ESPAS Annual Conference 2019, Brussels - Main contents
| date | October 14, 2019 - October 15, 2019 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Berlaymont building (BERL) i  |
| attending | A.C. (Cecilia) Malmström i, M. (Maroš) Sefčovič i et al. |
| organisation | European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) i |
Contents
Brussels
14 October 2019 to 15 October 2019
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-Annual Conference
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Global Trends to 2030:
Challenges and Choices for Europe
14-15 October 2019
About the Conference
This landmark conference brought together a select community of global foresight practitioners and strategists to explore the latest and most pressing social, economic, technological and geopolitical trends shaping the future of Europe and the world.
The 2019 meeting drew insights from the latest ESPAS report ‘Global Trends to 2030: Challenges and Choices for Europe,’ a forward-looking contribution to support policy- and decision-makers in the 2019-2024 EU institutional cycle. The programme of the conference spanned two days. The first day was hosted by the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), the European Commission's in-house think tank, at its headquarters, the Berlaymont. The second day took place in the European Parliament and was hosted by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), the Parliament’s own think tank.
Check out last year's conference #ESPAS18
On ESPAS
The European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level, on a voluntary basis, between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European External Action Service, with the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Investment Bank, the European Court of Auditors and the European Union Institute for Security Studies as observers, to work together on medium- and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.
Video recordings
Speech by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
You can read the speech here.
Europe in the World: A Normative Superpower?
Global Order in Transition with Suhasini Haidar
Can We Still Save the Planet? If Yes, How?
Storytelling: Imagining Futures
Keynote Address by Lee C. Bollinger
Confirmed speakers
Maroš Šefčovič
Vice-President-Designate for Interinstitutional Relations & Foresight,
Cecilia Malmström
European Commissioner for Trade
Ann Mettler
European Political Strategy Centre
Klaus Welle
Cinzia Alcidi
Centre for European Policy Studies
Étienne Bassot
Director, Members' Research Service,
European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
Benedetta Berti-Alberti
Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Pupul Bisht
Decolonizing Futures Initiative, India
Sergio Bitar
Chilean Council for Prospective and Strategy, Chile
Lee C. Bollinger
Ricardo Borges de Castro
Adviser on Strategic Foresight,
European Political Strategy Centre
Hans Bruyninckx
Mathew Burrows
Director of the Foresight, Strategy and Risks Initiative,
Jim Cloos
Deputy Director General for General and Institutional Policy,
August Cole
Hervé Delphin
Head of Division, Strategic Planning,
European External Action Service
Mikko Dufva
James Elles
Honorary President,
European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)
Leon S. Fuerth
Co-Director,
Project on Foresight and Democracy, USA
Florence Gaub
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Oliver Gnad
Co-founder & Managing Director,
François Godement
Heather Grabbe
Open Society European Policy Institute
Ruby Gropas
European Political Strategy Centre
Hans-Christian Hagman
Chief Analyst and Senior Adviser to the Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Suhasini Haidar
National Editor & Diplomatic Affairs Editor,
Lorna Harries
University of Exeter Medical School
Tom Hillenbrand
Stihn Hoorens
Eva Kaili
Member of the European Parliament
Othmar Karas
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Parag Khanna
Jeanette Kwek
Deputy Director, Strategic Futures,
Ministry of Defence, Singapore
Maria Langan-Riekhof
Director, Strategic Futures Group,
National Intelligence Council, USA
Elena Lazarou
European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
Alexander Mattelaer
Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Antonio Missiroli
Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges,
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Richard K. Morgan
Professional fabricator of dystopias
Rainer Münz
Adviser on Migration and Demography to the EPSC,
European Political Strategy Centre
Mareike Ohlberg
Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Isabella Pirolo
Policy Assistant to the Director-General,
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Sheila R. Ronis
Project on Foresight and Democracy, USA
Nanjira Sambuli
World Wide Web Foundation, Kenya
Simon Serfaty
Brzezinski Chair (emer.) in Global Security and Geostrategy, CSIS, USA
Radosław Sikorski
Member of the European Parliament
Serge Stroobants
Director, Europe and MENA region,
Institute for Economics and Peace
Ayaka Suzuki
Director, Strategic Planning and Monitoring Unit,
Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General
Pawel Świeboda
Teija Tiilikainen
European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
Sergey Utkin
Kristel Van der Elst
Programme and other information
For media inquiries and any questions, please contact EPSC-EU-STRATEGIC-FORESIGHT@ec.europa.eu.
Publications
The European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) reports directly to the President and operates under his authority. It is composed of a professional staff of advisers, policy analysts and support staff with appropriate experience and track record, in order to provide professional and targeted policy advice to the President and the College.
EPSC provides strategic analysis and policy advice for the President on matters related to the policy priorities (as defined by the President in his political guidelines presented to the European parliament on July 15 2014), and outreach to decision-makers, think tanks and civil society at large.
The EPSC provides support to the President also on concrete initiatives, as well as policy advice of more long-term nature.