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Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Forum Berlin)

9.00 a.m.

Registration

10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.

Welcoming address

Irina Mohr, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Forum Berlin, Oliver Scheytt, Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V., Thomas Krüger, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

11.00 a.m.

Opening speech:
Cultural Policy for Europe

Bernd Neumann, Member of the German Bundestag,
Minister of State and Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs

11.30 a.m.

Panel 1:
Europe as a Cultural Power.
How Does Europe Make Use of the Opportunities of its Cultural Diversity?

Presentation by Adolf Muschg, author, Männedorf/Zurich

Panel:
Volker Hassemer, Spokesman of the Initiative »A Soul for Euorpe«, Adolf Muschg, author, Männedorf/Zurich, Oliver Scheytt, President of the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V., Bonn, Gesine Schwan, President of the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Catherine Trautmann, MEP, Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament,  Strasbourg/Brussels
Moderation: Hansjürgen Rosenbauer, Berlin-Brandenburg Media Council, Berlin
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1.00 p.m.

Lunch break

2.30 p.m.

Panel 2:
Where Do We Stand? On the Way to a European Cultural Policy.
Foundations - Strategies - Prospects

Introduction by Gottfried Wagner, Director of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Amsterdam

Presentation by Ján Figel', EU Commissioner for Education, Culture and Youth, Brussels

Panel:
Ján Figel', EU Commissioner for Education, Culture and Youth, Brussels, Ilona Kish, Secretary-General of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH), Brussels, Robert Palmer, Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Olaf Schwencke, President of the German Association of the ECF for Cultural Cooperation in Europe, Berlin, Gottfried Wagner, Director of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Amsterdam
Moderation: Dragan Klaic, Felix Meritis Foundation, Amsterdam
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4.00 p.m.

Coffee break

4.30 p.m.

Panel 3:
Culture Needs Publicity.
Culture in the Context of a European Communication Policy

Presentation by Gottfried Langenstein, President of ARTE, the German-French culture channel, Strasbourg

Panel:
Gabriella Gönczy, »A Soul for Europe«, Budapest/Berlin, Thomas Krüger, President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn, Gottfried Langenstein, President of ARTE, the German-French culture channel, Strasbourg
Moderation: Verena Metze-Mangold, Hessischer Rundfunk broadcasting company, Frankfurt/Main
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6.00 p.m.

Evening snack

7.30 p.m.

Panel 4:
Culture as a Component of European Foreign Policy?

Introduction by Günter Gloser, Minister of State for Europe, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Panel:
Christoph Bartmann, Head of the Culture and Society Division, Goethe Institute, Munich, Kathinka Dittrich van Weringh, Chair of the Board of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Amsterdam, Günter Gloser, Minister of State for Europe, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Monika Griefahn, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin, Richard Kühnel, Cabinet of EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner -DG External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy of the EU, Brussels
Moderation: Hansjürgen Rosenbauer, Berlin-Brandenburg Media Council, Berlin
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Programme Friday, 8 June 2007

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