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The European Conference
at Harvard:
An assessment of global challenges through the transatlantic relationship
A student organized and
administered conference of the
John F. Kennedy School of Government European Club
with the Harvard European Law Association
Harvard University
October 27-28, 2006
OVERVIEW:
Friday October 27, 2006 (15:00 - 16:30)
"The (In)dispensable Partnership Facing a Deteriorating World"
Keynote discussion with
Joschka Fischer,
former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Federal
Republic
of Germany (1998-2005)
Moderated by
David
Gergen, Director of the Center for Public Leadership, Professor
of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government
Saturday
October 28, 2006
I.
Non-proliferation (9:30 - 10:45)
Featuring:
Michael Rühle,
Henry Sokolski and
Jeffrey Lewis
II.
Promoting Democracy (11:00 - 12:15)
Featuring:
Swanee Hunt,
Richard Morningstar,
Kevin Ryan,
Vivien Schmidt
and
Dimitris Keridis
III.
Cross Border Movements and Cultural Identity (13:00 - 14:15)
Featuring:
Armando Barucco,
Jonathan Laurence,
Michael Werz and
Helga Flores-Trejo
IV.
Trade and Development (14:30 - 15:45)
Featuring:
Pierre Defraigne,
Robert Lawrence,
Angelos Pangratis and
Francesco Meggiolaro
Click here for a complete and printable
agenda.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
Thank you for your overwhelming
interest, but due to space limitations the
keynote and panel registration is now closed. Seating for the keynote will
open for
registrants at 2:30 and will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Standing room in Allison Dining Room will be available to overflow
registrants.
All
conference events will take place on the campus of the John F. Kennedy
School of Government –
Taubman Building in the 5th Floor Conference
Center. Click here for
directions.
This conference is
made possible thanks to core support from NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division
with
grants from KPMG France, the Heinrich Böll Foundation North America and
assistance from the Belfer
Center for Science and International Affairs and
the Degree Programs office of the Kennedy School of
Government.
 
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
The idea for a conference looking outward at global challenges through
the transatlantic relationship comes
out of the aftermath of the Iraq war
and the "go it alone" sentiment that resulted both in Europe and the
United
States. But as shown by the annual German Marshall Fund-sponsored
Transatlantic Trends and the
Pew Global Attitudes Project surveys, while
antagonism toward American hegemony exists and runs deep,
Americans and
Europeans still share many of the same fundamental values and threat
perceptions. Europe
remains America’s natural partner in engaging the
world, and our redoubled efforts working together to
address challenges in
both continents’ interests best serve us all.
As Kennedy
School and Harvard Law School students studying in America and interested in
Europe, we
recognize our need to cooperate. America and Europe cannot
afford to go it alone – not in the war on terror,
not on spreading
democracy. With more challenges on the global palette that any nation can
address
singly, and asymmetric threats fostered by conditions of unaddressed
poverty and failed states, the
question can no longer be if, but
how we address such challenges. With this conference, our aim is to
bring together policy experts to explore what students and leaders alike can
do to better manage and
leverage our collective engagement in the world.
The
conference is conceived and organized
by students Adam Hunter, Laura Kwiatowski and Andre Stein at
the Kennedy School and Ermal Frasheri and Francesca Strumia at Harvard Law School.
We
sincerely thank Erin Ward Bibo in the Kennedy School Degree Programs office for her
immense support.
Questions? Please contact
Adam Hunter or
Laura Kwiatowski. |
