Details

Monday, 12th December

09.00h

Registration

09.30 – 10.00h

Welcome Address

Dr. Norbert Lammert

President of the German Bundestag, Vice-Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Opening Remarks

• Ana Palacio

  MP of the Spanish Parliament, Chairwoman of the Joint Committee of the Two Houses for European Affairs, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain

• Elmar Brok

  MEP, Chairman European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

Panel I: Identities in the European Union

• Peter Altmaier

  Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Interior

• Miguel Ángel Cortés

  Member of Parliament, Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary group of Partido Popular, Spain

• Prof. Pawel Spiewak

  Member of Parliament, Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Poland

• Dr. Nils Muiznieks

  Former Minister for Social Integration, Latvia

James Elles

MEP, Chairman of the European Ideas Network, GB

13.00 – 14.00h

Western Values and European Identity

Dr. Daniel Hamilton

Richard von Weizsäcker Professor and Director

Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University, USA

14.00 – 16.00h

Panel II: Perceptions and Images of the EU

• Soli Özel

  Bilgi University Istanbul, Turkey

• Ambassador Dr. Waleed Sadi

  Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Centre for Human Rights, Former Chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Jordan

• Ambassador Dr. Dore Gold

  President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Israel

• Taras Vozniak

  Advisor to Governor of Lwiw, Ukraine

Pierre Lequiller

Chairman of the Delegation of the National Assembly for the European Union, France

16.30 – 18.30h

Panel III: EU in its wider geographical context

• Prof. Dr. Y.S. Rajan

  Principle Advisor to the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)

• Waleri Nikolaewitsch Bogomolov

  Member of the State Duma, First Deputy Administrator of the United Russia Party Group in the State Duma

• Vince Haley

  American Enterprise Institute, USA

• Carlos Alberto Montaner

  President of the Unión Liberal Cubana

Jan Ross

Die ZEIT

18.30h

Closing remarks

Dr. Michael Borchard

Head of Department Political Consulting, Konrad Adenauer Foundation