Multiple Challenges for Europe

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The Institute for politics and society invite you to the 3rd year of the international conference Challenges for Europe, which takes place on 21st May 2018!

For registration and more information, please visit our website www.multiple-challenges-for-europe.eu

Conference Program

08:30 – 9:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Speech

  • Jan Macháček, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
    Csaba Tóth, Board member, European Liberal Forum; Director, Republikon Institute (Hungary)

9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Speaker

  • Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission (Czech Republic)

9:45 -10:05 Coffee Break

10:05 – 11:35 PANEL A: The Future of the Eurozone

  • H.E. Kees Jan René Klompenhouwer, Abassador, Embassy of the Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • Oldřich Dědek, Bank Board member, Czech National Bank (Czech Republic)
  • Péter Balázs, Director, Center for European Neighborhood Studies (Hungary)
  • Benjamin Haddad, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute (USA)
  • Tomáš Púchly, Analyst, F. A. Hayek Foundation (Slovak Republic)
  • Moderator: Jan Macháček, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)

11:35 – 12:15 VIP TALK I

  • H.E. Efthymios Efthymiades Abassador, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic (Greece)
  • Pavla Novotná, Director, Department for Asylum and Migration Policy (Czech Republic)
  • Moderator: Jan Macháček, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)

12:15– 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:30 PANEL B: Institutional Challenges for the European Union

  • Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission (Czech Republic)
  • H.E. Manuela, Franco Ambassador, Embassy of the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese Republic)
  • Ivo Šlosarčík, Professor, Charles University (Czech Republic)
  • Benjamin Haddad, Research Fellow, Hudson Institute (USA)
  • Moderator: Csaba Tóth, Board member, European Liberal Forum; Director, Republikon Institute (Hungary)

14:30 – 15:15 VIP TALK II

  • H.E. Roland Galharague, Ambassador, Embassy of the French Republic (French Republic)
  • Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica (United Kingdom) (TBC)
  • Moderator: Anna Shavit, Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (Czech Republic)

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 PANEL C: Security of EU countries and hybrid threats

  • Janusz Onyszkiewicz,Director, Euro-Atlantic Association (Poland)
  • Dmitri Teperik, Chief Executive, International Centre for Defence (Estonia)
  • H.E. Jevhen Perebyjnis, Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine (Ukraine)
  • Vladislav Davidzon, Editor in Chief, The Odessa Review (Russian-American)
  • Bruno Lété, Senior Fellow for Security and Defence Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (Belgium)
  • Moderator: Sebastian Vagt, Analyst, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (Germany)

17:00– 18:00 Networking with glass of wine