FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2007
Welcome reception, speeches and dinner
Pera House (British Consulate)
1900 Reception
1945 Speeches by:
Carl Bildt - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Olli Rehn - European Union Commissioner for Enlargement
Mehmet Şimşek - Minister of State (responsible for economy) of the Republic of Turkey
2030 Dinner
SATURDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2007
Seminar and discussions
Feriye Restaurant
Çırağan Cad. No: 40 Ortaköy, İstanbul
0900 Welcoming remarks
Charles Grant – Director, Centre for European Reform (CER)
Can Paker – Chairman, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
Neil Kinnock - Chair, British Council/Former Vice President of the European Commission
0915 Key note speech by Ali Babacan - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
0930 Session 1: A joint vision for Europe?
Chair: Can Paker, TESEV
Is Turkey changing its EU accession strategy?
Do current EU-Turkey relations indicate a joint European vision?
What would a Union look like that is capable and comfortable to include Turkey?
What kind of EU does Turkey want to join?
Frits Bolkestein - President, Telders Foundation / Former EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Taxation and the Customs Union
Oğuz Demiralp - Ambassador, Secretary General, Secreteriat General for EU Affairs
Marc Pierini - Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey
1045 Coffee break
1115 Session 2: The EU, Turkey and the Middle East
Chair: Nick Baird, British Embassy
How can the EU and Turkey work together to improve stability in the Middle East?
How do political developments in Turkey impact on regional security and vice versa?
Meliha Altunışık - Professor, Head of International Relations Department, Middle East Technical University
Elisabeth Guigou - MP, French Parliament / Former Minister of Justice of France
Hugh Pope - Senior Analyst / International Crisis Group
1245 Lunch
1345 Session 3: Economic integration and energy
Chair: Katinka Barysch, CER
How important is progress in the accession negotiations for trade and investment?
Can economic integration proceed even if negotiations go slow?
How can Turkey help the EU to alleviate concerns over energy security?
Key note speech by Hilmi Güler - Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey
Vladimir Drobnjak - Ambassador, Chief Negotiator of Croatia for the Accession Negotiations with the EU
David Tonge - Managing Director, IBS Research & Consultancy
1530 Coffee break
1600 Closing Session: Outlook for EU-Turkey relations
Chair: Charles Grant, CER
Mehmet Ali Birand, Editor-in-Chief, Kanal D
Stephen Wall - Vice Chair, Business for New Europe / Former EU Adviser to Tony Blair
1930 Boat trip across the Bosphorus for dinner venue
2000 Informal dinner
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