Brussels, 24/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The following colloquia or seminars on European issues will take place in September:
Towards Pan-European Electricity Trade - Learning from the Nordic Experience - Brussels, 5 September: colloquium organised by Eurelectric with sessions devoted to interconnection, market characteristics and liberalisation (http: //http://www.eurelectric.org/ )
A NATO Perspective -Opportunities and Challenges - Brussels, 13 September: round table with Ambassador Gebhard von Moltke, Germany's Permanent Representative to NATO, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (tel. 32.2/743.07.43, fax: 32.2/743.07.49, email: konradbe@pophost.eunet.be)
EU Common Security and Defence Policy: from Aspiration to Action - Steyning, West Sussex (GB), from 10 to 14 September: «Wilton Byk» conference with addresses by the British Defence Ministry, the Secretariat of the EU Council, NATO and researchers from different institutes (info: Heather Ingrey, tel.: (44) 1903/817764, fax: (44) 1903/814217, email: heather.ingrey@wiltonbyk.org.uk)
La cohésion économique et sociale dans la société de l'information - Bruges, 13 and 14 September: conference organised by the Belgian Presidency with the participation of ministers Charles Picqué (economy) and Laurette Onkelinx (employment/social affairs), Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou, Astrid Thors and Michel Hansenne MEPs, and different representatives from industry and consumer organisations (Destrée Organisation tel.: 32.2/502.06.15, fax: 32.2/502.44.43)
Eurometaux annual seminar: EU Product and Chemicals Policies - Brussels, 13 and 14 September: seminar organised by the European non-ferrous metal association, chaired by Mr. Rodier, CEO of Péchiney (contact: Anna Sodro, tel.: 32.2/775.63.27, fax: 32.2/779.05.23, email sodro@eurometaux.be)
1st European Jurists Forum - Nuremberg, 13 to 15 September: this seminar, organised by the Deutscher Juristentag under the patronage the president of the CJCE, Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias, will broach: the Fundamental Charter of Human Rights and the development of citizenship in the Union (with Spiros Simitis, Lyon-Caen, Stefano Rodota, de Burca) ; company law and company taxation (Messrs. Druey, Schön, Wymeersch, Maisto) ; legal cooperation in the EU (Messrs. Woratsch, Broekhoven, Lopez-Lopez et Ms. Ilia) (tel.: (49) 2 28/983 91 35, fax: (49) 2 28/983 91 40, email: info@djt.de)
The Fifth Annual Competition Conference - Florence, 21 September: this conference, organised by The International Bar Association, will broach the prospects for cooperation between the EU and the United States, as well as the modernisation of European rules of competition. With the participation of national competition authorities, the United States and the European Commission, including Jonathan Faull (tel.: (44) 20/7629 1206, fax: (44) 20/7409 0456, email: confs@int-bar.org)
The US Governmental System and EU-US Relations - Washington, 23 to 28 September: seminar organised by the European Institute of Public Administration of Maastricht in cooperation with the Brookings Institution, Washington DC (tel.: (31) 43.3296.320, fax: (31) 43.3296.296)
Policing and Public Accountability in Europe: Designing European Police Networks - Maastricht, 27 and 28 September: seminar organised by European Institute of Public Administration (info: Araceli Barragan, tel.: (31) 43/3296325, fax: (31) 43/3296296, email: a ;barragan@eipa-nl.com)
4th European Health Forum Gastein 2001: Integrating Health across Policies - Bad Gastein (Austria), from 26 to 29 September: forum organised by the Austrian Ministry of Health with the assistance of DG SANCO of the European Commission and the WHO. Other than taking account of health in EU policies, it will turn to the BSE crisis and health in the context of globalisation (info: Carmen Kiefer, tel.: (43) 6244 4472, fax: (43) 6244 44724)
Control Regimes for Chemical and Biological Materials: Towards a Safer and More Prosperous World - Steyning, West Sussex (GB), 28 to 30 September: conference «Wilton Byk» with the participation of researchers and other personalities, including: Alexander Kelle (Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt), Sergeï Batsanov (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague), Graham Pearson (University of Bradford), Gary Bertsch (Centre for International Trade and Security, Athens, Georgia), Peter Goosen (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria), Rolf Ekeus (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (info: Heather Ingrey, tel.: (44) 1903/817764, fax: (44) 1903/814217, email: heather.ingrey@wiltonbyk.org.uk)