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Conference
EU-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Which way forward?
Programme
With the Support of the LLP Programme of the European Union
Monday, 2nd February 2015
10:00 – 10:30h
REGISTRATION
10:30h
OPENING SESSION: EU-Russia relations: the state of affairs
Chair: Dr Tom CASIER, University of Kent – Brussels School of International Studies
Keynote speakers:
H.E. Ambassador Vladimir CHIZHOV, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU
Mr. Gunnar WIEGAND, Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional
Cooperation and OSCE, EEAS
Q&A
12:00h
Sandwich lunch
13:00
SESSION I: Perceptions in EU-Russia energy relations
Chair: Dr Tatiana ROMANOVA, St. Petersburg State University, School of International Relations
Speakers:
Mr. Theodor SHTILKIND, Counsellor, Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Mr. Jeffery PIPER, International Relations and Enlargement, DG Energy, European Commission
Mr. Patrick LARKIN, Senior Adviser, Energy Charter
Dr. Amelia HADFIELD, Canterbury Christchurch University
Q&A
15:00h
Coffee break
15:30h
SESSION II: Mutual images on minority policies of Russia and the EU
Chair: Prof. Dr Arne NIEMANN, Department of Political Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University
at Mainz
Speakers:
Prof. Dr Peter VAN ELSUWEGE, European Law Department, Ghent University
Mr. Vincent de GRAFF, Head of Section/Senior Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on
National Minorities
Dr Tatjana EVAS, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, Bremen University
Q&A
Tuesday, 3rd February 2015
09:00h
SESSION I: Regional integration initiatives in the common Neighbourhood
Chair: Prof. Dr Joan DEBARDELEBEN, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies,
Carleton University
Keynote speaker:
Mrs. Tatiana VALOVAYA, Member of the Collegium (Minister), Eurasian Economic Commission
Speakers:
Dr Kataryna WOLCZUK, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of
Birmingham
Dr Gleb YAROVOY, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Petrozavodsk
State University
Dr Irina BOLGOVA, Russian International Affairs Council & Research Fellow MGIMO
Q&A
11:00h
Coffee break
11:30h
SESSION II: EU and Russian attitudes towards multilateralism
Chair: Dr Tom CASIER, University of Kent – Brussels School of International Studies
Speakers:
Mr. Vincent DEGERT, Head of Russia Division, EEAS
Mrs. Mary ALBON, Senior Adviser, Office of the Secretary General, OSCE
Mr. Denis REDONNET, Head of Unit Trade Strategy, DG Trade, European Commission
Prof. Dr Andrey MAKARYCHEV, Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu
Q&A
13:30h
Sandwich lunch
14:30h
SESSION III: EU-Russia relations: which way forward?
Chair: Prof. Joan DEBARDELEBEN, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies,
Carleton University
Keynote speakers:
Mr. Alfredo CONTE, Head of Strategic Planning Division, EEAS
Mr. Vladislav MASLENNIKOV, Deputy Director of the European Cooperation Department, MFA
of the Russian Federation
Dr Hiski HAUKKALA, Special Adviser, MFA Finland
Q&A
16:00h
CONCLUSION