THE EU AND TURKEY:
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AHEAD
15-17 October 2004
organised by the Centre for European Reform, British Council (Turkey) and the Centre for Strategic Research, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Programme
Friday 15 October 2004
20.00 Dinner at the Conrad Hotel, Yildiz Caddesi 34353 Besiktas, Istanbul
Welcome: Sir Peter Westmacott, HM Ambassador, Ankara
Keynote speaker: HE Ali Babacan, Minister of State (Responsible for Economy)
Saturday 16 October 2004
Venue: Feriye Convention Centre (Feriye Lokantası), Ciragan Caddesi No: 40 Ortaköy İstanbul
09.00 Bus leaves from the Conrad Hotel for the Feriye Convention Centre
09:20 Welcome Speeches
Chris Brown – Director Turkey / British Council
Charles Grant – Director / Centre for European Reform
HE Murat Bilhan – Director Centre for Strategic Research (SAM)
09.30 – 11.00 How the EU should prepare for Turkish membership
Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP, UK Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Lord Hannay, Former UK Ambassador to the UN & the EU
Dominique Moïsi, Senior Advisor, IFRI
Murat Sungar, Secretary General, Secretariat General for EU Affairs
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00 How Turkey should prepare for EU membership
Reha Denemeç, Deputy Leader of the AKP
Kemal Derviş, former Minister for the Economy
Doğu Ergil, Professor Ankara University
Joost Lagendijk, Chairman, Koint Parliamentary Delegation for Turkey, Eurpoean Parliament
Pavel Telicka, Member of the European Commission & former Chief Negotiator for the Czech Republic
13.00 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15-15.00 The politics and reality of Turkey’s EU accession
Nilgün Cerrahoğlu, Journalist Habertürk TV, Cumhuriyet Daily
Joachim Bitterlich, Executive Vice President, Veolia Environnement
15.00 – 16.30 Turkey, the EU and the wider Middle East
Gündüz Aktan, Director, Eurasian Strategic Research Centre
Former Under-Secretary of the Turkish foreign Ministry
Nigar Göksel, Editor, Turkish Policy Quarterly
Lord Wallace, Professor, London School of Economics & House of Lords
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
17.00 – 18.00 How to persuade the people?
Opinion poll trends in Turkey and the EU
Ali Çarkoğlu, Assistant Professor, Sabanci University
Ulrike Guérot, Director, Foreign Policy - Europe, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin office
Murat Murcan, Deputy Chairman of AKP
Chris Powell, Chairman, DDB London Advertising Agency
18.30 Boat trip directly from the Feriye Convention Centre or return to hotel
19.45 Bus leaving from the Conrad Hotel to the dinner (for those not on boat trip)
20.30 Dinner hosted by Ambassador Murat Bilhan, Chairman of SAM
at the Kurucesme Divan Restaurant, Kurucesme Caddesi No: 61 Kurucesme, İstanbul
Sunday 17 October 2004
10.00 Bus leaves Conrad Hotelfor half day city tour
