Wrocław Global Forum 2011

Welcome Reception; opening remarks by Rafał Dutkiewicz, Mayor of Wrocław
Venue: Wrocław Puppet Theatre
               pl. Teatralny 4, Wrocław
Dress Code: Business Casual

Welcoming Remarks: (Auditorium)
Rafał Dutkiewicz, Mayor of Wrocław
Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Counil

Opening  Keynote: Bronisław Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland (Auditorium)

Transatlantic Keynote: (Auditorium)
James L. Jones, former National Security Advisor, General USMC (ret.)
Moderator: Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Coucil

10:00 am

Central and Eastern Europe: A Model Transition? (Auditorium)
Moderator:
Janusz Reiter, President and Founder, Center for International Relations
Panelists:
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Chairman, Council of the Polish Institute of International Affairs
John Kornblum, former US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, Senior Counselor Noerr LLP
Jan Kulczyk, Founder, Kulczyk Investments

Coffee Break

Break Out Sessions I

1. Global Energy Markets and the Future of Unconventional Gas (Restaurant)
Moderator:
Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Energy Security Program Coordinator, Polish Institute of International Affairs
Panelists:
Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Member of the European Parliament
John Lyman, Director, Energy and Environment Program, Atlantic Council
Friedbert Pflueger, Visiting Professor of International Relations, King's College London
Frank Umbach, Senior Associate and Program Leader, Centre for European Security Strategies

2. NATO Six Months after the Lisbon Summit:  Article 5 and the New Strategic Concept (Conference Room I)
Moderator:      
Frances G. Burwell, Vice President and Director, Atlantic Council
Panelists:          
Yves Boyer, Deputy Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Karl Heinz Kamp, Director, Research Division, NATO Defense College
Stanisław Koziej, Head of National Security Bureau of Poland
Stephen Larrabee, Distinguished Chair in European Security, Rand Corporation
Imants Liegis, former Minister of Defense of Latvia

3. Assessing the Color Revolutions: Lessons for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine? (Conference Room II)
Moderator:      
Eugeniusz Smolar, Polish Institute of International Affairs
Panelists:            
Istvan Gyarmati, President and CEO, International Center for Democratic Transition
Bronisław Misztal, Executive Director, Community of Democracies
Igor Munteanu, Moldovan Ambassador to the United States
Mykola Ryabchuk, Senior Research Fellow, Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies
Stanislau Shushkevich, Leader, Belarusian Social-Democratic Hramada

2:00 pm    

Democracy Keynote: (Auditorium)
Vladimir Filat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
Moderator: Matthew Kaminski, Correspondent and Member of the Editorial Board, The Wall Streer Journal

The Transatlantic Partners: Growing Democracy around the World (Auditorium)
Moderator:
Matthew Kaminski, Correspondent and Member of the Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal
Panelists:
Lee A. Feinstein, U.S. Ambassador to Poland
Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament
Roel von Meijenfeldt, Chairperson, European Partnership for Democracy
Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

Coffee Break

Break Out Sessions II

1. What Makes Regions Competitive in the Global Economy? (Conference Room I)
Moderator:
Jan Cieński, Warsaw Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Panelists:
Erika Mann, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow, EVP CCIA and ICANN Board of Directors
Mateusz Morawiecki, CEO, Bank Zachodni WBK SA
Tsvetan Vassilev, Chairman, Supervisory Board, Corporate Commercial Bank

2. Belarus: Breaking the Logjam? (Conference Room II)
Moderator:
Łukasz Lipiński, National Desk Editor, Gazeta Wyborcza
Panelists:
Ales Byalyatski, Chairman, Human Rights Center  “Viasna”
Zhanna Litvina, Chair, Belarusian Association of Journalists
Alyaksandr Milinkevich, Leader, Belarusian Movement for Freedom
Jacek Protasiewicz, Member of the European Parliament, Chair, Delegation for relations with Belarus

Atlantic Council Freedom Awards - Reception

Atlantic Council Freedom Awards - Dinner
Venue: Regional Center for Business Tourism
              Wystawowa 1 Street, Wrocław
Dress Code: Black Suit / Cocktail Dress

Honorary Co-chairs:
Lee A. Feinstein, U.S. Ambassador to Poland          
Robert Kupiecki, Polish Ambassador to the United States

The following individuals will receive Atlantic Council Freedom Awards:

Ronald D. Asmus, Executive Director of the Transatlantic Center and Strategic Planning of the German Marshall Fund of the US (posthumous)
presented by Alexandr Vondra, Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic

Helena Łuczywo, Gazeta Wyborcza (retired)
Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
presented by Władysław Frasyniuk

Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, on behalf of the Polish people
presented by Frederick Kempe, president & CEO, Atlantic Council

Vladimir Filat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, on behalf of the Moldovan people
presented by Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Chairman, Council of the Polish Institute of Internatnal Affairs

Esraa Abdel Fattah, Initiator of the April 6, 2008 Strike in Egypt, on behalf of Egypt's young generation
presented by Janusz Onyszkiewicz, former Minister of Defense

Ales Byalyatski, Chairman, Human Rights Center „Viasna”, on behalf of the Belarusian people
Natalia Kaliada, Co-Founder, Belarus Free Theater, on behalf of the Belarusian people
Zhanna Litvina, Chair, Belarusian Association of Journalists, on behalf of the Belarusian people
presented by Maciej Witucki, Member of the Board of Directors

John McCain, United States Senator
presented by Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former President of the Republic of Poland