“GET TO KNOW US — GET TO KNOW THEM”
27-30 March 2003, Brussels
International media conference on EU enlargement
Detailed conference program
Thursday 27th March
NH Brussels City Centre Hotel, Chaussee de Charleroi 17
17:00 — check in participants
18:00 — tour in the European Parliament
19:30 — drinks for participants (paid by participants) in lobby of NH Hotel
20:30 — dinner in NH Hotel with keynote speaker
Prof.Dr. Miriam Meckel, State Secretary for Europe, International Affairs and Media, North-Rhine Westphalia: German (North-Rhine Westphalian) view on enlargement and future of Europe
Friday 28th March – open doors – European Parliament
Hosted by Johanna Boogerd, MEP
European Parliament, Rue Wiertz, entrance Spinelli, Room A1G-3
08:30 — Lecture: Candidates’ attitudes to the accession in a political context
Krzysztof Zagórski, CEORG, CBOS
08:50 — Lecture: political scepticism in V4: comparison with Netherlands/Belgium/Germany
Cas Mudde, University of Antwerp
09:20 — Panel: opinion on EU enlargement and political scepticism
Panelists: Krzysztof Zagórski, Cas Mudde, Vladimir Plesnik (Pravo, Czech Republic), Marek Ostrowski (Polityka, Poland)
10:20 — Coffee – transfer to conference
Conference: Problems and challenges of companies in enlarged Europe
(open conference, with external participation)
10:20 — Welcome coffee
10:30 — Opening of conference
Johanna Boogerd, MEP
10:40 — EU accession and economic expectations in Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
István György Tóth, CEORG, TÁRKI
11:00 — Internal market in enlarged Europe. Are we ready?
Susan Binns, Directorate General Internal Market of the European Commission, Director of Directorate B
11:30 — Competition in enlarged Europe
John Ratliff; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
11:50 — Readiness of Eastern and Western Europe for enlargement
Max Smolka, Financial Times Deutschland
Rooms A1G-3; A1H-1; A3H-1
12:10 — 3 parallel workshops for journalists with representatives of Eastern and Western European industries on their experience and problems with enlarging market
Workshop 1: Interbrew – Eric Vaes; PKN Orlen – Tomasz Gryzewski & Robert Gmyrek
Workshop 2: Unilever – Cornelia Röttger; Siemens – Peter Dreyer
Workshop 3: M&G Capital – William Nott; Microsoft – Tomasz Bochenek & Robert Simoncic
Coffee to be served during the workshop
13:10 — Lunch with key address by Len Middelbeek, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands, on Dutch expectations on EU enlargement
14:30 — 3 parallel workshops for journalists with representatives of Eastern and Western European industries on their experience and problems with enlarging market
15:30 — 3 parallel workshops for journalists with representatives of Eastern and Western European industries on their experience and problems with enlarging market
Coffee to be served during the workshop
16:30 — Conclusions
16:45 — End
Excursion: Visit to Interbrew brewery
17:30 — departure from Hotel NH City Centre
18:30 — arrival Hoegaarden Brewery
brewery visit
19:30 — presentation on Interbrew by Corneel Maes, VP Corporate Communications; aperitif
20:00 — buffet
22:00 — departure for Brussels
Saturday 29th March – Palais d’Egmont
Palais d’Egmont, Place Petit Sablon 8
08:30 — Introduction of the day
Communicating enlargement
08:35 — Lecture: Communication strategy of the European Commission. What role for journalists?
Benedictus Nieuwenhuis, DG Enlargement, communication strategy for member states
08:55 — Lecture: Communicating European Issues: the Belgian View
Xavier Demoulin, Director General of European Affairs and Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
09:15 — Panel: Informing public on enlargement: the role of media
Chairman: Guy Janssens, VRT
Panelists: Benedictus Nieuwenhuis, DG Enlargement; Adéla Seidlová, CEORG; Wouter Meijer, NOS Journaal; Karsten Jauch, Thüringer Allgemeine
10:15 — Coffee break
10:45 — 2 Parallel workshops on informing public on enlargement, balancing critical views.
Workshop 1: Jedrzej Krakowski, European Studies Center, University of Silesia, Poland; Jaroslav Daniska, Conservative Institute, Slovakia
Workshop 2: István Stumpf, Policy Research Center of Századveg Foundation, Hungary; Vilem Barak, Liberal Institute, Czech Republic
Regions and enlargement
12:00 — Committee of Regions and Enlargement
Luc van den Brande, Committee of the Regions
12:20 — Parallel workshops with representatives of regions from participating countries
Workshop 1: Land Niederosterreich (Austria) – Benedikt Madl; Hessen (Germany) – Kerstin Rosenow; Region of Prague (Czech Republic) – Jan Bláha
Workshop 2: Berlin (Germany) – Martin Dombrowski; East Netherlands – Rob van Eijkeren; Bratislava (Slovakia) – Andrea Oel-Brettchneider
Workshop 3: Burgenland (Austria) – Andrea Krainer; Regions of Hungary – Ajnas Tarnai; Silesia Region (Poland) – Justyna Piatek
14:00 – 15:30 time for lunch
Excursion: Visit to Port of Antwerp
15:30 — Departure from NH Brussels City Centre Hotel
16:30 — Audiovisual presentation of the Port and the latest developments by Jan Blomme, Head of the R & D Department of the Antwerp Port Authority
17:30 — Transfer to Quay 62 for the boat tour in the harbor with buffet dinner on board
19:30 — Transfer to Brussels
Sunday 30th March
NH Brussels City Centre Hotel, Chaussee de Charleroi 17
10:00 — Breakfast brainstorm with political speaker + interventions from audience (and coffee break)
Dutch view on enlargement and future of Europe – Bernard Bot, former Dutch Ambassador to the EU; Partner Praaning Meines Consultancy
Belgian view on enlargement and future of Europe – Philippe Beke, Belgium’s Chief Negotiator on Enlargement
12:30 — End of conference
Notes
Panel: discussion of a number of panelists in front of the entire audience, with possible interventions from the audience
Workshop: the audience of journalists will be divided into smaller groups, in which they will discuss the given topic with external participants
V4: Visegrád 4 countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
