General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union Colloquium 20 YEARS AFTER 9/11: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF EU COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS 8 JULY 2021 SPEAKERS High-level scene setter Gilles de KERCHOVE was appointed EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator in 2007. In this function, he coordinates the work of the European Union in the field of counter- terrorism, maintains an overview of all the instruments at the Union's disposal, closely monitors the implementation of the EU counter-terrorism strategy and fosters better communication between the EU and third Countries to ensure that the Union plays an active role in the fight against terrorism. He was previously Director for Justice and Home Affairs at the EU Council General Secretariat (1995-2007), where he played a central role in the negotiations leading to the creation of Eurojust, CEPOL or the European Arrest Warrant. Before that, he was Deputy Secretary of the Convention which drafted the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union (1999-2000). He teaches European Law at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Université Saint Louis-Bruxelles. He has published a number of books and articles on European law, human rights, security and counter terrorism. Gilles de Kerchove graduated in Law from Université Catholique de Louvain (1979) and obtained a Masters in Law (LLM) at Yale Law School in 1984. Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR is the Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament, where he has served as an MEP since 2009. Prior to this, he was Minister of Justice of Spain (2004 - 2007) and Head of the Spanish Socialist Delegation to the European Parliament (2009 - 2014). He has also served as a Member of the Spanish Parliament (2000 - 2009) and as a Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the Canary Islands (2007 - 2011). As a scholar, Juan Fernando López Aguilar has built an academic career as a Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Las Palmas and as a Jean Monnet Professor of Law and European Integration. He has published sixteen books and more than one hundred articles on comparative law, federalism and regionalism, fundamental rights and judiciary systems. Many of his publications have been translated into several languages. He is also a frequent speaker at academic and political fora at national and international level. Monique PARIAT is the Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) in the European Commission since January 2020. She leads the adoption, implementation, and monitoring of the EU’s legislation and policy on migration and asylum as well as on internal security. Between 2015-2020, Monique Pariat was the Director-General responsible for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO). In this role, she oversaw the development and implementation of the EU’s humanitarian aid, which each year helps over a hundred million people in need across the globe. She also oversaw the Union’s civil protection mechanism which aims at protecting people, the environment and property in the aftermath of disasters both inside and outside the EU. Previously, Monique Pariat held numerous senior management posts in the European Commission, in the departments dealing with 1 agriculture and rural development, fisheries and maritime affairs, as well as justice, freedom and security. Monique Pariat joined the European Commission in 1987. She graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Strasbourg and obtained a master’s degree from the College of Europe in Bruges. Margaritis SCHINAS took office as Vice-President of the European Commission under President Ursula Von Der Leyen in December 2019, with the portfolio for Promoting our European Way of Life. In this capacity, he oversees the EU’s policies for Migration, Security Union, Social rights, Skills, Education, Culture & Sports, Youth, Public health, Interfaith dialogue and the Fight against antisemitism. He began his career in the European Commission in 1990 and is both the first EU official appointed Member of the College of Commissioners, and the first Greek Vice-President of the European Commission in the history of the institution. Between 2007 and 2009, he served as a Member of the European Parliament. During his parliamentary term, he was a Member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He then returned to the European Commission where he held various senior positions. In 2010, President Barroso appointed him as Deputy Head of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers. Later, he served as Resident Director and Head of the Athens Office of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN). In 2014, President Juncker appointed him Chief Spokesperson of the European Commission, role that he endorsed during one of the most challenging periods of European integration. Born in Thessaloniki in 1962, Margaritis Schinas holds an MSc in Public Administration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics, a Diploma of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges and a Degree in Law from the Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki. Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN is the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union since 2015. He was appointed on 21 April 2015, for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020, and again on 29 April 2020 for a second five-year term until June 2025. An experienced diplomat, he has previously served in a number of positions in the Danish government and diplomatic service, including as a permanent representative to the EU (2010-2015) and Ambassador to China (2007-2010). Mr Tranholm-Mikkelsen studied international relations in the London School of Economics and political science at the University of Aarhus. Anne WEYEMBERGH is Full Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB, Law Department and Institute for European Studies) and Vice Rector for External Relations and development cooperation – ULB. She is former President of the Institute for European Studies of the ULB (Sept. 2014 - 2019) and Director of the Center of European Law (2019-2020). She founded and co-coordinates the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN : http://www.eclan.eu/) since November 2004. She is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Natolin campus). She is Member of the Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Classe des Lettres et des Sciences morales et politiques). She has coordinated numerous research projects and is especially Lead scientist of the GEM-Stones programme (Globalisation, Europe and Multilateralism - Sophistication of the Transnational Order, Networks & European Strategies), Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (Grant Agreement No 722826) (2016-2020). 2 Panel 1 - Disruptive technologies Julien CANTEGREIL, PhD, is an entrepreneur with a passion for technology applied to solving massive challenges. While the 50th birthday of the Apollo 11 mission was being celebrated, he founded SpaceAble to contribute to space exploration by improving the resiliency of LEO infrastructures. He has accumulated a wealth of experience at a global level with projects spanning from Fintech at Strike Derivatives in NYC to Policy at the Cabinet of the Minister of Economics in France, Litigation at the Supreme Court Judges Network at Collège de France, and Corporate affairs as the Associate General Counsel of the multibillion dollar company Kering during the group’s entire successful restructuration. Fulbright Scholar to the US and Young Leader of the French American Foundation, Julien has dedicated time and leadership to numerous pro bono activities in the areas of ideas, youth, innovation and Europe. Currently, he is President of AsterIdea, a Paris-based not for profit dedicated to increase space awareness. Julien teaches Space and Entrepreneurship at Sciences Po in Paris. An alumnus of the Yale Law School and the École normale supérieure (Paris, Economics), he is an accomplished philosopher (agrégé) with an award-winning PhD in Law from the Sorbonne. André LOESEKRUG-PIETRI is Executive Chairman of JEDI, former Special Advisor to the French Minister of Defence, founder of ACAPITAL. Of French and German nationalities, he has held leadership positions in private equity, government and industry, and as an entrepreneur. Starting as assistant to the CEO of Aerospatiale-Airbus, he spent 15 years in private equity and venture capital, including 10 years with China, investing in European companies with global ambitions. In 2017, he paused from the private sector to become Special Advisor to the French Minister of Defence, responsible in particular for European defence policy, as well as technology and innovation. He is currently Chairman of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI), to accelerate Europe’s leadership in disruptive innovations, and launched the first Darpa-type GrandChallenge from Europe in 2020. HEC and Harvard Kennedy School graduate, he is lecturer at SciencesPo, member of the Innovation Board of the Munich Security Conference and regular columnist in several international media. He attended Sup-Aero aerospace engineering school, was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, is a private pilot, and Colonel with the French Air Force People’s Reserve. Olivier ONIDI is Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) at the European Commission since May 2016, with particular responsibility for security. In this capacity, he oversees the activities in the fields of terrorism and violent extremism, organized crime, cybersecurity, information systems and innovation. He also headed the Secretariat of the Commission's Task Force for the Security Union. Since March 2020, he is also EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator. His last assignment was Deputy Director-General of DG HOME with the specific task to coordinate the Commission-wide work related to the Central Mediterranean Route in the context of the refugees’ crisis.