I am a regular presenter 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 events
- IMSC 2025, 6-8.5.2025, Singapore.
- 3rd International Conference on Indo-Pacific, 19.-21.10., International Center for Indo-Pacific Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India.
- Venice Symposium, 8.-10.10., Italian Navy, Italy.
- SEACAT Exercise, 12.-16.8., Singapore.
- 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.
- 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.
- Digital Atlantic Working Group, 16.5. Brookings Institution, online.
- First Sealord Sea Power Conference, 14.5., London.
- Bonner Ringvorlesung “Maritime Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts”, 30.4., Bonn, Germany.
- Seminar, DLR – Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures, 18.4., Bremerhafen, Germany.
2024
- 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.