Conference on European Democracy (EuDEM) 2016 Final Programme
“Return to Politics – Is Europe Prepared for It?”
Date: 25 and 26 April 2016
Place: Vienna
Location: Favorita Palace Premises of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Schedule:
Monday, 25 April
10.00 c.t.: Welcome addresses by
Alexander Balthasar Head of the Institute for State Organisation and Administrative Reform
Klemens H. Fischer Vice-President of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy
Edoardo Ongaro President of the European Group For Public Administration
Markus Kornprobst Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
11.00 s.t.: Panel I: “Common Foreign and Security Policy”
Chair: Klemens H. Fischer (Brussels)
Panel: Antonio Bar Céndon (Valencia)
The EU and the Middle East: Is there a Policy?
Stephan Wittich (Vienna)
Permanent Neutrality between International and Non-International Conflicts?
Herbert Krauss (Vienna)
The EU as a Strategic Global Actor
Stefan Oeter (Hamburg)
Pitfalls and Challenges of CFSP – A Lawyers´ Perspective
Nicolai v. Ondarza (Berlin)
Between Declaratory Politics and Realpolitik – the Role of the High Representative in CFSP
13:30: Lunch break
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15.00 s.t.: Panel II: “Migration”
Chair: Alexander Balthasar (Vienna)
Panel: Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans (Toulouse)
Migrants & Refugees as a Challenge to the Nation-State in a Post-Modern World
Hendrik Hansen (Budapest)
Does the Migration Crisis cause a new East- West-Conflict within the EU?
Verica Trstenjak (Vienna)
Migration, Fundamental Rights and the Influence of the Court of Justice of the EU
Markus Frischhut (Innsbruck)
“Social Membership” vs. “EU Citizenship”. Some Reflections on Joseph H. Carens’ “The Ethics of Immigration” from an EU Law Perspective
Franz Schausberger (Salzburg)
The Western Balkans – Chance or Challenge?
András Jakab (Budapest)
Immigration Policies and Constitutional Visions of the Nation
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19.00 s.t.: Public Discussion:
Welcome addresses
Dr. Gerhard Sailler Vice-Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (tbc)
Dr. Werner Fasslabend President of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy; former Austrian Minister for Defence; former President of the Austrian Parliament
Chair:
Dr. Werner Fasslabend
Key note speeches:
Ambassador Volodymyr Ogrysko CEO of the Centre for Russian Studies; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe Director-General of the Military Staff of the European Union
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Panel:
Prof. Ian Harden Sheffield University; former Secretary General of the European Ombudsman
Dr. Eva Lichtenberger Centre for European Policy Studies; former MEP
Ambassador Claudia De Maesschalk National Security Agency of Belgium
Nataša Pirc Musar former Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia/Chair of the Europol Joint Supervisory Body
Ambassador Dr. Helmut Türk President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority; former Judge and Vice-President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
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Tuesday, 26 April
10.00 s.t.: Panel III: “Cyber
Chair: Hiroko Kudo (Tokyo)
Panel: Günter Hein (Munich)
The European Satellite Navigation System Galileo Civil, Military or Dual Use?
Joanna Kulesza (Lodz)
Current Issues in European Cyber Security
András Nemeslaki (Budapest)
The Role of Chief Information Security Managers (CISM) in Government Organisations
Alexander Prosser (Vienna)
The Internet of Things and Some Examples for its Exploitation for Terrorist Activities
Alfred Vogel (Vienna/Ivano-Frankhivsk)
Elements of Military Space Politics
14.00: Farewell Buffet 6
Index of Participants of the working panels (in alphabetic order):
Alexander Balthasar Head of the Institute for State Organisation and Administrative Reform in the Austrian Federal Chancellery; Member of the Bureau of the Committee on Democracy and Governance of the Council of Europe; Member of the Security Accreditation Board of the GNS Agency of the European Union; Observer to the Programme and Research Advisory Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS); adjunct Professor (Priv.-Doz.) for Constitutional Law and General Political Theory at the Karl-Franzens- University of Graz
Antonio Bar Céndon Professor of Constitutional Law and Jean Monnet Professor of Constitutional Law of the European Union at the University of Valencia
Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans Chair Professor of Political Science and First Vice-Rector of the Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po) Toulouse, France; Director of the MA "Consultancy & Expertise in Public Policies" (Toulouse-Sofia-Libreville), Chairman of the EGPA Permanent Study Group on the Sociology of the State: Reforms & Resilience", Expert for the European Commission.
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Klemens H. Fischer Minister plenipotentiary and Head of Department at the Austrian Permanent Representation to the European Union; adjunct Professor (Priv.-Doz.) for Political Sciences at the University of Cologne; Chair of the Steering Group/EU High Level Governance Process; Foreign Policy Adviser to the Chairman of the Working Group Western Balkans for the 5th CoR term-of-office; Vice-President of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy; Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; Corresponding Member of the Austrian Institute for European Law and Policy; Chair of the Board of the Negotiation Academy, University of Potsdam.
Markus Frischhut Professor & Study Coordinator “European Union Law” at the Management Center Innsbruck. Author of several articles and books on EU law, especially on the application of EU law in national law, health related aspects, and law & ethics. Conference speaker on these topics in Ankara, Brussels, Heidelberg, Jerusalem, London, Strasbourg (EP), Washington D.C. Amongst others member of the “International Forum of Teachers (IFT) of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics” and the “European Association of Health Law 8
Hendrik Hansen Professor of Politics & Government (esp. European Politics and International Relations) at the Andrássy University Budapest; Vice- Rector of the Andrássy University Budapest; adjunct professor of Politics & Government (esp. Political Theory and History of Political Ideas) at the University of Passau
Günter Hein Professor Emeritus of Excellence at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich for Geodesy and Satellite Navigation; Member of the Advisory Board (Vorstand) of Munich Aerospace, e. V., former Head of Galileo Operations and Evolution at ESA
András Jakab Director of the Institute for Legal Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest
Markus Kornprobst Professor for International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Herbert Krauss Minister plenipotentiary and Head of Department at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
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Hiroko Kudo Professor for Public Policy and Management at the Chuo University of Tokyo
Joanna Kulesza PhD, assistant professor Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz, Poland
András Nemeslaki Professor for Information Systems at the National University of Public Service Budapest
Stefan Oeter Professor for International Law, German and International Public Law at the University of Hamburg
Nicolai v. Ondarza Deputy Head of the Research Team EU/Europe at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Berlin; Senior Lecturer at the University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder
Edoardo Ongaro Professor of International Public Services Management at the Northumbria University Newcastle; President of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) within the IIAS
Alexander Prosser Professor for Information Systems and Operations at the University of Economics and Business Vienna; Member of the Board of the Austrian Computer Society
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Franz Schausberger President of the Institute of the Regions of Europe (IRE), Salzburg; former minister-president of Salzburg; professor for Modern Austrian History at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg
Verica Trstenjak Professor for European Union Law at the University of Vienna; former Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Alfred Vogel Brigadier General in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Defence and Sport; Secretary General of the Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the Scientific Cooperation with the Austrian Defence Ministry; honorary professor for Security Research at the National University of Ivano-Frankhivsk
Stephan Wittich Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Vienna Law School; teaches international law at the Diplomatic Academy Vienna, the Paneuropean University Bratislava and other institutions; published widely on numerous questions of international law
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