The Bucharest Conference

Breakfast Sessions

(Off the Record, Chatham House Rule, No Media Coverage)

1) Getting Real about Global Partners

(Off the Record, Chatham House Rule, No Media Coverage)

Location: Byblos Room, Hotel

Discussants: Mr. Christopher Donnelly, Senior Fellow, U.K. Defence Academy
Dr. Stephen Flanagan, Senior Vice President and Director of the International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Rod Lyon, Program Director for Strategy and International Affairs, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Mr. Yukio Okamoto, Former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan; Member, Prime Minister's Study Group on Diplomacy
Moderator: Ms. Judy Dempsey, Senior Correspondent for Central and Eastern Europe, International Herald Tribune

2) Does Ukraine Care About NATO?

Location: Bucharest Room, Hotel

Discussants: Mr. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Opposition (Shadow) Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Dr. James Sherr, Associate Professor, U.K. Defence Academy
Hon. Borys Tarasyuk, Member, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Chairman, Committee for European Integration

Moderator: Dr. Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning, NATO

Arms Control Endangered: The Future of Missile Defense and the CFE Treaty

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

Discussants: Dr. J.D. Crouch II, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy; Former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, United States of America
Hon. Eckart von Klaeden, Member, German Bundestag; Foreign Policy Speaker, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) Parliamentary Group
Hon. Bogdan Klich, Minister of National Defense, Republic of Poland
The Hon. Konstantin Kosachev, Member, Russian State Duma; Chairman, International Affairs Committee
Hon. Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Czech Republic
Moderator: Stephen Fidler, Defense and Security Editor, Financial Times

Coffee Break

Location: First Floor Lobby

Russia On the Rise: What Impact for NATO?

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

Discussants: Hon. Mikhail Kasyanov, Former Prime Minister, Russian Federation
Hon. Dr. Sergei Markov, Member, Russian State Duma; Head, National Civic Council of International Affairs
Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Shadow Security Minister and National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, United Kingdom
Dr. Angela Stent, Professor and Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Moderator: Mr. Robin Shepherd, Senior Research Fellow for Europe, Chatham House

Closing Lunch

Location: Restaurant Militar

Official NATO Reception

Location: National Theater