Brussels, 08/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - A selection of major workshops, conferences and seminars on European integration in January 2009:
Transatlantic Relations at a Time of Transition - Brussels, Tuesday 13th, 8.00-9.30am. Breakfast organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC) with Kristen Silverberg, the United States' ambassador to the EU. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
Conséquences de la crise financière sur le devenir européen des Balkans occidentaux - Brussels, Tuesday 13th, 10.00am-12.30pm. Event organised by Confrontations Europe. Speakers: Jean Arnault Dérens, Editor-in-chief of the Balkans Newsletter (Courrier des Balkans), Christophe Pavret de la Rochefordière, Deputy head of unit for the economic affairs of EU candidate countries, DG ECFIN, European Commission, Peter Polajnar, Coordinator of interinstitutional relations, DG Enlargement, European Commission. Contact: sgadi@confrontations.org.
The Fiscal Stimulus: Why so much from the US and China and so little from the EU? - Brussels, Tuesday 13th, 12.30-2.30pm. Event organised by the Madariaga Foundation. Speakers: Prof. Paul De Grauwe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Dr. Feng San of the Chinese mission to the EU, Andrew Small, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels. Information: http: //http://www.madariaga.org/events/events-2008/46-2008/160-the-fiscal-stimuluswhy-so-much-from-the-us-and-chinaand-so-little-from-the-eu .
Le point sur la présidence française de l'Union européenne: une présidence politique? - Brussels, Tuesday 13th, 1.00-2.30pm. Breakfast debate organised by Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) introduced by Guillaume Klossa, former special advisor to Jean-Pierre Jouyet (former French secretary of state for European affairs), journalist and founder/chair of NGO EuropaNova (2002-2007). Registration: http: //http://www.ifri.org/files/Invitations/MA_IFRI_BXL_REGISTRATIONKLOSSA.pdf .
Launch of “The EU's emerging policy on sovereign wealth funds” - Brussels, Tuesday 13th. Event organised by the Centre for European Reform (CER) with David O'Sullivan, Director General of DG Trade at the European Commission. Contact: events@cer.org.uk.
US Trade Policy and Transatlantic Relations under Obama - Brussels, Wednesday 14th, 8.30-10.00am. Breakfast organised by the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). Speakers: Hugo Paemen, Hogan & Hartson, and Mark McConnell, Hogan & Hartson. Contact: info@ecipe.org. Information: http: //http://www.ecipe.org/ecipe-breakfast-meeting-us-trade-policy-and-transatlantic-relations-under-obama .
Trade in Information Technology Goods? - Brussels, Wednesday 14th, 1.00-2.30pm. Seminar organised by ECIPE. Speakers: Fredrik Erixon, Director (ECIPE), and Brian Hindley, researcher (ECIPE). Contact: info@ecipe.org. Information: http: //http://www.ecipe.org/what-next-for-trade-in-information-technology-goods .
Impacts de la crise financière sur les politiques énergétiques en Europe - Brussels, Friday 16th, 9.30am -12.30pm. Event organised by Confrontations Europe. Speakers: Patrice Lambert de Diesbach - Crédit Mutuel CIC, Michel Cruciani - Université Paris-Dauphine, André Ferron - Confrontations Europe. Contact: contact@entretienseuropeens.org.
Turkey-EU relations - Brussels, Monday 19th, 8.30-10.00am. Breakfast organised by EPC. Speaker: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
Asia and the financial crisis: How long, how deep? - Brussels, Monday 19th, 4.00-6.00pm. Event organised by EPC. Speaker: Masahiro Kawai, Head of the Asian Development Bank. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
China's ability to cope with natural disasters: a global challenge - Brussels, Monday 19th, 4.00-6.30pm. Seminar organised by the Madariaga Foundation. Speakers: Javier Solana - EU High Representative for CFSP, Song Zhe - China's ambassador to the EU, Jean-Luc Dehaene - MEP and former Belgian Prime Minister, Pierre Defraigne - Director of the Madariaga Foundation. Contact: info@madariaga.org.
The Czech EU Presidency: Green Impulses and Visions for Europe - Brussels, Monday 19th. Conference organised by the Heinrich-Böll Foundation. Speakers: Ondøej Liška, Czech Education Minister and Vice-president of the Czech Green Party, Sami Andoura, researcher at EGMONT, and Eva van de Rakt, Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Prague. Information and: http: //http://www.boell.be/calendar/VA_viewevt_en.aspx?evtid=5826 . Contact: Ebertowski@boell.be.
The Priorities of the Czech Presidency of the EU - Brussels, Monday 19th. Conference organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Speaker: Milena Vicenova, Czech Permanent Representative to the EU. Contact: amboudou@ceps.eu.
VIP dinner with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister - Brussels, Monday 19th, 7.00pm. Event organised by Friends of Europe. Contact: info@friendsofeurope.org.
Les politiques du développement régional en Europe. Approches croisées OCDE-UE - Brussels, Tuesday 20th. Breakfast debate with François Bafoil, Research Director at CNRS. Event organised by IFRI: http: //http://www.ifri.org/frontDispatcher/ifri/manifestations/d_jeuners_et_diners_d_bats__ 1043938397808/publi_P_mib_bafoil_1230028863860.
The EU Climate/Energy Package: Internal and External Dimensions - Brussels, Wednesday 21st, 6.00-8.00pm. Event organised by the Institute for European Studies (VUB). Speaker: Jos Delbeke, Deputy Director General at DG Environment, European Commission. Information: http: //http://www.ies.be/keynotelecture .
European Competition Policy - Brussels, Wednesday 21st, 5.30-6.30pm. Briefing organised by EPC. Speaker: Karel van Miert, former EU Competition Commissioner. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
Beyond Dependence: How to Deal with Russian Gas? - Brussels, Thursday 22nd, 1.15-2.30pm. Conference organised by CEPS. Speakers: Pierre Noël of Cambridge University, Jean-Arnold Vinois of DG TREN, European Commission, and Leonardo Bellodi, ENI. Contact: amboudou@ceps.eu.
What Transition towards a Low Carbon and Fair Society? - Brussels, Wednesday 28th, at 1.00pm. Meeting with Claude Turmes MEP and Philippe de Buck, Director General of BusinessEurope. Information: http: //http://www.madariaga.org/events/events-2009/58-2009/165-what-transitiontowards-a-low-carbon-and-fair-society .
CER breakfast with Olli Rehn, EU Enlargement Commissioner - Brussels, Thursday 29th. Contact: events@cer.org.uk.
Environmental Policy Forum on 'Revising the WEEE Directive - New Rules for Old Electronics'- Brussels, Thursday 29th, 12.00-2.00pm. Forum organised by the Institute for European Studies (VUB). Speakers: Klaus Koegler, DG Envi, European Commission, Viktor Sundberg, Electrolux, and Nathalie Cliquot, European Environment Bureau. Information: http: //http://www.ies.be/node/616 .
International Conference on the External Aspects of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy- Brussels, Thursday 29th. Conference organised by EGMONT. Contact: info@egmontinstitute.be. (O.L./transl.fl)