Conference Agenda
“New Serbia, new NATO – Future Vision for the 21st Century”
Hotel "M", Bulevar oslobođenja 56a
Friday, 3rd December
19.00 Welcoming Reception
Mr. Dušan Janjić, Director, Forum for Ethnic Relations
Ms. Mirjana Kosić, Executive Director, TransConflict Serbia
Guest Speakers:
Mr. Konstantin Samofalov, MP, Democratic Party, Member of the Defence and Security Committee of the National Assembly
H.E. Hana Hubáčková, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Serbia
Ambassador Lawrence G. Rossin, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO Saturday, 4thDecember
9.00-9.30 Registration of Participants
9.30-9.45 Opening Remarks
Mr. Predrag Simić, Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
Mr. Ian Bancroft, Co-founder of TransConflict Serbia
9.45-11.15 “NATO's new Strategic Concept and the System of Global Security”
Chair: Mr. Predrag Simić, Faculty of Political Science
Panelists: Ambassador Lawrence G. Rossin, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO
H.E. Hana Hubáčková, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Serbia
Mr. Julian Harston, Former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations, and Representative of the Secretary General in Belgrade
Mr. Matthew Rhodes, Professor of National Security Studies, Marshall Center's College of International and Security Studies
11.15-11.30 Coffee
11.30-13.00 “Security and Defence Policies of the EU and NATO”
Chair: Mr. Milan Karagaća, Former Defense Attaché and the Chief of the Department for International Military Cooperation, Ministry of Defence
Panelists: Mr. Nathan Koeshall, Balkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade
Mr. Milan Jovanović, Forum for Security and Diplomacy, Belgrade
Ms. Jasminka Simić, Radio-Television of Serbia
Mr. Aleksandar Fatić, Centre for Security Studies, Belgrade
Mr. Filip Ejdus, Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-16.30 “The Impact of the new Strategic Concept and the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy on the 'Security Architecture' of Southeastern Europe”
Chair: Mr. Ian Bancroft, Co-founder of TransConflict Serbia
Panelists: Mr. Paolo Quercia, Expert on Geostrategic Issues and Security, Italian Ministry of Defence, Rome
Mr. Mladen Nakić, Centre for International Studies, Zagreb
Mr. Nano Ružin, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Diplomacy and Journalism, Former Ambassador of the FYROM to NATO (2001-08)
Mr. Arshim Cela, Academy of Defence of Albania
Ms. Sanda Vučić, Euro-Atlantic Club of Montenegro
Mr. Armin Kržalić, Centre for Security Studies, Sarajevo
Mr. Miloš Šolaja, Centre for Internation Relations, Banja Luka
16.30-16.45 Coffee
16.45-18.30 “Future Security Concept of Serbia”
Chair: Mr. Dušan Janjić, Director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations
Panelists: Mr. Vlajko Senić, MP, G17+, Member of the Defence and Security Committee of the National Assembly
Mr. Milan Karagaća, Former Defense Attaché and Chief of the Department for International Military Cooperation, Ministry of Defence
Mr. Mihajlo Basara, Former Colonel, Klub 21
Mr. Dragan Đukanović, Forum for International Relations of the European Movement in Serbia
18.30 Closing Remarks