PROGRAMME State of the Union: Brussels Think Tank Dialogue 2011 Europe 3.0: Building a Viable Union Tuesday 25 January 2011 10:30 am - 6:30 pm (followed by a reception) Résidence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels
Opening Plenary 10:30 am The State of the European Union in 2011: Recent Accomplishments and Looming Challenges Welcome Address Thomas FISCHER Executive Director, Brussels Office, BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG Impulse statements Nicolas VÉRON Senior Fellow, BRUEGEL Michael EMERSON Senior Fellow and Head of the EU Neighbourhood, Foreign and Security Policy Unit, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (CEPS) Philippe HERZOG Président Fondateur, CONFRONTATIONS EUROPE Philippe DE SCHOUTHEETE Ambassador, Member of the Board of EGMONT Giles MERRITT Secretary General, FRIENDS OF EUROPE Dominique MOΪSI Conseiller spécial, INSTITUT FRANCAIS DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES (IFRI) 12:30 pm Pre-lunch Debate Keynote Europe 3.0: Building a Viable Union José Manuel BARROSO President, EUROPEAN COMMISSION Jacki DAVIS Managing Director, MEADE DAVIS COMMUNICATION (MDC) 01:15 pm Lunch 2
Four Workshops in Parallel (Chatham House Rules apply) 02:00 pm Passage Workshop 1 What Role for the EU in Today s Global Climate Governance? Key Challenges and Strategic Choices Christian EGENHOFER Senior Fellow and Head of the Energy and Climate Change Unit, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (CEPS) Maïté JAURÉGUY-NAUDIN Senior Research Fellow and Project Manager of the Energy Programme, INSTITUT FRANCAIS DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES (IFRI) Jos DELBEKE Director General, DG Climate Action, EUROPEAN COMMISSION Frank-Detlef DRAKE Head of Research & Development, RWE AG Susanne DRÖGE Head of Research Division Global Issues, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Willy DE BACKER Head of the Greening Europe Forum, FRIENDS OF EUROPE Salon Workshop 2 Money for Nothing? The Role of the EU Budget in European Economic Governance Benedicta MARZINOTTO Research Fellow, BRUEGEL Fabian ZULEEG Carole ULMER Chargée de Mission, CONFRONTATIONS EUROPE Joachim FRITZ-VANNAHME Director, Europe s Future Program, BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG Vasco CAL Economic Adviser, BUREAU OF EUROPEAN POLICY ADVISERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (BEPA) 3
Maelbeek Workshop 3 The Next Phase of EU Labour Immigration Policy: Enhancing Policy Coherence and Advancing a Rights-Based Approach Jean LAMBERT Claude MORAES Workshop 4 Krisztina BERTA Deputy State Secretary for EU and international relations, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of HUNGARY Jean Louis DE BROUWER Director of Migration and Borders (DIRECTORATE C), EUROPEAN COMMISSION Sergio CARRERA Head of Section & Research Fellow, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (CEPS) Dora KOSTAKOPOULOU Jean Monnet Professor in European Law and European Integration, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Christal MOREHOUSE Senior Project Manager, BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG A Single Voice or Not? The External Representation of the European Union Michael EMERSON Senior Fellow and Head of the EU Neighbourhood, Foreign and Security Policy Unit, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (CEPS) Jan WOUTERS Jean Monnet EU and Global Governance, Professor of International Law and International Organization, Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Institute for International Law, UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN Franziska BRANTNER Poul-Skytte CHRISTOFFERSEN Ambassador and former Special Advisor to the High Representative Catherine Ashton Rosa BALFOUR Toby VOGEL Correspondent, EUROPEAN VOICE 04:30 pm Coffee Break 4
Closing Plenary 05:00 pm Keynote Herman VAN ROMPUY President, EUROPEAN COUNCIL 05:20 pm Workshop s Susanne DRÖGE Head of Research Division Global Issues, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Joachim FRITZ-VANNAHME Director, Europe s Future Program, BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG Dora KOSTAKOPOULOU Jean Monnet Professor in European Law and European Integration, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Rosa BALFOUR Commentators János MARTONYI Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of HUNGARY Mikołaj DOWGIELEWICZ Secretary of State for European Affairs, Government Plenipotentiary for the Polish Presidency in the EU Jacki DAVIS Managing Director, MEADE DAVIS COMMUNICATION (MDC) 06:30 pm Reception 5