The conference will present you with three interesting panel discussions, hosting experts from Slovakia as well as other European countries and USA. Please find below the conference agenda.
Opening remarks
Tomáš Strážay, Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)
Christos Katsioulis, Director of the Cooperation & Peace Office, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Regional Office for International Cooperation, Vienna
PANEL I: Is Europe ready for a “post-NATO” era?
Panelists:
Ján Kubiš,, Foreign Affairs and International Politics Advisor to the President SR
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute
Christos Katsioulis, Director of the Cooperation & Peace Office, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Regional Office for International Cooperation, Vienna
Jozef Bátora, Professor, Comenius University
Moderator:
Federica Mangiamel, GLOBSEC
PANEL II: Reassessing the EU´s role as a soft power in an increasingly intensifying geopolitical competition
Panelists:
Peter Stano, Head, Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia
Clotilde Warin, Associate Research Fellow, Institut Jacques Delors
Radovan Geist, Publisher, euBrief
Michal Horský, Founder and Director, DEMDIS
Moderator:
Florent Marciacq, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (AFC)
PANEL III: Two years after the Draghi report – What Is the actual future of European competitiveness?
Panelists:
Brigita Schmögnerová, former Minister of Finance SR and Vice-President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
András Simor, former Governor of the Central Bank of Hungary
Zuzana Múčka, Head of the Macroeconomic Analysis and Foresight Department, Council for Budget Responsibility
Petr Zahradník, Economic Advisor, Česká spořitelna, former Member of the National Economic Council of the Czech Government (NERV)
Moderator:
Andrej Matišák, Pravda Daily
Closing remarks
Tomáš Strážay, Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)
The conference is organized by the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) in cooperation and with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Further partners of the conference are the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe, Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Slovakia.
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