Second Plenary Session | What Role for the Military?

Second Plenary Session | What Role for the Military?

In the second plenary at #IISS_SCDF26, Dr Ben Schreer discussed the role of military organisations in modern civil defence and touched on challenges and opportunities for civil-military cooperation in the new threat landscape. Speakers: - Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, Commander, Joint Force Command; Vice Chief of Defence, German Armed Forces - Major General Mikael Frisell, Director General, Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency - Petteri Korvala, Secretary General, Security Committee, Ministry of Defence, Finland - Lieutenant General Carl-Johan Edström, Chief of the Defence Staff, Armed Forces, Sweden IISS Stockholm Defence Forum 2026 | #IISS_SCDF26 21–22 April 2026 | https://go.iiss.org/SCDF26