EU-U.S. Relations: Regional and Global Challenges for the Next U.S. Administration and Congress
Agenda:
- 8.30 am: Registration and breakfast
- 9:00 to 9:15 am: Welcome remarks
- HE David O'Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
- Ivan Doherty, Senior Associate and Director of Political Party Programs, National Democratic Institute
- Jan Surotchak, Regional Director, Europe, International Republican Institute
- 9:15 to 10:45 am: Panel on EU-US Foreign and Security Policy Partnership: Responding to Regional and Global Challenges
- Jeanne Shaheen, United States Senator for New Hampshire, Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations and of the Committee on Armed Services
- Professor Joel Hellman, Dean, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
- Edita Hrda, Managing director for the Americas, European External Action Service
- Ambassador Kurt Volker, Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership
- Heather Conley (moderator), Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- 10:45 am Coffee break
- 11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity: Toward a more Dynamic Transatlantic Economy
- Karan Bathia, Vice President & Senior Counsel for Global Government Affairs & Policy at General Electric, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
- Dr. Fred Bergsten, Senior Fellow, Director Emeritus, Peterson Institute of International Economics (PIIE)
- HE David O'Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
- Dalibor Rohac, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Andrea Montanino (moderator), Director, Global Business and Economics Program, Atlantic Council
- 12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch with Keynote Address from Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin
- Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Chairman, Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on European and Regional Security Cooperation
- Introduction by Ambassador Mark Green
- President, International Republican Institute
Event partners:
Organized by the EU Delegation to the U.S., in partnership with the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and the European Parliament Liaison Office to the U.S. Congress
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