“CRACKING BORDERS, GROWING WALLS. EUROPEANS FACING THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS” A public debate and seminar on the 40 th anniversary of the declaration of the Helsinki Final Act
8-9 September 2015, Warsaw DRAFT PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 8 September 2015 Teatr Polski / Polish Theatre, Warsaw
Public debate
16.00 Registration Coffee and refreshments
17.00 Welcome: Jarosław Kuisz, Kultura Liberalna, University of Warsaw, CNRS Paris Michael Thoss, Allianz Kulturstiftung Cornelius Ochmann, Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit Antje Contius, Fischer Stiftung
17.15 Opening presentations: Robert Cooper, Special Advisor at the European Commission Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv Jarosław Pietras, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
17.40 Panel 1: The current crisis Viola von Cramon, Alliance '90/The Greens Ola Hnatiuk, Polish Academy of Sciences Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of Die Zeit, Hoover Institution, Harvard University Aleksander Smolar, President of Stefan Batory Foundation, CNRS Paris Matt Steinglass, The Economist Chairing : Karolina Wigura, Kultura Liberalna, University of Warsaw, and Katya Gorchinskaya, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna
19.00 Panel 2: Looking into the future of European integration Ulrike Guérot, European Democracy Lab Asle Toje, Norwegian Nobel Institute Roman Kuźniar, former foreign policy advisor to President Bronisław Komorowski Adam Daniel Rotfeld, University of Warsaw, former Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adam Garfinkle, The American Interest Chairing : Sylvie Kauffmann, Le Monde, and Jarosław Kuisz, Kultura Liberalna, University of Warsaw, CNRS Paris
20.30 Celebratory Dinner “Różana” Restaurant, 7 Chocimska Street, Warsaw
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Seminar
10.00 Registration Coffee and refreshments
10.50 Welcome: Jarosław Kuisz
11.00-13.30 Discussion: Can the Helsinki Final Act provide inspiration for international security today? With additional participation of journalists from: The Economist, Le Monde, The American Interest, Die Zeit, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Gazeta Wyborcza, Polskie Radio, France 24, TVN 24 Biznes i Świat Chairing : Kacper Szulecki, Kultura Liberalna, University of Oslo, and Łukasz Jasina, Kultura Liberalna
13.30 Lunch and transfer to airport