II SESSION | 15 – 17 JANUARY 2016

“BUILDING THE NEW CENTRAL EUROPE: VISEGRAD STATES AND GERMANY” Lublin, 16 I 2016

10:00 – 10:15 OFFICIAL OPENING

• Dr. Katarzyna Pisarska, Director, European Academy of Diplomacy, Poland
• Michael Quaas, Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Poland
• Prof. Grzegorz Janusz, Dean of the Faculty of Political Studies, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (UMCS), Poland
• Prof. Marek Pietraś, Director of International Relations Department, Faculty of Political Science, UMCS, Poland

10:15 – 11:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH

• Mr. Roland Freudenstein, Policy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (WMCES), Germany

COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 12:45 1st PANEL Germany & Visegrad: How do we find a common position on the refugee crisis?

• Mr. Manfred Huterer, Minister Plenipotentiary of the German Embassy in Poland
• Dr. Jakub Olchowski, Faculty of Political Studies, UMCS, Poland
• Mr. Frank Markovic, European Public Affairs, Slovakia
• Ms. Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, The Greens, Germany
• Moderator: Dr. Katarzyna Pisarska, European Academy of Diplomacy, Poland

LUNCH

13:45 – 15:15 2nd PANEL Maintaining Liberal Democracy: The Central-Eastern Europe Case

• Dr. Beata Piskorska, The John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland
• Mr. Roland Freudenstein, Policy Director, WMCES, Germany
• Mr. Grzegorz Gromadzki, Batory Foundation, Poland
• Mr. Tomáš A. Nagy, Associate Fellow, Central European Policy Institute, Slovakia
• Moderator: Prof. Marek Pietraś, Faculty of Political Studies, UMCS, Poland

COFFE BREAK

15:30– 17:00 3rd PANEL Germany & Visegrad: Working towards Energy Independence

• Dr. Justyna Misiągiewicz, Faculty of Political Studies, UMCS, Poland
• Dr. Mariusz Ruszel, Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland
• Ms. Zuzanna Nowak, The Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland
• Mr. Michal Vit, Europeum, Czech Republic
• Moderator: Mr. Maciej Kowalski, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland/USA