YPS Agenda 2019
Agenda
Wednesday, June 26 |
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| 10:00 – 10:15 | Registration |
| Microsoft Center, Rue Montoyer 51, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Welcome remarks |
| ♦ Danielle Piatkiewicz, Senior Program Coordinator, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
| ♦ John Frank, Vice President EU Government Affairs, Microsoft | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Course Correction? Evaluating Transatlantic Relations During an Age of Disruption |
| ♦ Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
| ♦ Mark Libby, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to the European Union | |
| ♦ Javier Nino Perez, Head of Division, European External Action Service (EEAS) | |
| ♦ Moderator: Rikard Jozwiak, Brussels Correspondent, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Disrupting the Status Quo: Importance of Next Gen Engagement |
| ♦ Brock Bierman, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia U.S. Agency for International Development; European Democracy Youth Network (EDYN) |
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| ♦ Moderator: Laura-Hope Gammell, Senior Assistant & Researcher to the President; Young Transatlantic Network, The German Marshall Fund of the United States |
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| 12:15 – 12:45 | Ice Breaker: Disruption Defined |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:45 – 15:00 | Back to the Future: Cultural Memory and Historical Revisionism as Disrupters in Today’s Geopolitical Sphere |
| ♦ Kristine Berzina, Senior Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy, GMF | |
| ♦ Laura Blumenfeld, Senior Fellow, SAIS | |
| ♦ Laura Groenendaal, Program Assistant, Europe Program, GMF; EU Cyber Direct | |
| ♦ Andrew Small, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
| ♦ Moderator: Kim Dozier, Global Affairs Analyst, CNN | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 – 16:45 | Divided We Stand? Rethinking the Future of Europe |
| ♦ Daniel Hegedüs, Lecturer, Freie Universität Berlin | |
| ♦ Alexandra Ioan, Partner and Head, Ashoka Learning and Action Center | |
| ♦ Nadeem Javaid, Senior Advisor, Mayor of London (TILN) | |
| ♦ Corina Stratulat, Senior Policy Analyst, Head of Programme, European Policy Centre (EPC) | |
| ♦ Moderator: Joerg Forbrig, Director and Senior Transatlantic Fellow, Fund for Belarus Democracy | |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Coffee Break |
| 17:15 – 18:45 | Disruptive Demographics – People, Places and Politics |
| Scene setter by Jeffrey A. Gullo, Senior Advisor, International, AARP | |
| ♦ Nouzha Chekrouni, Senior Fellow (2016) in Advanced Leadership, Harvard University | |
| ♦ Justin Gest, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University | |
| ♦ Bee Nguyen, State Representative, Atlanta, Georgia (TILN) | |
| ♦ Moderator: Ali Aslan, TV Presenter and Journalist, Germany | |
| 18:45 – 19:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 – 20:45 | Night Owl Sessions |
| Night owl 1: Women in Action: Driving Global Change | |
| ♦ Charlotte Brandsma, Co-founder, Brussels Binder; Senior Program Officer, GMF | |
| ♦ Daniela McFarren, EU Affairs Manager, Diageo | |
| ♦ Kimberly Marteau Emerson, Board of Directors, Human Rights Watch | |
| ♦ Olga Rujanschi, Managing Partner, Enable | |
| ♦ Moderator: Danielle Piatkiewicz, Senior Program Coordinator, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
| Night owl 2: Regulating the Digital Wild West: Protecting Cyber Space in Times of Uncertainty | |
| ♦ Laura Brent, Cyber Defence Officer, NATO | |
| ♦ Lindsay Gorman, Fellow for Emerging Technologies, Alliance for Securing Democracy, GMF | |
| ♦ Maciej Surowiec, EU Government Affairs Manager, Microsoft | |
| ♦ Moderator: Natalia Drozdiak, European Technology Reporter, Bloomberg News | |
Thursday, June 27 |
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| 09:30 – 12:00 | Workshops |
| Workshop 1: A World Disrupted? An Order in Mutation | |
| ♦ Guillaume Xavier-Bender, Non-Resident Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
| Workshop 2: Your Life, Your Story: Messaging for Today’s Transformational Leaders | |
| ♦ Laurie Glenn, President & CEO, Thinkinc. | |
| Workshop 3: Making Good, Viral Stories: A Journalist’s Best Practices in a False News Environment | |
| ♦ Richard Lui, Anchor, MSNBC / NBC News | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Networking Lunch with YPS alumni |
| ♦ Andreea Calbeaza, Corporate Affairs Manager, Microsoft Corporation (YPS 2018) | |
| ♦ Thomas Richter, Senior Advisor, IDA Group (YPS 2015) | |
| ♦ Neva Sadikoglu-Novaky, ECR Group Secretary General, European Union Committee of the Regions (YPS 2016) | |
| ♦ Julia Contrea, Events and Communication Manager, INSEAD (YPS 2016) | |
| ♦ Youssef Kobo, Communication Advisor, A Seat At The Table (EL 2016/YPS 2017) | |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Future of Work: Bracing for—and Embracing—Change |
| ♦ Ramsey Alwin, Director Financial Resilience, Thought Leadership, AARP | |
| ♦ Inge Diels, Chief Talent Officer, Deloitte Belgium | |
| ♦ Christopher Schroeder, Author, Entrepreneur, and Venture Capitalist | |
| ♦ Moderator: Guillaume Xavier-Bender, Non-Resident Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States |
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| 14:15 – 14:30 | Transfer to Brussels Forum |
| 19:15 – 19:45 | Why the 1989 Generation Matters – A Conversation with Timothy Garton Ash |
| ♦ Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford | |
| ♦ Sophie Arts, Program Coordinator, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |
Friday, June 28 |
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| Young Professionals Summit will join GMF’s Brussels Forum | |
| 17:30– 18:00 | Congressional Priorities in the Transatlantic Space |
| ♦ Mike Turner, Member, U.S. House of Representatives | |
| ♦ Mark Green, Member, U.S. House of Representatives | |
| ♦ Moderated: Reta Jo Lewis, Director of Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States | |