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Press Events

2009 Brussels Forum Partners

The German Marshall Fund
of the United States

Federal Authorities of Belgium and the Egmont Institute

The Government of the
Czech Republic

Daimler

With additional support from:

The Ministry of Defense
Republic of Latvia

Bertelsmann Stiftung

Tipping Point Foundation

Fortis Bank

Friday, March 20
17:30-17:45,
Press Room

Following the “BBC World Debate”
Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Mark Malloch Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, United Kingdom
Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State

 

19:15-19:30,
Press Room, TBD

Jose Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission
Saturday, March 21
10:30-10:45,
Press Room, TBD

Following “A Conversation with Russia”
Sergey Lavrov, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
Javier Solana, Secretary General for the Council of the EU; High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy

 
12:00-12:15,
Press Room, TBD

Following “Battling the Crisis: High Time for Transatlantic Leadership
Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank

 
13:45-14:00,
Press Room

Following, “Afghanistan and Pakistan: What Will it Take to Get it Right?
Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Departmnt of State
Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag
Ahmed Rashid, Journalist, Pakistan
Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

 
15:45-16:30,
Press Room

Mikheil Saakashvili, President, Georgia

 
18:00-18:15,
Press Room
Following “Economic Multilateralism: How Do We Make it Work?
Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations, Brazil
Mark Malloch Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, United Kingdom
Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth
Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank
 
19:45-20:00,
Press Room

Following “20 Years After the Fall of the Iron Curtain
Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Wolfgang Schaeuble, Minister of the Interior, Germany
George V. Voinovich, Member, U.S. Senate
Valdis Zatlers, President, Republic of Latvia

 
20:30-20:50,
Press Room

Following the Networking Dinner
John McCain, Member, U.S. Senate

Sunday, March 22
10:45-11:00,
Press Room

Following “NATO at 60
Peter MacKay, Miniser of Defence, Canada
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General, NATO
Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Ellen Tauscher, Member, U.S. House of Representatives

 
12:30-12:45,
Press Room

Following “Fiscal Policy After the Financial Crisis
Joaquin Almunia, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
Bob Bennett, Member, U.S. Senate
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, Bruegel
Axel Weber, President, Deutsche Bundesbank