The Future of Europe: Progress or Decline?
Sussex European Institute 20th Anniversary Conference
University of Sussex Conference Centre, Bramber House 27-28 September 2012
You can print a copy of the programme at: SEI conference programme [PDF 157.93KB]
Thursday 27 September 2012 |
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| 12.00 - 13.00 | Registration and Buffet Lunch |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Welcome and Open Session |
| Introduction: Professor Paul Taggart (Head of Department of Politics, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex) | |
| SEI Annual Lecture | |
| Speaker: Lord Brittan of Spennithorne | |
| The European Union: is there Life After the Eurocrisis? | |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Refreshments |
| 15.00 - 16.45 | Session I: European Values |
| Chair: Professor Susan Millns (Co-Director, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex) | |
| Speaker: Professor Jo Shaw (University of Edinburgh) European Citizenship in Times of Crisis |
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| Speaker: Professor Christian Joppke (University of Bern) European Identity in the Face of Islam |
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| 17.00 - 17.30 | Plenary Session |
| Chair: Professor Aleks Szczerbiak (Co-Director, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex) | |
| Speaker: Dame Helen Wallace (Former Director, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex) The Future of Europe |
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| 17.30 - 19.00 | Reception in Bramber House |
| Address by: Professor Stephen Shute (Head of School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex) |
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Friday 28 September 2012 |
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| 10.00 - 11.00 | Plenary Session |
| Chair: Professor Paul Statham (Director, Sussex Centre for Migration Research) | |
| Speaker Professor Loukas Tsoukalis (University of Athens, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)) | |
| The Crisis of the Eurozone and the Prospects of Exiting in One Piece | |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Refreshments |
| 11.30 - 13.00 | Session II: The Future of the European Economy |
| Chair: Professor Jim Rollo (Former Co-Director, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex) | |
| Speaker Professor Paul de Grauwe (London School of Economics) No End to the Eurocrisis - Can the Monetary Union Survive? |
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| Speaker Professor Peter Holmes (University of Sussex) "Rebalancing in Trade" in the Eurozone |
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| Speaker Professor Alasdair Smith (Deputy Chairman, UK Competition Commission) Competition, Structural Reform and Strategic Industrial Policy in the Union |
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| Speaker Mr Piotr Serafin (Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland) Monetary Union and the Future of the EU: A View from a Non-Eurozone Europhile Member State |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | Session III: The Position of Europe in the World |
| Chair: Professor Jorg Monar (Sussex European Institute) | |
| Speaker: Professor Michael Smith (University of Loughborough) The EU's Position in the World Since 1992: Confidence, Challenge and Crisis |
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| Speaker: Professor Dr Wolfgang Wessels (University of Cologne) The (Weak) Performance of CFSP after Lisbon: Internal (institutional) Challenges and External (Geo-Political) Pressures |
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| Speaker (Director of the EU Institute for Security Studies): Professor Antonio Missiroli (BEPA/European Commission) | |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Rapporteur and Closing Remarks |
| Rapporteur: Professor Paul Statham | |
| Closing Remarks: Professor Susan Millns | |
| 16.30 - 17.30 | Cocktail |
This event is kindly sponsored by the European Commission Representation in the UK and the Higher Education Innovation Fund.
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