08:45 - 09:15

Registration

09:15 - 09:20

Welcome

Paul Adamson, Founder and Editor, E!Sharp & Chairman, Forum Europe

09:20 - 10:00

Opening Keynote Speech

Viorica Dăncilă, Prime Minister, Romania

10:00 - 11:00

Discussion: Disinformation and Electoral Interference

Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union

John Frank, Vice-President European Union Government Affairs, Microsoft

Marietje Schaake, MEP

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Moderated by: Alex Barker, Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times  

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 11:45

Speech: 

Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development

11:45 - 12:15

The EU's Future Trade Ambitions: Interview

Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development

Hendrik Bourgeois, Vice President Corporate Affairs EMEA, Cargill

 

Interviewed by: Tony Connelly, European Editor, RTE

12:15 - 13:00

Interview: Luuk van Middelaar, Historian and Political Philosopher is interviewed by Paul Adamson, Founder/Editor, E!Sharp & Chairman, Forum Europe

13:00 - 14:15

Lunch

14:15 - 15:00

Presentation on European public attitudes towards European integration by Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London and author of 'The Perils of Perception'

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Followed by an interview with Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform

15:00 - 15:15

Presentation on Europe's migration challenges by Giacomo Persi Paoli, Research Director at RAND

15:15 - 16:00

Discussion: Europe's Prospects - Skills, Immigration & Migration

Giacomo Persi Paoli, Research Director, RAND

Eve Geddie, Programme's Director, PICUM

Brenda King, CEO, AC Diversity

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Moderated by Camino Mortera-Martinez, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform

16:00- 16:20

Coffee Break

16:20 - 17:00

Interview: The Transatlantic Relationship

Gordon Sondland, United States Ambassador to the European Union is interviewed by Dan Michaels, Brussels Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal

17:00 - 17:30

Interview with Andy Davey, Political Cartoonist by Paul Adamson, Founder/Editor, E!Sharp & Chairman, Forum Europe

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Followed by a cocktail reception