Agenda
4th Europe—USA Forum
Transatlantic Dilemmas of Power
December 7, 2012
Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Program
8:45 am Registration, coffee
9:10 am Welcome by Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
9:15 am Panel I: Transatlantic Cooperation in an Era of Austerity
Moderator: Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Panelists: Christopher Smart, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Gordon Bajnai, Former Prime Minister of Hungary
Frans Van Daele, Former Head of the Cabinet of Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium
Mario Baldassarri, Senator, Chairman of the Finance and Treasury Committee, Italy
Karan Bhatia, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Global Government Affairs and Policy, General Electric
Commentators: Eduardo Cabrita, Chairman of the Budget Committee, Portugal
Teuta Arifi, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Macedonia
10.30 am Coffee break
10:45 am Panel II: Transatlantic Leadership and Rising Powers
Moderator: Hans Binnendijk, Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Panelists: Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House, United Kingdom
Peter Burian, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
Fiona Hill, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
Alain Richard, Senator, Former Minister of Defense, France
Kurt Volker, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Commentator: Lucio D’Ubaldo, Senator, President of the Italy-USA Foundation, Italy
Werner Fasslabend, President, Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party, Austria
11:45 am Panel III: The Pacific Pivot—What does it mean for Transatlantic Economic and Strategic Relations?
Moderator: Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Panelists: Christine Wormuth, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Strategy Plans and Forces, U.S. Department of State
Nirav Patel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Regional Security Policy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Urban Ahlin, Foreign Policy Spokesperson, Social Democratic Party, Riksdag, Sweden
Paula Dobriansky, Former Undersecretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Ivan Miklos, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Member of National Council, Slovakia
Witold Waszczykowski, Vice Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament, Poland
12:45 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Panel IV: The Transatlantic Energy Disconnect
Introduction: Andras Simonyi, Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Keynote: Daniel Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Panelists: Iulian Fota, National Security Advisor, Presidency of Romania
Neven Mimica, Deputy Prime Minister, Croatia
William Nitze, Oceana Energy, Aspen Institute
John Dizard, The Financial Times
Commentators: Asim Mollazade, Chairman of the Democratic Reforms Party, Azerbaijan
2:45 pm Panel V: Getting Beyond Venus and Mars—Forging an Effective Transatlantic Partnership
Moderator: Andras Simonyi, Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
Panelists: Thomas Debass, Director for Global Partnerships, Department of State
Dan Petre, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Gabriel Elorriaga Pisarik, Chairman of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, Congress of Deputies, Spain
Giorgi Baramidze, Vice Chairman, Parliament, Georgia
Commentator: Timmy Dooley, Member of the EU Committee, Parliament, Ireland
Josef Braml, Editor-in-Chief, DGAP Yearbook, German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany
4:00 pm Closing remarks by Daniel Hamilton, Center for Transatlantic Relations
