The 2011 International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the European Union

"Crisis, Conflict, and Culture: The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in the European Project"

(Brussels; December 6th - 9th, 2011)
  Tuesday,
December 6th
Wednesday,
December 7th
Thursday,
December 8th
Friday,
December 9th
  Location:
Building Paul-Henri Spaak
Location:
Building Paul-Henri Spaak
Location:
Building Joszef Antall
Location:
Building Paul-Henri Spaak
10:00   Language Policy: a Tool for Conflict or Communication? Historical Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity in Europe
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Pieter Lagrou
Professor of History, University of Brussels)

Location:
European Parliament
Historical Foundations of European Energy Policy and Today's Implications
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Samuel Furfari
(Professor of Political Science, University of Brussels)

Location:
European Parliament
Knocking on Europe’s Door-Future of the EU-Georgia Relations
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Salome Samadashvili
(Ambassador of Georgia to the European Union)

Location:
European Parliament

10:30   "Crisis, conflict and Culture in the EU-Russia Relations"
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:            
Kristiina Ojuland (MEP)
(Member of the European Parliament, Former Foreign Minister of Estonia)

Location:
European Parliament
Forming New National Identities

Speaker:            
Dr. Igor Jelen
(Associate Professor in Economic and Political Geography, Faculty of Political Science, University of Trieste)

Location:
European Parliament
De-conflicting Cultural Crises - The EU’s Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Gerhard Sabathil
(Director, European External Action Service, Professor at the Brugge European College and the Prague Economics University)

Location:
European Parliament
11:00   Break Break Break
11:30 Registration Historical Foundations of European Unity and the Role of Cultural Diplomacy
(Interactive Panel  Discussion)

Speakers:
Adrian Severin (MEP)
Sebastien Wielemans
H.E. Amb. Ilir Dugolli
Dr. Pieter Lagrou
Morten Messerschmidt
(MEP)
Indrek Tarand (MEP)
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (MEP)
Mark C. Donfried

Location:
European Parliament
European Economic Challenges and Collective Solutions
(Interactive Panel  Discussion)

Speakers:
Kristiina Ojuland (MEP)
Dr. Samuel Furfari
Dr. Igor Jelen
Sebastien Wielemans
Fabrice Serodes
Mark C. Donfried


Location:
European Parliament
Cultural Diplomacy, Conflict Management and Resolution—the European Way
(Interactive Panel  Discussion)

Speakers:
H. E. Amb. Salome Samadashvili
Michael Däumer
Dr. Philippe van Parijs,
Clive Myri
Birgit Daiber
Paul Dujardin
Dr. Fabrizio Cantelli
Fabrice Serodes
Mark C. Donfried


Location:
European Parliament
12:30 Political Culture: Export Product of the EU
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Alojz Peterle (MEP)
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break
13:30 EU: One Civilization, Several Cultures (A Romanian Perspective)
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Adrian Severin (MEP)
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
European Identity - Possibility or Limitation?
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Morten Messerschmidt (MEP)
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Bringing Cultures Together Through the Arts to Facilitate Cultural Diplomacy in the Context of the European Project
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Stefan Stoev
(Founder & Chairman, Society for International Development and Enhancement of Arts)

Location:
European Parliament
Empowering Citizens, Empowering Institutions: Dilemmas about EU Democratic Governance
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Fabrizio Cantelli
(Professor of Political Science, University of Brussels)

Location:
European Parliament
14:00 Culture as a Vital Element in External Relations

Speaker:
Vladimír Šucha
(Director, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission)

Location:
European Parliament
The European Project in Question or the Culture of Bureaucracy? About the
Need to Reform the Lisbon Treaty

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Indrek Tarand (MEP)
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Culture as a key factor within Western societies and a political tool for the European Union
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Aude Jehan
(Visiting Research Associate - French Embassy Fellow Center for Transatlantic Relations - SAIS Johns Hopkins University)

Location:
European Parliament
Lecture & Discussion

Speaker:
Paul Dujardin     
(Centre for Fine Arts Brussels)

Location:
European Parliament
14:30 The Significance of Cultural Diplomacy in the EU from a Diplomat's Perspective
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Ismat Jahan
(Ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium)

Location:
European Parliament
The Significance of Cultural Diplomacy in the Foreign Affairs of the EU

Speaker:
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (MEP) (Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
European identity, Myths and Perspectives
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Henri Malosse
(President of the Employers Group, Economic and Social Committee of the European Union)

Location:
European Parliament
Culture & Diplomacy in the EU's External Relations: Education Needed?

Speaker:
Giannalia Cogliandro
(Head of European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers)

Location:
European Parliament
15:00 Conflict Management and Resolution
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Arif Havas Oegroseno
(Ambassador of Indonesia to Belgium)

Location:
European Parliament

Break The Cultural Dimensions of the EU's External Actions
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Marietje Schaake (MEP) 
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Break
15:30 How Is and How Should be the EU Founded
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Boris Zala (MEP)
(Member of the European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Immigrations & Minorities in Europe “The Roma in Europe
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Georgia K. Kotsia
(Head of Public Investments, the Ministry of Education of Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Location:
European Parliament
The Mutual Understanding of Peoples as a Prerequisite of European Solidarity

Speaker:
Csaba Tabajdi( MEP)
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Of Europe but Not in It: The United Kingdom's Relationship with the Mainland
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Clive Myrie
(Journalist, BBC)

Location:
European Parliament
16:00 Lecture & Discussion

Speaker:
Marietta Giannakou (MEP)
(Member of European Parliament, Head of the Greek EPP Delegation to the European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
Continue Cultural Diplomacy in the European Union
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Maen Khreasat
(First Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Jordan to Belgium)

Location:
European Parliament
Opportunities for European Cultural Diplomacy? Is it a Question of Institutions?
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Fabrice Serodes
(Assistant Professor, University of Mancherst)

Location:
European Parliament
16:30 The Significance of Cultural Diplomacy in the EU from a Diplomat's Perspective.
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Ismat Jahan
(Ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium)

Location:
European Parliament
The Obvious Case of Cultural Diplomacy?
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
H.E. Amb. Ilir Dugolli
(Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Belgium)          

Location:
European Parliament
Intra-EU Governance: Convergence of National versus Supranational Interests: Migration as Cultural Diplomacy
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Tanja Fajon (MEP)
(Member of European Parliament)

Location:
European Parliament
What is so Appealing in Arts and Culture?
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Asja Trbovic
(Art Historian and Cultural Manager)

Location:
European Parliament
17:00 Conflict Management and Resolution
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Arif Havas Oegroseno
(Ambassador of Indonesia to Belgium)

Location:
European Parliament
Connected Walls - The Impact of a Documentary Webproject  as Cultural Diplomacy along Border Walls
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Sebastien Wielemans
(Film Director)

Location:
European Parliament
Continue The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Birgit Daiber
(Director, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Brussels Office)

Location:
European Parliament
18:00 Evening Activity Evening Activity Evening Activity Farewell