September 22 – 23, 2006
List of Participants
Status: September 1 9, 2006 , 08:30 hrs
Weltsaal Auswärtiges Amt / Federal Foreign Office Werderscher Markt 1 10117 Berlin ----- Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1 10117 Berlin
Co nference languages : German , English Dr. Ilham Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan , Baku
Peter Altmaier Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany; Member of the German Bundestag , Berlin
Prof. Dr. Franz Lothar Head, Balkan Research Section, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Altmann Politik , German Institute for International and Security Affairs ; Director of the Board, German Association for Eastern European Studies , Berlin
Anne Applebaum George H.W . Bush/Axel Springer Fellow at the American Academy , Berlin
Elisabeth Ardaillon -Poirier Director of Communications, European Central Bank , Frankfurt on the Main
Dr. Ronald D. Asmus Executive Director, Transatlantic Center, The German Marshall Fund of the United States , Brussels
Audrius Ažubalis Member of Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania , Vilnius
Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Ba ğci Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University , Ankara
José Manuel Durão President of th e European Commission , Brussels Barroso
Traian Băsescu President of Romania , Bucharest
Prof. Dr. Anton Bebler Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubiljana
Prof. Dr. Iain Begg Visiting Professor, European Institute, London School of Economics and Pol itical Science , London
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki President and Chief Executive Officer, Pekao Bank SA; Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland , Warsaw
Carl Bildt Chairman, Kreab Group; Member, International Commission on the Balkans; Former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden , Stockholm
Anca Daniela Boagiu Minister of European Integration of Romania , Bucharest
Jasmine Borhan Head, Corporate Communications, Bertelsmann AG, Gue tersloh
Franz H.U. Borkenhagen Former Head, Policy Planning Sta ff, Ministry of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin - 2 - Dr. Harald Braun Corporate Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Siemens AG , Munich
Elmar Brok Member of the European Parliamant, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affair s, Brussels
Prof. Dr. Nino Burjanadze Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia , Tbilissi
Dr. Erhard Busek Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe; Former Vice -Chancellor of the Republic of Austria , Vienna
Dr. Hugo Bütler Head Jo ur nalism, Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Zurich
Ronnie C. Chan Chairman, Hang Lung Group Ltd. , Hong Kong
Dr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Former President of the Republic of Italy , Rome
Catherine Colonna Minister Delegate for European Affairs of the French Republic, Pa ris
Dr. Uwe Corsepius Head, European Directorate General, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Prof. Dr. Vesna Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the Federal Cvjetkovi ć Kurelec Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Pavol Demeš Director, Transatlantic Center for Central and Eastern Europe , The German Marshall Fund of the United States; Former Minister of Foreign A ffairs of the Slovak Republic , Bratislava
Judy Dempsey European Correspondent, International Herald Tribune , Berlin
Milo Djukanovi ć Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro , Podgorica
Andrew Nicholas Duff Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Brussels
Markus Ederer Head, Policy Planning Staff, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Hubertus Erlen Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bayer Schering Pharma AG; Member of th e Board of Trustees, Bertelsmann Stiftung , Berlin
- 3 - Gernot Erler Minister of State, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany; Member of the German Bundestag , Berlin
Prof. Dr. Silvio Fagiolo Professor for International Relations, Libera Univer sità Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli; Former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Italy to the European Union , Rome
Prince Dr. Mohammed Bin Director, European Union Department, Ministry of Foreign Faisal bin Turki Affairs of the Ki ngdom of Saudi -Arabia , Riad
Dr. Peter Frey Director, Berlin Office, ZDF German Television , Berlin
Rüdiger Freiherr von Vice -President, Intelligence Service of the Federal Republic Fritsch -Seerhausen of Germany , Berlin
Joachim Fritz -Vannahme European Editor, Die Zeit , Brussels
Prof. Dr. Curt Gasteyger Director, Association for the Promotion of International Security (APESI) , Geneva
Ferenc Gémesi State Secretary, Head of Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary, Budapest
Hans -Dietr ich Genscher Former Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice - Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bonn
Bronisław Geremek Member of the European Parliament; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland , Brussels
Salpi Ghazarian Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia , Yerewan
Günter Gloser Minister of State, Foreign Office of the Federal Repbulic of Germany; Member of the German Bundestag , Berlin
Nik Gowing Main Presenter, BBC World TV , London
Dr. Charles Grant Director, Centre for European Reform , London
Wilfried Grolig Head, Culture and Education Direc torate General, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Prof. Dr. Xuewu Gu Chair, East Asian Politics; Director, Institute of East Asian Politics, Ruhr University , Bochum
Dr. Thomas Gutschker Foreign Editor, Rheinischer Merkur , Bonn
- 4 - Karl -Theodor Freiherr zu Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Guttenberg Committee on Foreign Affairs , Berlin
Ferenc Gyurcsány Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary , Budapest
Bernhard Hänel Political Correspondent, Neue Westfälische , Biel efeld
Annette Heuser Vice President International Relations Corporate Communications, Bertelsmann AG , Gütersloh
Dr. Christoph Heusgen Foreign Policy and Security Advisor, Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Evaldas Ignatavavi čius Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Michael J. Inacker Deputy Editor -in -Chief and Head of Office, Wirtschaftswoche , Berlin
Prof. Dr. András Inotai General Director, Institute for World E conomics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest
Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Josef Janning Head, International Relations Program, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Guetersloh; Director, Ber telsmann Group for Policy Research, Center for Applied Policy Research, Ludwig - Maximilians -University , Munich
Hans -Ulrich Jörges Deputy Editor -in -Chief, stern , Berlin
Dr. Franz Josef Jung Federal Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Jūrat ė Juozaitiené Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania , Vilnius
Prof. Dr. Karl Kaiser Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University , Cambridge
Aigars Kalvitis Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia , Riga
Udo van Kampen Head of Office, Brussels Office, ZDF German Television , Brussels
Franz H. Kaps Representative for Southeast Europe, The World Bank Group , Brussels
- 5 - Dr. Andrei Karaslavov Head of Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria , Sofia
Garry Kimovich Kasparov Chairman, "Committee 2008" , Moscow
Shigeo Katsu Vice -President, The World Bank Group , Washington
Karine Kazinian Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Frederick Kempe Presid ent and Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Council of the United States , Washington
Dr. Klaus Kinkel Chairman, Deutsche Telekom Stiftung; Former Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice -Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany , Sankt Augustin
Gediminas Kirkilas Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania , Vilnius
Dr. Wolf Kischlat Head, Foreign Affairs Directorate General, Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Former Secretary of State of the United States of America , Washington
Eckart von Klaeden Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs , Foreign Policy Spokesman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Berlin
Hans -Ulrich Klose Member of the German Bundes tag , Vice Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs , Berlin
Stefan Kornelius Foreign Affairs Editor, Sueddeutsche Zeitung , Munich
Dr. Ivan Krastev Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies , Sofia
Dr. Heinrich Kreft Foreign Affairs Advisor, CDU/CSU P arliamentary Group, German Bundestag , Berlin
Dr. Clyde Kull Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Irina Kurdaze Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia , Tbilissi
Aleksander Kwa śniewski Former President of the Republic of Poland , Warsaw
Mart Laar Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia , Tallinn - 6 - Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute , Berlin
Johannes Laitenberger Speaker of the European Commiss ion , Brussels
Alexander Graf Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Lambsdorff Committee on Foreign Affairs, Brussels
Boris Lazar Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Jo Leinen Member of the European P arliament, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs , Brussels
Paavo Lipponen Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Finland, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland , Helsinki
Dr. Hans -Dieter Lucas Ambassador, Special Envoy Eas tern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Fedor Lukiyanov Editor -in -Chief, Russia in Global Affairs , Moscow
Matti Maasikas State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn
Elmar Mammadjarow Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan , Baku
Hans Ulrich Märki Chairman of the Board, IBM Europe/Middle East , Courbevoie
Claude Pierre Marcel Ambassador of the French Republic to the Federal Republ ic Martin of Germany, Berlin
Matthias Maus Chief Editor, Abendzeitung , Munich
Bogdan Mazuru Ambassador of Romania to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Dr. Johannes Meier Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung , Guetersloh
Dr. Angela Merke l Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Nikolaus Deputy Director General for European Affairs, Basic Issues, Meyer -Landrut Coordination with EU -Member States on European Union Policy, Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin - 7 - Milomir Mihaljevic Advisor on Foreign Policy to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro , Podgorica
Ivan Mikloš Former Minister of Finance and Vice Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic , Bratislava
Slavica Milacic Chief Advisor for Eur opean Integration to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro , Podgorica
Dr. Antonio Missiroli Chief Policy Analyst, The European Policy Centre , Brussels
Prof. C. Raja Mohan Strategic Affairs Editor, The Indian Express , New Delhi
Liz Mohn Vic e CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Bertelsmann Stiftung and Chairwoman of the Board of Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH , Guetersloh
Prof. Dr. Dr. Jörg Mo nar Chair d'Excellence Marie Curie, Robert Sch uman University , Strasbourg
Dr. Richard Morningstar Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , Cambridge
Dr. Liviu Muresan President, Eurisc Foundation , Bucharest
Wolfgang Nowak Managing Director, The Alfred Herrhausen Society , Berlin
Ernst René Anselm Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Federal Nyberg Republic of Germany , Berlin
Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia , Yerev an
Hartmut Ostrowski Chairman of the Executive Board, Arvato AG; Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann AG , Guetersloh
Cem Özdemir Member of the European Parliamant, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Brussels
Ana Palacio Vallelersundi Senior Vice President and World Ban k Group General Counsel ; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, Washington
Algirdas Paleckis Member of Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania , Vilnius
Dr. Maja Pandshikidse Ambassador of Georgia to the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin - 8 - Dr. Guillaume Parmentier Founding Director, French Center on the United States, The French Institute of International Relations , Paris
Dr. Georgi Parvanov President of the Republic of Bulgaria , Sofia
Quentin Peel Editor, Financial Times , Lond on
Sándor Peisch Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Marija Pej činovi ć Buri ć State Secretary, Ministry of Forgein Affairs of the Republic of Croatia , Zagreb
Marc Secretary -General, T he Organisation for Security and Co - Perrin de Brichambaut Operation in Europe (OSCE) , Vienna
Alojz Peterle Member of the European Parliament , Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs ; Former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Brussel s
Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva - Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Federal Alexandrova Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Charles Powell Deputy Director, Real Instituto Elcano , Madrid
Antoinette Primatarova Programme Director, Center for Liberal Strategies; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria; Former Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Communities , Sofia
Michael Radix Editor -in -Chief Tele vision, Westdeutscher Rundfunk , Cologne
Dr. Klaus Radk e Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix, Bonn
Milan Rocen Chief Political and Defence Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro , Podgorica
Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld Polish Institute for International Affairs; Former Minister of Foreign Aff airs of the Republic of Poland , Warsaw
Michael Roth Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Commitee on European Union's Affairs , Berlin
Thomas Roth Editor -in -Chief and Head of Office, ARD German Television , Berlin
- 9 - Vladimir Ryshkov Member of th e State Duma of the Russian Federation , Moscow
Dr. Gerhard Sabathil Head, Representation of the European Commission to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Klaus -Peter Schöppner Chief Executive Officer, TNS Emnid GmbH & Co. KG , Bielefeld
Dr. Jacqu es Schuster Director, Foreign Affairs, Die Welt , Berlin
Dr. Angelica Schwall - Member of the German Bundestag, Vice Chair of the SPD Düren Parliamentary Group, Berlin
Louis Schweitzer Chairman of the Board of Directors and Former Chief Executive Officer, Renault S.A. , Paris
Ioan -Codru ţ Şeres Minister of Economy and Commerce of Romania, Bucharest
Klaus -Peter Siegloch Deputy Editor -in -Chief, ZDF German Television , Mainz
Radosław Sikorski Minister of Defence of the Republic of Poland , Warsaw
Reinhard Silberberg State Secre tary, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Shimon Stein Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Gabor Steingart Head of Office, Berlin Office, Der Spiegel , Berlin
Dr. Constanze Director, German Marshall Fund of the United States , Berlin Stelzenmüller
Prof. Dr. Jürgen F. Strube Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BASF AG; Vice Chairman, Supervisory Board, Bertelsmann AG; Shareholder, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH , Ludwigshafen
Veton Surroi Publisher, KOHA Ditore , Priština
Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth Member of the Board of Trustees, Bertelsmann Stiftung; Former President of the German Bundestag , Berlin
Pawe ł Świeboda Director, demosEUROPA, Centre for European Strategy; Former Hea d, European Directorate General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland , Warsaw
- 10 - László Sz őke State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary, Budapest
Simon Taylor Senior Political Correspondent, The European Vo ice , Brussels
Dr. Pawel Telicka Partner and Director, BXL Consulting; Advisor, European Policy Centre; Former Member of the European Commission , Brussels
Peter Tempel Head, European Directorate General, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany , Berlin
Dr. Gunter Thielen Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann AG , Guetersloh
Zlatin Trapkov Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria , Sofia
Dr. Jean -Claude Trichet President, Europ ean Central Bank , Frankfurt on the Main
Prof. Dr. Loukas Tsoukalis President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP); Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission , Athens/Brussels
Jürgen Turek Managing Director, Ce nter for Applied Policiy Research , Ludwig -Maximilians -University , Munich
Peteris Ustubs Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia , Riga
Guy Verhofstadt Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium , Brussels
Daniel Vernet Editor -in -Chief Foreign Policy, Le Monde , Paris
Dominique de Villepin Prime Minister of the French Republic , Paris
Dr. M ārti ņš Virsis Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the Federal Republic of Germany , Deutschland
Dieter Vogel Chairman, Supervis ory Board, Bertelsmann AG; Shareholder Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and Managing Partner of the LGB & Vogel GmbH ; Board of Trustees, Bertelsmann Stiftung , Düsseldorf
Stefan Wagstyl Editor -in -Chief, Financial Times , London
- 11 - Dr. Ewald Walgenb ach Chairman, DirectGroup Bertelsmann; Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann AG , Guetersloh
Roger de Weck Publicist; Chairman of the Board, Graduate Institute of International Studies , Geneva
Prof. Dr. Werner Member of the Executive Boa rd, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Weidenfeld Guetersloh; Director, Center for Applied Policy Research, Ludwig -Maximilians -University , Munich
Lord George Chairman, Weidenfeld & Nicolson , London Weidenfeld of Chelsea
Dr. Klaus Wenger Chief Executive Officer, ARTE Germany TV GmbH , Baden - Baden
Dr. Hans -Georg Wieck Former Ambassador; Fromer President , Intelligence Service of the Federal Republic of Germany; Chairman, German - Belarussian -Society , Berlin
Oliver Wieck Head, Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, The Federation of German Industries (BDI) , Berlin
Matthias Wissmann Member of the German Bundestag , Chairman of the Committee on Europ ean Union's Affairs, Berlin
Dr. Monika Johanna Deputy Director, Conflict Prevention Centre, Organization for Wohlfeld Security and Co -Operation in Europe (OSCE) , Vienna
Dr. Grigory Yav linsk y Director, Center for Economic and Political Research; Chairman, Yabloko Party , Moscow
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