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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Date: Wednesday, 21/May/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration and welcome coffee
9:00am - 10:30am	Panel 273: Competition in the Digital Era (CODE): Competition in the Digital Age: Geopolitics, Technology and Implications for Europe Location: Room A.0.03, Building A Chair: Antonio Calcara Discussant: Paul Timmers Discussant: Jaša Veselinovič	Panel 152: Cultural governance and EU external relations: The case of European film Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Evangelia Psychogiopoulou Discussant: Caterina Carta	Panel 213: Between norms and strategy: the EP's role in EU's international affairs Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Bruno Luciano Discussant: Bruno Luciano	Panel Y: EU Trade Regulations in a Fragmented World: Navigating Sustainability and Global Impact Location: Room F-1.A, Building F Chair: Salih Işık Bora Discussant: Nidhi Nagabhatla	Panel 212: The EU as a negotiator of international agreements Location: Room F-1.B, Building F Chair: Marine Bardou Discussant: Marine Bardou	Panel D: Frictions in EU international affairs: liberalism, borders and sovereignty Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Julien Jeandesboz Discussant: Julien Jeandesboz	Panel 205: Author meets critics: EU and Russian Hegemony in the "Shared Naighbourhood" Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Gergana Noutcheva Discussant: Isabell Burmester	Panel 300: Into the Crossfire: the role of the EU in an Era of Renewed Great Power Competition Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Sophie Vanhoonacker Discussant: Gustavo Müller
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Panel B: EU-Africa Relations: Power, Partnerships, and Perspective Location: Room A.0.03, Building A Chair: Frank Mattheis Discussant: Frank Mattheis	Panel 216: Liminality and ontological security of the in-between countries since Russia's invasion of Ukraine Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Olga Burlyuk Discussant: Fabienne Bossuyt	Panel G: The European Parliament in Global Affairs: Geopolitics, Agency and Influence Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Gustavo Müller Discussant: Gustavo Müller	Panel 142: The Ukraine effect in European security and defence: lessons after three years of war Location: Room F-1.B, Building F Chair: Yf Reykers Discussant: Yf Reykers	Panel 230: Reflecting the external dimensions of EU's global green leadership with comparative research Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Sebastian Oberthür Discussant: Jan Orbie	Panel 140: ENP in the Middle East: Challenges and opportunities Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Georges Masse Discussant: Ibrahim Jouhari Discussant: Paul Nabil Assaf	Panel 350: The EU as in/external social policy actor Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Ine Lietaert Chair: Karolina Kluczewska Discussant: Ine Lietaert Discussant: Karolina Kluczewska
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Lunch break
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Panel 445: The EU-China Relations in a Changing Global Order Location: Room A.0.03, Building A Chair: Laia Comerma Discussant: Laia Comerma	Panel 272: Depoliticising EU Migration Policies in Times of Heightened National Politicisation Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Agathe Piquet Chair: Denis Duez Discussant: Florian Trauner	Panel 380: Trading Green: Sectoral Applications and Policy Mechanisms in the Evolving EU Environmental Trade Policy Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Scott Michael Hamilton Discussant: Teresa Cabrita Discussant: Scott Michael Hamilton	Panel 279: Securing Europe: Institutional Challenges and Strategic Responses in Defence Policy Location: Room F-1.A, Building F Chair: Fernando Moreno Discussant: Fernando Moreno	Panel M: Europe in the Geoeconomic Era: Strategies, Risks, and Political Dynamics Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Philippe De Lombaerde Discussant: Philippe De Lombaerde	Panel 220: Bridging emotions and memory politics in European Foreign Policy Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Heidi Maurer Discussant: Heidi Maurer	Panel 255: European Union external relations towards South America: environmental policies versus trade? Location: Room Bruges, Building PL5 Chair: Bruno Luciano Discussant: Gustavo Müller
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm - 4:20pm	Welcome remarks Location: Building M Welcome remarks from the President of Brussels School of Governance, Karel De Gucht
4:20pm - 5:00pm	Keynote speech: Marta Kos - EU Commissioner for Enlargement Location: Building M Keynote speech followed by a Q&A session
5:00pm - 5:15pm	Coffee break
5:15pm - 6:45pm	UNU-CRIS 25th Anniversary Roundtable: Past, Present and Future of Regionalism Studies Location: Building M Chair: Frank Mattheis Chair: Philippe De Lombaerde Introductory remarks: Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General. Speakers: Frederik Söderbaum, University of Gothenburg; Luk van Langenhove, UNU-CRIS/VUB; Louise Fawcett, University of Oxford; Beatrix Futák-Campbell, University of Leiden; Adebayo Olukoshi, Wits University; Gaëlle Le Pavic, UNU-CRIS
6:45pm - 8:30pm	Reception sponsored by UNUCRIS and EFAR Location: Building M

Date: Thursday, 22/May/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration and welcome coffee
9:00am - 10:30am	Panel T: Challenges and Dilemma in EU Enlargement and Integration Location: Room A.0.03, Building A Chair: Serafine Dinkel Discussant: Serafine Dinkel	Panel 136: The EU's Evolving Management of the Environment-Trade Nexus Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Caroline Bertram Discussant: Caroline Bertram	Panel 287: Outsourced empire? Questioning norms and values of EU external relations Location: Room F-1.A, Building F Chair: Vjosa Musliu Discussant: Laura Luciani	Panel 288: Protean and Control Power and EU's Actorness in the Eastern Neighbourhood Location: Room F-1.B, Building F Chair: Olga Burlyuk Discussant: Olga Burlyuk	Panel 448: Allyship in Diversity? Critical Perspectives on the EU's role as a Global Actor I Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Kateryna Pishchikova	Panel 326: Between Rebordering and Fragmentation: Revisiting the External Dimension of the EU Migration Policy Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Marie-Laure BASILIEN-GAINCHE Discussant: Thomas Spijkerboer
9:00am - 10:30am	Panel 360: Constructing Sovereignty in Cyberspace: the EU's Approach Location: Room A.1.23, Building A Chair: Jamal Shahin Discussant: Jamal Shahin
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Panel 411: Fragmentation vs Plurality? The EU as an actor in global digital government Location: Room A.0.03, Building A Chair: Jamal Shahin Discussant: Jamal Shahin	Panel 428: EU Pharmaceutical Regulation goes global: Pathways of Influence, role of EU agencies, and non-European perspectives Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Philippe Mongrain Discussant: Philippe Mongrain	Panel U: Practices and practitioners of EU external action Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Ariadna Ripoll Servent Discussant: Ariadna Ripoll Servent	Panel 218: EU Readmission and return: Towards a normative approach Location: Room F-1.A, Building F Chair: Florian Trauner Chair: Philipp Stutz Discussant: TBC To Be Confirmed	Panel 449: Allyship in Diversity? Critical Perspectives on the EU's role as a Global Actor II Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Dimitris Bouris	Panel L: EU Trade and Green Policies: Balancing Values and Interests Location: Room F-1.B, Building F Chair: Laia Comerma
11:00am - 12:30pm	Panel 285: Roundtable: Beware, the EU might get what is wished for: the discursive pitfalls of a "mature" and "geopolitical" EU Location: Room A.1.23, Building A Chair: Heidi Maurer Discussant: Kolja Raube	Panel 351: Green transition for whom? A critical examination of the EU's critical raw materials supply chains and their implications for human rights and environmental justice Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Liliana Lizarazo Rodriguez Discussant: Alberto Pecoraro	Panel 215: Georgia-EU relation: a multi-scalar and multi-actors analysis of current trends Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Gaëlle Le Pavic Discussant: Kornely Kakachia
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch break
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Panel 187: The EU's Trade and Sustainable Development Agenda Reasserted: Navigating Unilateralism, Geopolization and Legitimacy Concerns Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Caroline Bertram Discussant: Jan Orbie	Panel 305: Structural Shifts in Sino-EU Relations: Cooperation, Divergences, and Future Prospects Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Lilei Song Discussant: Tian Gao Discussant: Uli Brückner	Panel 425: The European Peace facility's serendipitous success: geopolitics, partnerships, defence Location: Room F-1.A, Building F Chair: Ueli Staeger Discussant: Marijn Hoijtink	Roundtable on Perspectives for Early Career Scholars Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Julien Jeandesboz Speakers: Ozlem Atikcan, Politics and International Studies (PAIS), University of Warwick; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University; Antonio Calcara, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB);	Panel F: The EU's Role in Shaping Technology Governance, Diplomacy and Actorness Location: Room F-1.B, Building F Chair: Jamal Shahin Discussant: Jamal Shahin	Panel 407: Transgovernmental Gateways: The Role of EU Agencies and Networks in Shaping EU external governance Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Ellen Vos Discussant: Ellen Vos
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Panel 313: European Security and Defence in Times of War: Responding to Traditional and Emerging Threats Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Daniel Fiott Discussant: Daniel Fiott
3:00pm - 3:15pm	Coffee break
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Panel A: Questioning Externalization: The adaptation of the EU's Migration Governance Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Ine Lietaert Discussant: Ine Lietaert	Panel R: EU Neighbourhood Policy Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Kornely Kakachia Discussant: Tom Casier	Panel C: Voices of Influence: Civil Society, Advocacy and Media in the EU's Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods Location: Room F-1.A, Building F Chair: Gaëlle Le Pavic Discussant: Gaëlle Le Pavic	Panel 343: The EU's Geo-Economic Turn: Implications for EU Policy-making Location: Room F-1.B, Building F Chair: Clara Weinhardt Discussant: Thomas Conzelmann	Panel 369: Investors, Sustainable Finance, and Global Value Chains Location: Room F-1.C, Building F Chair: Maria Gabriela Ramos-Barrera Discussant: Maria Gabriela Ramos-Barrera	Panel 270: Shaping International Order? Opportunities and challenges to the EU's global influence Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Alister Miskimmon
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Panel 423: the EU's ambitions in the geopolitics of technology Location: Room Bruges, Building PL5 Chair: Antonio Calcara Discussant: Antonio Calcara
3:30pm - 4:45pm	Egmont Policy Panel: Is Europe really rearming? Location: Auditorium, Building A Chairs: Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute & Ghent University Speakers: Inge Ceuppens, Defence Project Manager - DG DEFIS; Lieutenant-General Pierre Gérard, Military Representative of Belgium to NATO and the EU; Vassilis Theodosopoulos, Senior Manager Security anf Defence - ASD; Alexander Mattelaer, Associate Professor at CSDS-VUB and Senior Research Fellow at Egmont
4:45pm - 5:00pm	Coffee break
5:00pm - 6:00pm	ETH Zurich Panel: Strategic Trends in 2025 and their implications for Europe Location: Building M Chair: Giulia Tercovich Presenters: Gorana Grgic, ETH Zurich; Luis Simon, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) - VUB; Jean-Pierre Van Aubel, European External Action Service (EEAS); Barbora Maronkova, NATO
6:00pm - 7:30pm	Reception sponsored by ETH Zurich Location: Building M

Date: Friday, 23/May/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration and welcome coffee
9:00am - 10:30am	Panel N: The Dynamics of EU Enlargement: Framing, Opportunity and Contestation Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Louise Amoris Discussant: Louise Amoris	Panel V: Resource Geopolitics: The EU's Role in Energy Security and Critical Supply Chains Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Kevin Le Merle Discussant: Kevin Le Merle	Panel E: Redefining European Security between Fragmentation and Adaptation Location: Room C.1.05, Building A Chair: Antonio Calcara Discussant: Jonata Anicetti	Panel P: Addressing China: The EU's Economic and Geopolitical responses Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Thomas Christiansen Discussant: Lilei Song	Panel Z: Soft Power in Flux: EU Strategies, Global Narratives, and the Dynamics of International Influence Location: Room A.1.23, Building A Chair: Nicole Marie Ostrand Discussant: TBC To Be Confirmed	Panel S: The EU and Democracy Promotion: Elections, Human Rights, and Political Discourse Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Ozlem Atikcan Discussant: Ozlem Atikcan	Panel 362: Green Thinking, Green Teaching: New frontiers in European Studies Education (Roundtable) Location: Room Bruges, Building PL5 Chair: Franziska Petri Discussant: Heidi Maurer speakers: Francesca Colli (Maastricht University) Veronika Zapletalova (Masaryk University) Joseph Earsom (Catholic University Lille) Jana Gheuens (VUB/Stockholm University)
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:00pm	Keynote Lecture: European Foreign Affairs Review (EFAR) - The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics Location: Building M Ian Manners
12:00pm - 12:15pm	Best Paper Award for early-career scholars Location: Building M
12:15pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Panel I: EU Development Fragmentation and the Future of Global Gateway Location: Room A.0.05, Building A Chair: Jan Orbie Discussant: TBC To Be Confirmed	Panel Q: The EU and the Future of Inter-regional Cooperation Location: Room Lisbon, Building PL5 Chair: Arantza Gomez Arana Discussant: Arantza Gomez Arana	Roundtable with Journal Editors Location: Auditorium, Building A Chair: Frank Mattheis Conversation with Journal Editors: Thomas Christiansen & Anna Herranz Surralles (Journal of European Integration); Paul James Cardwell (Journal of Common Market Studies); Yf Reykers (Contemporary Security Policy); Jocelyn Mawdsley & Bouris Dimitris (European Security Journal); Natalia Chaban (European Foreign Affairs Review); Maria Koinova (Migration Studies Journal)	Panel O: Navigating the Indo-Pacific: The EU's Evolving Security Role and Strategic Ambitions Location: Room A.1.23, Building A Chair: Giulia Tercovich Discussant: Giulia Tercovich	Panel H: The EU's Climate Diplomacy: Leadership, Partnerships, and External Perspectives Location: Room Rome, Building PL5 Chair: Sebastian Oberthür Discussant: Brendan Moore