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Europe Meets Russia, A Forum for Young Leaders

"Political, Economic and Cultural Trends in the European-Russian Partnership"

(Berlin, April 24th - 27th, 2012)

	April 24^th	April 25^th	April 26^th	April 27^th
09:30	Registration	Tea, Coffee & Refreshments	Tea, Coffee & Refreshments	Tea, Coffee & Refreshments
10:00	Introduction to Cultural Diplomacy and the European-Russian Relationship Speaker: Mark C .Donfried (Director and Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) William Hernád (Program Director, ICD Europe Meets Russia Program) Location: ICD House and Arts	Russia in the Global World (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: The Hon. Raul Mälk (Former Foreign Minister of Estonia) Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture	History and the Responsibilites of "Political Education" Regarding Russia (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Kristin Wesemann (Expert, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) Location: Federal Foundation for Political Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung)	Russia and Europe: Together or Apart? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Michail Kasyanov (Former Prime Minister of Russia) Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture
11:00	Travel Time	Coffee Break	Travel Time	Coffee Break
11:30	Travel Time	The Impact of Russia’s WTO Accession on EU-Russia Relations (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Fraser Cameron (Director, Europe-Asia Center, former Director or Europe-Russia Center, Brussels) Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture	(11:45) Europe Meets Russia: But where are the meeting points? (Presentation and Interactive Discussion) Speaker: Armen Oganesyan (Editor-in-Chief, International Affairs Journal, Russia) Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture	The Relationship Between Moldova and the European Union and Russia (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Aureliu Ciocoi (Ambassador of Moldavia to Germany) Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture

	April 24^th	April 25^th	April 26^th	April 27^th
12:30	(12:00) German Parliament Special Visit and Guided Historical and Architectural Tour Location: German Parliament	Political, Economic and Cultural Trends in the European-Russian Partnership (Panel Discussion) Speakers: Fraser Cameron (Director, Europe-Asia Center, former Director or Europe-Russia Center, Brussdels) The Hon. Raul Mälk (Former Foreign Minister of Estonia) Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner (Jean Monnet Chair Professor of European Studies, Stanford University), Kristiina Ojuland (MEP, Former Foreign Minister of Estonia), Rolf Schnelle (Former Director of Cultural Department of German Foreign Ministry) Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture	Europe Meets Russia: But where are the meeting points? (Continued)	The Future of the European-Russian Partnership (Panel Discussion) Speakers: Michail Kasyanov (Former Prime Minister of Russia) H. E. Amb. Aureliu Ciocoi (Ambassador of Moldavia to Germany) Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner (Jean Monnet Chair Professor of European Studies, Stanford University) H.E. Amb. Karl-Erik Norrman (Secretary General of the European Cultural Parliament, former Swedish Ambassador), Armen Oganesyan (Editor-in-Chief, International Affairs Journal, Russia)
13:30	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Farewell
14:00	Arts as Cultural Diplomacy (Lecture and Visit) Speaker: Marc Bogaerts (Chief Choreographer, Deutsches Fernseherballet) Location: State School for Arts and Ballet (Staatliche Ballet Schule & Schule für Artistik)	(15:00) Contemporary Russian Diplomacy (Lecture & Visit) Speaker: Ivan Alexeejv (Political Attaché of the Russian Embassy in Berlin) Location: Russian Embassy in Berlin	(14:30) Environmental problems of the engine internal combustion (Particpants Paper) Speaker: Maksim Dolgov Economic and Cultural Trends in the European-Russian Partnership (Particpants Paper) Speaker: Nino Matcharashvili Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture
16:00		Travel Time	(15:30) Travel Time

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17:00

Berlin Historical Walking Tour

A tour of the famous sites of East Berlin including the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate, and the area of Berlin-Mitte