Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

9:00am – 5:00pm:
Campaign Managers’ Meeting (IDU Campaign Managers Only)
Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, Mihanovićeva 1, 10000 Zagreb

3:00pm – 6:00pm:
Registration and Accreditation
Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, Mihanovićeva 1, 10000 Zagreb

6:00pm – 8:00pm:
IDU Forum 2026, Zagreb Opening Reception
Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, Mihanovićeva 1, 10000 Zagreb

Thursday, April 30th, 2026

Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, Mihanovićeva 1, 10000 Zagreb

8:45 am
Opening of the IDU Forum Zagreb 2026
Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, IDU Chairman and 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
H.E. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia, President of HDZ

9:15 am – 10:15 am
A Shifting World, An Enduring Alliance: The Transatlantic Relationship in a New Geopolitical Era
Introductory Remarks
H.E. Gordan Jandroković, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, HDZ

Panel
Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean, HDZ, Croatia
H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, 4th President of Croatia
Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Fallon, Former Secretary of State for Defence, Conservative Party, UK
Sudha David-Wilp, Vice President External Relations & Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Moderator: Harry Coulson, Chief of Staff, Coalition for Global Prosperity

10:15 am – 10:30 am
Coffee Break

10:30 am – 10:50 am
Security, Strategy and Skulduggery: Public Opinion in the Balkans
Presentation by Lord Ashcroft, KCMG PC, IDU Honorary Chairman

10:50 am – 11:45 am
The Forgotten Frontier: The Western Balkans and Europe’s Unfinished Promise
H.E. Sali Berisha MP, Former President and Prime Minister of Albania, Democratic Party
H.E. Timčo Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, VMRO-DPMNE, North Macedonia
H.E. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vice Chair of the Hanns Seidel Foundation
H.E. Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, HDZ
Moderator: Paul Prososki, Resident Program Director, Belgrade, International Republican Institute

11:45 am – 12:00 pm
“Firing Line” — Rapid Leaders’ Dialogue with Florian Hahn MP, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, CSU, Germany

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Europe’s Security Architecture: Russia’s Influence on an Evolving Landscape
H.E. Petro Poroshenko MP, 5th President of Ukraine, Chairman, European Solidarity
Ellen Demuth MP, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag, CDU
John Lough, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Foreign Policy & International Partnerships, New Eurasian Strategies Centre
Moderator: Bob Seely, Former Member of Parliament, Journalist, Conservative Party, UK

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
The Numbers That Will Define Europe: Migration, Demography, and the Decisions We Keep Avoiding
H.E. Davor Božinović, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia, Minister of the Interior, International Secretary, HDZ
Hon. Antonio Giordano MP, Secretary-General, ECR Party, Fratelli d’Italia, Italy
H.E. Eduard Habsburg, Distinguished Fellow, Danube Institute, Former Ambassador of Hungary to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Moderator: Zsófia Rácz, Editor-in-Chief, Hungarian Conservative Magazine, Head of Communications, Danube Institute

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Coffee Break

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Growth or Green? The Centre-Right’s Environmental Reckoning
Emanuele Loperfido MP, Fratelli d’Italia
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere, Conservative Party, UK
Thibault Muzergues, Political Director, Shared Ground
Moderator: Hon. Tony Clement, Chairman, Canadian Conservatives Abroad

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Decarbonize or Defend? Europe’s Strategic Autonomy Dilemma
H.E. Ante Šušnjar, Minister of Economic Affairs, Croatia
Zala Tomašič MEP, Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), Slovenia
Rihards Kols MEP, National Alliance, Latvia
Moderator: Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, IDU Chairman, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Break

7:00 pm
IDU Forum 2026, Zagreb – Prime Minister’s Dinner
LAUBA, prilaz baruna Filipovića 23A, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

Remarks by
Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, IDU Chairman and 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

Remarks by
Hon. Enda Kenny, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland, Worldwide Support for Development (WSD) Ambassador

Keynote Speaker:
H.E. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia, President of HDZ

10:00 pm
IYDU Drinks & Democracy
Konoba Mašklin i Lata, Ul. Andrije Hebranga 11, Zagreb