Brussels, 01/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - The main workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars on themes relating to European integration during the month of October:
Towards a US Nuclear Renaissance - Brussels, Monday 5, from 9.00am to 11.30am. Seminar organised by the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) with John Brodman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy, Jacques Lesourne, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Ifri Energy Programme and William C. Ramsay, Director of the Ifri Energy Program. Contact: Martine Breux - breux@ifri.org.
Future perspectives of a European Housing policy for a more social Europe - Brussels, Monday 5, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Event organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Information: http: //http://www.fes.de/ . Contact: Nina.Netzer@fes-europe.eu.
Africa: opportunities for a new policy approach - Brussels, Monday 5, from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Event organised by the EPC. Speaker: Robert Calderisi, author of “The Trouble in Africa: why foreign aid isn't working”. Contact: Valérie Gilles - v.gilles@epc.eu.
European lobbying: how to promote transparency - Brussels, Tuesday 6, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Lunch-debate organised by the Ifri. Information and registration on Ifri web site: http: //http://www.ifri.org/frontDispatcher/ifri/manifestations/prochaines_manifestations .
The Irish have voted: now what? - Brussels, Tuesday 6, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Conference organised by the Madariaga Foundation. Speakers: Piotr Maciej Kaczynski, Researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Jean-Victor Louis, Honorary Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Registration: info@madariaga.org.
Proposals for a Europe of Liberties - Brussels, Tuesday 6, from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. Event organised by the CEPS. Speakers: José Maria Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain, and Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament. Contact: amboudou@ceps.eu.
Transatlantic similarities and difference in response to the crisis - Brussels, Wednesday 7, from 11.00am to 12.30pm. Event organised by the CEPS along with the European Capital Markets Institute. Registration: isabelle.tenaerts@ceps.eu.
The Swedish Presidency after the Irish Referendum - Brussels, Wednesday 7, from 1.15pm to 2.30pm. Conference organised by the CEPS. Speaker: Cecilia Malmström, Swedish Minister for European Affairs. Contact: amboudou@ceps.eu.
State of Europe - Brussels, Friday 9. Round Table organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers include Catherine Ashton, European Trade Commissioner, and Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for the Information Society. For further information: http://www.friendsofeurope.org .
Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2009 - Trier, Monday 12 and Tuesday 13. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Information: http: //http://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=NEW&_sprache=en&_bereich=ansicht&_aktion=detail&schluessel=era .
Towards Basel III? Regulating the banking sector after the crisis - Brussels, Monday 12, from 9.00am to 5.30pm. Round Table organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers include: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists, Gill Marcus, Governor of the South African Central Bank and Joaquín Almunia, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner. For further information: http://www.friendsofeurope.org .
The Stockholm Programme: improved information - Brussels, Tuesday 13, from 9.00am to 1.00pm. Event organised by the Robert Schuman Foundation. Among those expected to take part is Jacques Barrot, European Commission Vice-President with responsibility for Justice, Freedom and Security.
Crises et conflits: les causes et les scénarios - Paris, Tuesday 13. Event organised by IRIS. Speakers: Hubert Védrine, Former French Foreign Minister and Pascal Boniface, Director of IRIS. Contact: contact@iris-france.org.
Crisis, never again! Responsible lending and financial education on the European agenda - Brussels, Wednesday 14, from 12.00 to 4.15pm. Event organised by the CEPS, with inter alia Urban Karlström, Swedish Secretary of State for Financial Market Affairs. Contact: amboudou@ceps.eu.
Raising bio preparedness levels in Europe Roundtable 1: Influenza pandemics: what concrete measures now? - Brussels, Wednesday 14, from 12.00 to 1.30pm. Round Table organised by the Security & Defense Agenda (SDA). Information: http: //http://www.securitydefenceagenda.org .
Policy Dialogue Genetically modified organisms - Brussels, Thursday 15, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Event organised by the EPC at which Mariann Fischer Boel, European Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner, and others, will speak. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 - 6th Brussels Debate: Cultural diversity - Brussels, Thursday 15, from 5.00pm to 7.00pm. Event organised by the EPC. Contact: v.gilles@epc.eu.
Getting into lane for Copenhagen - 5th Annual Brussels Climate Change Conference - Brussels, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22. Conference organised by the CEPS along with Epsilon Events. Contact: jwilmott@epsilonevents.com.
L'Union européenne face aux défis de la mondialisation - Paris, Thursday 15, 6.30pm. Conference organised by the European Union Chair of the Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers (CNAM). Speaker: Pierre Lellouche, French Secretary of State for European Affairs. Information: http://www.cnam.fr .
Réussir la croissance verte - Paris, Thursday 22, from 9.00am to 6.30pm. Event organised by the Fondation pour l'innovation politique. Contact@fondapol.org.
Beyond Aid: is our aid focus too narrow? - Stockholm, Thursday 22. Event organised by Friends of Europe. Contact: ringaile.trakymaite@friendsofeurope.org. (O.L./transl.rt)