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December 2, 2010

09:30-10:00

Registration

10:00-10:45

WELCOMING REMARKS

Dr. Elkhan Nuriyev(AZ), Director, SAM Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr. Jens Paulus (D), Head of Department Europe/North America, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Berlin

Mr. Rafał Kocot (PL), Security Forum of the Southern Caucasus e.V.

Dr. Elnur Aslanov (AZ), Head, Political Analysis and Information Department, Administration of the President of Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr. Jérôme Pons (EU), Head of Section, Political, Economics, Press and Information, European Union Delegation to the Republic of Azerbaijan

H.E. Herbert Quelle (D), Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Azerbaijan

H.E. Michal Labenda (PL), Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Azerbaijan

10:45-11:00

Coffee Break

11.00-12:30

Panel 1

THE SECURITY DILEMMAS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

Chair:

Mr. Alexander Jackson (UK), Senior Editor, Caucasian Review of International Affairs

Speakers:

Dr. Rasim Musabayov (AZ), Director, Center for Economic and Political Research

Dr. George Khutsishvili (GEO), Director, International Center on Conflict and Negotiation

Dr. Stepan Grigoryan (ARM), Director, Analytical Centre On Globalization and Regional Cooperation (tbc)

Questions from the audience/discussion

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Panel 2

THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: FROM NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY TO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP?

Chair:

Mr. Jens Paulus (D), Head of Department Europe/North America, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Berlin

Speakers:

tbc

Mr. John Roberts (UK), Energy Security Specialist, Platts

Mr. Paweł Kowal (PL), Member of the European Parliament, European Conservatives and Reformists, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Questions from the audience/discussion

15:30-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-17:30

Panel 3

REGIONAL POWERS’ FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT INTERESTS

Chair:

Mr. James Nixey (UK), Manager and Research Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Alla A. Yazkova (R), Head of Black Sea-Mediterranean Center, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science

Ms. Dibar Nigar Göksel (T), Editor in Chief, Turkish Policy Quaterly

Dr. Houman A. Sadri (IR), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida

Mr. Vladimir Socor (USA), Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation

Questions from the audience/discussion

17:30-18:00

CLOSING REMARKS

Mrs. Katja Christina Plate (D), Head of the Regional Program Southern Caucasus, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Tbilisi

Mr. Rafał Kocot (PL), Security Forum of the Southern Caucasus e.V.

Dr. Elkhan Nuriyev (AZ), Director, SAM Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

19:30

Reception/Dinner (By named invitation only)