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CFIS 23

11-13 October 2023 | On-site and Online | in private and public sessions | Prague (Czech Republic)

Hosted by the CELIS Institute | Convened by Steffen Hindelang and Roland M Stein

About CFIS 23 - Investment Screening and Economic Security

Background

The CELIS Forum on Investment Screening (CFIS) is the flagship event of the CELIS Institute, to be held in its 5th edition this year.

CFIS is Europe's first and foremost forum to discuss questions on investment screening and economic security.

Thought leaders in investment control and economic security from Europe, the US, and beyond discuss current practical challenges and influential ideas to sketch geoeconomic strategies for Europe.

Discussions in CFIS 23 are held partly in private (strict Chatham House rules apply) and partly in public. The number of in-person participants and panels for the in-private part are restricted to no more than 50 people in total. Public sessions can be joined online and by additional selected invitees.

Thought leaders debate European economic security both from a strategic and highly practical perspective. Participants are invited with the view to form a trusted community of economic security experts from business, government, and academia who deal with the subject matter on a high level.

CFIS 23 Topics

Why should you attend CFIS 23?

Engage in dialogue with key policy makers and leading experts from government, business, private legal practice, and academia.
Hear about the latest thinking on investment screening and economic security relevant to overcome current challenges
Best practices, expectations, challenges in (inbound and outbound) investment screening in EU Member States, the EU, the United States and other jurisdictions
Understanding security risks and methods or risk mitigation
Thinking investment control 360 degrees - inter-linkage with sanctions, export control, and state aid
Developments to follow in the a fast-changing geoeconomic landscape.

CFIS 23 Agenda at a Glance

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Venue Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV, Senovážné nám. 13/991, 110 00 Nové Město, Prague (Czech Republic)

FORUM OPENING Dress Code: Business Attire (closed discussions, speakers and attendees with personal invitation)

17:00 – 18:00 CET	Registration and Opening Reception

18:00 – 18:15 CET	Conveners’ Welcome Remarks
	by Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala) and Dr Roland Stein (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Founding Partner, Blomstein, Berlin)

18:15 – 19:30 CET	Dinner with Dinner Speech
	by Director Peter Sandler (Director for Enforcement, Market Access, SMEs, Legal Affairs and Technology, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels) on "Getting serious: blurring boundaries of law and politics in the search for EU's economic security"

Fireside Chats: Building A Trusted Forum And Community For And By Economic Security Experts Dress code: Business casual (closed discussions, speakers and attendees with personal invitation)

20:00 – 21:00 CET	Kick-off remarks
	by H.E. Ambassador Bijan Sabet (US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Czech Republic, US Embassy, Prague)

	Interventions
	by Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala) Damien Levie (Head of Unit, Technology & Security, FDI Screening, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels) Jeffrey Lightfoot (Program Director, Europe, Center for International Private Enterprise, Bratislava) Dr Roland Stein (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Founding Partner, Blomstein, Berlin)

*21:00 CET*	*Drinks*

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Venue: Hotel Hilton Prague, Pobřežní 311/1, 186 00 Rohanský ostrov, Prague (Czech Republic) Dress Code: Business Attire

09:30 - 10:30 CET	Keynote and Q&A:
(closed discussions)	Towards a Geoeconomic Union - Do We Need A New EU Economic Order?

09:30 – 09:40 CET	Introduction to the Keynote Event
	Presentation of the Keynote Speakers by Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala)

09:40 – 10:00 CET	Keynote Address
	by H.E. Director General Anders Ahnlid (Director General, The National Board of Trade, Stockholm)

10:00 – 10:20 CET	Keynote Address
	by Professor Pavel Šturma (Professor of Public International Law, Charles University, Prague; Former Chair, UN International Law Commission)

10:20 – 10:30 CET	Keynote Event – Question and Answers
	Panellists: H.E. Director General Anders Ahnlid (Director General, The Swedish National Board of Trade) Professor Pavel Šturma (Professor of Public International Law, Charles University, Prague; Former Chair, UN International Law Commission) Moderator: Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala)

10:30 – 11:00 CET	Networking and Refreshment Break

11:00 – 12:30 CET	Keynote and High-Level Roundtable:
(closed discussions)	The Role of Partners and Allies in Providing Economic Security

11:00 - 11:15 CET	Introduction to the Keynote Event
	and Presentation of the Keynote Speaker
	by The Honourable Dr Kim Holmes (Vice Chair of the Board, Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington DC/Warsaw)

11:15 - 11:45 CET	Keynote Event – Questions and Answers
	H.E. Assistant Secretary Paul Rosen (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington DC) In a conversation with: The Honourable Dr Kim Holmes (Vice Chair of the Board, Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington DC/Warsaw)

11:45 - 12:30 CET	High-Level Roundtable
	Panellists: H.E. Ambassador Ivo Germann (Head of Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Bern) H. E. Deputy Director General Denis Redonnet (Deputy Director General and Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels) H.E. Assistant Secretary Paul Rosen (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington DC) H. E. Director Ota Šimák (Director of the Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Prague) H. E. Director Massahiro Tachibana (Director of International Investment Control Office, Trade Control Department Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Tokio) Moderators: Dr Roland Stein (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Founding Partner, Blomstein, Berlin)

12:30 - 13:30 CET	Luncheon

13:30 - 15:30 CET	Session: "Sandwiched Europe -
(closed discussions)	The EU and the US-China Technology Hegemony”
	Chairs: Professor Jill Goldenziel (U.S. National Defense University, Washington DC) and Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala) Speakers: Joffrey Celestin-Urbain (Head of Economic Strategic Intelligence and Security Department of the Directorate General for Enterprise, Paris) Professor Stephan Wernicke (Head of Legal Affairs, German Association of Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Berlin) Andrew Pahutski (Vice President, Economic Security Systems Planning and Analysis, Washington DC) Deputy Director Andrew Preston (Head, Investment Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Government, London) Gareth Heywood (Head of Government Relations, Datenna, Eindhoven)

15:30 - 16:00 CET	Networking and Refreshment Break
	Registration Public Forum Attendees

16:00 - 18:00 CET	Public Forum Opening Keynote and Discussions
(public discussions)
16:00 - 16:05 CET	Introduction to the Keynote Event and
	Presentation of the Keynote Speaker
	by Assistant Professor Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Vienna University, Vienna)

16:05 – 16:30 CET	Review of the EU’s Investment Screening Regulation – Europe’s
	Screening Mechanism(s) in five years’ time
	by Damien Levie (Head of Unit, Technology & Security, FDI Screening, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels)

16:30 - 17:00 CET	Comments
	by Ana-Maria Belacurencu (nee Popa) (Case handler, Foreign Investment Department, Romanian Competition Council, Bucharest) by Romain Rard (Chair of the Foreign Investments Taskforce, Invest Europe, Brussels) by Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Bastero (Principal Manager, Chamber 4 Directorate, Regulation of Markets and Competitive Economy, European Court of Auditors, Luxemburg)

17:00 - 18:00 CET	Roundtable: Looking For a Design of Europe's Screening Mechanism
	Panellists: Petr Lang (Member of the Department for Trade Policy, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Prague) Pierre-Marie Voegeli (Deputy Head of Unit, Control of Foreign Investments, French Treasury, Paris) Dr Angelika Milger (Deputy Head of Unit, German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Berlin) Dr Alexandra Leoni (Head of Unit, Investment Control, Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy, Vienna) Dimitri Slobodenjuk (Partner, Clifford Chance, Dusseldorf) Moderators: Dr Leonard von Rummel (Senior Associate, Blomstein, Berlin) and Assistant Professor Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute Berlin; Vienna University, Vienna)

18:30 - 20:00 CET	Drinks Reception, courtesy of Kirkland & Ellis
	Venue: Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV

20:00 CET	CFIS Reception & Banquet
	Venue: Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV Dinner Speech by H.E. Senator Pavel Fischer (Senate, Czech Republic, Prague)

	*Confirmation pending

Friday, 13 October 2023

Venue: Hotel Hilton Prague, Pobřežní 311/1, 186 00 Rohanský ostrov, Prague (Czech Republic) Dress Code: Business Casual

09:00 - 10:30 CET	Session: Outward Investment Screening:
(public discussions)	Between Risk Diversification, Technology Denial, and the Return of Capital Controls

	Chair: Dr Roland Stein (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Founding Partner, Blomstein, Berlin)

	Speaker: Jill McClune (General Counsel, US, Avon Protection Systems, Washington DC) Julia Friedlander (Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; CEO Atlantik-Brücke, Berlin) Vladimír Vaňo (Chief Economist, GLOBSEC, Bratislava) Jani Ringborg (Member of the Legal Service, European Commission, Brussels)

10:30 – 11:00 CET	Networking and Refreshment Break

11:00 - 12:30 CET	Session: Building Resilience:
(public discussions)	Understanding the Development of Economic Security Policy Legislation Beyond the EU

	Chairs: John Kay (Programme Manager Europe and Eurasia, Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington DC/Warsaw) and Dr Fabian Zuleeg (Chief Executive, European Policy Center, Brussels)

	Speaker: H.E. Deputy Minister Cetin Ali Dönmez (Deputy Minister, Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, Ankara)* Dr Akira Igata (Project Lecturer at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo) Thomas 'Skip' Mark (Senior Counsel, Commercial Law Development Program, US Department of Commerce, Washington DC) Mila Malairău (Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce, Chisinau) Dorieke Overduin (Senior Legal Advisor, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, The Hague) Professor Bimal N. Patel (Vice Chancellor of Rashtriya Raksha University; Member of the Indian National Security Advisory Board and of the International Law Commission, Gandhinagar)

12:30 – 12:45 CET	Closing Remarks
(public discussions)
	by Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala) and Dr Roland Stein (Deputy Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Founding Partner, Blomstein, Berlin)

12:45 – 13:30 CET	Luncheon

13:30	End of CFIS 23

	*Confirmation pending

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Subject to change, state 03 October 2023

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