DAY 1 (21 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY): BUILDING DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Speeches
09:15 – 09:30
Welcome speeches
09:30 – 10:30
Ambassadors Roundtable on Sustainable Democracy in the 21st Century
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00
EU expansion, Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership – What is the right way forward?
12:00 – 13:00
Brown Bag Lunch
13:00 – 13:15
Keynote Speech:How Autocratic Tendencies Can Spread Under the Guise of Democracy
13:15 – 13:30
Keynote Speech:Taiwan and Taoyuan under the Threat of China
13:30 – 14:45
Session A: When fake news goes mainstream – State-sponsored disinformation and effective countermeasures
13:30 – 14:45
Session B: Is Deep Polarization in Society a Driver of Autocratization?
14:45 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:15
Session A: Cities as warzone and rebuilding Ukraine – Living during and after history
15:00 – 16:15
Session B: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: A turning point in Ukraine’s European integration?
16:15 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Hungary: Global Illiberal Trend-setter and Black Sheep of the EU?
Day 2 (22 September, Thursday): JUST CLIMATE TRANSITION
09:00 – 10:30
Socially Just Climate Transition: a Blueprint
10:30 – 10:45