Quo Vadis, Germany?
Friday, February 8th, 2013
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, February 8, 2013 | 9:00AM - 3:45PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs - 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Conference Program:
Morning Chair: Janice Gross Stein, University of Toronto
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome – Werner Wnendt, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada; Pia Bungarten, Friedrich Ebert Foundation; Janice Gross Stein, University of Toronto
9:15 – 10:00 Quo Vadis, Germany? – Keynote
Hans-Ulrich Klose, Member of the German Bundestag, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
10:00 – 11:15 German Domestic Politics in the Light of the Upcoming Federal Election
Panel and Q&A
• Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretary, Hamburg
• Doug Saunders, Journalist, The Globe and Mail
• Petra Pinzler, Journalist, Die Zeit
Moderator: Jeffrey Simpson, Journalist, The Globe and Mail
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Germany in the EU: Leader or Odd Man Out?
Panel and Q&A
• Manfred Zöllmer, Member of the German Bundestag
• Jeffrey Simpson, Journalist, The Globe and Mail
• Almut Möller, Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies
Moderator: Randall Hansen, University of Toronto
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Chair: John English, Former Member of Parliament and Academic
14:00 – 15:30 Germany, Canada, and Transatlantic Relations
Panel and Q&A
• Bill Graham, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Hans-Ulrich Klose, Member of the German Bundestag
• Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow German Marshall Fund
Moderator: Petra Pinzler, Journalist, Die Zeit
15:30 – 15:45 Closing Remarks – Randall Hansen, University of Toronto
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