3rd Danube Conference - Future of the Danube Area October 5-6, 2010 Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union in cooperation with the Brussels Danube Network Draft - 27.09.2010 October 6, 2010 Conference Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Rue Belliard, 60-62, 1040 Brussels 9:00-10:00 a.m. Opening Danube Area - Potential for the young generation Speakers Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reinhart Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs State of Baden-Württemberg Johann-Jakob Wulf Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary MEP Prof. Dr. Danuta Hübner Former Commissioner for Regional Policy and Chairwomen of the Committee for Regional Policy Božidar Djelič Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and National Coordinator for the Danube Strategy Republic of Serbia Rosen Plevneliev Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Republic of Bulgaria
2 Andrej Plenkovic State Secretary for European Integration and National Coordinator for the Danube Strategy Republic of Croatia 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break and change of venues 10:15-12:30 Workshops Workshop A Key-Note Speaker Environment, Water & Risk Prevention Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Rue Belliard, 60-62, 1040 Brussels Dr. Yordanka Chobanova Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the European Union Prof. Dr. Helmut Kroiss Institute for Water Quality Control and Waste Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology MEP Elisabeth Jeggle Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Kapp Director of the Laboratory for Urban Water Management, Biberach University of Applied Sciences Carl Manzano Spokesman of Donau-Auen National Parks, Orth an der Donau, Austria MEP Dr. Richard Seeber Founder and President of the EP Intergroup on Water, European Parliament Nathalie Verschelde Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission Philip Weller Executive Secretary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), Vienna, Austria
3 Workshop B Improvement of Connectivity - Energy and Transport Key-Note Speaker Goethe-Institute Rue Belliard 58, 1040 Brussels Victoria Popescu Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union N.N. MEP Silvia-Adriana Ticău Cesare Bernabei Directorate General for Transport and Mobility, European Commission Karlo Gjurasic State Secretary for Regional Development Republic of Croatia Karin De Schepper Secretary General, Brussels Office, Inland Navigation Europe, Brussels, Belgium Workshop C Key-Note Speaker Socio-Economic Devolopment Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Rue Jacques de Lalaing 8-14, 1040 Brussels Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dieringer Andrássy University, Budapest, Hungary Prof. Dr. Attila Ágh Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary MEP Michael Theurer Stefan August Lütgenau Director, Foster Europe Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria Dr. Liliana Pavlova Deputy Minister for Regional Development and Public Works Republic of Bulgaria Prof. Dr. Radu Preda Chair in Patrology Bages Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
4 Prof. Dr. Slavica Singer UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia Lidija Topic Former Ambassador of the Mission of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the European Union, Regional Cooperation Council (former Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe), Liaison Office Brussels, Belgium N.N. Entrepreneur from the Danube Area Workshop D Key note speaker Ukraine: building strong regional links across the whole Danube basin Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Rue Jacques de Lalaing 8-14, 1040 Brussels Anna Zvolikevych EU Ukraine Business Council Dr. István Sertő Rádics Mayor of Uszka, Hungary, ALDE Ambassador for Eastern Partnership, Committee of the Regions Ludmila Varrava Deputy Head of Odessa Regional State Administration, Ukraine Olivier Baudelet Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission Thierry Bechet Adviser on Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Directorate General for External Relations, European Commission Mykola Skoryk Chairman of Odessa Regional Council, Republic of Ukraine Gabrijela Žalac Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia Tore Emmanuelson (tbc) Head of Representation, Ukrainian Office, European Investment Bank Per Fischer Head of Financial Institutions for Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic, Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany MEP Monika Smolkova
5 12:30-12:45 Change of venues 12:45-14:00 Closing Danube Area - Role model for multilateral and cross border cooperation Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Rue Belliard, 60-62, 1040 Brussels Ivo Gönner Lord Mayor of the City of Ulm and President of the Council of the Danube Cities and Regions Prof. Dr. Helmut Kroiss Institute for Water Quality Control and Waste Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology of the Workshop Environment, Water & Risk Prevention N.N. of the Workshop Improvement of Connectivity - Energy, Transport Prof. Dr. Attila Ágh Corvinus Universität Budapest, Ungarn of the Workshop Socio-Economic Development Dr. István Sertő Rádics Chairman of the Commission for External Relations, Committee of the Regions of the Workshop Ukraine: building strong regional links across the whole Danube basin Sándor Egeresi President of the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and Deputy President of the Council of the Danube Cities and Regions Olivier Baudelet Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission Etelka Barsi-Pataky former MEP, Commissioner for the European Danube Strategy, Republic of Hungary
6 14:00-15:30 Lunch and closing cultural programme Simultaneous translation German-English is provided during the plenary sessions. Working language within the workshops is English. The event is accompanied by the Danube Market.