SATELLITE EVENT 1: European Journalists' Association - The Communication Network Meeting Unknown Europe? Opportunities and Risks

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SATELLITE EVENT 2: Privatizing Romanian Pensions System: How Markets Will Take Care of It

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Conference Site: Athenee Palace Hilton, Room “Regina Maria I”

Opening Speaker: - Paolo Magagnotti, President, European Journalists Association - The Communication Network

Conference Site: Athenee Palace Hilton, Room “Le Diplomate”

Moderator: Mona Musca, former MP and former Member of the Romanian Government

Welcome Coffee

Welcome Greetings and Introduction:

Cristian Tudor Popescu - President, “Romanian Press Club”, Bucharest.

Statement on the Principle of Freedom of the Press in the World

Speaker: Helmut Hetzel - Honorary President, European Journalists Association-The Communication Network; Benelux Correspondent for Press of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg

Freedom of Press, Media Concentration, and Journalists' access to information

Chairwoman: Ioana Avadani - Executive Director, “Center for Independent Journalism”, Bucharest.

Speakers:

• Roland Bless, Director, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
• Mariana Nitelea - Director, Information Office of the Council of Europe, Bucharest.
• Rotger H. Kindermann, Vice-president,“European Journalists Association The Communication Network”; President of the “Vereinigung Europaischer Journalisten”(D); “Mittelstand Magazine”
• Katarzyna Pelka-Wolsztajn, Vice-president of the “European Journalists Association - The Communication Network; Polish Television.
• Luisa Pace Purin, Secretary General, European Journalists Association-The Communication Network and Club Media Italie; Paris Correspondent for French and Italian Press.

Coffee Break

“Information and Ethnic Minorities' Rights”

Chairman: Mircea Toma – Director, Agency for the Monitoring of the Press, Bucharest

Speakers:

• Ludmila Rakusanova, Frm. President, European Journalists Association - The Communication Network, Director, Czech Institute for Local Journalism of the Media Group Passau and of the Brno University; Frm. Editor-in Chief and present Analyst of the Czech Regional Press Network.
• Oliver Kiss – Midas (European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages); Editor-in-Chief, “Szabadsag
• Juan Antonio Prieto - Spanish Television (TVE), Santander (Spain): Statement about European Unity in Diversity
• Gundega Tabaka - HansaMedia, Riga (Latvia)
• Enzo Farinella - Director, Itlandiani (Dublin); Expert on Ethnic Issues; Dublin correspondent for the news Agency ANSA and Vatican Radio
• Lucian Ionica - Director, Romanian Regional Television Station Timisoara (TVR).

Georges de Menil, Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris: Private Pensions in Romania and the EU

Mona Musca: Closing Remarks

“Local development and Social Enterprises in an Evolving Economy. Potential and perspectives for Romania” (Video presentation)

• Sergio Arzeni, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Local Development of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Welcome Address & Introductory Remarks

• Horia Terpe, CADI Executive Director, Bucharest

Opening Cocktail/ ERBM Reception:

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Evening Speakers introduced by Sever Voinescu, Journalist:

• Donato Chiarini, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Romania
• Tom Palmer, Vice-President for International Programs, Cato Institute, Washington D.C.

"Le Diplomate” Ballroom

Session I: Constitutions for Liberty, Room "Le Diplomate”

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Chairman: Valeriu Stoica, Member of CADI Executive Board, Bucharest

Speakers:

• Tom Palmer, Vice-President for International Programs, Cato Institute, Washington D.C.: Constitutional Choice: Harmony or Conflict
• Charles B. Blankart, Professor, Humboldt University: The European Union: Confederation, Federation or Association of Compound States? A Hayekian View to the Theory of Constitutions  [PPT Presentation]
• Dan Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, Washington D.C.: Decentralization and Systems Competition: Foundations of Liberty
• Pierre Garello, Director, IES-Europe, Aix-en-Provence

Session II - The European Constitution and the Need to Safeguard Against Overregulation, Room “Le Diplomate”

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Chairman: Krassen Stanchev, Executive Director, Institute for Market Economics, Sofia

Speakers:

• Len Shackleton, Dean, Westminster University: The Rhetoric of Social Partnership and The Reality of Sectional Interests
• Georges de Menil, Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris: Economic Consequences of the Constitutional Social Entitlements
• Paolo Magagnotti, President, European Journalists Association: The Role of Media in Shaping Citizens Preferences towards EU Constitution: biased or unbiased?
• Hardy Bouillon, Head of Economic Affairs, Center for New Europe, Brussels: The Principles of Regulation vs. the Regulation of Principles [PPT Presentation]

Lunch (Hors d'oeuvres) Rooms: Regina Maria and Restaurant “Roberto's”

Lunch Speaker: - John Fund, Wall Street Journal: Using Demonstration Projects to Show Freedom Works, introduced by Horia Terpe, Executive Director, CADI-Eleutheria

Session III - Taxation in Europe Room “Le Diplomate”

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Chairman: Pierre Garello, Director, IES-Europe, Aix-en-Provence

Speakers:

• Theodor Stolojan, former Prime Minister of Romania, currently president of the Liberal-Democratic Party: The Flat Tax in Romania and the Coherence of New Tax Policy Proposals
• Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, Washington D.C.: Transparency: The Next Big Thing
• Matthew Elliott, Executive Director, Taxpayers Alliance, London, UK: Using Grassroots Pressure to Educate Politicians about Tax
• Michael Jaeger, Secretary General, Taxpayers Association of Europe, Tax Competition or Tax Harmonization? [PPT Presentation]

Coffee Break and Policy Paper presentation: Competition: What it Has Done for Europe? by the European Enterprise Institute and Johnny Munkhammar, Program Director, Timbro, Stockholm introduced by Ionut Sterpan, Program Coordinator, CADI-Eleutheria

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Le Collonade Lobby

Session IV – Links Between Economic Policy and Individual Security Room “Le Diplomate”

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Chairman: Richard Rahn, Chairman, Institute for Global Economic Growth, Washington D.C.

Speakers:

• Richard Rahn: Do Policies That Enhance Individual Security Hurt Economic Growth?
• Pierre Bessard, General Delegate, Institute Constant de Rebecque, Lausanne: The Role of Decentralized Power for Individual Security
• Karl-Peter Schwarz, Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: The Importance of Property Rights Restitution for the Maintenance of Freedom in Post-communist Societies
• Orlando Arango, Senior Officer, Speaker of European Investment Bank: The Private Sector Investment in the Shaping of EU Policies

Session V - The Future of the Social Model (Stockholm Network) Room “Le Diplomate”

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Chairman: Tim Evans, Director of Development, Stockholm Network, London

Speakers:

• Johnny Munkhammar, Program Director, Timbro, Stockholm: Road Map to Reform
• Wolfgang Muller, Executive Director, Institute for Free Enterprise, Berlin: Germany: A Return to the Economic Power House?
• Jacob Arfwedson, Research Fellow, Stockholm Network, London: The French Social Model: "New French Revolution?" "No Sire, it’s postponed."
• Kristian Norheim, International Secretary, Progress Party Parliamentary Group: From the Cradle to the Grave: A Critical Look on the Norwegian Welfare State Model

Session I: The Think Tank Business (Plenary session) Room “Le Diplomate”

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Chairman: Pierre Garello, Director, Institute for Economic Studies

Speakers:

• Tom Palmer, Vice-President for International Programs, Cato Institute, Washington D.C.: Is a Think Tank a Business?
• Jo Kwong, Vice-president, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Washington D.C.: Building Relationships to Grow Your Support Base
• Barbara Kolm, Secretary General, Hayek Institute, Vienna: How to Sell Ideas in a Competitive Environment
• Yevgeny Volk, Head, The Heritage Foundation Russian Office, Moscow: Doing Think Tank Business When Environment is Difficult

1. WORKSHOP A: Best Practices in Think Tank Activity: Examples and Lessons Room: "Le Diplomate"

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Chairwoman: Jo Kwong, Vice-president, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Washington D.C.,

Speakers:

• Matthew Elliott, Executive Director, Taxpayers Alliance, London, UK: Market Research: Using focus groups and opinion polls to hone your message
• Svetla Kostadinova, Executive Director, Institute for Market Economics, Sofia:Low Taxes in Bulgaria - How We Did It and What is Next?
• Jacob Arfwedson, Research Fellow, Stockholm Network, London: The Free Europe Project
• Vincent Ginocchio - President of the Federation, Liberte Cherie, Nanterre: 5 Years of Activism in France: Lessons Learned

2. WORKSHOP B: Intellectual Property Rights, Americans for Tax Reform Foundation.

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Room: "Marcu"

Chairwoman: Kelsey Zahourek, Executive Director, Property Rights Alliance, Washington D.C.,

Speakers:

• Satya Thallam, Hernando de Soto Fellow at the Property Rights Alliance, Washington D.C.
• Dag Ekelberg, Assistant Director, Civita, Oslo
• Philip Stevens, Program Director, International Policy Network
• Mihail Radu Solcan, Professor, University of Bucharest

3. WORKSHOP C: Dealing with Hot Topics: The Case of Global Warming

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Room: "Cioran"

Chairman:

Fred Smith, President, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington D.C.

Speakers:

• Paul Stephenson, Researcher, Open Europe: Europe's dirty secret - why the EU emissions trading scheme isn't working
• Alec van Gelder, Research Fellow, International Policy Network, London
• Wolfgang Muller,Executive Director, Institute for Free Enterprise, Berlin
• Catalin Avramescu, Associate Professor, University of Bucharest

4. WORKSHOP D: How to Communicate? (European Journalists Association)

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Room: "Le Diplomate"

Chairmen:

• John Couretas, Director of Communications, Acton Institute
• Mihai Coman, Dean, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest

Speakers:

• Jody Clarke, Vice President for Communications, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington D.C.: Communicating Values in a Political World
• Cara Walker, Head of Communications, Stockholm Network: Make Friends and Influence People: Reaching out to European Think Tanks and Media
• Dorothea Ionescu Vanau , CEO, Hambar 18 Media Lab
• András Radetzky, President, Association of Hungarian Local Broadcasters
• Ralf Schneider, Journalist, Bavarian Television

Lunch (Hors d'oeuvres) Rooms: Regina Maria and Restaurant “Roberto's”

Lunch Speaker: Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform Foundation: Organizing for Liberty introduced by Ionut Sterpan, Program Coordinator, CADI-Eleutheria

1. WORKSHOP E: Fundraising and Strategic Development, CEE Trust. Room: "Marcu"

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Chairwoman: Rayna Gavrilova, Executive Director, Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

Speakers:

• Benoite Taffin, President, French Taxpayers Association: Fundraising: The FrenchExperience
• Matthew Kwasiborski, Prague Programs Director, The Fund for American Studies: Relationship Building
• Maciej Grabowski, Vice-President, Gdansk Institute for Market Economy
• George Prohaski, Co-President, Center for Economic Development, Sofia

2. WORKSHOP F: Think Tank Development: Coalition Building. Room: "Cioran"

Chairwoman: Bridgett Wagner, Director of Coalitions Relations, Heritage Foundation

Speakers:

• Kelsey Zahourek, Executive Director, Property Rights Alliance: Building a Free-Market Coalition Meeting in Your Country
• Marcin Nowacki, Founder, Project Lodz, Poland: Coalition Building at Local Level – The Case of the City of Lodz in Poland
• Robert Painter, President, Bellwether Forum, Houston
• Katherine Gorka - Executive Director, Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest

3. WORKSHOP G: Foundation of Democracy: Freedom, by Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe (EICEE) Room: "Enescu"

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Chairman: Stephen Bartulica, Vice-President, Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe, Washington, D.C.

Speakers:

• Charles King Mallory IV, Executive Director, Aspen Institute, Berlin
• Roman Joch – Executive Director, Civic Institute, Prague: Family and Education – The Basic Unit of Democracy
• Sebestyén Gorka, Executive Director, Institute For Transitional Democracy And International Security, Budapest: The Legacy of Communism – Democracy and Historical Realism
• Chris Briggs, Vice-President of Publications, Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe, Washington D.C: Democracy and the Ethics of Freedom

4. WORKSHOP H: European Coalition Initiative Room: "Brancusi"

Chairman: Remigijus Simasius, Vice-President, Lithuanian Free Market Institute

Speakers:

• Pierre Garello, Director, IES-Europe, Aix-en-Provence: Can a Coalition of Independent Think Tanks Make Up for the Lack of a Large Size Policy Oriented European Think Tanks?
• Barbara Kolm, Secretary General, Hayek Institute, Vienna: Networking – the Only Option for Coalitions?
• Przemyslaw Zurawski vel Grajewski, Senior Lecturer, University of Lodz

Session IV. Presentation of Workshops & closing remarks Conference site: Faculty of Law, Avla Magna, 36-46 Mihail Kogalniceanu Bd.

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Closing Remarks:

Workshop Chairpersons and Horia Terpe, Executive Director, CADI, Bucharest

Stockholm Network 10 Years Anniversary Reception Site: Faculty of Law, Avla Magna, 36-46 Mihail Kogalniceanu Bd.

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• Introductory Remarks: Tim Evans, Director of Development, Stockholm Network
• Keynote Speaker: Jose Pinera, President, International Center for Pension Reform and Cato Fellow

Optional trip to Black Sea seaside: Constanta and surrounding resorts.

This marks the ending of the Resource Bank Meeting series of events.

Costs: 20 E/participant. Bus returns in the evening; however, participants can continue spending more days at the seaside on their own account.

SATELLITE EVENT 3: 'Taxpayers Association of Europe' Meeting

Meeting Room: "Marcu"

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