Program

International Conference Multiple Challenges for Transatlantic Partnerships

10:00 - 10:10	Welcome Speech Šárka Shoup Board Member, European Liberal Forum (Czech Republic) Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic) Karel Havlíček Vice-Chairman, Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
10:10 - 10:30	Keynote Speakers Major General Barre R. Seguin Director, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (USA) Ondřej Kovařík Member of European Parliament, European Parliament (Czech Republic)
	Organised by the Institute for Politics and Society with the support of Renew
10:30 - 11:50	EU – US Economic relations: Key Arteries of the Global Economy Jacob Funk Kirkegaard Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States (Denmark) Weston Stacey Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic (USA) Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic) Jeff Medeiros Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Keastone; Adjunct Lecturer, NYU (USA) Moderator: Renata Zilli Researcher, European Centre for International Political Economy (Italy/Mexico)
11:50 - 12:30	Lunch
	Organised by the European Liberal Forum with the support of the Institute for Politics and Society
12:30 - 13:50	EU – US Political Relations: 2024 as a stress test for the Western World and the future of liberal democracy Jaroslav Bžoch Member, Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Nury Turkel Senior Legal Fellow, Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative; Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute (USA) Charles Burton Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (Canada) Scott Eastman Superforecaster™ a Geopolitical Analyst, Good Judgment Inc., NY (USA) Marcin Jerzewski Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy (Poland) Moderator: Dorka Takácsy Research Fellow, Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (Hungary)
13:50 - 14:00	Coffee Break
14:00 - 15:20	EU – US Security Relations: European Security in the Shadow of the US Elections Kira Rudyk Member, Ukrainian Parliament; Leader, Voice Party (Ukraine) – video message J. E. Luís de Almeida Sampaio Ambassador, Embassy of Portugal in Prague (Portugal) Robert Králíček Member, Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Erika Rodríguez Pinzón Special Advisor to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (Colombia/Spain) Cameron Munter Distinguished non-resident Fellow, Atlantic Council (USA) Moderator: Dorka Takácsy Research Fellow, Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (Hungary)
15:20 - 15:30	Closing Remarks Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
15:30 - 16:00	Networking
	Additional Information Filip Lukeš Host of the whole conference, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
	The working language of the conference will be English (translation services won't be provided)
	DUE TO LIMITED CAPACITY, REGISTRATION IN ADVANCE IS REQUIRED. PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION FROM THE ORGANIZER.