Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023

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Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023

Time to Decide Europe Summit, is co-organised by ERSTE Foundation and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna.

Von ERSTE Foundation

Datum und Uhrzeit

Di. 16. Mai 2023 13:30 - 19:30 CEST

Veranstaltungsort

Erste Campus

1 Am Belvedere 1100 Wien Austria

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The first Time to Decide Europe Summit took place last year in the context of the shock of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The summit proved to be an integral part of the thoughts and actions that started to deal with the crisis in political, economic, and social terms.

A year on, we would be delighted if you would join us for the Time to Decide Europe Summit 2023. Together with prominent thinkers, political scientists and economists, we seek to untangle the urgent questions facing Europe today given the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.

Each discussion in the thematic sessions will kick off with input from two distinguished speakers, opening to a discussion with the full panel, followed by an audience Q&A.

PROGRAMME

Doors open & registration

12.30 pm - 1.30 pm

LUNCH FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS

Welcome & opening

1.30 pm - 2.00 pm

INTRODUCTION BY SUMMIT HOSTS

Boris Marte, CEO of ERSTE Foundation

Ivan Vejvoda, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna

OPENING ADDRESS

Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission (by video)

MODERATORS

Misha Glenny, Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna

Ivana Dragičević, Editor-at-Large at N1 Television

Afternoon session:

2.00 – 3.30 pm | THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF POWER: EUROPE, GEO-POLITICS AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Should the EU decouple from the United States’ geopolitical agenda, as French President Macron advocated after his visit to China? If so, at what cost, and could this decoupling happen without the tearing apart of the Union? Are Europeans ready to pay for their defense? And if not what does strategic autonomy mean?

Discussion with contributions from the full panel

4.00 – 5.30 pm | CHALLENGES TO EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY: FEAR, LOATHING AND HOPE

Will the will to prevail over a brutal aggressor be strong enough to carry European societies through the possible years of fighting ahead? How will diverging definitions of “peace” be dealt with? The spike in energy prices, fast-growing inflation, the mistrust among certain constituencies – often times deliberately fueled by external forces - is becoming an important factor in electoral politics. In recent memory Europe has never faced such polarisation. How governable are European democracies today?

Discussion with contributions from the full panel

Evening session

6.00 – 7.30 pm | FUELING THE FUTURE: ECONOMY, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

How far should the control of the market go when a war is raging? And if at all, who should control the market - the EU or each country individually? Can Europe fuel a green and prosperous future?

Discussion with contributions from the full panel

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS :

  • Anthony Barnett, Writer, campaigner and co-founder of OpenDemocracy
  • Milica Delević, Director for Competitiveness, Governance and Political Affairs at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Kirsten Dunlop, Chief Executive Officer at Climate-KIC
  • Taras Fedirko, Lecturer in Organised Crime and Corruption at the University of Glasgow
  • Gerald Knaus, Chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) in Berlin
  • Ivan Krastev, Permanent Fellow at the IWM
  • Jan-Werner Müller, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University
  • Janka Oertel, Director of the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations
  • Soli Özel, Senior Lecturer at Istanbul Kadir Has University
  • Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Director of the Institute Strategies2050
  • Kim Lane Scheppele, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University
  • Mary B. Warlick, Deputy Executive Director International Energy Agency
  • Guntram Wolff, CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

LIVE STREAM of the event here and via the ERSTE Foundation website

The event will be held in English only.

If you have any questions, please contact us at events@erstestiftung.org.

Photographs and videos will be taken by ERSTE Foundation during this event and published, inter alia, on the websites and social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) of ERSTE Foundation and other parties. By participating in the event on 16 May 2023 or entering the event location, you consent to the publication of such photographs and videos, without remuneration and without expressly granting such permission.

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