POST LISBON STRATEGY

Conference Program

May 25, 2009
Novotel Palace Hotel (1088 Budapest, Rákóczi Str. 43-45.).
Chairs: Maria Joao Rodrigues & Ádám Török

8:30 - 9:00
Registration

9:00 - 10.40
Welcome by Gábor György (EU Commission Representation, Budapest)
Opening address by Péter Balázs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary

Part 1: Lessons from the Lisbon Strategy
Keynote presentations:
Indhira Santos (Bruegel Institute, Brussels)
András Vértes (GKI Economic Research Co.,Budapest)
Discussant: István Vilmos Kovács (former coordinator of LS, Budapest)
Discussion

10:40
Coffee break

11:10 - 13:00
Part 2: PLS and new challenges (energy, climate, ageing, crisis, fiscal sustainability etc.)

Keynote presentations:
Edit Herczog (European Parlament, Strasbourg)
Iain Begg (London School of Economics,London)
Discussants:
Zoltán Mester (Ministry for National Development and Economy, Budapest)
Severin Fischer (Institute of European Politics, Berlin)
Tamás Tétényi (National Development Agency, Budapest)
Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:40
Part 3: Road towards a successful PLS (targets, measures, benchmarks, governance, EU-budget etc.)

Keynote presentations:
Hans Martens (European Policy Center, Brussels)
Gábor Iván (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest)
Discussants:
Maria Sadowska (demosEUROPA, Warsaw)
András Baneth (EU Commission, Brussels)
Discussion 15.00-15.40

15:40 Conclusions by Maria Joao Rodrigues and Ádám Török

Languages: English and Hungarian