10.30 Opening Statement
Ivan Krastev, Wolfgang Petritsch
11.15 Panel 1
EU and Russia in the Balkans
Milica Delic, Jacques Rupnik, Ivan Vejvoda, Mark Medish, Sandra Breka
Moderator: Wolfgang Petritsch
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Panel 2
EU and Russia in the Caucasus
Pawel Swieboda, Boris Dolgin, Pavol Demes, Ghia Nodia
Moderator: Ognyan Minchev
Monday, February 23
10.00 Panel 3
EU and Russia: troubled relationship after the Russia-Georgia war and against the background of the global financial crisis
Dov Lynch, Andrey Ryabov, Steven Everts, Tomas Pojar (tbc), Lars Wahlund (tbc), Levan Ramishvili
Moderator: Ivan Krastev
11.30 Coffee Break
11.45 Panel 4
Can the EU’s Balkan strategy serve as a model for its policy in the Caucasus?
Alex Rondos, Stefan Lehne, Gerald Knaus, Goran Svilanovic
Moderator: Vessela Tcherneva
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Panel 5
ENP vs. Russia’s near abroad policy
Nicu Popescu, Sabine Fischer, Irina Yasina, Marie Mendras
Moderator: Soli Ozel
19.00 Public Lecture
Steven Everts
Respondants: Ivan Vejvoda and Irina Yasina
Period: 22 Feburary 2009 - 23 February 2009