Calendar of events

This is a provisional calendar and details of events and speakers are subject to confirmation to EPC members by e-mail.

These events are only open to EPC members, EU officials and the media, unless specified otherwise.

February 2012

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 - 14.30 to 17.00
Policy Dialogue with Jacques Delors
The Maastricht Treaty – 20 years later
Speaker(s):
Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission; Founding President, Notre Europe
Joachim Bitterlich, former Advisor to German Foreign Minister Genscher and to Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Philippe Maystadt, former President, European Investment Bank; President, European Policy Centre
Antonio Vitorino, former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs; President, Notre Europe
Yves Bertoncini, Secretary General, Notre Europe

Registration: Open for registration


Wednesday, 08 February 2012 - 17.30 to 18.30
Sixty-Minute Briefing with Jack Goldstone
The 2011 revolutions - How demography is sweeping away the old order
Speaker(s):
Jack Goldstone, George Mason School of Public Policy

Registration: Open for registration


Tuesday, 21 February 2012 - 15.00 to 16.30
Policy Dialogue
Turkey in 2012: priorities and challenges
Speaker(s):
Selim Yenel, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU
Ian Lesser, Executive Director, the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Vice-Chair of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals

Registration: Not yet open for registration


Monday, 27 February 2012 - 17.00 to 18.30
Eastern Promises Policy Dialogue
EU-Ukraine relations: the road ahead
Speaker(s):
Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
Libor Rouček, Member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament
Petro Poroshenko, President of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine

Registration: Not yet open for registration


Wednesday, 29 February 2012 - 10.00 to 12.00
Eastern Promises Roundtable
Georgia and the Euro-Atlantic security architecture
Registration: By invitation only


March 2012

Monday, 05 March 2012 -
Post-Summit Briefing
Registration: Not yet open for registration


Thursday, 15 March 2012 - 15.00 to 16.30
Policy Dialogue
Green Trade vs green protectionism – which will prevail?
Speaker(s):
Pia Olsen Dyhr, Minister for Trade and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Registration: Not yet open for registration


Tuesday, 20 March 2012 - 08.00 to 09.30
Breakfast Policy Briefing
with António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Registration: Not yet open for registration


Thursday, 29 March 2012 - 10.30 to 18.30
MENA Conference
The Arab Spring One Year After: Shortfalls, Prospects & Strategies for Change
Registration: Not yet open for registration


Friday, 30 March 2012 - 09.00 to 13.30
MENA Conference
The Arab Spring One Year After: Shortfalls, Prospects & Strategies for Change
Registration: Not yet open for registration