NATO and Norwegian Land Power in a New Security Environment.

— This year is a historic one for Norwegian Land Power. The approval of the new long-term plan for defence is a milestone that reflects both the necessity to strengthen the Army, and a political will to prioritize our common security.
2024 is also the year that NATO celebrates 75 years of collective defence. 
At Army Summit I look forward to connecting people, ideas and perspectives on the development of the Norwegian Land Power in the context of an increasingly relevant NATO.

Major General Lars Lervik, Chief of the Norwegian Army

Kate Hansen Bundt, Secretary General, The Norwegian Atlantic Committee

PROGRAM

Keynote speakers:

Katarzyna Zysk - Professor at The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies

Katarzyna Zysk is professor of international relations and contemporary history at the Norwegian Institute of DefenseStudies (IFS, since 2007), which is part of the Norwegian Defense College (FHS) in Oslo. She has been a visiting researcher at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University; at The Changing Character of War Center (CCW) at the University of Oxford; at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po); she was a member of the Arctic Security Initiative at the Hoover Institution; as well as visiting researcher at the Center for Naval Warfare Studies (Strategic Research Department) at the US Naval War College, where she also collaborated with the War Gaming Department.   

After receiving her PhD in 2006 on NATO enlargement, her research has focused on security, defense and strategic studies, with a particular focus on Russian military strategy, doctrines, and warfare, security and defence, the Russian Navy, nuclear deterrence, security in the northern regions and the Arctic, as well as innovation in defense and ground-breaking technologies, with a particular focus on the role of artificial intelligence.   

Her research has been published in SAIS Review of International Affairs, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Journal of Strategic Studies, Asia Policy, RUSI Journal, Politique Étrangere, Jane's Navy International, War on the Rocks and others, including in books published by Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press.

Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield - U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee

Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield is a native of Garden Grove, California, and a 1987 graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and French Language and Literature. She received her commission through Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) in 1988 and earned her wings of gold in 1989. Chatfield was awarded the Navy's Political/Military (Pol-Mil) Scholarship and attended the Kennedy School of Government, receiving a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Universityin1997. In 2009, the University of San Diego conferred upon her a doctorate of education.

Ambassador Anita Nergaard

Ms. Nergaard holds the position of Norway's permanent representative in NATO since September 2022. Her recent assignment was senior advisor on China at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in Oslo.

She served as Norway’s Ambassador to Singapore from 2017 - 2021, and as Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO from 2012 - 2017.

Previously, Ambassador Nergaard held several positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She served as Director of Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Regional Organisations from 2010, where her responsibilities also included regional cooperation in the High North and Arctic, as well as the OSCEand Council of Europe. She served as Director of Security Policy, Crisis Management, Global Security Affairs and the US and Canada from 2005, including peace support and stabilisation operations through the UN, NATO, the EU and the OSCE, security sector reform, counterterrorism, and counter violent extremism, as well as arms control and non-proliferation. She served at Norway’s Embassy in Ankara from 1997 and at Norway’s delegation to NATO from 2000.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Ms. Nergaard was in the Central Bank of Norway, where she worked with financial stability and asset management. She holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration and a PhD in Economics from NHH - Norwegian School of Economics. 

Ms. Nergaard has assisted various Government Commissions, including on financial stability, financial market regulations, and currently advises a Government Commission on geopolitics and the sovereign wealth fund.