Program 2023

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DAY 1 (OCTOBER 11, WEDNESDAY)

08:30 – 08:45

Opening Speeches

08:45 – 09:10

Welcome speechOpening keynote

09:10 – 10:15

Keeping Peace and the Future of the Transatlantic Alliance

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:45

Towards Re-Democratization – Challenges and Opportunities within and beyond the EU

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch break

12:45 – 14:00

Direct European Funding for Cities

14:00 – 15:15

Illiberalism and Gender – An Uneasy Relationship

15:15 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:00

Ukraine After the War – the Reconstruction of Ukraine

17:00 – 18:15

Going beyond EU conditionality?

Day 2 (October 12, Thursday)

09:00 – 09:15

Keynote Speech: Safeguarding Democracy in Europe

09:15 – 10:30

The Disinformation and Military Threat of Chinese Aggression – After the Invasion of Ukraine

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:15

It’s the economy, stupid! The undervalued role of inequality and inflation in undermining democracy

12:15 – 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 – 13:45

Tomorrow’s Europe – Replacing Energy at the Centre of the European Political and Democratic Project

13:45 – 15:00

Revisiting Energy Independence in the CEE region: a Stocktaking

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 15:45

Keynote discussion

15:45 – 16:45

Arbiters of Truth – Defending the Public from Disinformation through Investigative Journalism, Media Literacy and Fact-Checking

16:45 – 17:45

Russian Influence and the EU Integration Process of the Western Balkans

17:45 – 18:45

New Autocratization Trends vs. Democratic Renewal