Munich Security Conference

Munich Security Conference
Abbreviation	MSC
Predecessor	Internationale Wehrkundebegegnung / Münchner Wehrkundetagung
Formation	1963
Founder	Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
Legal status	Non-profit foundation
Purpose	Peace through Dialogue
Location	Munich, Germany;
Methods	Host conferences
Chairman	Christoph Heusgen
Website	securityconference.org/en/

The Munich Security Conference (MSC; German: Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz) is an annual conference on international security policy that has been held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany since 1963. Formerly named the Munich Conference on Security Policy (German: Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik),^[1] the motto is: Peace through Dialogue.^[2] It is the world's largest gathering of its kind.

Over the past four decades the Munich Security Conference has become the most important independent forum for the exchange of views by international security policy decision-makers. Each year it brings together about 350 senior figures from more than 70 countries around the world to engage in an intensive debate on current and future security challenges. The list of attendees includes heads of states, governments and international organizations, ministers, members of parliament, high-ranking representatives of armed forces, science, civil society, as well as business and media.

The conference is held annually in February. The venue is the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

^ Tobias Greiff. "Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz" (in German). Historisches Lexikon Bayerns. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ "About the Munich Security Conference – Munich Security Conference". securityconference.org. Retrieved 2023-01-15.

[Historisches_Lexikon-1] Tobias Greiff. "Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz" (in German). Historisches Lexikon Bayerns. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[2] "About the Munich Security Conference – Munich Security Conference". securityconference.org. Retrieved 2023-01-15.

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