The conference is organized with the kind support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the British Embassy, and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
We are pleased to welcome MPs and MEPs, and experts from Slovak think-tanks among the speakers.
The main topics of the conference will be issues of foreign policy consensus in Slovakia, a discussion on the future and reform of the European Union from the Slovak perspective, and current security challenges in Europe, including NATO’s position in the region.
PROGRAM
Opening remarks
Juraj Stern, Chairman of the SFPA Board of Directors
PANEL I: Foreign policy consensus – does it exist or not?
Chair
Pavol Demeš, Member of the Board of Directors, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
Panelists
Marián Kéry, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, National Council of the SR
Ján Kubiš, Foreign Affairs and International Politics Advisor to the President of the SR
Tomáš Valášek, Vice-Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, National Council of the SR
PANEL II: EU reform – what kind of EU for Slovakia?
Chair
Miroslava Pisklová, Analyst, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
Panelists
Aneta Világi, Political Scientist, Dpt of Political Science, Comenius University
Radovan Geist, Publisher, Euractiv.sk
Radovan Ďurana, Analyst, Institute of Economic and Social Studies
PANEL III: Security in Europe and NATO
Chair
Eva Mihočková, Editor, zahranicnapolitika.sk
Panelists
Miriam Lexmann, Member of the EP, European People’s Party
Alexander Duleba, Analyst, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
Vladimír Bednár, Security Policy and Defense Planning Analysts
Concluding remarks
Tomáš Strážay, Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
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