OREANDA-NEWS. The NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms. Rose Gottemoeller will visit the West Coast of the United States from 27 April to 1 May 2017.

During her visit, the Deputy Secretary General will have meetings on Deterrence and Defence, and on Cyber Security Defense.

On Thursday, 27 April, she will deliver a keynote address at the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice on Gender Awareness in the Security and Defense field. The speech on Women Peace and Security entitled: "NATO’s Commitment to Women, Peace and Security: Progress made and the Road ahead" will be published on the NATO website following the event.

On Friday, 28 April, Ms. Gottemoeller will attend a Seminar at the Center for Global Security Research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore. She will also attend a roundtable on Deterrence and Defense hosted by former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry and former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz at Stanford University.

On Monday, 1 May, the Deputy Secretary General will visit Google Inc. to discuss information security and cyber threats.