27th Forum 2000 Conference

Prague | October 15–17, 2023

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Video Recordings


Sunday, October 15

Opening Evening

Moderator: Arzu Geybulla
Welcome: Bohuslav Svoboda
Keynote speech: Larry Diamond
Musical performance: Shahab Tolouie

Monday, October 16

Opening Plenary Session

Welcome: Jakub Klepal
Introduction: Jan Lipavský
Keynote speeches: Petr Pavel, Maia Sandu

Opening Panel | Democracies Standing Together vis-à-vis Mounting Challenges

Moderator: Melissa Chan
Speakers:  Petr Pavel,  Maia Sandu, Damon Wilson, Joan Chirwa

Discussion | The War in Ukraine and its Global Impact

Moderator: Jan Lipavský
Speakers: Luis Almagro, João Gomes Cravinho, Maiko Ichihara, Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi

GALLERY | Sharing the Struggle for Freedom

Moderator: Šimon Pánek
Speakers: Badiucao, Veysel Ok, Cecilia Requena Zárate, Dolkun Isa, Sandra Zenda

Discussion | Russia's War of Aggression and the Future of Europe

Moderator: Jaroslav Kurfürst
Speakers: Miroslav Wlachovský, Ralf Fücks, Orysia Lutsevych

Discussion | Resisting Autocracy, Inc. – The Role of the Global Democracy Movement

Moderator: Carl Gershman
Speakers: Věra Jourová, Oleksandra Matviichuk,  Alissa Wahid, Šimon Pánek

Moderator: Lucie Pilipová
Remarks: Qiang Xiao
Speakers: Miloš Vystrčil, Yevgenia Kara-Murza

Tuesday, October 17

Discussion | Restoring the Credibility of EU Enlargement Policy in the Western Balkans

Moderator: Ralf Fücks
Speakers: Elmar Brok, Guillaume Klossa, Monika Ladmanová, Agon Maliqi

Discussion | Making Sanctions Work

Moderator: Abdulwahab Alkebsi
Speakers:  Jan Lipavský, Wojciech Gerwel, Brandon Silver, Orysia Lutsevych

Discussion | Good Servant, Bad Master: Key Policy Insights Dealing With AI

Moderator: Arzu Geybulla
Speakers: Qiang Xiao, Violeta Luca, Min Hsuan Wu, Eduardo Villanueva Mansilla

Closing Panel | Foresight on the Future of Democracy

Moderator: Vesna Pusić
Speakers: Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Roukaya Kasenally, Nury A. Turkel