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Proving Democracy's Resolve and Resilience | Highlights from the 28th Forum 2000 Conference
Join us as we explore the highlights from the 28th Forum 2000 Conference, titled "Proving Democracy's Resolve and Resilience.”
Sunday, October 13
Opening Evening & Forum 2000 International Award for Courage and Responsibility Ceremony
OPENING REMARKS:
- Miloš Vystrčil, President, Senate of the Parliament, Czechia
KEYNOTE SPEECH:
- Walter Russell Mead, Scholar, Columnist, Hudson Institute, The Wall Street Journal, USA
SPEAKERS:
- Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice President, Free Russia Foundation, Russia/USA
- Tamara Sujú, Director, CASLA Institute, Venezuela/Spain
MODERATOR:
- Lucie Pilipová, Member, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czechia
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:
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Rona Nishliu, Artist, Kosovo
- Tringa Sadiku, Artist, Kosovo/Austria
Monday, October 14
Opening Plenary Session with President Pavel
OPENING REMARKS:
- Jakub Klepal, Executive Director, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czechia
KEYNOTE SPEECH:
- Petr Pavel, President, Czechia
Opening Panel with President Pavel | Global Democratic Partnerships: Shifting the Balance?
SPEAKERS:
- Petr Pavel, President, Czechia
- Walter Russell Mead, Scholar, Columnist, Hudson Institute, The Wall Street Journal, USA
- Florindo Chivucute, Executive Director, Friends of Angola, Angola
- Cecilia Requena Zárate, Member, Senate, Bolivia
MODERATOR:
- Bay Fang, President, Radio Free Asia, USA
Special Address by Tsai Ing-wen | Overcoming Authoritarian Threat through Democratic Unity
KEYNOTE SPEECH:
- Tsai Ing-wen, Former President, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Discussion | African Outlook: Geopolitics, Localization, and Ownership
SPEAKERS:
- Margaret Nyambura Ndung‘u, ICT Cabinet Secretary, Kenya
- Aisha Dabo, Coordinator, AfricTivistes, Senegal/The Gambia
- Josephine Sanny, Director of Communications, Afrobarometer, Ghana
- Thierno Balde, Chair, Research Institute on Democracy and Rule of Law, Guinea
MODERATOR:
- Andrea Ngombet, Founder and Executive Director, Sassoufit Collective, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Republic of the Congo/Canada
Discussion | Montenegro: Safely on the EU Accession Path?
SPEAKERS:
- Maida Gorčević, Minister of European Affairs, Montenegro
- Martin Dvořák, Minister for European Affairs, Czechia
MODERATOR:
- Elmar Brok, Senior Adviser, European Parliament, Germany
Discussion | Religion and Populism
SPEAKERS:
- Grace Davie, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- Jiří Pehe, Director, New York University in Prague, Czechia
MODERATOR:
- Milan Babík, Director, Václav Havel Library, Czechia
Gallery | Power of the Powerless
SPEAKERS:
- Evgenia Kara-Murza, Advocacy Director, Free Russia Foundation, Russia/USA
- Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice President, Free Russia Foundation, Russia/USA
- Hasler Iglesias, Board Member, Voluntad Popular, Venezuela/Spain
- Sebastien Lai, Son of Jimmy Lai, Leader, #FreeJimmyLai Campaign, Hong Kong/United Kingdom
- Zhala Bayramova, Legal Consultant, Economic Research Center, Azerbaijan/Sweden
- Zvonko Matkovic, Former President, Chamber of Deputies of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Mzwandile Banele Masuku, Executive Director, Swaziland Litigation Centre, Eswatini
MODERATORS:
- Javier El-Hage, Chief Legal Officer, Human Rights Foundation, Bolivia/USA
- Lucie Pilipová, Member, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czechia
Discussion | Russia-China Cooperation and the New Bipolarity
SPEAKERS:
- Szu-chien Hsu, Deputy Secretary-General, National Security Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Francisco Bencosme, China Policy Lead and Senior Policy Advisor, USAID, USA
- Charles Burton, Senior Fellow, Sinopsis, Canada
- Anne-Marie Brady, Professor, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
MODERATOR:
- Martin Hála, Founder and Director, Sinopsis, Czechia
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Discussion | Illiberal Foreign Policies and Their Impact on Western Unity
SPEAKERS:
- Ali Ehsassi, Chair, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, Parliament, Canada
- Pavel Žáček, Chair, Committee on Security, Chamber of Deputies, Czechia
- Daniel Hegedüs, Regional Director for Central Europe, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Hungary/Germany
- Sarah Repucci, Democracy Analyst and Advisor, Former Economist Group, USA
MODERATOR:
- Zsuzsanna Végh, Program Officer, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Hungary/Germany
Havel Conversation | 35 Years of Freedom: Solidarity In Demand
SPEAKERS:
- Iveta Radičová, Dean, Pan-European University, Former Prime Minister, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Slovakia
- Lech Wałęsa, Former President, Founder, Lech Wałęsa Foundation, Poland
MODERATOR:
- Carl Gershman, Founding President, National Endowment for Democracy, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, USA
Havel Conversation | The Future of Tibet?
SPEAKERS:
- Penpa Tsering, Sikyong, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet/India
MODERATOR:
- Carl Gershman, Founding President, National Endowment for Democracy, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, USA
Discussion | Future of Transatlantic Relations after the US Elections
SPEAKERS:
- Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czechia
- Jerzy Pomianowski, Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy, Member, International Coalition for Democratic Renewal, Poland/Belgium
- James Jay Carafano, Senior Counselor to the President, The Heritage Foundation, USA
- Alyona Getmanchuk, Director, New Europe Center, Ukraine
MODERATOR:
- Alexandr Vondra, Member, European Parliament, Member, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation, Czechia
Discussion | EU Accession of Ukraine and Moldova: The Next Steps?
SPEAKERS:
- Igor Zaharov, Presidential Adviser, EU Affairs and Strategic Communications, Moldova
- Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Chairperson, Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
- Tomáš Kopečný, Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Office of the Government, Czechia
- Petra Gombalová Kyslingerová, Head of Division Ukraine, European External Action Service, Czechia/Belgium
MODERATOR:
- Anastasia Pociumban, Research Fellow and Project Manager, German Council on Foreign Relations, Moldova/Germany
Closing Panel | Is the Populist/Authoritarian Wave Breaking?
SPEAKERS:
- Nancy Pelosi, Former Speaker, United States House of Representatives, USA
- María Corina Machado, Opposition Leader, Venezuela
- Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker, Chamber of Deputies, Czechia
- Delia Albert, Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
MODERATOR:
- Vesna Pusić, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Croatia