Once a year the New Faces Conference brings together about 20 promising young strategic scholars and government experts. The Conference lasts three full days, including one day of visit to an international organisation dealing with security issues.
Participants have to present a paper or have to play an active role during the conference.
They are invited upon recommendation. The working language is English. This conference was organized by the German Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research of the ETH Zurich. It was supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The conference brought together around 20 young and promising scholars from the United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, France, Great Britain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Norway, Belgium and Greece.