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Dahrendorf Symposium 2016 DAHRENDORF SYMPOSIUM 2016 ABOUT THE HOSTS THE HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE DAHRENDORF SYMPOSIUM The Hertie School of Governance in Berlin is Germany’s leading pub- lic policy school, with a variety of fi rst-rate academic projects and a Europe and the World – diverse student body. The School actively engages in public debate Global Insecurity and Power Shifts with its wide range of events bringing together experts from theory and practice. The Hertie School prepares exceptional students for 25 – 27 May 2016 leadership positions in government, business and civil society. Contact: Gesa-Stefanie Brincker ([email protected]) LSE AND LSE IDEAS The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) studies the social sciences in their broadest sense, with an academic pro- file spanning a wide range of disciplines, from economics, politics, history and law, to sociology, information systems and accounting and fi nance. LSE IDEAS is an IGA Centre that acts as the School’s foreign policy think tank. Through sustained engagement with policymakers and opinion-formers, IDEAS provides a forum that informs policy debate and connects academic research with the practice of diplomacy and strategy. IDEAS hosts interdiscipli- nary research projects, produces working papers and reports, holds public and off-the-record events, and delivers cutting-edge executive training programmes for government, business and third-sector organisations. Contact: Louise Ingledow ([email protected]) STIFTUNG MERCATOR Stiftung Mercator is a private and independent foundation. Through its work it strives for a society characterised by openness to the world, solidarity and equal opportunities. In this context it con- centrates on strengthening Europe; increasing the educational success of disadvantaged children and young people, especially those of migrant origin; driving forward climate change mitigation and promoting science and the humanities. Stiftung Mercator sym- bolises the connection between academic expertise and practical project experience. As one of Germany’s leading foundations, it is active both nationally and internationally. Stiftung Mercator feels a strong sense of loyalty to the Ruhr region, the home of the founding family and the foundation’s headquarter. Contact: Markus Hesse ([email protected]) CONNECT WITH US Website www.dahrendorf-forum.eu Facebook www.facebook.com/DahrendorfForum Twitter Follow @Dahrendorf Forum live and join the debate on Twitter using #dsym2016 WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016 TITLE Europe and the World: Global Insecurity and Power Shifts 17:00 – 19:00 OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION DATE 25 – 27 May 2016 A WORLD TRANSFORMED: EUROPE IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL POWER SHIFTS VENUES Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin AXICA Conference and Convention Centre, Pariser Platz 3, 10117 Berlin PANELISTS Nabil Fahmy, Dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and Professor of Practice, American University, Cairo; former Foreign PRE-SYMPOSIUM EVENT AT THE AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE Minister of Egypt Fuat Keyman, Director of the Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University, Istanbul 12:00 – 14:00 LAUNCH OF THE EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE MONITOR (EGM): MONITORING Norbert Röttgen, Member of the German Parliament, Chairman EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE – PERSPECTIVES FROM THE INSIDE of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Berlin Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings, Washington D.C. WELCOME AND PRESENTATION Helmut K. Anheier, President & Dean, Hertie School, Berlin; 19:00 DINNER RECEPTION Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum Julie Anna Braun, Dahrendorf Postdoctoral Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016 MODERATOR: Josef Janning, Co-Head Berlin Offi ce, European Council on 8:30 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION at the Akademie der Künste Foreign Relations, Berlin 9:00 – 10:15 INTRODUCTORY PANEL WITH ALL DAHRENDORF WORKING GROUP CHAIRS OPENING REMARKS László Andor, Mercator Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin; former EU Cilja Harders, Co-chair of the Working Group ‘Europe and the MENA-region’ Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels Björn Conrad, Co-chair of the Working Group ‘Europe and China’ Dilek Kurban, Co-chair of the Working Group ‘Europe and Turkey’ PANELISTS Peter Trubowitz, Chair of the Working Group ‘Europe and North America’ Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament, Berlin Vladislav Zubok, Chair of the Working Group ‘Europe, Russia and Ukraine’ Christian Kroll, Sustainable Governance Indicators Project Manager, Bertelsmann Foundation; Visiting Lecturer, Hertie School, Berlin Afterwards FIVE PARALLEL SESSIONS Isabelle Maquet, Deputy Head of Unit Employment, European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Brussels VENUES Holger Winkler, Head of Unit European Affairs, Federal Ministry for A Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Employment and Social Affairs, Berlin B AXICA Conference and Convention Centre, Pariser Platz 3, 10117 Berlin OPENING OF THE DAHRENDORF SYMPOSIUM 10:30 – 12:30 1 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF EURO-ARAB RELATIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS CHAIR & MODERATOR: Cilja Harders, Professor for Political Science, Director 16:30 SYMPOSIUM MODERATOR: Juliette Foster, Freelance News Anchor, London of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics, Free University, Berlin; Co-chair of the Dahrendorf Working Group ‘Europe and the MENA-region’ WELCOME Helmut K. Anheier, President & Dean, Hertie School, Berlin; PANELISTS Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum Annette Jünemann, Professor for Political Science and International Lady Christiane Dahrendorf Relations, Helmut-Schmidt University, Hamburg Robert Falkner, Associate Professor of International Relations, Lina Khatib, Head of the Middle East/North Africa Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Chatham House, London Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum Michael Köhler, Director, Neighbourhood-South, European Commission; Wolfgang Rohe, Executive Director, Stiftung Mercator, Essen Professor for Europe and the Mediterranean, College of Europe, Brussels 2 THE EU, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: 5 CHINA’S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: MANAGING THE STALEMATE AND GOING BEYOND IT ADDING TO EUROPE’S TROUBLES CHAIR & MODERATOR: Vladislav Zubok, Professor of International History, CHAIR & MODERATOR: Genia Kostka, Professor of Governance of Energy LSE, London; Chair of the Dahrendorf Working Group ‘Europe, Russia and and Infrastructure, Hertie School, Berlin; Co-chair of the Dahrendorf Ukraine’ Working Group ‘Europe and China’ PANELISTS PANELISTS David Cadier, Visiting Senior Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament, Affairs (FIIA), Helsinki; Associate, LSE IDEAS, LSE, London Brussels Elena Korosteleva, Professor of International Politics, Jean Monnet Chair Björn Conrad, Vice President Research, Mercator Institute in European Politics, University of Kent for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin; Co-chair of the Dahrendorf Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Working Group ‘Europe and China’ Council; President of the New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow Christine Wong, Professor and Director, Center for Contemporary Gwendolyn Sasse, Professor in Comparative Politics, Nuffield College, Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne University of Oxford Jörg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Beijing 3 THE 2016 U.S. ELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE 12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH RECEPTION with all Symposium participants at the Akademie der Künste CHAIR & MODERATOR: Peter Trubowitz, Professor of International Relations, LSE, London; Chair of the Dahrendorf Working Group ‘Europe and North America’ 14:00 – 15:30 ROUNDTABLE: PANELISTS IS THERE A THREAT TO ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION? Rosemary Foot, Emeritus Fellow at St Antony‘s College and Senior Research Fellow in International Relations, University of Oxford CHAIR & MODERATOR: Henrik Enderlein, Associate Dean, Professor of Lloyd Gruber, Lecturer in Political Economy of Development, LSE, London Political Economy and Dahrendorf Board Member, Hertie School, Berlin; Mareike Kleine, Associate Professor of EU & International Politics, LSE,London Director of the Jacques Delors Institute, Berlin James Morrison, Assistant Professor of International Relations, LSE, London Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director, European Council on Foreign Relations OPENING REMARKS Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Co-chair 4 TURKEY AS GATEKEEPER TO EUROPE? of the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, New York THE JOINT – ACTION AGREEMENT TWO MONTHS DOWN THE LINE PANELISTS CHAIR & MODERATOR: Dilek Kurban, Marie Curie Fellow, Hertie School, Brian Burgoon, Professor of International and Comparative Berlin; Co-chair of the Dahrendorf Working Group ‘Europe and Turkey’ Political Economy, University of Amsterdam Domenico Lombardi, Director, Global Economy Program, PANELISTS Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada Çağlar Keyder, Professor of Sociology, State University of New York Vladimir Popov, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute BBinghamtonin Bing amtonhamton and and Koç Koç University,Univ Universityity, Istanbul, Istanbul (CEMI); New Economics School (NES), Moscow Elisabeth Kotthaus, Deputy Head of the Political Section, European Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Commission Representation
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