Transcripts 2010
Opening Address
Friday, March 26, 2010
H.E. Yves Leterme, Prime Minister, Belgium
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Keynote Address
Friday, March 26, 2010
H.E. José Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission
Transatlantic Relationship in a Multipolar World: Does it Matter?
Friday, March 26, 2010
The Hon. Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President, European Commission; H.E. Toomas Ilves, President, Estonia; The Hon. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Director of Policy Planning, Department of State, United States; The Hon. George Voinovich, Member, United States Senate
From Rescue to Recovery: Efforts to Promote Strong, Sustainable, and Balanced Growth
Friday March 26, 2010
The Hon. Charles Collyns, Assistant Secretary for International Finance, Department of the Treasury, United States; Mr. Kazumasa Iwata, President, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Japan; The Hon. Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs; The Hon. Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank; Moderator: Mr. Brent Goff, Business Anchor, Deutsche Welle TV
Opening Dinner Remarks
Friday March 26, 2010
Opening Toast: Mr. Martin Jäger, Head of Global External Affairs & Public Policy, Daimler
Dinner Remarks: H.E. Herman Van Rompuy, President, European Council
Remarks by the Co-Chairmen of the U.S. Congressional Delegation
and by the President of the European Parliament
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Robert Casey, Jr., Member, United States Senate; The Hon. George Voinovich, Member, United States Senate; The Hon. Jerzy Buzek, President, European Parliament
Introductory Remarks – Building a Security Architecture in Europe
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General, NATO
NATO’s Future in an Unpredictable and Globalizing World
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group LLC; The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Canada; The Hon. Nickolay Mladenov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria; The Hon. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General, NATO; Moderator: Mr. Jonathan Marcus, BBC World Service
Geostrategic Consequences of the Economic Crisis
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden; Prof. Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Beijing University; The Hon. Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, The United Arab Emirates The Hon. Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank; Moderator: Mr. Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Financial Times
Can We Live on Services Alone? The Future of Manufacturing in the United States and Europe
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Ron Bloom, Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy, Obama Administration; The Hon. Simon Fraser, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, United Kingdom; Mr. Wilfried Porth, Member of the Board, Daimler AG; Member of EADS Board of Directors; Moderator: Mr. Philip Stephens, Correspondent, Financial Times
The Balkans 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Stefan Fule, European Commissioner for Enlargement and EU Neighborhood Policy; H.E. Ivo Josipovic, President, Croatia; H.E. Boris Tadic, President, Serbia; The Hon. George Voinovich, Member, United States Senate; Moderator: Dr. Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States
The Rise of a Nuclear Iran
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Hon. Robert Casey, Member, U.S. Senate; Amb. Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Rep. to the EU and European Atomic Energy Community, Russian Federation; Dr. Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Beijing University; Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Israel; The Hon. Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, German Parliament; Moderator: Mr. Roger Cohen, Columnist, The New York Times and International Herald Tribune
Networking Dinner – Pieter De Crem Remarks
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Climate Change: What Will it Take?
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Hon. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Member, Club of Madrid; Amb. Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Vice President and Head of Government Affairs, Thomson Reuters; The Hon. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action;Dr. C.S. Kiang, Chairman, Sustainable Development Technology Foundation, Beijing; Moderator: Paul Adamson, Founder and Publisher, E!Sharp
The Committee to Save the World? The G20 and the Future of Global Economic Governance
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Hon. Bob Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, Dept. of State, United States; The Hon. Pascal Lamy, Director General, WTO; Dr. Changyong Rhee, Secretary General and Sherpa, Presidential Committee for the G20 Summit, South Korea;The Hon. Ernesto Zedillo, Director, Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University;Moderator: Mr. David Rennie, EU Correspondent, The Economist
Closing Remarks
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Hon. Steven Vanackere, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium