The Egmont Institute in cooperation with the Center for Analysis of International Relations and Multiculturalism (AIR Center)
has the pleasure of inviting you to 

The Azerbaijan–European Union Think Tanks Forum:
“Azerbaijan and the European Union: New Perspectives”

09:00: Registration & Coffee

09:30: Opening Remarks

• Mr. Bernard Siman, Senior Associate Fellow – The Royal Institute for International Relations
• Dr. Farid Shafiyev, Chairman, AIR Center

10:00 Panel 1: Azerbaijan–European Union Relations: Current State and Future Trajectory

• MODERATOR Dr. Bernard Siman, Senior Associate Fellow, The Egmont Institute
• Ms. Valeria Giannotta, Scientific Director, CeSPI Observatory (Italy)
• Dr. Elmar Mustafayev, Dean, Qarabagh University (Azerbaijan)
• Ms. Amanda Paul, Deputy Head of Programme and Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Center (Belgium)
• Dr. Jordi Xucla, Vice President, Ágora Diplomática (Spain)
• Mr. Alexandru Fordea, Head of the Geo-economics Desk, Centre for International Studies (CeSI) (Italy)
• Mr. Fabio Indeo, Research Fellow, University of Siena (Italy)

11:30: Coffee Break

12:00 Panel 2: Regional Security and the Geopolitical Landscape of the South Caucasus

• MODERATOR Ms. Theresa Fallon, Founder and Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) (Belgium)
• Ms. Stephanie Fenkart, Director, International Institute for Peace (IIP) (Austria)
• Dr Reinhold Brender, Senior Associate Fellow, The Egmont Institute (Belgium)
• Azerbaijani representative (TBC)
• Mr. Dennis Sammut, Director, Links Europe (UK)
• Prof. Zhidas Daskalovski, Founder; Director of the School of Public Policy “Mother Teresa”, Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM)
• Mr. Adrian Vevera, General Director, ICI Bucharest (Romania)

13:30: Lunch

14:30 Panel 3: Geoeconomic Cooperation, Energy Security and Connectivity across Eurasia

• MODERATOR Dr. Vasif Huseynov, Head of Department, AIR Center
• Dr. Eleonora Tafuro, Senior research fellow, ISPI Italy
• Miguel Alvarez Moreno, General Director, Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (FESEI) (Spain)
• Mr. Damjan Krnjevic, Director for Policy Research, Analysis and Publications, Institute for Development and Diplomacy (Azerbaijan)
• Dr. Sigita Struberga, Secretary General, Latvian Transatlantic Organization (LATO) (Latvia)
• Ms. Julia Meyer, Co-founder, Hague Research Institute (Netherlands)
• Mr. Jakob Hedenskog, Analyst, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) (Sweden)

16:00 – 16.15: Closing Remarks

• Ambassador Bart Ouvry Director-General, Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations
• Dr. Farid Shafiyev, Chairman, AIR Center