Kongres
Details
Monday, April 16, 2012
until 12 o’clock
arrival and registration of the participants,
assignment to the workshops
12.30 h
Lunch
14.00 h
Welcome and Opening Addresses
- Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP
former President of the European Parliament
Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- HRH Prince El-Hassan bin Talaal
member of the Jordanian Royal Family (video-message)
14.30 h
„One Year after the Arab Spring: Europe and the Arab States“
Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP
former President of the European Parliament
Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Prof. Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
former President of the Republic Latvia
- Anwar Esmat El Sadat
Co-Founder of the Reform and Development Party in Egypt
founder and chairman of the El Sadat Association for Social Development and Welfare member of the Board of Directors of the General Federation of NGOs/Foundations – Egypt
- Mohammed Tawfik Mouline
General Director of the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES)
Kingdom of Morocco
- Dima Tarhini
Presenter, DW-TV
Coffee Break
16.30 h
Workshops
Workshop I: Images and Conceptions: What do Young Arabs Think about Germany/Europe? What do Young Europeans Think about the Arab Countries in the Wake of the Revolution?
Input:
- Benedict Pöttering
Vice president of the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP)
- Mirette Bakir
Scholar of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Maria Fuster
International Secretary of Nuevas Generaciones del Partido Popular, Spain
- Najem Wali
Writer and journalist
Input:
- Anba Damian
General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Germany
- Honey Deihimi
Head of the Department “Social Integration” at the Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
- Bacem Dziri
President of the Council of Muslim Students and Academics in Germany
Scholar of Islamic Studies, University of Osnabrueck
- Barbara Bishay, M.A.
Co-Founder and Vice-Chairwoman of the executive board of Mayadin al-Tahrir, Berlin
Input:
- Gert-Olav Göhs
Political Programs and Analyses, national headquarters of the CDU
- Prof. Dr. Annette Jünemann
Professor for political science and international relations,
Helmut-Schmidt-University - University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg
- Samuel Laufer
International Secretary of Jeunes Populaires, France
- Dr. Said Moufti
Kingdom of Morocco
Workshop IV: The Social Media and their Role in Politics and Society
Input:
- Dr. Stefan Hennewig
Head of Internal Management at the national headquarters of the CDU
- Dr. Asiem El Difraoui
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
- Iryna Vidanava
founder of 34 Multimedia Magazine (34mag.net)
member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists
- Aymen Talbi (tbc)
Member of the National Association of Human Rights
Workshop V: The Position and Role of Men and Women in Society
Input:
- Samir Nasr
Filmmaker
- Arba Kokalari
International secretary for foreign policy, The Moderate Youth League of Sweden (MUF)
- Saba Farzan
Journalist, Senior Fellow on Women's Rights at Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy in London
19.00 h
Dinner
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
09.00 h
Continuation of the workshops
12.30 h
Lunch
14.00 h
Presentation and discussion of the results of the workshops
16.30 h
Summary and farewell address
17.30 h
Farewell Reception