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hello bonjour
nahoy i'm roger hilton defense and
security research fellow at globetech
coming to you live from the 2021 globe
sec bratislava forum
it's day one and it's my pleasure in the
future for the next three days to be
bringing you video highlights
recaps and all of the major updates from
our international conference
we have a rockstar lineup of speakers
and moderators and we really hope you
look forward to watching us in the
future
we started bright and early with our
annual european defense roundtable
and launched globesec's future security
and defense council
following the official welcome presented
by our masters of ceremony
we heard a keynote from slovakian
president suzanne chaputova on building
back better
we were then privileged to hear a video
message from his holiness
pope francis who spoke to our world
audience
on the merits of hard work and
compassion staying in central and
eastern europe
both the president of poland and croatia
delivered keynotes and stressed the need
for global solidarity
in times of crisis shifting to a topic
of the future
an energetic debate on the state of the
future of transatlantic relations in the
digital sphere took place
while on our second stage the global
perspectives on how to fight kovid and
emerge from the pandemic stronger
also happened finally to wrap up the day
the prime ministers of
austria and slovakia as well as the
deputy prime minister of czechia
discussed the european recovery plan and
how to jumpstart the continental economy
for more information on our other
world-class panels
make sure to check our website and our
various social media channels on
facebook on instagram
see you on day two
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