Disrupted Future, Shared Purpose:   
Mapping a New Transatlantic Decade
Monday, September 21, 2020
9:00 – 9:05 
9:05 – 9:30 
9:30 – 10:30
Opening
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Larry Hirsch, Chairman, CEPA
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Mapping the New Transatlantic Decade 
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H.E. Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO 
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INTRODUCED BY: Alina Polyakova, President and CEO, CEPA 
The Emerging World Order in an Era of Disruption
 
Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University 
Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Center for Liberal Strategies
Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Senior Counselor, Albright Stonebridge Group; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Kori Schake, Director, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute 
MODERATED BY: Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Europe, The New York Times  
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
9:25 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15
The Future of Transatlantic Defense

H.E. Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of Defense, Poland 
The Hon. James Risch (R-ID), U.S. Senator for Idaho, U.S. Senate 
The Hon. Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Senator for New Jersey, U.S. Senate 
Arenas of Contestation: The Geopolitics of the Black Sea
 
Simona Cojocaru, State Secretary and Chief of the Department for Defense Policy, Ministry of National Defense, Romania 
ADM (Ret.) James G. Foggo, Former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, United States; Former Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, NATO
H.E. Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine 
Ambassador Kurt Volker, Distinguished Fellow, CEPA  
MODERATED BY: LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair, CEPA 
Closing Remarks
 
Martin Riegl, Acting Deputy Minister for Defense Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defense, Czech Republic
István Szabó, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Hungary
Marian Majer, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Slovakia
 
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
9:00 – 9:10
9:10 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15
2020 Freedom Fighter Award 

H.E. Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania 
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INTRODUCED BY: Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow, CEPA 
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Spotlight: The Future of Democracy

Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, Oxford University 
Nathan Law, Pro-Democracy Activist, Hong Kong
Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University 
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Resilience in the Face of Authoritarianism

Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy 
Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution 
H.E. Věra Jourová, Vice President for Values and Transparency, European Union Commission 
The Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), U.S. Senator for Rhode Island, U.S. Senate 
MODERATED BY: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker 
Foreign Influence in Europe: A Perspective from Prague

H.E. Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic 
George Will, Columnist, The Washington Post 
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Spotlight: Art as a Beacon of Democracy
Ambassador Colleen Bell, Executive Director, California Film Commission
Evgeny Afineevsky, Director, Winter on Fire
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9:15 – 9:30
Friday, September 25, 2020
9:05 – 9:30
9:30 – 9:45
9:45 – 10:45
2020 Transatlantic Leadership Awardees

The Hon. Rob Portman (R-OH), U.S. Senator for Ohio, U.S. Senate
The Hon. Chris Murphy (D-CT), U.S. Senator for Connecticut, U.S. Senate
U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next Administration

A. Wess Mitchell, Vice Chair, CEPA
Derek Chollet, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor for Security and Defense Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
The Future of Transatlantic Leadership

The Hon. Brendan Boyle (D-PA),  U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 2nd District, U.S. House of Representatives
Rachel Hoff, Policy Director, The Ronald Reagan Institute
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
H.E. Tomáš Valášek, Member of the National Council, Slovakia
MODERATED BY: Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow, CEPA

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