The Academy's project SES submitted its final report “Security in tomorrow's Europe – Swedish Perspective” (SES) on May 31 at an event in the Wallenberg Hall at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in the presence, as opening speakers, of the Minister of Defence, Peter Hultqvist, the Chairman of the Defence Committee, Member of Parliament Pål Jonsson, also a member of the Academy, and the Commander-in-Chief, General Micael Bydén, also a member of the Academy.
The event began with a welcome from former Governor Sverker Göranson, who had been chairman of the project's steering group. The moderator was member Robert Egnell. Then Peter Hultqvist, Pål Jonsson and Micael Bydén spoke, which was followed by questions. After a short break, the final report itself was presented based on the three research questions that the project revolved around and the cyber area; research question 1 Security policy, research question 2 Military defense and preparedness and research question 3 Civil defense, where the cyber area was also addressed.
The presentations took place in the form of a conversation between members Michael Sahlin and Lars-Erik Lundin (question 1), Anders Carell and Gunnar Magnusson (question 2) and Björn Körlof and Johan Wiktorin (question 3 and cyber). This was followed by a closing question and answer session of approximately 30 minutes. The event was closed by Sverker Göranson.
SES final report 220531 in pdf format is available for download hereIt will form the basis for the printing of the book, which is expected to be published around Midsummer.
