Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/10/2017 - 13/10/2017
4:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Novotel Sofia
Categories
This seminar preceding the LYMEC Autumn Congress will focus on the Transatlantic Partnerships regarding trade, defence and international relations one year after the presidential elections in the United States. What does the Trump presidency mean for the transatlantic relations, and what can we expect from the future?
After the seminar on Thursday evening we will join the FNF Southeast Europe conference on the future of Bulgaria and EU and have a joint cocktail reception.
12 October 2017
15:30 Opening
Svenja Hahn, Vice-president, European Liberal Youth LYMEC
Jeroen Dobber, European Liberal Forum Programme Officer
15:45 Overview of the US foreign policy – has the shift been as remarkable as it seems under the new president?
Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to the United States between 2002–2008 and 2010 – 2016.
Hans van Baalen, MEP (ALDE Group), Alde Party President
Moderator: Sergiu Boghean, LYMEC Bureau Member and Trainings Officer
16:45 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 Europe – pillar of the West: a few prescriptions
Dr. Solomon Passy, President of the Atlantic Club Bulgaria
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (2001-2005).
Moderator: Lena Höglund, LYMEC Bureau Member and Policy Officer
17:45 Transfer to other venue
Sofia Hotel Balkan
pl. “Sveta Nedelya” 5, 1000 Sofia Center, Sofia
02 981 6541
18:30 Panel “Reshaping Europe” with Hans van Baalen MEP, Alde Party President
and Svenja Hahn, Vice-president, European Liberal Youth LYMEC
20:00 RECEPTION
13 October 2017
09:30 Youth perspective on the Transatlantic Partnerships: Interactive discussion
Valentin Tonchev, ELF Transatlantic Lab
Akilah Ensley, DNC Youth Council Co-Chair,
Young Democrats of America DNC National Committeewoman
Moderator: Sergiu Boghean, LYMEC Bureau Member and Trainings Officer
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 Transatlantic defense cooperation in the age of Trump
Akilah Ensley, DNC Youth Council Co-Chair, Young Democrats of America DNC National Committeewoman
Bjorn Bonsdorff, Researcher on European defense
Moderator: Lasse Roth, Former Board member of JuLis, Political analyst
12:00 Closing remarks
Sissel Kvist, President, European Liberal Youth LYMEC
12:30 END OF THE EVENT
13:00 LUNCH
The fee for congress and seminar, including accommodation Thursday-Sunday and meals, is 140 euro.
The application deadline will be on Wednesday 13th September, 23:59 CET. Applications are to be submitted through the registration form. Member organisations should clearly indicate the order of preference (priority) of the delegates if they register two. Please note that there are limited spaces for the seminar, and we can only guarantee one representative per organisation. We are therefore also only accepting a maximum of two registrations per member organisation.
LYMEC reserves the right to charge a late cancellation fee (€ 50) for all cancellations made later than 2 weeks ahead of congress. Thus, any cancellation after Friday the 29th of September is subject to a fee. Moreover, LYMEC charges a no-show fee (€ 100). Any late cancellations and no shows are potentially occupying the spots for people on the waiting list and is a financial burden for LYMEC.
Please note that there is a separate registration for the congress.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.
