Programme overview

8.30 – 9 am

Registration

9 – 10 am

Welcome & opening

10 am – 6 pm

Morning & afternoon sessions

6.30 – 8 pm

Evening session

Location

Stage 3 I Otto-Preminger-Straße 15 | Entrance vis-à-vis | 1030 Vienna

#TimeToDecide22

In the early hours of 24 February 2022, Europe woke up to a grave new world. Something considered unthinkable after WWII had happened, and the European security order was blown up. Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine put an end to the “end of history” era, which had begun in 1989.

This attack has triggered events in Europe that had been previously unimaginable. We want to look ahead and think about the consequences of these dramatic events for Ukraine, for Europe and the EU, and for Russia.

ERSTE Foundation and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) have invited some of the brightest minds to start a debate on the difficult questions that Europe is facing today and the answers that will determine the future. A group of renowned experts, intellectuals and thinkers will discuss five key questions for Europe today in a unique setting.

PROGRAMME

Welcome & opening

Introduction by summit hosts

Boris Marte, CEO of ERSTE Foundation

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

Opening speech

Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria (video message)

Opening address

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (live stream)

Introducing the speakers & participants on stage

Morning session: A tale of two wars

10 – 11.30 am | How should Ukraine be rebuilt after the war?

Serhii Plokhy, Mykhailo S. Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome

Moderator: Olga Tokariuk, Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), independent journalist and researcher in Ukraine

12 – 1.30 pm | What lessons can we draw from the Balkans?

Nikola Dimitrov, Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Former Deputy Prime and Foreign Minister of North Macedonia

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

Moderator: Ivana Dragičević, Editor-at-Large at N1 Television

Networking lunch break 1.30 – 2.30 pm

Afternoon session: Europe on the brink

Introduction

Andreas Treichl, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ERSTE Foundation

2.30 – 4 pm | Is it Central Europe’s moment in Europe right now?

Gerald Knaus, Chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) in Berlin

Karolina Wigura, Sociologist, Robert Bosch Academy Fellow in Berlin, Member of the Board at Kultura Liberalna Foundation in Warsaw

Moderator: Márta Pardavi, Co-Chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee

4.30 – 6 pm | How will the European Union be transformed?

Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (live stream)

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

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

Coffee breaks in-between sessions

Evening session

6.30 – 8 pm | What will the future be for Russia?

Stephen Holmes, Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna and Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law at New York University

Maxim Trudolyubov, Editor-at-Large of Meduza

Moderator: Marina Davydova, Theatre critic, director, historian, and producer

Get-together drinks & dinner buffet 8 – 10 pm

Confirmed speakers & participants on stage:

DIMITAR BECHEV · FRANZISKA BRANTNER · MARINA DAVYDOVA · NIKOLA DIMITROV · IVANA DRAGIČEVIĆ · FLORENCE GAUB · MISHA GLENNY · HEATHER GRABBE · STEPHEN HOLMES · ANNA JERMOLAEWA · GERALD KNAUS · IVAN KRASTEV · OLIVIA LAZARD · STEFAN LEHNE · MÁRTA PARDAVI · SERHII PLOKHY · MARIIA ROHOVETS · SUSANNE SCHOLL · SŁAWOMIR SIERAKOWSKI · ZSUZSANNA SZELÉNYI · NATHALIE TOCCI · OLGA TOKARIUK · MAXIM TRUDOLYUBOV · IVAN VEJVODA · KAROLINA WIGURA · ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK

The event will be held in English only.

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

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Yours sincerely,

ERSTE Foundation & the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)

#TimeToDecide22

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