4th Annual International Conference of the Croatian Alumni Club of TFAS
NATO and the New Kids on the Block: Finding Common Cause in the Age of Global Security
Under the Patronage of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
Zadar, Croatia 12–15 November 2009
THURSDAY 12th 14:00 Gathering of Participants on Zagreb Bus Terminal, No. 502 14:30 Departure for Zadar 17:30 Arrival to Hotel Kolovare*** 18:30 Opening (formal attire) Davor Kunc , President, Croatian Alumni Club of TFAS Mladen Andrlić , Director, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Roger Ream , President, The Fund for American Studies 19:30 Keynote Speakers, Conference kick-off NATO 2.0: The Next Atlantic Treaty Organization Jean François Bureau, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO Robert Beecroft , Vice President, Diplomacy and Development, L-3 Corporation, MPRI Strategic Group 21:00 Dinner & Klapa Concert
FRIDAY 13 th – NATO and the New Kids on the Block 09:30 Breakfast Morning Session: NATO Reloaded 10:00 Erik Jones , Head of European Studies Department Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Bologna Center 11:00 Coffee Break 11:30 Pjer Šimunović , National NATO Coordinator Director for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Croatia Vlatko Cvrtila , former Advisor for Defence to the Croatian President University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science Goran Svilanović , Coordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Borut Grgič , Director Institute for Strategic Studies, Slovenia 14:00 Lunch Afternoon Session: NATO’s role in fighting new security challenges 15:30 NATO PDD speaker(s) on cyber terrorism, anti-piracy, High North Security – TBD
Evening Program: Club Arsenal 19:00 Guided Tour of Zadar’s Cultural & Historical Attractions Five Wells Square, Sea Organ, Greeting to the Sun, Forum & St. Donatus Church, Kalelarga, Armory 20:00 Dinner 21:00 Wine Festivities: Historical, Religious and Social Aspects Sommelier Club Workshop & Wine Tasting 22:00 TFAS Party
SATURDAY 14 th – Finding Common Cause in the Age of Global Security 9:30 Breakfast Day Trip in the Hinterland 10:00 Leaving the hotel 11:00 Walking tour in the town of Skradin 12:00 Boat ride to the National Park Krka Waterfalls 12:30 Skradinski Buk sighteeing of the waterfalls, the mills and the ethnological collection 13:30 Lunch 14:30 Visit to the Franciscan Monastery and sightseeing at the island of Visovac Afternoon Session: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process 18:30 Tvrtko Jakovina , University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, History Department Panelist 1 (Embassy of the State of Israel) Panelist 2 (Palestinian Viepoint) 21:00 Dinner 22:30 TFAS Party EuroMedVision
SUNDAY 15 th 09:30 Breakfast Morning Session: Iran 10:00 Karim Sadjadpour , Carnegie Endowment, former Chief Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group Panelist 1, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran 12:30 Coffee Break 13:00 Issuing Certificates 13:30 Evaluation and Closing of the Conference 14:00 Lunch 16:00 Departure 19:00 Arrival to Zagreb