Agenda 2013

Friday, March 15, 2013

15:00-15:15   Prologue: Fragility of the Global System (on the record, open to press)

Prof. Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford

15:15-15:30   Welcome (on the record, open to press)

Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Christopher S. Murphy, Member, United States Senate

15:30-16:45   A Fragile World after the Crisis (on the record, open to press)

The Hon. Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres, Secretary of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade, Brazil
Prof. Qin Yaqing, Professor and Executive Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University
Mr. Robert Zoellick, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Hon. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Member, European Parliament
Moderator: Ms. Nina dos Santos, Anchor World Business Today, CNN

16:45-17:15   Coffee Break

17:15-17:30   What does the Future hold for Europe?  (on the record, open to press)

H.E. Herman Van Rompuy, President, European Council

17:30-19:00  From Mali to Syria: Dealing with a Troubled Neighborhood
(on the record, open to press)

Ms. Louise Arbour, President and CEO, International Crisis Group
The Hon. Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid, and Crisis Response, European Commission
The Hon. Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
The Hon. Justin Vaisse, Director of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France, will join the session.
Moderator: Mr. Julian Borger, Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian

19:15-21:15  Opening Dinner (closed to press)
Location: Crystal Palace

Toast: Mr. Martin Jaeger, Vice President Global External Affairs, Daimler AG
Remarks by Amb. François de Kerchove, Director of the Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
Presentation of the Young Writers Award
Remarks: Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, GMF
Presentation of the Ronald D. Asmus Fellowship Award

21:45Night Owl Sessions (off the record, closed to press)

Europe North, Europe South-Clash of Civilizations (off the record, closed to press)
The Hon. Franco Frattini, Justice and Chamber President, Supreme Administrative Court/Conseil d'Etat, Italy
H.E. Toomas Ilves, President, Estonia
The Hon. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Member, European Parliament
The Hon. George Papaconstantinou, Former Finance Minister, Greece
Moderator: Dr. Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Can Wider Europe Emerge from East-West Power Politics?
(off the record, closed to the press)
The Hon. Irakli Alasania, Minister of Defense, Georgia
Mr. Bruce Jackson, President, Project on Transitional Democracies
The Hon. Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Mr. Stefano Sannino, Deputy Director General for Enlargement, European Commission, will join the session.
Moderator: Ms. Celeste Wallander, Non Resident Fellow, GMF; Professor, American University

Race to the Arctic (off the record, closed to press)
Mr. Stephen Carmel, Senior Vice President, Maersk Line, Limited
The Hon. Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, Chairwoman, Foreign and Defense Affairs Committee, Norway
Rear Admiral (ret.) David Titley, Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, United States Navy
Prof. Lev Voronkov, Professor, Head of Nordic Department, Moscow State Institute of International Affairs
Moderator: Mr. Kirit Radia, Moscow Correspondent, ABC Television Network

Saturday, March 16, 2013

8:15-9:00     Brussels Forum Breakfasts

Egyptian and Arab Media after the Revolutions: The Fight for Free Speech
(off the record, closed to press)
Mr. Bassem Youssef, Host, Al Bernameg
Moderator: Marc Champion, Member of the Editorial Board, Bloomberg News

The Transformation of Democracy (off the record, closed to press)
Mr. Ivan Krastev, Chair of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies
Moderator: Mr. Ivan Vejvoda Vice President for Programs, GMF

Human Rights in Afghanistan after 2014 (off the record, closed to press)
Dr. Sima Samar, Chairperson, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
Moderator: Mr. Michael Abramowitz, Director, Committee on Conscience

9:15-9:45     A Conversation with Catherine Ashton (on the record, open to press)

Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European External Action Service
Moderator: Mr. Steven Erlanger, Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times

9:45-10:45   China in Transition (on the record, open to press)

Introduction: Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, GMF
The Hon. Ai Ping, Vice Minister, International Department, Communist Party China Central Committee
Dr. Minxin Pei, Director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College
Dr. Pan Wei, Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University
Dr. Wang Yizhou, Professor and Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
Moderator: Mr. Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times

10:45-11:15   Coffee Break

11:15-12:30   Economies in Crisis, Societies in Transition (on the record, open to press)

Introduction: Mr. Jean-Luc Vanraes, President, Parliament of the Flemish Community Commission, Brussels Regional Capital
The Hon. Elsa Fornero, Minister of Labor, Social Policies, & Equal Opportunities, Italy
The Hon. Miriam Sapiro, Deputy Trade Representative, United States
The Hon. Koji Tsuruoka, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Amb. (rtd.) Frans van Daele, Senior Advisor for International and Government Affairs, Deloitte
Moderator: Mr. David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

12:30-13:45   Networking Lunch (off the record, closed to press)

13:45-14:00   Belarus: A Forgotten Story (on the record, open to press)

Mr. Andrei Sannikov, Coordinator, European Belarus

14:00-15:15   The Future of Euroatlantic Integration (on the record, open to press)

H.E. Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister, Montenegro
The Hon. Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Parliament
The Hon. Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Amb. Kurt Volker, Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership
Moderator: Mr. Ivan Vejvoda Vice President for Programs, GMF

15:15-15:45   Coffee Break

15:45-17:00   Growing U.S. Energy Self-sufficiency and the Global Consequences
(on the record, open to press)

Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency
Mr. Iain Conn, Chief Executive Refining & Marketing, Group Managing Director, BP
The Hon. Christopher S. Murphy, Senator, United States
The Hon. Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Moderator: Ms. Sylke Tempel, Editor-in-Chief, Internationale Politik

17:00-17:30   Coffee Break

17:30-18:45   The U.S.-EU Economic Partnership (on the record, open to press)

The Hon. Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
The Hon. Karel De Gucht, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
The Hon. Michael Froman, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, U.S. National Security Council
Mr. Martin Jaeger, Vice President Global External Affairs, Daimler AG
Moderator: Mr. Bruce Stokes, Director of Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center

18:45 Transfer to Dinner

19:15-21:15   Breakout Dinner Sessions (off the record, closed to press)

21:45 Night Owl Sessions (off the record, closed to press)

The Advent of the Armed Drone (off the record, closed to the press)
Ms. Sarah Holewinski, Executive Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict
General (Ret.) Norton Allan Schwartz, Former U.S. Airforce Chief of Staff
Mr. Mosharraf Zaidi, Policy Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Pakistan
Mr. Camille Grand, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research, will join the session.
Moderator: Ms. Lyse Doucet, Presenter, Today Program, BBC News

The State of the Eurozone (off the record, closed to the press)
Prof. Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
The Hon. Steffen Kampeter, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Germany
Mr. Mark MacGann, Senior Vice President, Head of Government Affairs and Public Advocacy, NYSE Euronext
Mr. Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, Bruegel
Moderator: Mr. James Kanter, EU Correspondent, International Herald Tribune

Strategic Stability in the Asia Pacific (off the record, closed to  press)
Ms. Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Vice President, Indonesia
Amb. Masafumi Ishii, Director General for International Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
The Hon. Igor Morgulov, Deputy Foreign Minister, Russian Federation
Prof. Shi Yinhong, Professor of International Relations, Director of the Center on American Studies, Renmin University of China
Prof. James Steinberg, Dean, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Moderator: Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, GMF

Sunday, March 17, 2013

8:30-9:45     What does Europe want from the United States? (on the record, open to press)

The Hon. Franco Frattini, Justice and Chamber President, Italian Supreme Administrative Court
Dr. Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
The Hon. Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defence, Latvia
Mr. Pierre Vimont, Executive Secretary General, European External Action Service
Moderator: Mr. Peter Spiegel, Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times

9:45-10:15    Coffee Break

10:15-11:30   Mystery Session: Cyber Security (on the record, open to press)

The Hon. Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Mr. Nick Coleman, Global Head of Cyber Security Intelligence, IBM
H.E. Toomas Ilves, President, Republic of Estonia
Moderator: Mr. Nik Gowing, BBC World

11:30-12:00  Coffee Break

12:00-13:15   The Global Atlantic: New Actors in an Old Sea (on the record, open to press)

Introduction: Dr. Ian O. Lesser, Executive Director, Brussels Office and Senior Director for Foreign and Security Policy, GMF
The Hon. Victor Borges, President, Foundation for Development and International Exchanges
Dr. Jorge Castaneda, Professor, New York University
The Hon. Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres, Secretary of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade, Brazil
Prof. Shi Yinhong, Professor of International Relations, Director of the Center on American Studies, Renmin University of China
Moderator: Ms. Lisa Mullins, Journalist, Public Radio International

13:15-13:45  Coffee Break

13:45-14:30   The World in 2030: Global Trends and Alternative Worlds Conversation
(on the record, open to press)

Mr. Christopher A. Kojm, Chairman, National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Mr. David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
Closing Remarks: Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

14:30 Closing Reception (off the record, closed to press)