Brussels, 26/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - A selection of major conferences, workshops and seminars on European integration issues in November 2007:
3rd European Dialogue on Energy and the Climate - Paris, Thursday 1 November, organised by IDDRI and the Centre for Clean Air Policy. Information: http: //http://www.iddri.org/Activites/Ateliers/3ereunion-du-Dialogue-Europeen-surl 'Energie-et-le-Climat/. Contact point: Hubert Kieken - hubert.kieken@iddri.org
Better Regulation Forum meeting - Brussels, Tuesday 6 November from 10: 00 to 1: 00pm. Forum organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC). Invitation only. Contact point: Marie-Hélène Fandel - M.fandel@epc.eu.
Sixty-Minute Briefing on EU Foreign Policy - Brussels, Tuesday 6 November from 5: 30 to 6: 30pm. Briefing by Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, President of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, organised by EPC. Contact point: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
Pour une politique européenne de protection des actifs stratégiques? - Paris, Tuesday 6 November, from 9: 00 to 6: 00pm. Event organised by Sciences-Po Paris and the Prometheus Foundation. Speakers include Michel Barnier, French Agriculture Minister; Jean-Dominique Giulani, Director of the Schuman Foundation, Philippe Mellier, President of Alstom Transports and Jean-François Dehecq, President of Sanofi-Aventis. Contact point: Nathalie de Baudry d'Asson. Tel: +33 (0)6 24 26 37 88. http://www.lelienpublic.com . Programme can be found at: http: //http://www.centretransatlantique.fr/pdf/Prometheus_FranceEuropeMondialisation.pdf
The EU and the Fight against International Terrorism - Data protection, the fight against terrorism and EU external relations - Brussels, Wednesday 7 November from 6: 00 to 8: 00pm. Organised by the Universteit Brussel (VUB). Speakers: Gijs de Vries, former EU counter-terrorism coordinator, and Paul De Hert of the VUB. Contact point: Laila Macharis - Laila.Macharis@vub.ac.eu.
Economic Policy Forum meeting - Brussels, Wednesday 7 November, from 9: 00 to 1: 00pm. Organised by EPC. Invitation only. Contact point: Fabian Zuleeg - f.zuleeg@epc.eu.
Policy Dialogue - Ukraine after the elections: Is the future still orange? - Brussels, Thursday 8 November, from 10: 00 to 11: 30pm. Organised by EPC, addresses by Yurii Ruban, Director of the National Institute of Strategic Studies (Ukraine) and Kosiantyn Bondarenki, Director at the Gorshenin Institute. Contact point: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
Quelles frontières pour l'Union européenne ? - Paris, Thursday 8 November from 8: 45 to 11: 00am. Organised by IFRI. Speakers: Michel Foucher, professor at the École Normale Supérieure, member of the Conseil des Affaires étrangères, Maxime Lefèbvre, advisor at France's Permanent Representation to the EU, Dorothée Schmid, researcher at IFRI. Contact point: Martine Breux - breux@ifri.org
The place of competition law in the future Community legal order - Brussels, Thursday 8 November. Organised by Institut Montaigne and the College of Europe. Contact point: info@institutmontaigne.org
Les Territoires transfrontaliers: l'Europe au quotidien - Lille, France, 8-9 November. Conference organised by Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière with the aid of Confrontations Europe. Contact point: +33 1 55 80 56 80. http: //http://www.espaces-transfrontaliers.eu
Eleventh State Aid Forum - Trier (Germany), 8 and 9 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3986.htm .
Le Caucase post-soviétique: identités et conflits - Brussels, on 9-10 November. Conference organised by CEVIPOL. Information and registration: Aude Merlin - amerlin@ulb.ac.be - +32 475 485 057
What future for EU immigration and asylum policy? - Milan, Italy, 9-10 November. Forum organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) and the Milan court of appeal. Programme: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3987.htm . Contact point: Nina Salomon - + 49 651 937 37 62.
The Lisbon Treaty and the Protection of Fundamental Rights - Brussels, 12 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5461.htm
Rome I & Rome II - Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations - Lisbon, 12-13 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3988.htm
Strengthening Europe's Financial Systems - Brussels, Tuesday 13 November. Organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Speakers: Michael Deppler, Director of European department at the IMF, and Luc Everaert, Director of the regional study division at the IMF. Contact point: Anne-Marie Boudou - amboudou@ceps.eu
EU-Africa Forum meeting - Brussels, Wednesday 14 November, from 12: 00 to 3: 00pm. Organised by EPC. Invitation only. Contact point: John Kotsopoulos - j.kotsopoulos@epc.eu
EU-Asia Forum meeting - Brussels, Thursday 15 November, 11: 30 to 2: 30pm. Organised by EPC. Invitation only. Contact point: Shada Islam - s.islam@epc.eu
External Competence: ECJ Opinion 1/03 on Lugano - Mixed Agreements in Private International Law: Procedure and Effects - Brussels, Thursday 15 November, 6: 00 to 8: 00pm. Organised by the Institute for European Studies (VUB). Speakers: Pieter Jan Kuijper, Amsterdam University and European Commission, and Jan Peter Hix, Council of the EU. Contact point: Laila Macharis - Laila.Macharis@vub.ac.eu
The social, political and economic role of public services in Europe - Brussels, Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 November. Conference and workshop organised by ETUIREHS, EPSU and SALSA. Further information: http: //http://www.etui-rehs.org/
The European Area of Justice on the Eve of the Slovenian Presidency - Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 15-17 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3989.htm
Japan-European Union: a Strategic Partnership in the Making - Brussels, 19-20 November. 10th annual conference on EU-Japan relations, organised by the Institut d'études européennes at the ULB in Brussels. Information: + 32 2 650 49 49.
Protecting Fundamental Rights within the European Union - Trier, 19-20 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3990.htm
Policy Dialogue - Establishing a European Public Prosecutor: the arguments for and against - Brussels, Tuesday 20 November, from 5: 00 to 6: 30pm. Organised by EPC. Speakers: Andrew Duff, MEP and Roger Smith, President of Justice. Contact point: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu
Franco-British Defence Forum - Paris, 20-21 November. Organised by the Centre for European Reform (CER) and Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). Contact point: events@cer.org.uk
Policy Dialogue - Integrating migrants: a Europe halfway to best practice - Brussels, Wednesday 21 November, 2: 00-5: 00pm. Organised by EPC. Speakers: Rui Marques, High Commissioner for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (Portugal), Tanel Mätlik, Director at the Non-Estonian's Integration Foundation (Estonia) and Jean-Philippe Moinet, advisor to the Director for population and migration at the Social Cohesion Ministry in France. Contact point: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu
A closer look at REACH - The next steps or importers and retailers - Brussels, 21 November. Seminar organised by the Foreign Trade Association (FTA). Info: http: //http://www.fta-eu.org/reach_seminar_invitation.doc
Conflict Prevention Workshop: “Cooperation with Regional Organisations” - Brussels (European Commission), Thursday 22 November from 9: 00 to 5: 30pm. 4th and final seminar in the Conflict Prevention series - Creating a Leading Role for the European Union, organised by the Madariaga Foundation. Contact point: Magali Auquier - mauquier@madariaga.org
Community Trademarks and Designs - Alicante, 22-23 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3992.htm
3rd European Forum on Eco-innovation - Paris, 26-27 November. Organised as part of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (European Commission). Information: etapforum@pracsis.be. Registration: http: //ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoinnovation2007/2nd_forum/index_en.htm
The Equal Treatment Directives - Trier, 26-27 November. Seminars organised by the European Academy of Law (ERA). Programme: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3353.htm
Annual Symposium on Community Taxation - Trier, 28-29 November. Organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3993.htm
VAT and the Internal Market - an update - Trier, 29-30 November. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3994.htm . (O.L.)