Andrej Babiš
Welcome Speech & Talk for Europe
Czech Republic
Andrej Babiš obtained his degree at the University of Economics in Bratislava, with his studies focusing on international trade. He began his career as a trader...
Martina Dlabajová
Welcome Speech
Czech Republic
Martina Dlabajová (ANO/ALDE) has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014, where her work focuses mainly on youth employment. She serves on the Committee...
Pavel Telička
Talk for Europe: Moderator
Czech Republic
Pavel Telička is a member of the European Parliament with the ALDE Group and Vice-President of the European Parliament. Pavel Telička was elected in the Czech...
Ryszard Petru
Talk for Europe
Poland
Ryszard Petru is a member of the Polish Parliament, leader and founder of a liberal political party Nowoczesna (The Modern). Between 2011 and 2015, he was a...
Peter Chase
Panel A: Will US-EU Relations Be Great Again?
USA
Peter Chase is a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, based in Brussels. He recently left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after six years as...
Vladislav Davidzon
Panel A: Will US-EU Relations Be Great Again?
USA/Russia
Vladislav Davidzon is the Chief Editor of The Odessa Review and Tablet Magazine’s European culture critic. His literary criticism and reportage have appeared in Bookforum, The Forward, The New...
Magdalena Kirchner
Panel A: Will US-EU Relations Be Great Again?
Germany
Magdalena Kirchner, Mercator-IPC Fellow at Sabanci University’s Istanbul Policy Center, is a political scientist and conflict researcher specializing in transatlantic security and foreign policy, crisis management...
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Panel A: Will US-EU Relations Be Great Again?
Poland
Born in 1937, Janusz holds a M.Sc and PhD in pure mathematics and served as Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Leeds, UK. He has...
Vít Beneš
Panel B: The Union Divided: Quo Vadis, Europe?
Czech Republic
Vít Beneš is a Senior Researcher and Editor-In-Chief of the journal International Relations at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. His areas of research include...
Mats Braun
Panel B: The Union Divided: Quo Vadis, Europe?
Sweden
Mats Braun is an associate professor and head of the department of International Relations and European Studies at the Metropolitan University in Prague. He also lectures...
Christoph Israng
Panel B: The Union Divided: Quo Vadis, Europe?
Germany
Dr. Christoph Israng is a career diplomat who joined the German Foreign Service in 1997. From 2014 to 2017, he represented Germany at the Organization for...
Lubor Lacina
Panel B: The Union Divided: Quo Vadis, Europe?
Czech Republic
Lubor Lacina is a Professor of Economics at Mendel University in Brno. He is Jean Monnet Chair in Economic Studies and Director of Jean Monet Center of...
Anna Orosz
Panel B: The Union Divided: Quo Vadis, Europe?
Hungary
Anna Orosz is a board member of Momentum- a new Hungarian political movement with open, pro-European and progressive values. With its extremely successful first official campaign,...
Matthias Bauer
Panel C: Life after Brexit and the Future of the Eurozone
Belgium
Matthias Bauer is Senior Economist at ECIPE. His areas of research include international trade, the economics of digital markets and the digital economy, European Single Market...
Karel Lannoo
Panel C: Life after Brexit and the Future of the Eurozone
Belgium
Karel Lannoo has been the Chief Executive of CEPS since 2000, one of the leading independent European think tanks. He has published books and numerous articles...
Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Panel C: Life after Brexit and the Future of the Eurozone
United Kingdom
Since 2015, Kishwer has been the Chairwoman of the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Financial Affairs, and has led this cross-party committee’s pivotal work on...
John Lloyd
Panel C: Life after Brexit and the Future of the Eurozone
United Kingdom
John Lloyd is a British journalist and contributing editor for the Financial Times. He co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of...
Ivo Šlosarčík
Panel C: Life after Brexit and the Future of the Eurozone
Czech Republic
Ivo Šlosarčík is a professor of European Integration Studies and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at Charles University in Prague. Having graduated in law and...
Sebastian Vagt
Panel A: Moderator
Germany
Sebastian Vagt is a defence analyst at the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom. Being based in Brussels, his focus is on the security and defence politics of NATO...
Jan Macháček
Panel C: Moderator
Czech Republic
Jan Macháček is a Czech journalist and musician, working as a commentator and analyst for the daily newspaper Lidové noviny. Before, he worked for Hospodářské noviny and Respekt, the latter of...
Csaba Tóth
Panel B: Moderator
Hungary
Csaba Toth, PhD (1979) is a political scientist based in Budapest, Hungary. He has worked in the Hungarian Prime Minister’s office as a political advisor, and...