Mafra Dialogues 2026
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10h00 às 13h00/ 10 AM to 1 PM | Morning Sessions – Strategic Dialogue & Geopolitical Disruptions
Welcome Coffee | 10h00 – 10h30
Opening Ceremony | 10h30 – 11h00
- Paulo Neves – President, IPDAL
- Hugo Moreira Luís – Mayor of Mafra
- António de Almeida-Ribeiro – Interim Secretary GeneralHigh-Level Dialogue Framed by the Message from the Holy See | 11h00 – 11h30
Message from the Holy See read by Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
- Camilla Habsburg-Lothringen, Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany
- António de Almeida-Ribeiro – Interim Secretary General
- Emilce Cuda, Pontifical Commission for Latin America – Holy See
- Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security - London School of Economics and Political Science
Moderator: Paulo Neves – President, IPDALPanel I: Seabed to Sky: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Undersea Cables to Aerospace Systems | 11h30 – 12h15
- Representative, Economic and Cultural Office of Taipei
- Representative from India
- Senior official from U-Force
Moderator: Francisco de Arantes Oliveira, External Affairs Coordinator – Atlantic CentrePanel II: European Enlargement and the Future for Peace in Ukraine | 12h15 – 13h00
- Hennadiy Maksak, Executive Director - Ukrainian Foreign Policy Council
- Balázs Jarábik, Analyst of Ukrainian politics and governance in war contexts
- Francisco Seixas da Costa, Retired Ambassador of Portugal (TBC)
Moderator: Cátia Moreira de Carvalho, Board Member – IPDALLunch Break
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14h00 às 16h30/ 2PM to 4:30PM | Afternoon Sessions – Multilateralism, Values & Cooperation
Keynote Address | 14h00 – 14h15
- Nuno Pinheiro Torres, Deputy Secretary of State for Policy and National Defense of PortugalPanel III: The Future of Transatlantic Relations | 14h15 – 15h00
- Marcos Perestrello, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of FLAD; Former Prime Minister of Portugal and Former President of the European Commission (TBC)
- Kavita Ramdas, Board Member of the International Civil Society Action Network
- Christos Katsioulis – Director, FES Competence Center for Security and Peace in Vienna
Moderator: Gastón Ocampo, Secretary General – IPDALPanel IV: Religion as a Force for Peace: Interreligious Cooperation Across the CPLP | 15h00 – 15h45
- Mohamad da Costa Ali Yassine, Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique; Vice-President of the Committee on International Relations, Cooperation and Communities
- Helder da Costa, Secretary General of the G7+ (TBC)
Moderator: Pietro Sienna – Program Officer for Africa, KAICIIDClosing Workshop: Scripture Reading for Peace Building and Interreligious Understanding, facilitated by KAICIID | 15h45 – 16h30
- Marwan Gill, Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and KAICIID Fellow
- Christian religious leader
- Jewish religious leader
- Facilitator: Rocío Cortés Rodríguez – Professor at the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of ChileClosing | 16h30