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As Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary, bilateral relations between Israel and Europe have never been stronger. Economic partnership is growing in mutually beneficial ways. Security cooperation is strengthening both through NATO and the EU. Political coordination has markedly improved. And scientific and cultural exchanges are thriving.
Israel and the EU are poised to give substance to the upgrade in their relation in the course of the next few months. This event, organised by the Transatlantic Institute (TAI) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), intends to explore the potential for growth in this already thriving relationship.
17:00 – 19:00: Panel Debate: “Transatlantic Relations and the Middle East”
Speakers:
J. Scott Carpenter, Keston Family fellow at The Washington Institute and director of its
Project Fikra, previously deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs
Ludger Siemes, Federal Chancellery of Germany, Director Middle East, Asia, Africa
and Latin America
Dr. Zvi Shtauber, Former Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St. James
Moderators:
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Transatlantic Institute, Executive Director
Dr. Peter R. Weilemann,, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, European Office, Director
19:00 – 20:00: Reception
20:00: Formal evening program: “Israel-EU relations: The next decade”
Introductory Remarks:
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Transatlantic Institute, Executive Director
Dr. Peter R. Weilemann, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, European Office, Director
Opening addresses:
Elmar Brok MEP, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
Representative of the French EU Presidency (t.b.c.)
H.E. Ambassador Ran Curiel, Israel’s Head of Mission to the European Communities
Keynote Address: “Israel’s high tech miracle and what its future holds for Europe”
MK Prof Avishay Braverman, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Knesset, Former President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev