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5Th Meeting of the ECFR Council Stockholm, 10-12 May 2009 5th Meeting of the ECFR Council Stockholm, 10-12 May 2009 Agenda and logistical information for ECFR Members Content - Agenda - List of participants to the Stockholm Meeting - Note on the ECFR Advocacy Task Forces - Note of the breakfast meeting on the EU Reflection Group - Logistical information, schedule of transfers and maps AGENDA 5th Meeting of the ECFR Council, Stockholm, 10-12 May 2009 Europe in a world of crisis Sunday 10 May Venue : Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gustav Adolfs torg 1, Stockholm - room Stora Konferensrummet 19.00 Official dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Minister for International Development Cooperation and ECFR Member Gunilla Carlsson Welcome remarks by HE Gunilla Carlsson followed by a presentation by HE Carl Bildt on the foreign policy priorities for the Swedish EU Presidency Monday 11 May Venue : Arkitekturmuseet (Museum of Architecture), Exercisplan and Slupskjulsplan, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm 09.00-09.05 Opening remarks by ECFR co-chair Martti Ahtisaari 09.05-12.30 ECFR DEBATE: The geopolitics of the crisis Introductory remarks by ECFR Executive Director Mark Leonard Interventions by Fyodor Lukyanov , Editor in Chief of the journal Russia in Global Affairs (Russia), Cui Zhiyuan, Professor, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University (China), Jeremy Shapiro , non-resident Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR and Director of Research at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution (USA) and ECFR co-chair Joschka Fischer Coffee break What are the consequences for European foreign policy: reactions from Lionel Jospin, Andrzej Olechowski and Ana Palacio followed by a panel discussion 12.30-13.30 Light lunch 13.30-14.30 Master class on the financial crisis by George Soros moderated by Ivan Krastev 14.30-18.00 How the crisis affects Europe’s role in the world & ECFR’s work programme ECFR Advocacy Task Forces discussion – parallel sessions on Russia and Wider Europe; Institutions, Money and Power; Democracy, Human Rights and Justice; China & Asia Coffee break Plenary debate moderated by ECFR co-chair Mabel van Oranje Venue : Proventus, Katarinavägen 15 - 111 87 Stockholm 19.30 ECFR Members’ dinner hosted by ECFR Member Daniel Sachs Guest speaker Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski on “Transatlantic Relations in a World of Crisis” Agenda - ECFR Council Meeting 10-12 May 1 Tuesday 12 May Venue: The Lounge (1 st floor), Hotel Diplomat, Strandvägen 7C, Stockholm 08.00-09.00 Optional breakfast briefing on the EU Reflection Group for the future of Europe with Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Rem Koolhaas & Kalypso Nicolaïdis, moderated by Head of ECFR Madrid Jose Ignacio Torreblanca Venue : Arkitekturmuseet (Museum of Architecture), Exercisplan and Slupskjulsplan, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm 09.30-10.45 Discussion on a possible Members’ declaration on the need for a common European action , introduced by Timothy Garton Ash and chaired by Mabel van Oranje 10.45-11.15 Coffee break 11.15-13.00 The impact of the crisis on Europe’s troubled neighbourhood Panel discussion introduced by ECFR fellows Nicu Popescu and Andrew Wilson with reactions by Pierre Hassner, Simon Panek and Michael Stürmer 13.00-14.00 Light lunch and closure ****************************************************************************************** Public Event organised by Glasshouse Forum and ECFR The Impact of the global crisis on EU-China Relations With Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and ECFR Member, Shaoguang Wang, Professor of Political Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and John Fox, ECFR Asia Senior Policy Fellow, moderated by Mark Leonard, Executive Director of ECFR. Date: Tuesday 12 th May 2009 Time: 14.00 – 16.30 (film screening starts at 14.00 & public debate starts at 15.00) Venue: Arkitekturmuseet (Swedish Museum of Architecture), Exercisplan and Slupskjulsplan, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. RSVP: to [email protected] if you would like to attend, 0r for additional information. Agenda - ECFR Council Meeting 10-12 May 2 ECFR Council Members Attendance List Asger Aamund (Denmark) - President and CEO, A. J. Aamund A/S and Chairman of Bavarian Nordic A/S Urban Ahlin (Sweden) - Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party Martti Ahtisaari (Finland) - Chairman of the Board, Crisis Management Initiative; former President Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Poland) – President, Bank Pekao SA; former Prime Minister Emma Bonino (Italy) - Vice President of the Senate; former EU Commissioner Gunilla Carlsson (Sweden) - Minister for International Development Cooperation Charles Clarke (United Kingdom) - MP; former Home Secretary Nicola Clase (Sweden) – Associate, Weatherhead Center, Harvard University; former State Secretary Etienne Davignon (Belgium) - President, Friends of Europe; former Vice President of the European Commission Pavol Demeš (Slovakia) - Director, German Marshall Fund of the United States (Bratislava) Tibor Dessewffy (Hungary) - President, DEMOS Hungary Andrew Duff (United Kingdom) - Member of European Parliament Sarmite Elerte (Latvia) – Chairperson, Baltic to Black Sea Alliance (BBSA); former Editor-in-chief of daily newspaper Diena Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (Denmark) – Chairman, Bankinvest; former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (Germany) - former Foreign Minister and vice-Chancellor Timothy Garton Ash (United Kingdom) - Professor of European Studies, Oxford University Teresa Patricio Gouveia (Portugal) - Trustee to the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; former Foreign Minister Heather Grabbe (United Kingdom) - Executive Director, Open Society Institute – Brussels Jean-Marie Guehenno (France) - Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Center on International Cooperation (New York University); former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN István Gyarmati (Hungary) - President and CEO, International Centre for Democratic Transition Pierre Hassner (France) - Research Director emeritus, CERI (Sciences-PO) Annette Heuser (Germany) - Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation Washington DC Michiel van Hulten (The Netherlands) - Managing Director, Burson-Masteller Brussels office; former Member of European Parliament Anna Ibrisagic (Sweden) - Member of European Parliament Jaakko Iloniemi (Finland) - CEO, UNIFIN; former Executive Director, Crisis Management Initiative Wolfgang Ischinger (Germany) - Chairman, Munich Security Conference; Global Head of Government Affairs Allianz SE Lionel Jospin (France) - former Prime Minister Mary Kaldor (United Kingdom) - Professor, London School of Economics Olli Kivinen (Finland) - Writer and columnist Gerald Knaus (Austria) - Chairman, European Stability Initiative and Open Society Fellow Rem Koolhaas (The Netherlands) - Architect and urbanist; Professor at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria) - Chair of Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies Mart Laar (Estonia) – MP; former Prime Minister Miroslav Lajčák (Slovakia) - Foreign Minister; former High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia Herzegovina List of participants Page 1 of 3 Mark Leonard (United Kingdom) - Executive Director, European Council on Foreign Relations Adam Lury (United Kingdom) - Director, Menemsha Ltd; former advisor to Lord Browne Kalypso Nicolaïdis (Greece/France) – Professor of International Relations and Director of European Studies Centre, University of Oxford Andrzej Olechowski (Poland) - former Foreign Minister Dick Oosting (The Netherlands) - Europe Director, International Centre for Transitional Justice Mabel van Oranje (The Netherlands) - CEO, The Elders Leoluca Orlando (Italy) - MP and President, Sicilian Renaissance Institute Ana Palacio (Spain) - Senior Vice President for International Affairs and Marketing, AREVA; former Foreign Minister Simon Panek (Czech Republic) - Chairman, People in Need Foundation Jean Pisani-Ferry (France) - Director, Bruegel and Professor at Universite Paris-Dauphine Andrew Puddephatt (United Kingdom) - Director, Global Partners & Associated Ltd. Albert Rohan (Austria) - former Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Daniel Sachs (Sweden) - CEO, Proventus Pierre Schori (Sweden) - Director General, FRIDE; former SRSG to Cote d´Ivoire Giuseppe Scognamiglio (Italy) - Head of Institutional and International Relations, UniCredit Aleksander Smolar (Poland) - Chairman of the Board, Stefan Batory Foundation George Soros (Hungary/USA) - Chairman, Open Society Institute Michael Stürmer (Germany) - Chief Correspondent, Die Welt Helle Thorning Schmidt (Denmark) - Leader of the Social Democratic Party Loukas Tsoukalis (Greece) – Professor, University of Athens and President, ELIAMEP Erkki Tuomioja (Finland) - MP; former Foreign Minister Vaira Vike- Freiberga (Latvia) - former President Andre Wilkens (Germany) - Head of Strategic Communications, UNHCR Speakers & guests Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski (USA) - former national security adviser to President Carter Cui Zhiyuan (China) - Professor, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University Fyodor Lukyanov (Russia) - Editor in Chief of the journal Russia in Global Affairs Observers Elena Fenili (Italy) - Head of Political Studies of Unicredit Group Riikka Marjamäki (Finland) - Special Assistant to Martti Ahtisaari Bjarne Fog Corydon (Denmark) - Political Advisor to Helle Thorning-Schmidt Kasper Graa Wulff (Denmark) - Political Advisor to Helle Thorning-Schmidt Anna Ström Johansson (Sweden) - Political adviser to the Swedish Social Democratic
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