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Visegrad Elections: Domestic Impact and European Consequences
International conference
September 27, 2006
Conference venue: Hotel Tatra, Nám. 1. mája 5, Bratislava
PROGRAM
Registration of the participants
8.30 – 9.00
Introductory Remarks:
Ambassador Kristóf Forrai, Executive Director, International Visegrad Fund, Bratislava
Srefan Gehrold, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bratislava
9.00 – 9.15
PART ONE
Domestic Politics
9.15 – 11.00
Moderator:
Martin Bútora, Honorary President, Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava
Participants:
Jacek Kucharczyk, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw
Tamás Pál, Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Ivan Gabal, Analysis & Consulting, Prague
Soňa Szomolányi, Dpt. of Political Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava
Discussant:
Grigorij Mesežnikov, President, Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava
Discussion
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30
PART TWO
Populism in “Old” and “New” Europe: Trends, Implications, Responses
11.30 – 13.00
Moderator:
Oľga Gyárfášová, Program Director, Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava
Participants:
Kai-Olaf Lang, Stiftung Politik und Wissenschaft, Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, Berlin
Jacques Rupnik, CERI, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris
Kevin Krause, Wayne State University, Detroit
Discussant:
Peter Učeň, International Republican Institute, Bratislava
Discussion
Lunch
13.00 – 14. 00
PART THREE
14.00 – 15.30
Visegrad Group, EU Enlargement and the EU Neighborhood Policy after the Visegrad Elections
Moderator:
Pavol Demeš, Director, German Marshall Fund of the US for Central and Eastern Europe
Participants:
Karel Schwarzenberg, Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague
Ambassador Karel Kovanda, European Commission, Brussels
Gabor Fodor, Member of the Parliament of Hungary, Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) TBC
Patrycja Bukalska, Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw TBC
Tomáš Strážay, Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Bratislava
Discussants:
Milan Nič, Program Director, Institute for Civic Diplomacy, Pontis Foundation, Bratislava
Coffee Break
15.30 – 16.00
PART FOUR
Visegrad Elections and the EU in Euro-Atlantic Context: Economic and Security Performance
16.00 – 17.30
Moderator: Ingrid Brocková, Country Manager, World Bank, Bratislava
Participants:
Edward Lucas, Central and East European Correspondent of the Economist
Robin Shepherd, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshal Fund
Ján Oravec, President, F.A. Hayek Foundation, Bratislava
Discussants:
Ivan Mikloš, Member of the Parliament, former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Slovakia,
Discussion
Conclusions
18.00