Conference on the future of defence in Europe

1. 4 Nov 2020, 14:00 - 14:30 (CET)

   Welcome address: Stéphane Rodrigues, IREDIES - Sorbonne War studies (University Paris 1)

   Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market

    

2. 14:30 - 14:45 (CET)

   Panel 1: Geopolitics of the European Union in the 21st century

   • Pascal Boniface, Director of the French Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS)
   • Ulrike Franke, Policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
   • Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Paris Office director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS)
   • Alessandro Marrone, Head of Defence Programme at the “Istituto Affari Internazionali/Institute of International Affairs” (IAI) of Rome

    

   Moderation:Federico Santopinto, Research fellow at GRIP

3. 15:45 - 16:15 (CET)

   Guest Speaker: Jolyon Howorth, Harvard Kennedy School

    

   Moderation: Stéphane Rodrigues, IREDIES - Sorbonne War studies (University Paris 1)

4. 16:15 - 17:30 (CET)

   Panel 2: Is the EU European defence’s last hope?

   • Sven Biscop, Director of the European Programme at the Egmont Institute, professor at the Ghent University
   • Ana Gomes, Former Member of the European Parliament (2004-2019) (Portugal)
   • Urmas Paet, Member of the European Parliament (Estonia)
   • Jean-Paul Palomeros, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation (SACT) and former Chief of Staff of the French Air forces

    

   Moderation: Frédéric Mauro, Associated research fellow at IRIS

5. 17:30 - 18:00 (CET)

   Closing address: Nathalie Loiseau, Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament

    

   Moderation: Edouard Simon, Senior Fellow at IRIS

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