REDEFINING EUROPE
Federalism and the Union of European Democracies

Parliament of the Czech Republic
Chamber of Deputies
Malostranské námestí 19
118 26  Prague 1 Malá Strana

26th - 30th March 2004

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Sponsored By :

Association to Unite the Democracies
Ashburn Institute
University of Northern Virginia
Prague Institute for Global Urban Development
British Council
EuroAtlantis Council of Prague
Comparative Civilizations Review
English Speaking Union

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The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts and papers (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(09/03/04)

Friday 26th March

12.00 p.m.
English Speaking Union
Czech High School English Speaking Contest National Semi-finals

JUDGES: Conference attendees
Please contact Ian Tervit to volunteer

2.00 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Words
Dr. Joseph Drew, Vice-Chairman Association to Unite the Democracies/Ashburn Institute and
Col. Robert Frantz, President, Association to Unite the Democracies/Ashburn Institute

“The History and Mission of the AUD”

2:20 p.m.
Break

2:30 p.m.
Mr. John Bok, Prominent Dissident Leader, 1989 Velvet Revolution and Head, Salamoun Society of Prague
Introduction of Patron and Keynote Speaker

Mr. Mirek Topolánek, Vice-President, Senate of the Czech Republic, Chairman, ODS Party (Civic Democratic Party), and Patron of the Conference

“The Czech Republic and the European Union”

3.00 p.m.
Coffee and Tea

3:20 p.m.
Dr. Jiri Payne, former Member, Czech Parliament

“Splitting the Czechoslovak Federation”

4.00 p.m.
Break

4:15 p.m.
Dr. Maiken Umbach, Associate Professor University of Manchester and Harvard University

“Federalism in Europe – History and Future Options”

5:15 p.m.
Break

5:30 p.m.
Graduate Students Panel: Democracy and Security Issues
Chair: Dr. Jiri Payne

“Despite the End of the Cold War and the Leadership of NATO, Why Does Europe Need a Common Foreign and Security Policy?”
Ms. Priyanka Ghosh, M.A. Candidate, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States

“Enlargement and European Defense After 11 September”
Ms. Rebecca Rogers, M.A. Candidate, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C., United States

“Issues of Sovereignty”
Ms. Barbara Jaworek, Student, International Relations, University of Economics in Poznan, Poland

“Rethinking EU Enlargement and Democracy”
Mr. Kalin Ivanov, M.A. Candidate, Center for European Studies, New York University, United States

7:30 p.m.
Reception and informal get-together offered by AUD
Location : Offices of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, Kozi 7 (Tel: 222.316.590)

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Saturday 27th March

9:30 a.m.
Remarks by Mr. Piskorski, Mayor of Warsaw
The Future of Europe (video)

Greetings from Mr. Pavel Bem, Mayor of Prague

10.00 a.m.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Cherevan, Rector, Kiev University for Market Relations
“Ukraine and Views on Future Relations with the Enlarged EU”

10:30 a.m.
Coffee and Tea

11.00 a.m.
Second Scholarly Panel : The New EU: Implications for Political Theory
Chair : Dr. Maiken Umbach

“Scaling Europe : European Democracy and Tension Between Function and Participation”
Dr. John Crowley, Executive Director and Mr. Wren Nasr, Executive Assistant, The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (CIR-Paris), Paris, France

“External Cures, Internal Ills: a Federalist Critique of a Committee of the Parliaments”
Ms. Joelle Schmitz, PhD candidate and Fulbright Scholar, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

“From Dialectics to Political Theology: Rethinking Complexity in Federalism”
Dr. Isabel David, Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

“Subsidiarity in the Light of European Model of Federalism”
Dr. Ivana Simikova, Technical University in Liberec, Czech Republic and University of Pittsburgh, United States

1.00 p.m.
Catered lunch, offered by AUD

2.00 p.m.
Third Scholarly Panel : The New EU: Implications for Social Theory
Chair : Dr. Joseph Drew

“The Emergence of a European Political Class: Sociological Career Paths and Identity Profiles”
Dr. Elise Féron, Research Fellow, The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (CIR-Paris), Paris, France

“The State and the Challenges of Modernity”
Dr. Christina Maria Gheorghe, European Studies Faculty, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

“Debating the Democratic Deficit: the Question of Legitimacy in the EU”
Mr. Olivier Ruchet, PhD. Candidate, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France and Lecturer, Southern Methodist University - Paris program

“Alms Giving in Modern Urban Society: Beggars Givers Interactions in Two Post-socialist Societies”
Prof. Marina Butovskaya, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow State University, Russia, and Prof. Marina Vancatova, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

4.00 p.m.
Coffee and Tea

4:30 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Boguslawa Bedardczyk, Dean, Faculty of International Relations, Andrzej Frycz Modizewski Kracow College, Poland
“The European Constitution Heritage”

5:30 p.m.
International University Graduate Students
Videoconference
U.S., Poland, Ukraine/Live Broadcast

Finals of an Educational Series of Debates on EU Enlargement and Trans-Atlantic Relations
Chair : Mr. Martin McGoldrick

JUDGES: Conference attendees
Please contact Marielle Reiss to volunteer

8.00 p.m.
Dinner (delegate's expense)
Nebozizek Restaurant
Prague

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Sunday 28th March

No formal programme: sight-seeing and cultural activities

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Monday 29th March

9:15 a.m.
Dr. Marc A. Weiss, Chairman, Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, Prague, Czech Republic and Washington, DC.
"The Future of Global Urban Development."

10.00 a.m.
Coffee and Tea

10:30 a.m.
Fourth Scholarly Panel: Constitutional Law and the EU
Chair: Dr. Jiri Payne

“European Constitutionalism: Assumptions and Consequences (a thumbnail from Croatia)”
Mr. Sc. Zoran Oklopcic, Dept. of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia

“Incorporating the Principles of Co-equal Branches into the European Constitution: Lessons To Be Learned From the United States ”
Mark K. Gyandoh, Esq, Philadelphia, PA, United States

“Who should Govern the EU and in What Manner?”
Prof. Fausto Capelli, Director, European College of Parma, Italy

12.00 p.m.
Lunch

1.00 p.m.
Fifth Scholarly Panel : European Civil Society and Cooperation
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Cherevan

“The Roman Catholic Church and Poland 's Accession to the EU”
Ms. Mirella Eberts, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada

“Re-thinking the Public Sphere: Globalization and the Excluded Other”
Mark McGlynn, Department of Philosophy, University of Essex, United Kingdom

“Testing the limits of EU integration: Minority Rights”
Mr. David Landau, M. Phil. Candidate, European Politics and Society, Oxford University (St. Anthony's College), UK

“Inclusive Education as a Human Right and Slovakia 's Accession to the European Union”
Ms. Julia White, PhD. Candidate, Syracuse University and Fulbright grantee in the Slovak Republic

3.00 p.m.
Coffee and Tea

3:30 p.m.
Sixth Scholarly Panel : Cultural Identity in the New Europe
Chair : Prof. Dr. Boguslawa Bednarczyk

“Democracy as a Fundamental Principle of the European Union Institutional Order”
Prof. Dr. Xenophon Contiades, Scientific Director, Centre for European Constitutional Law (CECL), Athens and Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

“Circumventing the State? The Demands of Stateless Nations, National Minorities, and the Proposed European Constitution”
Mr. David Landau, M. Phil Candidate, and Ms. Lisa Vanhala, M. Phil. Candidate, European Politics and Society Oxford University, United Kingdom

“Sovereignty, Stateless Nations and the European Order: Seeking Statehood”
Ms. Lisa Vanhala, M. Phil. Candidate, European Politics and Society, Oxford University (Hertford College), UK

5:30 p.m.
Break

4:30 p.m.- 6 p.m.
International High School videoconference /Live Broadcast

(to be held concurrently)

Global Partners, Global Education Motivators, Ashburn Institute
“Building Sustainable Democracies”
Chair : Mr. Mitchell Young

7.00 p.m.
Dinner, offered by AUD
Cafe Creperie
Krizovnické námestí 3 (Krizovnicke namesti 3)
Praha 1

“Cooperation between the European Union and the United States ”
Remarks by Capt. Tom Hudgens, Chairman Emeritus, Association to Unite the Democracies

General discussion

10.00 a.m.
Remarks by prominent Czech elected officials
JUDr. Eva Dundáèsková, Member of the Czech Parliament, ODS Party

11 a.m.
Closing Ceremonies

John Bok, Prominent Dissident Leader, 1989 Velvet Revolution and Head, Salamoun Society of Prague

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Hon. Petr Pithart, President, Senate of the Czech Republic

Mr. Mirek Topolánek, Vice-President, Senate of the Czech Republic , Chairman, ODS Party (Civic Democratic Party), and Patron of the Conference

Conference Close