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16th Batumi International Conference Dedicated to 10th Anniversary of Eastern Partnership
21.06.2019
10 years passed since the launch of the Eastern Partnership in 2009, a novel initiative instituted by the European Union...
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11-07-2019 08:00 - 09:00
Hotel Sheraton Batumi
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Day 1
Welcome
11-07-2019 09:00 - 09:05
Hotel Sheraton Batumi
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Day 1
Opening Remarks
11-07-2019 09:05 - 09:30
Hotel Sheraton Batumi
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Angel
Tilvar
Chairperson of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
Archil
Talakvadze
Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
Parliament of Georgia
Audun
Halvorsen
State Secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Government of Norway, Oslo
Brian
Whitmore
Senior Fellow & Director of the Russia Program
Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Washington DC
Christos
Stylianides
Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
European Commission, Brussels
Clare
Moody
Member of the European Parliament
European Parliament, Brussels
Claudia
Roth
Vice President of the German Bundestag
German Bundestag, Berlin
Daniela
Morari
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova
Government of Moldova, Chișinău
David
Lee
CEO and co-founder of the European Business Association in Georgia
European Business Association, Tbilisi
David
Zalkaliani
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Government of Georgia, Tbilisi
Donald
Tusk
President of the European Council
European Council, Brussels
Ekaterina
Zaharieva
Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
Government of Bulgaria, Sofia
Enn
Eesmaa
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament
Parliament of Estonia
Evgeny
Shestakov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
Government of Belarus
Fraser
Cameron
Director of the EU-Asia Centre and Senior Fellow at European Policy Centre
EU-Asia Centre, Brussels
Gabriela
Cretu
Chairperson of the Committee on European Affairs of the Senate of Romania
Senate of Romania
Irina
Abuladze
Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia
Government of Georgia, Tbilisi
Jacek
Czaputowicz
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Government of Poland, Warsaw
Jadranka
Joksimović
Minister of European Integration of Republic of Serbia
Government of Serbia, Belgrade
Jüri
Ratas
Prime Minister of Estonia
Government of Estonia, Tallin
Kai
Sauer
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
Katarzyna
Pisarska
Kerstin
Lundgren
Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag of Sweden
Riksdag of Sweden, Stockholm
Ketevan
Tsikhelashvili
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Integration of Georgia
Government of Georgia, Tbilisi
Lawrence
Meredith
Levan
Izoria
Minister of Defence of Georgia
Government of Georgia
Luc Pierre
Devigne
Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia and OSCE, EEAS
Mahmud
Mammad-Guliyev
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the republic of Azerbaijan
Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku
Mamuka
Bakhtadze
Prime Minister of Georgia
Government of Georgia, Tbilisi
Margot
Wallström
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Government of Sweden, Stockholm
Maya
Tskitishvili
Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
Government of Georgia, Tbilisi
Michael
Emerson
Senior Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS Brussels
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels
Michael
Gahler
Member of the European Parliament
European Parliament
Michael
Peters
Board Director, CEO
Euronews
Michael
Roth
Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office
Government of Germany, Berlin
Mihnea
Motoc
Deputy Head, European Political Strategy Center
European Political Strategy Center
Natalie
Sabanadze
Ambassador of Georgia to the EU
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
Nik
Gowing
Director and Co-founder
Think the Unthinkable
Nino
Javakhadze
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Government of Georgia, Tbilisi
Ola
Henrikson
Regional Director of IOM’s Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland
International Organization for Migration
Pavel
Fischer
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security Committee of the Senate of the Czech Republic
Government of the Czech Republic
Pierre
Heilbronn
Vice President
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Péter
Szijjártó
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
Government of Hungary, Budapest
Rosa
Balfour
Senior Fellow, Europe Program The German Marshall Fund of the United State
The German Marshall Fund
Sajjad
Karim
Former Chair of the European Parliament (EP) Delegation to EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee and EP Delegation to EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
Salome
Zourabichvili
President of Georgia
Tbilisi
Sergiy
Kyslytsya
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Government of Ukraine, Kyiv
Sofio
Katsarava
Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee
Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi
Sokol
Dedja
Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania
Government of Albania, Tirana
Steven
Blockmans
Senior Research Fellow and Head of Foreign Policy and of Institutions Unit
Center of European Policy Studies, Brussels
Tamar
Chugoshvili
First Deputy Chairperson of Parliament
Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi
Tamar
Khulordava
Chairperson of the EU Integration Committee
Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi
Tomáš
Petříček
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Government of the Czech Republic , Prague
Tornike
Rizhvadze
Vazil
Hudák
Vice-President
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Vincenzo
Coppola
Director of Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability EEAS
Yehor
Bozhok
Deputy Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Ukraine, Kyiv
Yuriy
Lavrenyuk
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Government of Ukraine
Zohrab
Mnatsakanian
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
Government of Armenia, Yerevan
Zoran
Janković
State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro
Government of Montenegro, Podgorica
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