Berlin Conference ASfE 2010 “Towards a Citizens’ Europe”

DRAFT PROGRAMME — last update: 26/11/2010

20 NOVEMBER 2010

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures),

John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, Berlin.

[Registration from 9 a.m. on.]

9:30-10 a.m   Welcoming address

• Nele Hertling (Co-founder of the Initiative A Soul for Europe – ASfE) and Rarita Zbranca (Director of The AltArt Foundation) for the ASfE Strategy Group
• Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP (former president of the EP)

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.     The Role of the Citizen in Building Europe

Panel discussion with: 

• Krzysztof Czyzewski (Borderland Foundation)
• Anna Maria Darmanin (Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee)
• Mark Geleyn (Ambassador of Belgium)
• Stepan Grigoryan (Chairman of the Board Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGR))
• Martin Hirsch (President Agence du Service Civique)
• Rui Horta (dancer and choreographer)
• Thomas Krüger (President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education)
• Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP (former president of the EP)
• Paul Scheffer (Professor of Social Science, Journalist)
• Yuriy Vulkovsky (Executive Director of the Foundation for Urban Projects and Research / ASfE Strategy Group)

& open audience response

Moderator: Farid Tabarki (Studio Zeitgeist / ASfE Strategy Group)

12:00-12:30 p.m.     Coffee break

12:30-2:00 p.m.       The Image of Europe

Panel discussion with:

• Martichka Bozhilova (film producer)
• Elmar Brok (MEP)
• Javor Gardev (theater and film director)
• Gabriella Gönczy (Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Director Robert Gragger Institut / ASfE Strategy Group)
• Volker Schlöndorff (film director)
• Claus Haugaard Sørensen (Director General DG Communication)
• Wim Wenders (film director)

& open audience response

Moderator: Joanneke Lootsma (Deputy Director of the Felix Meritis)

2:00-3:15 pm            Lunch break

3:15-5:15 p.m.         New Forms of Cooperation between Culture, Business and Politics

Panel discussion with:

• Volker Hassemer (Co-founder of ASfE)
• Frédéric Martel (writer and journalist)
• Mahir Namur (Avrupa Kultur Dernegi / ASfE Strategy Group)
• Vural Öger (Öger Turk Tours)
• Arend Oetker (Vice-President of the Foundation of German Business-BDI)
• Pier Luigi Sacco (Professor of Political Economics, University of Venice)
• Tomáš Sedláček (Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University Prague)
• Androulla Vassiliou (Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth)
• Emílio Rui Vilar (President of the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
• Yuriy Vulkovsky (Executive Director of the Foundation for Urban Projects and Research / ASfE Strategy Group)

& open audience response

Moderator: Dessy Gavrilova (Director of The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate)

5:15-5:45 p.m.        Coffee break

5:45-6:45 p.m.        Conclusions

with 

• Dieter Berg (Chairman of the Management Board of the Robert Bosch Stiftung)
• Tanja Fajon (MEP)
• Sandra Kalniete (MEP)
• Jo Leinen (MEP)
• Jan Olbrycht (MEP)
• Doris Pack (MEP)
• Hannes Swoboda (MEP)
• Rarita Zbranca (Director of the The AltArt Foundation/ ASfE Strategy Group)

Moderators: Nele Hertling (Co-founder of ASfE) and Kathrin Deventer (Secretary General of the European Festivals Association / ASfE Strategy Group)