, 3.7., Bundesministerium fur Digitales und Verkehr, Berlin.
- Die Zeitenwende auch auf See umsetzen – Befugnisse der Bundespolizei erweitern und der Bedrohungslage anpassen” Anhörung des Ausschusses für Inneres und Heimat, Deutscher Bundestag, 1.7. 2024.
- 4th Maritime Security Conference, 27.-28.6., NATO Maritime Security Center of Excellence, Istanbul, Türkiye.
- CEEISA-ISA Joint International Conference, 18.-21.6. 2024, Rijeka, Croatia.
- Workshop on Interaction Ritual Chains in World Politics: Deterrence, Diplomacy, Knowledge Production, 17.6.2024, Cres, Croatia.
- The new Frontier of Maritime Domain Awareness: Lessons from Europe’s Experience in Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection, Maritime Domain Awareness in the Indian Ocean, 11.6., National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, online.
- Making the World, 11.6.2024, Institute for World Society, University of Bielefeld.
- Sustainable Maritime Commerce, Connectivity and Security, Seminar on Global Maritime Accord to Save Oceans for a Safe Earth, 8.6.2024, SAMDES India, online.
- Connectivity for the Wider Mediterranean, 24th Mediterranean Strategy Group meeting, 3.-5.6. 2024, German Marshall Fund, Rome.
- Critical Maritime Infrastructures and the Blue Economy, European Maritime Day, 30.-31.5. 2024, Svendborg, Denmark.
- Securing the Green Energy Transition in the North Sea, 23.-24.5., University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Towards information sharing for the Atlantic Ocean, Digital Atlantic Working Group, 16.5., Transatlantic Leadership Network, online.
- Securing critical maritime infrastructures, ‘Future Navy: Maritime in the 2040s’, First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2024, 14.5.-15.5, London.
- Understanding Maritime Security, 6.5., SICMSS Rashtriya Raksha University, online.
- Neue Wetterzonen der Weltpolitik. Die Herausforderungen um den indischen Ozean, Bonner Ringvorlesung “Maritime Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts”, 30.4., Bonn, Germany, [video recording, in German]
- Maritime Security, Infrastructures, and the North Sea, Seminar, DLR – Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures, 18.4., Bremerhaven, Germany.
- Maritime Security Seminar, 16.4., Royal Military Academy, Belgium, Brussels.
- Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, 2.-7.4., San Francisco, USA.
- International Symposium on Navigating the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Implications for the Seychelles’ Security and Prosperity, 7.3., University of Seychelles, Seychelles.
- Geopolitical dynamics in the Western Indian Ocean, 1.3., German Embassy, Mauritius.
- Global Ocean Politics and Small States: the case of the Western Indian Ocean, 28.2., University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
- International Maritime Seminar, multilateral exercise ‘Milan’, 22.-23.2., Indian Navy, Visakhapatnam, India [recording].
- Rethinking the future of peace and security in the Baltic Sea region, 14.2., Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Berlin, Germany.
- DfT-Academia Maritime Security Forward Look, Department for Transport, UK, 7.2., online.
- Infrastructures and Global Ordering, 24.-26.1.2024, University of Bielefeld, Germany.
2023
- Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, 20.-21.12., Thai Navy, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Securing Infrastructure and the Green Energy Transition in the North Sea: Identifying gaps and a common agenda, Symposium on Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection, 23-24.11., University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK.
- Maritime security in the age of deep acceleration, Naval Forum on “The seabed, a new area of interest and dispute”, Spanish Navy, 16.11., Madrid, Spain.
- Maritime Infrastructure Protection: An Agenda for Action on Undersea Cables, Global Public Policy Institute, 15.11., Berlin, Germany.
- Towards holistic maritime security: Finetuning the maritime security system in the Western Indian Ocean, 3rd Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security and Safety in the Western Indian Ocean, 14-16.11., Mauritius, (online).
- Maritime security, infrastructure, and new operational tasks at sea, Conference on ‘NATO and Challenges to Regional Security in the Mediterranean’, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) & NATO, 3.11., Athens, Greece.
- Maritime Security in an Age of Infrastructure, Undersea Cables, Geoeconomics and Security in the Indo-Pacific, Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs, 26.-27.10., Hawaii, USA.
- Critical Infrastructure: A new impetus from technologies, 15th South China Sea International Conference, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, 25.10., online.
- Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection in the Baltic and North Sea, Event on ‘Denmark and Baltic security: past and present’, 12.10., Copenhagen, DK. [recording available here]
- Baltic Sea Region Task Force Meeting, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 27.9., Washington D.C.
- Annual Conference of the European International Studies Association, 6.-9.9., Potsdam, Germany.
- Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, 31.8.-3.9., Los Angeles, USA.
- Shipping Risks – Lessons from Wakashio, Charles Telfair Center, 23.8. Mauritius.
- Expert testimony on maritime safety package, Transport Committee, European Parliament, 20.7., online.
- Regional Maritime Security Practitioner Programme, Singapore Navy, 17.-21.7. Singapore.
- Protecting Critical Maritime Infrastructures in Southeast Asia, Center for International Law, National University of Singapore, 13.7.
- The Impact of Sea Water Rise on MLE Precincts, Southeast Asia Maritime Law Enforcement Initiative (SEAMLEI), 9th Annual Commanders’ Forum, 12.7., Bangkok, Thailand,
- Protecting Critical Maritime Infrastructures in the Atlantic, National Consultative Forum on International Security Policy, 22.6., Cork, Ireland.
- Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection: A new impetus for EU-NATO cooperation?, Defence Cooperation in Northern Europe: New Opportunities, Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI), 15.6., Oslo, Norway.
- Maritime security: An outlook to the future, European Council working party on maritime security, away day, 14.6., Karlskrona, Sweden.
- The Challenges of Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection, European Council working party on maritime security, away day, 13.6., Karlskrona, Sweden.
- Problematizing Infrastructures: Europe’s struggle to rule the subsea data cable network, Geneva Graduate Institute, 1.6., Geneva.
- Panel Chair, Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Baltic Sea, Center for Military Studies, 26.5., Copenhagen
- The EU’s role in global maritime security, Specialized Course on International Maritime Security Law, International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), 16.5., Malta.
- NATO’s approach to Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection, Baltic Sea Strategy Forum 2023, 11.5., Copenhagen.
- International Maritime Security Conference, Singapore Navy, 3.-5.5. Singapore.
- Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific, Leadership in International Security Course, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 2.5., Geneva.
- Keynote: What are critical maritime infrastructures and how to protect them? 1st Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection Symposium, European Defense Agency, 27.4., Brussels.
- Improving Cable Resilience through Maritime Domain Awareness, annual meeting of the International Cable Protection Committee, 18.4.-20.4., Madrid.
- Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics. Roundtable of the British International Studies Association, 13.4., online.
- How to make a difference with Praxiography?, Workshop “The practice turn and its critics”, University of Erfurt, 29.-31.3.
- Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, 13.3.-18.3.2023, Montreal, Canada
- Roundtable Participant, Power and Diplomacy Roundtable on Critical Data Infrastructures, Open Data Institute, 21.2.2023, online.
- The new EUMSS and the protection of critical maritime infrastructures, European Council Working Party on European Maritime Security Strategy (EUMSS), 15.2.2023, Brussels.
- Blue Paradigms and the Fragmentation of Ocean Governance, 10.-12.2.2023, International Maritime Conference, Pakistan Navy, Karachi.
2022
- Maritime Security, geopolitics and planetary thinking. Consequences for Pakistan’s foreign and security policy, International Maritime Symposium, 21.12.2022, National Institute of Maritime Affairs Pakistan, online.
- A short history of maritime security and information sharing, 31.11.-1.12.2022, 18th annual expert meeting of the VRMTC/T-RMN, Italian navy, Rome.
- Ocean Infrastructures – Searching for a new vision for global ocean politics, 23.11.2022, University of Malta.
- Building bridges to enhance Maritime Domain Awareness in Europe, 18.11.2022, Maritime Situational Awareness Symposium, European Defence Agency, Brussels.
- Critical maritime infrastructures and maritime security operations in the Mediterranean, 16.11.2022, SHADE Med, Italian Navy, Rome.
- Contemporary Maritime Security Challenges, 15.11.2022, 2nd IFC Marsec Webinar, Information Fusion Center, Singapore Navy (online).
- Beyond invisibility: Protecting maritime infrastructures after the Nord Stream Sabotage, 14.11.2022, John Cabot University, Rome.
- Addressing maritime security threats through international cooperation: the opportunities and risks of forum shopping, 26.10.2022, Capacity Building Virtual Lecture series, ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, Singapore (online).
- What is the right mix of interventions for maritime security in the global South? 21.10.2022, Atlantic Center, Portuguese Ministry of Defense & Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute (online).
- How to protect critical maritime infrastructures (roundtable chair), 14.10.2022, SafeSeas & University of Copenhagen.
- Threats to the subsea data cable network – recommendations for better protection, 20.9.2022, meeting of Underwater Control team, European Defence Agency (online).
- Maritime Security & Maritime Domain Awareness, Regional Maritime Practitioner Programme, Information Fusion Centre, Singapore Navy, Singapore.
- Epistemic Communities in the Digital Age, 1.-3.9.2022, European International Studies Conference, Athens, Greece.
- A deep dive into nexification, 25.-26.8.2022, Workshop on the Land-Sea Nexus, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Maritime Security in the Western Indian Ocean, 19.8.2022, webinar, Charles Telfair Center and Indian Ocean Commission (online).
- Subsea Data Cables and Ocean Governance, 30.6.2022, UN Ocean Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Beyond Epistemic Determinism: Problematization and Experimentation in Contemporary Interventions, 20.6., Conference on Rethinking global knowledge production of ‘the local’, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
- Rethinking the Indo-Pacific, 15.6.2022, Conference on “Japan and Europe in a contested world”, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
- The importance of contemporary maritime security strategy, 9.6., Implementing the 2022 National Strategy for Maritime Security, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- Protecting subsea data cables, 6.6.2022, CyDiplo Workshop “Diversifying Cyber Diplomacy”, University of Bologna, Italy.
- The interaction of communities of practice, 16.5.2022, Department of Political Science Seminar, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
- Keynote Address on the Evolution of Maritime Security, Indo-Pacific Seapower 2022, Naval Symposium, Australian Navy, Sydney, Australia [recording].
- The EU’s approach to maritime security, 4.5.2022, Public Lecture, Department of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy.
- Improving Maritime Security in Ghana, 28.4.2022, Center for Maritime Law and Security in Africa, Accra, Ghana
- Briefing on EU Maritime Security, 26.4.2022, DG MARE, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
- Security threats to undersea communications cables and infrastructure – consequences for the EU, 25.4.2022, Security and Defense Committee, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
- Discussant, 6.4.2022 Fish Wars and Blue Conflicts, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries of the University of British Columbia, online.
- Epistemic Communities in the Digital Age. Infrastructures of Knowing the Seas, 21.3.2022, Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland.
- Ocean Paradigms, Illicit Fishing and the Maritime Security Agenda, 11.3.2022, Norwegian Blue Crime Dialogue Series, online.
- Lessons from making maritime security strategies, 9.3.2022, public webinar, “Perspectives on an Integrated Maritime Security Strategy for South Africa”, University of Stellenbosch/Institute for Security Studies (Pretoria), online.
- Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean, Pathfinder Indian Ocean Security Conference, Pathfinder Foundation Sri Lanka, online.
- Maritime Security in the Atlantic: the Vulnerabilities of Subsea Data Infrastructure, 25.2.2022, Atlantic Centre Seminar “Shifts in world geopolitics: cooperation and competition in the Atlantic”, Atlantic Centre, Portuguese Ministry of Defense, Azores, Portugal.
- SHADE and the evolving maritime security architecture in the Western Indian Ocean, 2.2.2022, 49th Plenary of the Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE), mechanism, European Union Naval Forces, online.
2021
- Small states in the Indo-Pacific. Challenges and Opportunities for Seychelles, 20.12.2021, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Seychelles, Victoria, Seychelles.
- Maritime Security: A Pessimist Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, 8.12.2021, Conference “Europe in the Indopacific – Key challenges for a mutually beneficial partnership in the region”, French Institute of International Relations, online.
- Keynote Address: Global Ocean Politics. A short history of current paradigms, Conference “Maritime Conflicts and Promises in History and Present”, 19.11.2021, Technical University Darmstadt, online.
- Inside the global maritime security assemblage, 9.11.2021, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg (IFSH), online.
- Does the UN require a maritime security structure?, 3.11.2021, Maritime Security Regimes Roundtable, NATO Centres of Excellence, online.
- New Perspectives on Military Politics, 1.-2.11.2021, Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC), and the University of South Denmark (SDU), Copenhagen, Denmark
- Comprehensive Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific, 26.10., European Council on Foreign Relations Indo-Pacific Strategy Group, online.
- Beyond Maritime Security: Protection and Sustainability of Fisheries, 6.10., Foundation of the National Interest, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the German Embassy in Manila, online.
- Annual Conference of the European International Studies Association, 12.-14.9., online.
- Safe, secure and stable seas: how are African navies contributing?, 7.9., Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, online.
- Maritime Asia: The securitization of the China Seas in the 19th to 21st Centuries, 9-12.8., Centre for Geopolitics, Cambridge University and Institute for East Asian Studies, Berkley, online.
- 7th MARISX exercises, 27-29.7. Information Fusion Center, Singapore.
Earlier
2020
- Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies Conference on Maritime Security,
- NATO Maritime Security Centre of Excellence Annual Conference,
- 2020 Maritime Security Webinars of the Information Fusion Centre, Singapore,
- Plenary of the G7++ Friends of the Gulf of Guinea
2019
- High Level Meeting of the Djibouti Code of Conduct, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;
- Aman 19 naval exercise, Pakistani Navy, Karachi, Pakistan,
- 22nd Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Mauritius,
- Global Maritime Security Conference, Abuja, Nigeria,
- UNODC Legal Expert Network meeting
2018
- High Level Meeting of the Djibouti Code of Conduct, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
- 21st Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Nairobi, Kenya,
- Contact Group on Maritime Crime in the Sulu and Celebes Sea, Manila, Philippines,
- Galle Dialogue 2018, Sri Lanka Navy, Columbo, Sri Lanka,
- BIMCO Maritime Security Seminar.
2017
- Goa Enclave, Indian Navy, Goa, India,
- Aman 17, naval exercise, Karachi, Pakistan,
- 20th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Mauritius,
- Symposium on Maritime Strategy, Indian Navy.
2016
- 19th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
2015
- G7 High Level Meeting on Maritime Security, Berlin;
- Galle Dialogue 2015, Sri Lanka Navy, Galle, Sri Lanka;
- 18th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, United Nations Headquarter, New York,
- Operations Policy Committee, NATO, NATO Headquarters, Brussels.
2014
- 5th UAE Conference on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Dubai,
- 17th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Dubai,
- Offside Event, of the 16th Plenary off the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, New York,
- EUNAVFOR, Headquarters, Northwood.