The Bucharest Conference

Keynote Address

Location: Palatul Casei de Economii şi Consemnaţiuni

Speaker: H.E. George W. Bush, President of the United States of America

Welcome Session

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

Introduction: Dr. Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House

Address: H.E. Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister, Romania

The Door to NATO: Open or Closed?

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

Discussants: Hon. Mircea Dan Geoană, Member, Romanian Senate; Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee
Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, Permanent Representative of Germany to the U.K.
Mr. Bruce Jackson, Founder and President, Project on Transitional Democracies
H.E. Valdis Zatlers, President, Repubic of Latvia
Moderator: Dr. Jacques Rupnik, Director of Research, Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales

Networking Lunch

Location: Restaurant Militar

Keynote Address

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

The Hon. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General, NATO

NATO in Afghanistan: Success not in Sight,
Failure not an Option

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

Discussants: Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, Canada
H.E. Hamid Karzai, President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Hon. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General, NATO

Moderator: Ms. Lyse Doucet, Presenter and Correspondent, BBC World

Coffee Break

Location: First Floor Lobby

Article 5: How Relevant is it and What Does it Mean Today?

(On the Record, With Media Coverage)

Location: Sala de Marmură

Discussants: Hon. Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey
H.E. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President, Republic of Estonia
General Joseph W. Ralston, Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group; Former Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, NATO
Hon. Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
Moderator: Dr. Ronald Asmus, Executive Director of the Brussels Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States