WEDNESDAY, May 3rd
Regular participants agenda: 16:00 Sheraton Hotel Welcome Drinks
Speakers and Sponsors agenda: 18:00 (TBC) Welcome drinks and dinner hosted by His Excellency Liviu DRAGNEA, President of the Chamber of Deputies, Vila Lac
THURSDAY, May 4 th
Logistics of the day:
• 8 – 15:30 @ National Bank of Romania
• 15:30- 17:30 – Free Time & Transit in between locations
• 17:30 – 19:30 @ Hotel Sheraton
9:00 – 9:30 Opening remarks by Harlan ULLMAN, Senior Advisor at Washington DC’s Atlantic Council and Business Executives for National Security and at Strategikon, and by Ioan Mircea PASCU, Vice-President of the European Parliament and President of Strategikon
9:30 – 11:15 Panel: ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVES ON GOOD GOVERNANCE
Moderator: Harlan K. ULLMAN
Speaker: Mugur ISĂRESCU, Governor of the National Bank
Speaker: Teodor MELESCANU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Speaker: Ioan Mircea PASCU, Vice-President of the European Parliament and President of Strategikon
Speaker: General Nicolae-Ionel CIUCĂ, Chief of General Staff, Romanian MoD
Speaker: Mircea GEOANĂ, Former Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Former President of the Romanian Senate
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30 Panel: CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES
Moderator: Kurt VOLKER, former US Permanent Representative to NATO
Speaker: Sergey ROGOV, Director of the Institute for the USA and Canadian Studies Speaker: Robert SALISBURY, Former Leader of the House of Lords
Speaker: Edward Schumacher-MATOS, Journalist WSJ, lecturer and columnist
Speaker: Nicolas TENZER, Chairman, Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision
14:00 – 15:30 Lunch
15:30 – 17:30 Free Time & Transit to Sheraton Hotel
17:30 – 19:00 Breakout sessions
#1 The Black Sea region in the context of post-Cold War geopolitics Speaker: Radu MAGDIN, VP Strategikon Speaker: Cozmin GUSA, Geopolitical Analyst
#2 The right to self-determination vs. traditional spheres of influence Speaker: Ion IONITA, Adevarul Speaker: Sergey ROGOV, Director of the Institute for the USA and Canadian Studies
#3 A region with no grand strategy: South East Europe’s Quest Speaker: Daniel IONITA, Romanian Ambassador to Moldova Speaker: Boyko NOEV, Former Bulgarian Defense Minister [TBC]
#4 Renewing trust in party politics, the case of Romania: strategic communications & Start Up Nation Moderator: Alex GIBOI, Director of Agerpres Speaker: Alexandru PETRESCU, Minister of SMEs and Business Environment Speaker: Edward Schumacher-MATOS, Journalist WSJ, lecturer and columnist
#5 EU/NATO integration prospects Moderator: Dan Carbunaru, Director, Calea Europeana Speaker: Andi CRISTEA, Vicepresident of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament Speaker: Robert SALISBURY, Former Leader of the House of Lords
19:30 – 21:30 Dinner Speaker: General David PETRAEUS, Former CIA Director
FRIDAY, May 5 th
Location: Hotel Sheraton
9:30 – 11:00 Panel: GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA
Moderator: Harlan K. ULLMAN, Senior Advisor at Washington DC’s Atlantic Council and Business Executives for National Security and at Strategikon
Speaker: Shaukat AZIZ, Former Pakistani Prime Minister
Speaker: Rola DASHTI, Former Minister of Planning and Development and former Member of Parliament
Speaker: Uzi RABI, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Resilience in front of 21st century Security Challenges
Moderator: Harlan K. ULLMAN, Senior Advisor at Washington DC’s Atlantic Council and Business Executives for National Security and at Strategikon
Speaker: General Philip Mark BREEDLOVE, Former Commander, Supreme Allied Command, Europe
Speaker: Kurt VOLKER, former US Permanent Representative to NATO (TBC)
Speaker: General David PETRAEUS, Former CIA Director (TBC)
14:15 – 15:30 Breakout sessions
+CHALLENGES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE: A SUMMARY
Moderator: Claudiu LUCACI, Chief Editor, TVR
Speaker: Dania Koleilat KHATIB, Researcher on US-Arab relations
Speaker: Prof. Dr. H. Gül Günver TURAN, President TURABDER (Turkey EU Association) & European Movement – Turkey
GOVERNANCE IN THE AGE OF PANDEMICS: PROTECTING THE PEOPLE
Moderator: Mihai Sebe
Speaker: Raed ARAFAT, Chief of the Emergency Situation Department
Speaker: Col. Laszlo FAZEKAS, Director NATO MILMED COE
15:30 – 16:00 Closing Remarks by Ioan Mircea PASCU
