Programme

8:30 Welcome address

Vincenzio Camporini, President, Centro Alti Studi Difesa (CASD), Rome

8:45 Introduction

Giovanni Gasparini, Co-Director, IAI Transatlantic Programme on ESDP, Rome

9:00  First session
International Terrorism, Non Proliferation and Crisis Management: How Does the Transatlantic Partnership Work?

Chair: Luciano Callini, Director, Centro Militare di Studi Strategici (CeMiSS), Rome
Introduction:
Yves Boyer, Assistant Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris
Robert Hunter, Senior Advisor, RAND, Washington DC
Discussants:
Tomas Valasek, Director, Center for Defense Information (CDI), Brussels
Knut Kirste, Information Officer, Public Diplomacy Division, International Staff, NATO, Brussels

11:00 Second Session
The Challenges of European Integration and their Impact on NATO-EU Relations

Chair: Ettore Greco, Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Introduction:
Simon Serfaty, Senior Adviser, Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC
Christophe Cornu, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, International Staff, NATO, Brussels
Discussants:
Wolfgang Krieger, Professor, Department of Modern History, University of Marburg
Rob de Wijk, Director, Clingendael Centre for Strategic Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

13:45 Third Session
NATO, EU Crisis Management Cooperation: Lessons Learned and Prospects

Chair: Giovanni Gasparini, Co-Director, IAI Transatlantic Programme on ESDP, Rome
Introduction:
Ludwig Decamps, Policy Planning Unit, Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO, Brussels
John Sandrock, Director of the Program on International Security, Atlantic Council of the US, Washington DC
Discussants:
Klaus Becher, Associate Director, Wilton Park, Steyning (UK)
Jean-Yves Haine, Research Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London

15:45 Fourth Session
Roadmap for a Renewed Transatlantic Security Partnership

Chair: Stefano Silvestri, President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Introduction:
Karsten D. Voigt, Coordinator of German-American Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Jonathan R.Cohen, Counsellor for Political and Military Affairs, Embassy of the United States, Rome
Discussants:
Marcin Zaborowski, Research Fellow, Institute for Security Studies (EU-ISS), Paris
Giacomo Sanfelice, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome

17:45 Conclusion

Chair: Vincenzo Camporini, President, CASD, Rome
Panelists:
Luigi Ramponi, Chairman, Defence Committee, Italian Chamber of Deputies, Rome Stefano Silvestri, President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

18:30 End of Conference