Specialist conference
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Programm
9.30 am Welcome and Introduction
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz, University of Toronto/Bonn University
Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss, Technische Universität Chemnitz und stellv. Vorsitzende der KAS
“Crisis, what crisis?” Economic Challenges for Germany and the EU
10.00 am Public Keynote Speech
Germany’s role in Europe’s crises
Kurt Biedenkopf, ret. PM of Saxony, Dresden
11.30 amThe never-ending Euro-crisis and its economic and political consequences (roundtable discussion)
Dr. Louis Pauly, University of Toronto
Prof. Dr. Kurt Hübner, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Dr. Alena Kimakova, York University
Discussion (Moderator: John Kirton, University of Toronto)
1.00 pmLunch
2.00 pm ‘Arabellion’ as Europe’s ‘writing on the wall’
Consequences for Europe’s “mission” in the Arab world
Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto
Dr. Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Dr. Costanza Musu, Carleton University Ottawa
Discussion (Moderator: Lars Haensel, KAS Washington)
4.00 pmCoffee-Break
4.30 pm Mission creep? New start for Europe’s migration policy
Dr. Phil Triadaphilopoulos, University of Scarborough
Dr. Elke Winter, University of Ottawa
Dr. Willem Maas, York University
Discussion (Moderator: Anna Korteweg, University of Toronto)
Saturday, April 21
9.30 amPublic Keynote Speech
Changing Courses, Stable Alliances?
Beate Neuss, Technische Universität Chemnitz und stellv. Vorsitzende der KAS
The West adrift? How North Americans and Europeans need to adjust their transatlantic policies after the crises
Prof. Dr. Beate Neuss, Technische Universität Chemnitz und stellv. Vorsitzende der KAS
Dr. Jean-Yves Haine, University of Toronto
Dr. Benjamin Zyla, University of Ottawa
Discussion (Moderator: Wolfram Hilz, University of Toronto)
11.30 amWays out of the Crises – Roads already paved?
How Europe can avoid new crises – how Germany needs to adopt its role (Concluding discussion)
12.00 amLight Lunch
