Thursday 3 February 2011

15h00

Welcome: Professor Alan Mayhew (JMWEN and University of Sussex) 

Opening Speech: President Jerzy Buzek (European Parliament)

 

15h30

Session I: Political Perspectives on the Integration Process: The Costs of Failure and the Dilemmas of Enlargement

Chair: David Harley (Aston University)

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski  (EPP)

Adrian Severin (S&D Group)

Kristian Vigenin (S&D Group)

 

17h00:  Coffee break 

 

17h15

Session II: The EU’s External Action after the Lisbon Treaty

Maciej Popowski (Deputy Secretary General, European External Action Service)

Antonio Missiroli (Outreach Team, BEPA)

Pawel Swieboda (demosEuropa, Warsaw)

 

Chair and discussant: Christophe Hillion (JMWEN; SIEPS; Law School - University of Leiden) 

 

Friday 4 February 2011

09h15

Session III: Widening the Union

 

The Policy of the Union: Pierre Mirel (Director, DG Enlargement, European Commission)

The ‘Nationalisation’ of EU Enlargement Policy: Christophe Hillion (JMWEN, SIEPS and University of Leiden)

What do Europe’s Citizens Think about Enlargement? Nathaniel Copsey (JMWEN and University of Aston)

 

Chair and discussant: Robin Aizlewood (CEELBAS)

 

10h45: Coffee 

 

11h00

Session III: Association Agreements and DCTFAs as Tools of Integration

Negotiating Association with the East: Gunnar Wiegand (Director, EEAS)

Deep and Comprehensive Integration with the EU: Philippe Cuisson (Deputy Head of Unit, DG Trade, European Commission)

The Economics of Integration: Alan Mayhew (JMWEN and University of Sussex)

 

Chair and discussant:  Heather Grabbe (Director, OSI Brussels)

 

12h30:  Lunch 

 

13h30

Session IV: The Politics of Integration Viewed from the East

Ambassador Kostiantyn Yelisieiev (Ukrainian Mission to the EU)

Ambassador Salome Samadashvili (Georgian Mission to the EU)

Susan Stewart (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

 

Chair: Olga Shumylo-Tapiola (Carnegie-Europe)