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DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Bled Strategic Forum“European Union 2020: Enlarging and Integrating”
26-27 August 2007, Bled, Slovenia

THE CONFERENCE IS OPEN FOR MEDIA!
Day 1 - Sunday, August 26
10:00 - 20:00 Registration for the media (Hotel Golf)
16:00 – 17:00 Gathering and Reception (Festivalna dvorana – Festival Hall)
16:00 – 17:00 Photo opportunity: door-step statements in front of Festival Hall hand –shake at Festival Hall
17:00 – 17:15 Opening of the Bled Strategic Forum
Welcome by: Mr Janez Fajfar, Mayor of Bled (confirmed)
Introductory Address: H.E. Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
Slovenia and Chairman of the Bled Strategic Forum (confirmed)

17:15 –18:45

Leader’s Panel: “Vision for Europe”

Moderator: Mr Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times (confirmed)
Opening Statement of H.E. Mr Janez Janša, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia(confirmed)
Followed by statements of:• H.E. Mr Mikheil Saakashvili, President of the Republic of Georgia (confirmed)• H.E. Dr Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia (confirmed)• H.E. Mr Gediminas Kirkilas, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania (confirmed)• H.E. Mr Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (confirmed)
18:45 – 19:15 Discussion
20:00 – 22:00 Keynote and Dinner (Hotel Golf) H.E. Mr Martti Ahtisaari, Special Envoyof the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the future status process for Kosovo(confirmed)

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22:00 - 23:30 Night Owl Session: "International Financial Markets: Trends, Risks andthe Future Ahead", sponsored by the ISS Group (Hotel Golf)
1. Mr David Benedek, NLB (confirmed)
2. Mr Peter Groznik, KD Group (confirmed)
3. Mr Slavko Andrejevic, Apax Partners, London (confirmed)
4. Dr Mojmir Mrak, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana (TBC)

Day 2 - Monday, August 27
09:20 – handshake of minister for foreign affairs, Mr. Dimitrij Rupel with panellists andmoderators in Libertas Hall, Hotel Golf

09:30 – 11:45

Parallel Panels A/B (Hotel Golf)

09:30 – 11:00

09:30 – 11:00

Panel A: "The Next EU Enlargement”

Panel B: “Energy and Climate Change”

Moderator: Mr Charles Grant, Director, Centrefor European Reform (confirmed)

Moderator: Mr Borut Grgic, Director of theInstitute for Strategic Studies, Ljubljana(confirmed)

1. H.E. Mr Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden(confirmed)
2. H.E. Mr Milan Roćen, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Montenegro(confirmed)
3. H.E. Mr Antonio Milošoski, Minister ofForeign Affairs Republic of Macedonia(confirmed)
4. H.E. Mr Sven Alkalaj, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina(confirmed)
5. H.E. Mr Vuk Jeremić, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (confirmed)
6. H.E. Ms Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Ministerof Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus(confirmed)
7. Mr Giorgi Baramidze, Vice Prime Ministerand State Minister of Georgia on Europeanand Euro-Atlantic Integration (confirmed)
8. Mr Peter Tempel, Director General for
European Affairs, Federal Foreign Office of
the Federal Republic of Germany(confirmed)
9. Mr Oğuz Demiralp, Secretary General for
EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic of Turkey (confirmed)
10. Mr Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Director of theRobert
SchumanFoundation,Paris

1. Mr Andriy Klyuyev, Vice Prime Ministerof Ukraine (confirmed)
2. Mr Andrej Vizjak, Minister of Economy ofthe Republic of Slovenia (confirmed)
3. Ms Ana Palacio Vallelersundi, Former
Minister of Foreign Affairs of theKingdom of Spain and Senior VicePresident and General Counsel of theWorld Bank, Washington (confirmed)
4. Dr Ernest Petrič, The Chair of the IAEA
Board of Governors (confirmed)
5. Mr Hans van der Loo, Head of European
Liaison Office, Shell International(confirmed)
6. Mr Gottfried Steiner, Head of International
Affairs,OMVGasInternational(confirmed)
7. Mr Shawn McCormick, Vice President forInternational Affairs of TNK – BP,Moscow (confirmed)

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11. Dr Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director of theBalkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade
Office of the German Marshall Fund of theUS (confirmed)
11:00 – 11:45 Discussion

11:00 – 11:45 Discussion

12:15 – 13:45 Keynote and Lunch (Hotel Toplice) Ms Ana Palacio Vallelersundi, Former
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain and Senior Vice-President and GeneralCounsel of the World Bank, Washington (confirmed)

13: 50 Press conference of minister for foreign affairs of the Republic ofSlovenia H.E. dr. Dimitrij Rupel (Hotel Golf, hall Libertas)
14:15 Guided tour of Bled, hosted by the Mayor of Bled, Mr. Janez Fajfar
14:00 – 15:30 Two Round Table Discussions (IEDC–Bled School of Management)
Round Table Discussions
Organized by Centre for European Perspective
Round Table Discussion 1: "Economic and Political Trends in the South Caucasus andCentral Asia: The Role of the EU and the OSCE"
Moderator: Dr Svante E. Cornell, Research Director of the Central Asia – Caucasus Institute& Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, Uppsala University, Sweden (confirmed)• H.E. Mr Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia(confirmed)• Mr Giorgi Baramidze, Vice Prime Minister and State Minister of Georgia on Europeanand Euro-Atlantic Integration (confirmed)• Mr Vaqif Ismayil Sadiqov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan(confirmed)• Mr Bernard Snoy, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities(confirmed)• Mr Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus (confirmed)• Dr Boris Frlec, Head of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and HumanRights Election Mission to Armenia (May 2007) and Former Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (confirmed)• Mr John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist for Platts, Jedburg (confirmed)
Organized by Institute for Strategic Studies, Ljubljana
Round Table Discussion 2: “Turkey in Europe”
Moderator: Mr Güven Sak, Director, Tepav (confirmed)• Prof Mustafa Aydin, Tobb University Ankara (confirmed)• Dr Akkan Suver, President of The Marmara Group Foundation, Turkey (confirmed)• Mr Sinan Ülgen, Chairman, EDAM (confirmed)• Dr Constanze Stelzenmüller, GMF Berlin (confirmed)• Ms Anne-Marie Le Gloannec, Research Director of FNSP, CERI Paris (confirmed)

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16:00 – 18:15

Parallel Panels C/D (Hotel Golf)

16:00 – 17:15

16:00 – 17:15

Panel C: “Global Preponderance”

Panel D: “The Future of EU Integration
Process”

Moderator: Dr Robin Niblett, Director ofChatham House, London (confirmed)
1. Dr Ali M. Abbasov, Minister ofCommunications and Information of theRepublic of Azerbaijan (confirmed)
2. Mr Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, OSCE
Secretary General (confirmed)
3. Mr Marek Belka, Executive Secretary of theUnited Nations Economic Commission forEurope (confirmed)
4. Mr Nalin Surie, Secretary at theHeadquarters of the Ministry of External
Affairs, India (confirmed)
5. Dr Kuniko Inoguchi, Member of the Houseof Representatives of Japan (confirmed)
6. Mr Zhang Deguang, Chairman of China
FoundationofInternationalStudies(confirmed)
7. Mr Bruce Jackson, President of the Projecton Transitional Democracies (confirmed)
8. Prof Dr Kevin C. Desouza, AssistantProfessor in the Information School at theUniversity of Washington (confirmed)
9. Mr Janez Škrabec, CEO, Riko (confirmed)
17:15 – 18:15 Discussion

Moderator: Dr Antonio Missiroli, Chief
Political Analyst, European Policy Centre,Belgium (confirmed)
1. H.E. Dr Kinga Göncz, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Hungary(confirmed)
2. H.E. Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia andChairman of the Bled Strategic Forum(confirmed)
3. Mr Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime
Minister for European Affairs of the Czech
Republic (confirmed)
4. Dr Giuliano Amato, Minister of the Interiorof the Italian Republic (confirmed)
5. Ms Doris Pack, Member of the EuropeanParliament (confirmed)
6. Dr Andrew Duff, Member of the European
Parliament (confirmed)

17:15 – 18:15 Discussion

18:00 – Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dimitrij Rupel, for the media,
lobby in front of Jupiter Hall (Hotel Golf)
18:15 – 19:30 Closing of the Bled Strategic Forum (Hotel Golf)
Reception and Closing Remarks by H.E. Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Chairman of theBled Strategic Forum and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofSlovenia