Think Tank Forum: Rethinking Enlargement in times of Geopolitical Earthquakes

We would like to invite you to watch the live broadcast of the conference "Think Tank Forum: Rethinking Enlargement in times of Geopolitical Earthquakes", which will take place on Thursday 13 October at 15:00. Live broadcast is only a part of a two day conference.

The conference is organized by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague.

This unique forum will gather around 80 experts - think-tankers, civil servants from EU Member States, WB, and Associated Trio, Members of the European Parliament, and representatives of DG NEAR dealing with the EU enlargement policy or more broadly with the process of European integration. Our goal is to provide space for an open exchange of views and to come up with concrete recommendations on how to enhance the EU enlargement policy
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15:00 – 15:30 | Welcome remarks

● Jaroslav Kurfurst, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Issues, Czechia
● Adéla Jurečková, Director, Heinrich Boll Stiftung Prague Office
● Jana Juzová, Senior Fellow, Head of Global Europe Programme, EUROPEUM

15:30 – 16:30 | Rethinking Enlargement in times of Geopolitical Earthquakes (in cooperation with Visegrad Insight)

● Jaroslav Kurfurst, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Issues, Czechia
● Jovana Marović, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of European Affairs, Montenegro
● Cristina Gherasimov, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Moldova
● Peter Grk, National Coordinator for Western Balkans, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

Commentator: Barbara Lippert, Director of Research, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Moderation: Wojciech Przybylski, Editor-in-Chief at Visegrad Insight and Europe's Futures Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (IWM)

16:50 – 17:50 | Can European Political Community enhance and complement the Enlargement process? (in cooperation with Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik)

● Jan Michal, Deputy Sherpa, Office of the Government, Czech Republic
● Florent Marciacq, Research Fellow, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe
● Georgina Wright, Director of Europe Program, Institut Montaigne
● Matteo Bonomi, Senior Researcher, Instituto Affari Internazionali and BiEPAG

Commentator: Piotr Buras, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of Warsaw Office, European Council on Foreign Relations

Moderation: Paul Schmidt, General Secretary, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik

17:50 – 18:45 | Democratic Resilience in EU’s Neighbourhoods (in cooperation with Association for International Affairs (AMO))

● Jan Marian, Special Envoy for Eastern Partnership, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
● Donika Emini, Executive Director, Platforma CiviKos and BiEPAG
● Hennadiy Maksak, Executive Director, Ukrainska Prisma

Commentator: Ardian Hackaj, Director of Research, CDI Tirana

Moderation: Pavel Havlíček, Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs (AMO)