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

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 

11:00 – 11:15

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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Thursday, September 24, 2020

9:05 – 9:15

9:15 – 9:30

Emerging Threats in the Digital Domain

Craig Newmark, Founder, Craig Newmark Philanthropies 

Alina Polyakova, President and CEO, CEPA

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Spotlight: The Fight Against Disinformation

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9:30 – 10:30

Mapping a Transatlantic Digital Agenda

Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group  

Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University  

Casper Klynge, Vice President, European Government Affairs, Microsoft

Nick Pickles, Global Head of Public Policy Strategy and Development, Twitter

MODERATED BY: Alina Polyakova, President and CEO, CEPA

Friday, September 25, 2020

9:05 – 9:30

9:30 – 9:45

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

9:45 – 10:45

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