Programme

STRATEGIC FORESIGHT: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
The EU as a new global actor and the role of civil society

Opening session (10.00 a.m.-10.50 a.m.)

Introducing: REX President Dimitris DIMITRIADIS

• Christa SCHWENG, EESC President: Welcome and introduction
• Eric THIERS, Secretary General, High Commission for Planning of France
• Manuel LAFONT RAPNOUIL, Director of the Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy (CAPS), French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Presidency
• Michael WIMMER, Director, Strategy, Better Regulation & Corporate Governance (SG.A), European Commission
• Oliver RENTSCHLER, Director for Strategic Communication and Foresight, European External Action Service

Panel 1 – Geopolitics and strategic autonomy: how EU external action can contribute to a new global governance (11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m.)

Moderator: James ELLES, Honorary President of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)

• Foresight and its role in decision-making – Anthony TEASDALE, Director-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS), European Parliament
• "Soft" and "hard" power to promote EU values and objectives globally – Hervé DELPHIN, Head of Division, Strategic Planning, European External Action Service
• The US, Russia, China and multilateralism: perspectives for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union – Jim CLOOS, Director of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) and former Director-General at the Secretariat of the Council
• Security and defence: towards a common EU force? – Dr Benedetta BERTI, Head of Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General at NATO
• The Strategic Compass: a new tool for the EU's Security and Defence Policy – Dr Niklas NOVÁKY, Senior Research Officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Discussion with:

• INT President Alain COHEUR
• CCMI President Pietro Francesco DE LOTTO

Afternoon session 2.30 p.m.-5 p.m.

Panel 2 – Foresight in a multipolar world (2.30 p.m.-3.50 p.m.)

Moderator: Dr Ricardo BORGES DE CASTRO, Associate Director and Head of the Europe in the World programme, European Policy Centre

• The Western Balkans – Dr Klaus SCHUCH, Centre for social innovation
• Africa – Dr Danielle RESNICK, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings
• China – Dr Jie YU, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House
• The multilateralism of tomorrow for a world in a green and digital transition – Dr Riel MILLER, UNESCO, UN HLCP Strategic Foresight Network

Discussion with:

• ECO President Stefano PALMIERI
• NAT President Peter SCHMIDT

Panel 3 – Strategic foresight – the role of civil society and stakeholders (3.50 p.m.-5 p.m.)

Moderator: Dr Ioannis N. GRIGORIADIS, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Turkey Programme, Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

• Dr Lieve VAN WOENSEL, Foresight Advisor, Strategic Foresight and Capabilities Unit, European Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS)
• Dr Simone WESKE, Deputy Head of Strategy and Monitoring Division, DLR Project Management Agency (DLR-PT), German Aerospace Center
• Christian FEUSTEL, Senior Policy Advisor, Business Europe
• Dr Aida PONCE DEL CASTILLO, ETUI (ETUC)

Discussion with:

• TEN President Baiba MILTOVIČA
• SOC President Aurel Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU

Main points

by Sandra PARTHIE, Rapporteur of INT/918 on the Commission's communication Strategic Foresight – Charting the course towards a more resilient Europe

Concluding remarks

by Dimitris DIMITRIADIS, President of the External Relations Section