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 13^th 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.