The 6th Annual Europe Seminar
"Maintaining the Transatlantic Relationship"
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
FEES: $100 - SCIS Member, $120 - Non-Member, $50 - SCIS Young Professionals/Academic*
*Fees for Fulltime Faculty/Staff at a University System of Georgia School are covered by the Board of Regents International Office
The purpose of the seminar is to provide leaders from the Southeastern United States with background information and an up-to-date analysis of conditions in Europe. Invitees will include business and government leaders and scholars from the Southeast region of the country . The interaction between scholars, business executives and government officials should laed to an enrichment in teaching Euoppean affairs int eh classroom, as we as better political and business decisions.
PROGRAM
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
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Dr. Cedric L. Suzman, Vice President, Southern Center for International Studies |
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Mr. Joseph Johnson Jr., Director, Department of Economic Development, Fulton County |
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Dr. Brian Murphy, Co-Director, the European Union Center, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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| 9:15 a.m. | Opening Address |
| "Confronting Terrorism and Implications for Other Areas of US-EU Cooperation" | |
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Mr. Charles Ries, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
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| 9:45 a.m. | Foreign Investment Across the Atlantic |
| Session I |
Dr.Vicki Berchfield, (Moderator/Discussant) Associate Professor, Sam Nun School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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"Motivations for Foreign Investment" Mr.Thierry Mathisse, European Union Fellow, George Mason University |
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"Competition Policy Regulation" Dr. Edward M. Graham, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m. | EU Enlargement: Implications for Eastern Europe |
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Mr.Rick Riggers, (Moderator /Discussant) Partner, Hunton & Williams |
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"How Will an Enlarged Europe Work?"Dr. Michael Baun, Associate Professor, Valdosta State University |
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"Economic and Business Dimensions" Mr. Wieslaw Wodyk, Head of Economic Office, Embassy of Poland, Washington, DC |
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| 12:45 p.m. | Luncheon Speaker |
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The Honorable Herve Goyens, Consulate General of Belgium |
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| 2:15 p.m. | Points of Conflict and Common Interests |
| Session III | Dr. William Long, (Moderator /Discussant) Professor and Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| "The Transatlantic Trade Agenda" Mr. Brian McDonald, European Union Fellow, Yale University | |
| "European Security Arrangement in a Changed World" Dr. Charles Krupnick, Professor National Security Studies, US Army War College | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
Event will be held at the Whndham Midtown Hotel, 125 10th Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, 404-873-4800, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
For Registration Form and detailed information, please call Miss Telside Manson at (404)261-5763 or E-mail telside@soucntr.org