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EUROPE 70 YEARS AFTER THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACTConference in the European Parliament in BrusselsOctober 14, 2009TENTATIVE PROGRAMME08:30-09:0009:00-09:40RegistrationOPENING
II. SESSION. POLITICS OF MEMORY: NATIONAL, EUROPEAN, GLOBALModerator:14:00-14:45John O’Sullivan,Radio Free EuropeDEALING WITH THE TOTALITARIAN PAST: NATIONAL EXPERIENCESSpeakers:Jože Dežman,historian, National Museum of Contemporary History, SloveniaEmanuelis Zingeris,Member of the Parliament, Chairman of the International Commission forthe Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in LithuaniaDebate with the floor, including:István Rév,Open Society Archives, HungaryToomas Hiio,Institute of Historical Memory, Estonia14:45-15:0015:00-16:15Speaking timePROSPECTS FOR APPRAISAL AT THE EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELSpeakers:Hans-Gert Pöttering,Member of the European ParliamentCarlos Closa Montero,National Research Council, SpainMart Laar,Former Prime Minister, Member of the Parliament, member of the Foundation for theInvestigation of Communist Crimes, EstoniaDebate with the floor, including:Göran Lindblad,Chairman of the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of theCouncil of Europe, SwedenJoe Wood,the German Marshall Fund of the United States, USADainius Žalimas,Vilnius University, Lithuania16:15-16:3016:30-16:4516:45-17:30Speaking timeCOFFEE BREAKSTRENGTHENING RESEARCH AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS: POSSIBLEINITIATIVES AT THE EU LEVELSpeakers:Pavel Žáček,Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, the Czech RepublicCamilla Andersson,Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism, SwedenDebate with the floor, including:Dominique Reynié,Fondation pour l’innovation politique, France (tbc)Ronaldas Račinskas,International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Naziand Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania17:30-17:4517:45-18:15Speaking timeCONCLUDING REMARKSJacques Barrot,Vice President of the European CommissionRemigijus Šimašius,Minister of Justice, Lithuania
Jerzy Buzek,President of the European ParliamentIrena Degutienė,Speaker of the Lithuanian ParliamentGundars Daudze,Chairman of the Latvian ParliamentMaria Åsenius,State Secretary for EU Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden09:40-10:00WELCOME ADDRESSES BY HONORARY GUESTSWelcoming letter by Vaclav Havel (tbc)Lech Wałęsa (tbc)Vytautas LandsbergisI. SESSION. EUROPE FROM THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACTTO THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALLModerator:10:10-11:00Dr. Algirdas Jakubčionis,Vilnius UniversityMOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES TO FURTHERDEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPESpeakers:Stéphane Courtois,historian, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, FranceEgbert Jahn,historian, political scientist, University of Mannheim, GermanyDebate with the floor, including:Fran§oise Thom,historian, Sorbonne University, FranceJanusz Kurtyka,Institute of National Remembrance, PolandDennis Deletant,historian, University College London, Great Britain (tbc)11:00-11:1511:15-11:3011:30-12:15Speaking timeCOFFEE BREAKTHE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND REUNIFICATION OF EUROPESpeakers:Ludger Kühnhardt,Center for European Integration Studies, University of BonnDebate with the floor, including:Aivars Stranga,historian, University of LatviaTzvetan Todorov,Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France (tbc)12:15-12:3012:30-14:00Speaking timeLUNCH HOSTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE SEIMASOF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
