FORGING A US-EU STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP:
Recommendations for Action
Notional Agenda
December 9, 2009
19.30 Opening Dinner (upon invitation)
Hosted by The Embassy of Spain
2300 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington DC, 20007
Can the U.S. and EU Be Strategic Partners?
Robert Wexler, Congressman, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, House of Representatives
December 10, 2009
08:30 Coffee and Registration
09:00 Welcome and Introduction
Daniel Hamilton, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Jacek Kotas, Vice-President, Institute for Eastern Studies
09:15 Session I: Forging a Strategic Partnership: Proposals for Reform
Moderator:
Jiri Schneider, Prague Security Studies Institute
Speakers:
Presentation of New Study: Shoulder to Shoulder: Forging a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership
Daniel Hamilton, Richard von Weizsäcker Professor and Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
NATO update on Alliance Reborn: An Atlantic Compact for the 21st Century
Steve Flanagan, Kissinger Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
European Perspectives:
Mirek Topolanek, Member of the Czech Parliament, Former Prime Minister, the Czech Republic
Ana Palacio, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain; former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The World Bank
Commentators:
Paweł Lisicki, Editor-in-Chief, Rzeczpospolita daily, Poland
Janos Csak, President, Constellation Energy Institute, Hungary
10:30 Session II: A Transatlantic Space of Justice, Freedom and Security?
Moderator:
Daniel Hamilton, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Speakers:
Mark Koumans, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Rachida Dati, Member of the European Parliament; former Minister of Justice, France
Mike Granatt, former Head of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, UK
Bengt Sundelius, Department of Security and Strategic Studies, Swedish National Defense College
Commentators:
Paul F. Fritch, Director, Office of the Secretary General Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Žygimantas Pavilionis, Chief Coordinator, Lithuania’s Presidency for the Community of Democracies
11:30 Coffee Break
11:45 Session III: How can the U.S. and Europe Address Crises and Conflicts more Effectively?
Moderator:
Fran Burwell, Vice President, Atlantic Council of the United States
Speakers:
Camille Grand, Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris
James Dobbins, Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation
Iulian Fota, Presidential Adviser for National Security, Romania
Ana Maria Gomes, Member of the European Parliament, Portugal
Commentators:
Istvan Gyarmati, President, International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT), Hungary
Henryk Szlajfer, Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
13:00 Lunch: How Can the U.S. and Europe Work Together Better on Stabilization and Crisis Management?
Speaker:
Ambassador John Herbst, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State
14:30 Session IV: Beyond Copenhagen: A Transatlantic Partnership for Energy Sustainability
Moderator:
Kurt Volker, Senior Fellow and Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Speakers:
Richard Morningstar, U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy
Luis Atienza, President, Red Electrica de Espana
Karen Harbert, President, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Reka Szemerkenyi, former Foreign Policy and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary
Commentators:
Laure Mandeville, U.S. Chief Correspondent, Le Figaro, France
Paul Isbell, Director of the Energy Program, Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies, Spain
15:45 Coffee Break
16:00 Session V: The Transatlantic Economy in a G20 World
Moderator:
Bruce Stokes, Columnist, The National Journal
Speakers:
Daniel M. Price, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; former assistant to President George W. Bush for international economic affairs
Charles Heeter, Managing Principal – Global Public Policy, Deloitte; Transatlantic Business Dialogue
Laury Lane, Senior Vice President for International Government Affairs, Citi
Thomas Bareiss, Member of Bundestag, Germany
17:00 Conclusion
Daniel Hamilton, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Jacek Kotas, Vice-President, Institute for Eastern Studies
18:30 Closing Ceremony (upon personal invitation)
Hosted by the Embassy of Poland
2640 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Central Europe in Transatlantic Relations
Moderator:
Kurt Volker, Senior Fellow and Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Speakers:
Tony Blinken, National Security Adviser to Vice-President Joe Biden
Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Senator, former Prime Minister of Poland
Oleksandr Chalyi, Former Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine
19:30 Reception