Monday, October 13

09:00 - 09:50

BREAKFAST (Žofín Palace, Small Room)

By special invitations only.

Garry Kasparov, Opposition Leader, Russia (conf.)

Introduced by Bessel Kok, Chairman, Astelit, Ukraine/Netherlands

10:00 - 10:10

OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

Václav Havel, Former President, Czech Republic (conf.)

Mike Moore, Former Director General of WTO, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand (conf.)

10:10 - 10:15

VIDEO MESSAGE (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

10:15 - 11:45

PLENARY PANEL 1 (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

Rama Yade, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, France (conf.)

Mike Moore, Former Director General of WTO, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand (conf.)

Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman, The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia (conf.)

Ondřej Liška, Minister of Education, Czech Republic

Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor, Sociologist, Director of Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, USA (conf.)

Robert Ménard, Secretary-General, Reporters Without Borders, France (conf.)

10:15 - 11:45

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY ROUNDTABLE (Laterna Magika)

Tomáš Sedláček, Chief Macroeconomic Strategist, ČSOB Bank, Czech Republic (conf.)

Vicente Fox, Former President, Mexico (conf.)

Mikhail Kasyanov, Former Prime Minister, Russia (conf.)

Tomáš Etzler, Journalist, Czech Republic (conf.)

Petr Šmída, CEO, Alfa Bank, Russia/Czech Republic (conf.)

Mohammad Gawdat, Managing Director for Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google (conf.)

Jacob Nell, TNK-BP, Moscow, United Kingdom (conf.)

11:45 - 12:00

COFFEE BREAK (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

12:00 - 13:30

PLENARY PANEL 2 (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

Vicente Fox, Former President, Mexico (conf.)

Adam Roberts, President-elect of the British Academy, UK (conf.)

Trudy Stevenson, Opposition Leader, Zimbabwe (conf.)

Garry Kasparov, Opposition Leader, Russia (conf.)

Zoya Phan, Political Activist, Burma (conf.)

Alyaksandar Milinkevich, Opposition Leader, Belarus (conf.)

12:00 - 13:30

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY ROUNDTABLE (Laterna Magika)

Jan Švejnar, Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA, and Chairman of CERGE-EI, Czech Republic (conf.)

Tomáš Sedláček, Chief Macroeconomic Strategist, ČSOB Bank, Czech Republic (conf.)

Mike Moore, Former Director General of WTO, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand (conf.)

Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman Europe Microsoft Corporation, Czech Republic (conf.)

Mike Short, CEO, Pilsner Urquell, Czech Republic/UK (conf.)

Mohammad Gawdat, Managing Director for Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google (conf.)

Gabriel Eichler, Founder, Benson Oak, Czech Republic (conf.)

12:00 - 13:30

WATER AND RELIGION: WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL VALUE OF WATER? (Goethe Institut, Room 1)

Michael Žantovský, Ambassador to Israel, Czech Republic (conf.)

Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman, The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia (conf.)

Fara Gaye, Sufi Master, Senegal (conf.)

Jerry Delli Priscoli, Senior Advisor, U.S. Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources, USA (conf.)

David Brooks, Senior Advisor - Fresh Water, Friends of the Earth, Canada (conf.)

Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor, Sociologist, Director of Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, USA (conf.)

12:00 - 15:00

WORKSHOP (Černín Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic)

In cooperation with Respekt Institut CAS LA

By special invitations only.

Carlos Alberto Montaner, Political Analyst, Cuba/Spain (conf.)

Vladimir Petit, Political Analyst, Venezuela (conf.)

Bruce Jackson, President, Project on Transitional Democracies, USA (conf.)

Robert Amsterdam, Lawyer, Amsterdam & Peroff, Canada (conf.)

Jose Maria Argueta, Former National Security Adviser, Former Ambassador to Japan and Peru, Guatemala (conf.)

The event is moderated by Fredo Arias King, Political Analyst, Mexico

13:30 - 14:30

LUNCHEON (Žofín Palace, Small Room)

14:00 - 15:30

THE STATE OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE WORLD (Laterna Magika)

In cooperation with the Embassy of France

Robert Ménard, Secretary-General, Reporters Without Borders, France (conf.)

Jan Urban, Journalist, Czech Republic (conf.)

14:00 - 15:30

DEBATE (Hussite Theological Faculty)

Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor, Sociologist, Director of Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, USA (conf.)

14:30 - 16:00

PLENARY PANEL 3 (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

Don McKinnon, Former Secretary General of Commonwealth, New Zealand (conf.)

Vladimír Dlouhý, Advisor, Goldman Sachs, Czech Republic (conf.)

Mikhail Kasyanov, Former Prime Minister, Russia (conf.)

Irshad Manji, Senior Fellow, European Foundation for Democracy, Canada (conf.)

Bruce Jackson, President, Project on Transitional Democracies, USA (conf.)

Tomáš Etzler, Journalist, Czech Republic (conf.)

Ashis Nandy, Political Psychologist and Sociologist of Science, India (conf.)

Michael Žantovský, Ambassador to Israel, Czech Republic (conf.)

14:30 - 16:00

WORKING GROUP (Goethe Institut, Room 2)

In cooperation with ANO pro Evropu and International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

By special invitations only.

Trudy Stevenson, Opposition Leader, Zimbabwe (conf.)

Anastasia Crickley, Personal Representative of the Chair in Office of the OSCE on Discrimination, Ireland (conf.)

Adam Roberts, President-elect of the British Academy, UK (conf.)

Tomáš Vrba, Chairman of the Board, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Republic (conf.)

Other participants: Igor Blaževič, One World Director, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DEMAS, Czech Republic; Krysztof Bobinski, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, Poland; Milan L. Hauner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Chairman of Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, Egypt; Adrian Karatnycky, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the US, Former President of Freedom House, USA; Ina Kulej-Milinkevich, Chairperson, Committee of the Repressed “Solidarity”, Belarus; Jeff Lovitt, Executive Director, PASOS, Czech Republic; Matteo Mecacci, Member of Parliament, Italy; Edward Mortimer, Vice-President, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria; Šimon Pánek, Director of People in Need, Czech Republic; Jiri Pehe, Director of the New York University, Czech Republic; Berel Rodal, Vice-President of International Centre on Non-Violent Conflict, USA; Jan Ruml, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Respekt Publishing, Czech Republic; Jiřina Šiklová, Former Spokesperson of Charter 77, Sociologist, Czech Republic; Magdalena Vášáryová, Member of Parliament, Slovak Republic; Stephen Zunes, Professor at the University of San Francisco, USA

The event is moderated by Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová, Chairperson, ANO pro Evropu, Czech Republic

14:30 - 16:00

DEBATE (Goethe Institut, Room 1)

In cooperation with Association for International Affairs

Alyaksandar Milinkevich, Opposition Leader, Belarus (conf.)

Adam Michnik, Former Dissident, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland (conf.)

Moderator: Luboš Veselý, Analyst, Association for International Affairs, Czech Republic

15:00 - 16:30

PANEL DISCUSSION (CERGE-EI)

In cooperation with CERGE-EI and RSJ Invest

Mike Moore, Former Director General of WTO, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand (conf.)

Jan Švejnar, Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA, and Chairman of CERGE-EI, Czech Republic (conf.)

Other participant: Karel Janeček, Chairman, RSJ Invest, Czech Republic The event is moderated by: Libor Dušek, Deputy Director, CERGE-EI, Czech Republic

16:00 - 16:15

COFFEE BREAK (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

16:15 - 17:45

PLENARY PANEL 4 (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

André Glucksmann, Philosopher, France (conf.)

Josef Jařab, Former Rector of Central European University in Budapest, Czech Republic (conf.)

Adam Michnik, Former Dissident, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland (conf.)

Robin Christopher, Secretary General, Global Leadership Foundation, United Kingdom (conf.)

Władysław Bartoszewski, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland (conf.)

Fredrick F. Chien, Chairman, Cathay Charity Foundation, Taiwan (conf.)

Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson, Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Ireland (conf.)

16:30 - 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSION (Žofín Palace, Knights´ Hall)

In cooperation with ANO pro Evropu and International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Adam Roberts, President-elect of the British Academy, UK (conf.)

Other participants: Šimon Pánek, Director of People in Need, Czech Republic; Berel Rodal, Vice-President of the Int. Center on Non-Violent Conflict, USA; Jiřina Šiklová, Former Spokesperson of Charter 77, Sociologist, Czech Republic; Magdalena Vašáryová, Member of Parliament, Slovak Republic; Daniel Herman, Head of Information Bureau, Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic

The event is moderated by Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová, Chairperson, ANO pro Evropu, Czech Republic

16:30 - 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSION (Goethe Institut, Room 1)

In cooperation with Respekt Institut CAS LA

Liduine Zumpolle, Director, "Apoyo Reconciliacion Colombia" Foundation, Netherlands (conf.)

Vicente Fox, Former President, Mexico (conf.)

Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, Former Governor, State of Zulia, Venezuela (conf.)

Jose Maria Argueta, Former National Security Adviser, Former Ambassador to Japan and Peru, Guatemala (conf.)

16:30 - 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSION (Goethe Institut, Room 2)

Maen Rashid Areikat, Coordinator General, Negotiations Affairs Department of the PLO, Palestine (conf.)

David Brooks, Senior Advisor - Fresh Water, Friends of the Earth, Canada (conf.)

The event is moderated by Pavel Seifter, Consultant, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czech Republic.

16:45 - 17:15

VÁCLAV HAVEL AND RAMA YADE MEET WITH DISSIDENTS (Žofín Palace, Restaurant)

In cooperation with the Embassy of France

By special invitations only.

Václav Havel, Former President, Czech Republic (conf.)

Rama Yade, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, France (conf.)

Alexander Podrabinek, Editor-in-Chief, Prima Information Agency, Russia (conf.)

Alyaksandar Milinkevich, Opposition Leader, Belarus (conf.)

Carlos Alberto Montaner, Political Analyst, Cuba/Spain (conf.)

Trudy Stevenson, Opposition Leader, Zimbabwe (conf.)

Zoya Phan, Political Activist, Burma (conf.)

17:45 - 17:50

CLOSING OF THE DAY (Žofín Palace, Large Room)

Mike Moore, Former Director General of WTO, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand (conf.)

Václav Havel, Former President, Czech Republic (conf.)

18:00 - 18:50

REFRESHMENTS FOR DELEGATES (Žofín Palace, Restaurant)

For conference delegates only.

18:00 - 18:50

SHARED CONCERN INITIATIVE MEETING (Žofín Palace, Lord Mayor´s Hall)

For SCI members only.

André Glucksmann, Philosopher, France (conf.)

Václav Havel, Former President, Czech Republic (conf.)

Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman, The Nippon Foundation, Japan (conf.)

Mike Moore, Former Director General of WTO, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand (conf.)

18:00 - 19:00

LECTURE BY AMMAR AL HAKIM (Prague School of Economics (VŠE))

Ammar Al-Hakim, Vice President, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Iraq (conf.)

19:00 - 20:30

CONCERT (Žofín Palace, Small Room)

By special invitations only.

Followed by a glass of wine.

19:00 - 22:00

PUBLIC POLICY DINNER WITH AMMAR AL HAKIM (Danish Embassy, Residence)

In cooperation with Prague Society for International Cooperation

By special invitations only.

Ammar Al-Hakim, Vice President, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Iraq (conf.)