Europe on the Move?

Friday, May 18th, 2018, 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Heinrich Böll Foundation, Schumannstr. 8, Berlin, Germany

Aside from the great yearning for a new narrative for Europe, the continent is facing very specific challenges for which constructive proposals are needed. Such as these questions: What might a social Europe look like? What shape should a future Common European Defence Policy take? In what ways do we want to further develop the currency union? And what can be done to make Europe competitive in the area of digitisation? After the opening debate with a perspective on the 2019 European elections we will compile and draw up with experts from all across Europe as specific policy recommendations as possible relating to the aforementioned policy fields. Where this is not achievable, we want to at least identify the key conflict trajectories: Who advocates what, and why? What can be accomplished in the individual policy fields in light of the forthcoming 2019 European elections?

With:

Franziska Brantner, German MP, Alliance 90/The Greens, Berlin
Florian Eder, Managing Editor, Politico, Brussels
Mark Leonard, Co-founder and Director, European Council on Foreign Relations, London
Florian Kommer, Senior Programme Officer European Union, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin
Vladimír Špidla, Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Prague
Claire Dhéret, Head of the Social Europe Program, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre, Brussels
Margherita Bussi, Associate Researcher, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
Anna Cavazzini, Spokesperson BAG Europe, Alliance 90/The Greens, Berlin
Annegret Bendiek, Senior Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head of the Paris office, Senior Policy Fellow, European
Council on Foreign Relations, Paris
Christian Mölling, Deputy Director, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin
Jana Puglierin, Head of Program, Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy
Studies, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin
Guillaume Duval, Chief Editor, Alternatives Economiques, Paris
Ricardo Cabral, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Madeira
Marcin Kędzierski, Program Director, Analysis Center Klub Jagielloński, Krakow
Donata Riedel, Journalist, Handelsblatt, Berlin
Valerie Mocker, Head of Development & European Digital Policy, Nesta, London
Marie Laenen, Community Manager, European Startup Network, Brussels
Walter van Holst, Representative of Vrijschrift at European Digital Rights, Brussels
Geraldine de Bastion, Political Scientist and Founder of Global Innovation Gathering,
Berlin

Information
Date and location
Friday, May 18th, 2018, 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Heinrich Böll Foundation, Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Transport connection
Bus 147 Deutsches Theater
S-Bahn S1, 2, 25, 5, 7, 75, 9 Friedrichstraße
U-Bahn U6, Oranienburger Tor
Tram M1, M6, 12 Oranienburger Tor
from central station (DB), Bus 147 > Ostbahnhof bis Deutsches Theater

Conference languages:
The opening debate will be translated simultaneously German/English. The expert groups and the concluding debate will take place in English, only.

Cooperation:
A cooperation of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Green European Foundation.

Entry free

Project management and Information

Florian Kommer, Policy Advisor European Union, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin,
E-Mail, kommer@boell.de, Phone +49 (0)30 285 34 -391
Ulrike Pusch, Freelance Project Manager, Berlin,
E-Mail, euquovadis@boell.de
Claudia Rothe, Project Manager, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin,
E-Mail, rothe@boell.de, Phone +49 (0)30 285 34 -385