Monday, January 31, 2011
16.00 - Arrival of participants throughout the day to NH Hotel Brussels City Centre
Chaussée de Charleroi 17, 1060 Brussels
Dress code: smart casual
Dress code: smart casual
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
09.00 - Breakfast
10.30 - Panel discussion “Belgium - One Country - Two Societies?”
Prof. Dr. Herman Van Goethem (University of Antwerp)
Servais Verherstraeten (fraction leader of CD&V)
Prof. Marc Verdussen (Catholique University of Louvain-la-neuve)
Melchior Wathelet (Cabinet du Secrétaire d'Etat au Budget et à la Politique des Familles)
CD&V Headquarters
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 89, 1040 Brussels
Dress code: business casual
17.30 - Arrival of guests
18.00 - Formal Celebration Convention of European Democrat Students
Laudatory speech: Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister of Sweden, EDS Chairman 1974-1976
Panel speeches:
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (TBC)
Wilfried Martens, President of the European People’s Party
Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine ret.
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament ret., Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Moderator:
Tomi Huhtanen, Director, Centre for European Studies, former EDS Vice- Chairman 1996-1997
Concluding remarks:
Antonio López Istúriz, Secretary General of the European People`s Party, MEP
Palais des Sciences
Rue Ducale 1 / Hertogstraat 1, 1000 Brussels
19.45 - Formal dinner
Dress code: strictly black-tie or formal
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
08.00 - Free time
12.30 - Departure from the hotel
14.00 - “European and regional integration – the role of youth” Possibilities for young people in business, politics, science”
Opening speech:
József Szájer, MEP(EPP),Vice-Chairman EPP Group
Panel 1: Visegrad countries
Moderator: Vít Novotný, Centre for European Studies, Brussels
H.E. Milena Vicenová Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU
H.E. Jan Tombinski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
H.E. Ivan Korčok, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the EU
Botond Zákonyi, Counsellor of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU
Ivan Hodač, Secretary General, European Automobile Manufacturers Association, Brussels
Panel 2: Western Balkans
Moderator: Staffan Jerneck, Director, Director Corporate Relations, CEPS, Brussels
H.E. Eduard Kukan, MEP (EPP), Head of EP's Delegation to the Parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo; Foreign Minister of Slovakia ret.
Peter Jungen, President, SME Union, Brussels
Günther Fehlinger, International Development Advisor, Tirana; EDS Chairman 1996-1998
Panel 3: Eastern Partnership
Moderator: Eugeniusz Smolar, Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for European Studies
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, MEP (EPP), Vice president of European People’s Party
Jana Kobzová, Analyst, European Council on Foreign Relations, London
Dr. Ansgar Tietmeyer, Deutsche Bank, Brussels
19.00 - Dinner speech by Othmar Karas, MEP, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the EPP Group (TBC)
Dress code: formal
12.30 - Departure from the hotel
14.00 - “European and regional integration – the role of youth” Possibilities for young people in business, politics, science”
Opening speech:
József Szájer, MEP(EPP),Vice-Chairman EPP Group
Panel 1: Visegrad countries
Moderator: Vít Novotný, Centre for European Studies, Brussels
H.E. Milena Vicenová Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU
H.E. Jan Tombinski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
H.E. Ivan Korčok, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the EU
Botond Zákonyi, Counsellor of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU
Ivan Hodač, Secretary General, European Automobile Manufacturers Association, Brussels
Panel 2: Western Balkans
Moderator: Staffan Jerneck, Director, Director Corporate Relations, CEPS, Brussels
H.E. Eduard Kukan, MEP (EPP), Head of EP's Delegation to the Parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo; Foreign Minister of Slovakia ret.
Peter Jungen, President, SME Union, Brussels
Günther Fehlinger, International Development Advisor, Tirana; EDS Chairman 1996-1998
Panel 3: Eastern Partnership
Moderator: Eugeniusz Smolar, Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for European Studies
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, MEP (EPP), Vice president of European People’s Party
Jana Kobzová, Analyst, European Council on Foreign Relations, London
Dr. Ansgar Tietmeyer, Deutsche Bank, Brussels
19.00 - Dinner speech by Othmar Karas, MEP, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the EPP Group (TBC)
Dress code: formal
Thursday, February 3, 2011
07.00 - Breakfast
07.00 - Breakfast
09.00 - Workshops
12.00 - Sandwich Lunch in the University
13.00 - Meeting with the Students Council and the Academic authorities
Vincent Wertz, Prorector of Catholic University of Louvain-la-neuve
Marc Lits, Dean of the faculty of Economics, Political and Social Sciences
Panel : Challenges of youth and students in regional and European dimension today
15.00 - EDS Permanent Working Groups
18:00 - Welcome speech of Benoit Lutgen,
Walloon Minister of public works, agriculture, rurality, nature, forest and heritage
19.00 - Cocktail with Benoit Lutgen
Dress code: smart casual
Friday, February 4, 2011
07.30 - Breakfast
08.30 - Departure from Hotel
09.00 - EDS Council Meeting
Cabinet DN,
Rue d'Arlon 25
Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation
12.30 - Sandwich Lunch
13.30 - Continuation of EDS Council Meeting
17.00 - Cocktail reception
Dress code: business casual or formal
20.00 - Farewell dinner (Hotel Grand Sablon)
Closing remarks by:
Jacob Lund Nielsen, partner of Cabinet DN, former Chairman of European Democrat Students (2001-2003), Golden Alumni of EDS
22.00 - Ball night The Liberty Ball, celebrating Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday
The Hilton Brussels (Boulevard de Waterloo)
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Departure of participants
Departure of participants
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