Panellists - European Ideas Network

Opening Session: Re-Inventing EU Policies
Welcome messages: Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP, Responsible for Political Strategy and the
European Ideas Network
József Szajer MEP, Hungarian Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP
Guest Speakers: Wilfried Martens, President, EPP; former Prime Minister of Belgium (1979-92)
Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary, Minister for Public Administration and Justice
Europe 2020 from a Centre-Right Perspective: fighting poverty, creating jobs and
confidence (between stakeholders) in Europe societies in a time of budgetary
constraints
Chairwoman: Corien Wortmann-Kool MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the EP,
Chairwoman of the EIN 'Economy and Environment' Working Group
Panellists: David Webber, Director of Studies, Public Advice International Foundation
Michèle Debonneuil, International Statistical Institute, Member of the CERC
Dirk Hudig, Director FIPRA International, Chairman of the EIN 'Social Market Economy' Working Group
Monica de Oriol e Icaza, Secot
Csaba Öry MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the EP
Guest speaker: Zoltán Cséfalvay, Minister of State Responsible for Economic Strategy (HU)
Rapporteur: Richard Hume-Rothery, Director, European Study Group; Joint Rapporteur,
EIN Working Group 2
Round Table - Neighbourhood Policies
Chairwoman: Françoise Grossetête MEP, Member of EP Committee on Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety, Chairwoman of the EIN 'Neighbourhood Policies' Working Group
Panellists: Ivan Hodac, ACEA
Tale Heydarov, Chairman of the European Azerbaijan Society
Khader Bichara, Professor of Politic, Economic, and Social Science, Catholic University of Louvain
Pascale Joannin, General Manager of the Schuman Foundation
Manfred Scheich, Ambassador of the Austrian Institute for European Security Policy
Rapporteur: Staffan Jerneck, Director CEPS Brussels, EIN Working Group 8

Round Table - Europe 2020 from a Centre-Right Perspective:
Priorities for a stronger growth in Europe
Chairman: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan MEP, Member of the EP Special Committee on the Financial,
Economic and Social Crisis
Guest speaker: Margaritis Schinas, Deputy Head of Bureau of the European Policy, Adviser of President Barroso
Panellists: Fernando Navarrete, Economic Director, FAES Foundation
Christian Stoffaes, Chairman of the Centre for International Prospective Studies
Tomi Huhtanen, Director, Centre for European Studies
Stefano Riela, Research Director, Res Publica Foundation, Milan
Andreas Schwab MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Jacob Lund Nielsen, Managing Partner, Cabinet DN
Dinner
Introduction: Wilfried Martens, President, EPP; former Prime Minister of Belgium (1979-92)
Guest speaker: H.E. Pál Schmitt, President of the Republic of Hungary
Vote of Thanks: Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP, Responsible for
Political Strategy and the European Ideas Network
Rebuilding confidence in financial markets: financial regulations, budgetary discipline,
monetary stability
Chairwoman: Danuta Hübner MEP, former Commissioner
Guest Speaker: Ingrida Šimonytė, Lithuanian Minister of Finance
Panellists: Jacques Delpla, CEO, Liberfund; Member, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee, France
Steven Hill, former Director of the Political Reform Program, New America Foundation
Olivier Lacoste, Director of Studies, Confrontation Europe
Rapporteur: Ross Walker, UK Economist at Royal Bank of Scotland, EIN Working Group 1
Round Table - European Energy and Industrial Policy after Copenhagen and the crisis
Chairwoman: Pilar del Castillo MEP, Member of EP Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Chairwoman of the EIN 'Energy
and Environment' Working Group
Guest speaker: Péter Olajos, Secretary of State Responsible for Renewable Energy, former Member of the EPP Group in the European
Parliament (H)
Panellists: Gordon Moffat, Director General of EUROFER
Roland-Jan Meijer, VP Environmental Affairs at Holcim
William C Ramsay, IFRI, senior Fellow, Director of the Energy Program
Maria Da Graça Carvalho MEP, Member of the EP Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur: Ranier Fsadni, Director-Operations, European Commission-League of Arab States Liaison Office, EIN Working Group 3
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Round Table - Saving Global Trade
Chairman: Christofer Fjellner MEP, Member of EP Committee on International Trade,
Chairman of the EIN Working Group on "Globalization and International Trade"
Guest speaker: Béla Glattfelder MEP
Panellists: Peter Balás, European Commission Trade, Deputy Director General
Barid Baran Bhattacharya, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal University, New Delhi, India,
Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister
Qiang Yongchang, Professor Fudan University, Centre for European Affairs
Rapporteur: Hanns Glatz, EIN Working Group 10
The Unique Experience of Democratic Transformation and Modernization
in Central and Eastern European Countries
Chairman: Jan Olbrycht MEP, Member of the EIN Board, Member of EP Committee on Regional Development,
Chairman of the EIN 'Values and Liberties' Working Group
Guest speakers: Antonio Milososki, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Yugoslavic Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Bishop László Kiss-Rigó, Bishop of Szeged-Csanád
Panellists: Vytautas Landsbergis MEP, Former President of Lithuania
Radko Hokovsky, Executive Director of the European Values Network, Prague
Tunne Kelam MEP, EPP Group, Member of the EP Delegation for Relations with the United States
Joachim Zeller MEP, EPP Group Member in the EP Committee on Regional Development
Rapporteur: Federico Eichberg, Responsible of International and European relations, 'Farefuturo' Foundation. Italy
EIN Working Group 5
Round Table - The field of new Transatlantic Cooperation
Chairwoman: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl MEP, Member of EP Committee on International Trade,
Chairwoman of the EIN 'Transatlantic Relations' Working Group
Speaker: David Winston, Chairman of the Winston Group
Panellists: Stefano Silvestri, Director of the IRI, Rome
Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nation University
Alberto Carnero, International Director, FAES Foundation
Elmar Brok MEP, Chairman of EP Delegation for Relations with the United States
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP, Head of the Polish Delegation of the EPP Group in the EP
Rapporteur: Roland Freudenstein, Head of Research, Centre for European Studies, EIN Working Group 9
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The security of Europe against terror
Chairman: Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP,
Responsible for Political Strategy and the European Ideas Network
Guest speakers: Alvaro Uribe, Former President of Colombia (CO)
Zsolt Németh, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (HU)
Panellists: Ignacio Ibanez, Program Manager Inter-American Committee against Terrorism; Organization of American States
Walid Phares, Co Secretary General, Transatlantic Legislative Group on counter Terrorism (TAG)
Jean-Louis Bruguière, author of the SWIFT assessment report.
Erich Hochleitner, Chairman of the Board of the Austrian Institute for European Security Policy,
Chairman of the European security Network
Simon Busuttil MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteurs: Anthony Glees, Professor of Politics, Buckingham University, EIN Working Group 7
Eduardo Gutierrez Saenz de Buruaga, former Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS)
European Governance: New Political Commitments after Lisbon Treaty
and Strategy 2020
Chairman: Íñigo Méndez de Vigo MEP, Member of the EPP Group Bureau, Member of EP Committee on Economic and Monetary
Affairs, Chairman of the EIN 'European Governance: Implementing the Lisbon Treaty' Working Group
Guest speaker: Enikö Györi, Secretary of State responsible for EU matters, former Member of the EPP Group
Panellists: Paul Hofheinz, President, The Lisbon Council
Jakob von Weizsäcker, Economics Ministry of Thuringia and Bruegel
Allan Janik, Innsbrück University
Philippe Herzog, Chairman, Confrontation Europe
Diogo Feio MEP, Member of the EP Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Othmar Karas MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP, Member of the EP Special Committee on the Financial,
Economic and Social Crisis
Rapporteur: Fréderic Allemand, Professor of Science Po, EIN Working Group 6
Round Table - Europe 2020 from a Centre-Right Perspective:
Digital Competitiveness Up-date
Chairman: Malcolm Harbour MEP, Chairman of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee
Guest speaker: Zsolt Nyitrai, Minister of State (HU)
Gábor Mátrai, Vice-President of the National Media and Infocommunicatio Authority (HU)
Panellists: Simon Hampton, Director, European Public Policy, Google
Jan Hein Bakkers, Research Manager, IDC's European Telecoms
Mr Detlef Eckert, Director Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society,
Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission
Rapporteur: Andreas Tegge, Vice-President EU Government Relations
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Round Table - Demography: Adjusting Family - Education and Employment Policies
to the new demographic pyramid
Chairwoman: Gabriella Vukovich, President of the Hungarian Statistical Office,
Chairwoman of the EIN 'European Demographic Challenge: Immigration and Family Policies' Working Group
Panellists: Francesco Billari, Bocconi University, Milan
Zsolt Speder, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest
Gilles Dryancour, Director Government Affairs (Europe, Africa, Middle East), John Deere
José Albino Silva Peneda, former Member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
Rapporteur: Sara Pini, Nouvelle Europe
Closing Session
Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman, EPP Group in the European Parliament (EP)
Jerzy Buzek MEP, President of the European Parliament (PL)
Yves Leterme, Belgian Prime Minister, rotating Presidency of the Union
Mr Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP,
Responsible for Political Strategy and the European Ideas Network
Dinner
Introduction: János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
Guest speaker: H.E. Alvaro Uribe, Former President of Colombia (CO)
Vote of Thanks: József Szájer MEP, Hungarian Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP
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