Brussels, 03/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - A selection of major workshops, conferences and seminars on European issues in November 2009:
Electricity Supply in the Baltic Region after the phasing out of Ignalina NPP - Brussels, Thursday 5, from 9.00 to 11.30am. Seminar organised by Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI). Information: http: //http://www.ifri.org/frontDispatcher/ifri/manifestations/s_minaire_1033636016876 /publi_P_energie_mar_1255599715149
The 'State of Europe' - 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall - Brussels, Thursday 5, from 2.30 to 5.15pm. Event organised by European Policy Centre (EPC). Speakers include Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia, Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, and Alexandr Vondra, former deputy Czech European affairs minister. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
Putting Europe's economy back on track - Brussels, Monday 9, 5.30 to 6.30pm. Event organised by EPC. Speaker: Jürgen Thumann, chair of BusinessEurope. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
Nouveaux élargissements: Paquet élargissement 2009, l'évaluation de l'avancement des négociations pour les pays candidats - Brussels, Tuesday 10, 12.00 to 2.30pm. Event organised by Confrontations Europe, attended by Adrian Severin MEP (S&D, Romania), member of the EP's foreign affairs committee, and Jean-Christophe Filori, Head of Unit covering the country of Turkey at the European Commission. Contact: userafin@confrontations.org.
Où en sont les pays d'Europe centrale 20 ans après la chute du mur: des « révolutions de velours » to la normalisation - Brussels, Tuesday 10, 1.00 to 2.3pm. Lunchtime debate organised by IFRI and introduced by Éliane Mossé, former financial advisor for central Europe at the French finance ministry. Contact: info.Brussels@ifri.org.
CER Breakfast Meeting with Meglena Kuneva - Brussels, Thursday 12. Breakfast organised by the Centre for European Reform (CER) with the EU consumer protection commissioner. Information: info@cer.org.uk.
Le Programme de Stockholm: Une stratégie améliorée de gestion de l'information pour l'espace de Justice, Liberté et Sécurité - Brussels, Thursday 12, 9.00 to 12.00 midday. Event organised by the Robert Schuman Foundation. Speakers: Magnus G. Graner, Swedish Secretary of State, Jean-Louis Debrouwer, Director of DG JLS at the European Commission, Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director of Frontex, Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor. Contact: Brussels@robert-schuman.eu - Fax: 02 234 77 72.
Lunchtime debate on 'Multilevel Governance' - Brussels, Thursday 12. Lunchtime debate organised by TEPSA. Speaker: Luc Van den Brande, President of the Committee of the Regions. Contact: Yvonne Nasshoven - Tel.: +32(2) 511 34 70 - yvonne.nasshoven@tepsa.be.
Crisis Management at the Cross-Roads - Brussels, Monday 16, 8.30am to 8.00pm. Conference organised by CEPS, the European Money and Finance Forum and the Belgian Finance Forum. Speakers: Paul Tucker, Deputy Governor for financial stability at the Bank of England, Guy Quaden, Governor of the Bank of Belgium, and Jaime Caruana, Director General of the Bank for International Settlements. Contact: Gabriella Szendrei - Fax: +43 1 40420 7298 - e-mail: Gabriella.Szendrei@oenb.at.
Full programme: http: //http://www.suerf.org/download/bxl09/bxlprelprog.pdf .
Europe's interlocking challenges: Energy and the economic crisis - Brussels, Wednesday 18, 9.30am to 4.30pm. Event organised by Friends of Europe. Speaker: Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner. Contact: info@friendsofeurope.org. Full programme:
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Conference de clôture du cycle européen sur le plan de relance - Brussels, Wednesday 18, 2.30 to 5.00pm. Event organised by FEPS. Speakers: Joaquín Almunia, EU Economic and Social Affairs Commissioner, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, chair of the PES at the European Parliament, Maria João Rodrigues, Special advisor to the PES at the European Parliament, and Martin Schultz, chair of the S&D group at the European Parliament. Contact: info@feps-europe.eu.
L'Europe au féminin. Pour une vraie parité - Brussels, Thursday 19, 9.00am to 5.00pm. Event organised by the Robert Schuman Foundation. Speakers: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President of Latvia. Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Vladimir Špidla, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Contact: contact@femmesparite.eu. Fax 02 234 77 72.
Annual Conference on European Food Law 2009 - Food chemical safety in the European Union - Brussels, Thursday 19 and Friday 20. Conference organised by the Academy of
European Law. For further information, see http: //http://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=NEW&_sprache=en&_bereich=ansicht&_aktion=detail&schluessel=era.
La Chine à la veille de Copenhague: le point sur les enjeux énergie et climat - Brussels, Tuesday 24, 1.00 to 2.30pm at the European Commission Representation Office in Belgium. Lunchtime debate introduced by Valérie Niquet, researcher and director of the Asia Centre at IFRI. Information and registration: http: //http://www.ifri.org/frontDispatcher/ifri/manifestations/d_jeuners_et_diners_d_bats_ 1043938397808/publi_P_mib_niquet_1256131589746.
L'énergie nucléaire: opportunités et risques - Les points de vue de la société civile européenne et des acteurs concernés - Brussels, Monday 30, 9.00am to 5.30pm. Conference organised by the European Economic and Social Committee and Confrontations Europe. Programme: http: //http://www.confrontations.org/spip.php?page=evenement&id_article=653. (O.L./transl.fl)