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Programm

9.30 am Welcome and Introduction

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz, University of Toronto/Bonn University

Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss, Technische Universität Chemnitz und stellv. Vorsitzende der KAS

“Crisis, what crisis?” Economic Challenges for Germany and the EU

10.00 am Public Keynote Speech

Germany’s role in Europe’s crises

Kurt Biedenkopf, ret. PM of Saxony, Dresden

11.30 amThe never-ending Euro-crisis and its economic and political consequences (roundtable discussion)

Dr. Louis Pauly, University of Toronto

Prof. Dr. Kurt Hübner, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Dr. Alena Kimakova, York University

Discussion (Moderator: John Kirton, University of Toronto)

1.00 pmLunch

2.00 pm ‘Arabellion’ as Europe’s ‘writing on the wall’

Consequences for Europe’s “mission” in the Arab world

Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto

Dr. Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Dr. Costanza Musu, Carleton University Ottawa

Discussion (Moderator: Lars Haensel, KAS Washington)

4.00 pmCoffee-Break

4.30 pm Mission creep? New start for Europe’s migration policy

Dr. Phil Triadaphilopoulos, University of Scarborough

Dr. Elke Winter, University of Ottawa

Dr. Willem Maas, York University

Discussion (Moderator: Anna Korteweg, University of Toronto)

Saturday, April 21

9.30 amPublic Keynote Speech

Changing Courses, Stable Alliances?

Beate Neuss, Technische Universität Chemnitz und stellv. Vorsitzende der KAS

The West adrift? How North Americans and Europeans need to adjust their transatlantic policies after the crises

Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss, Technische Universität Chemnitz und stellv. Vorsitzende der KAS

Dr. Jean-Yves Haine, University of Toronto

Dr. Benjamin Zyla, University of Ottawa

Discussion (Moderator: Wolfram Hilz, University of Toronto)

11.30 amWays out of the Crises – Roads already paved?

How Europe can avoid new crises – how Germany needs to adopt its role (Concluding discussion)

12.00 amLight Lunch