Venue Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV

FORUM OPENING
Dress Code: Business Attire
(closed discussions)

17:00 – 18:00 CET

Registration and Opening Reception

18:00 – 18:15 CET

Conveners’ Opening 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"

Presented and Introductory remarks

by H.E. Ambassador Tomáš Pojar (National Security Advisor, Czech National Security Council, Prague)

Fireside Chats: Building A Trusted Forum And Community For And By Economic Security Experts
Dress code: Business casual
(closed discussions)

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

21:00 CET

Drinks

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Dress Code: Business Attire

09:00 - 10:30 CET

Keynote and High-Level Roundtable:

(closed discussions)

Towards a Geoeconomic Union - Do We Need A New EU Economic Order?

09:00 – 09:15 CET

Introduction to the Keynote Event

Presentation of the Keynote Speaker
by Professor Sven Simon (MEP, European Parliament, Strasbourg/Brussels)

09:15 – 09:45 CET

Keynote Address
by H.E. Member of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis (European Commission, Brussels)*

09:45 – 10:30 CET

High-Level Roundtable

Panellists:

• H.E. Director General Anders Ahnlid (Director General, The Swedish National Board of Trade, Stockholm)
• Dr Markus Steilemann (CEO, Covestro AG, Leverkusen)*
• H.E. Member of the European Commission Valdis Domborvskis (European Commission, Brussels)*
• H.E. State Secretary Xiana Margarida Méndez Bértolo (Secretary of State for Trade and President of ICEX; Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Madrid)*
• H.E. Head of Department Elisa Grande (Head of Department for Administrative Coordination, Italian Government; Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome)

Moderators: Professor Sven Simon (MEP, European Parliament, Strasbourg/Brussels) and 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 Address

by H.E. Assistant Secretary Paul Rosen (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington DC)*

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), Berlin)
• H.E. Joint Secretary Himani Pande (Joint Secretary, Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Invest India, New Delhi)*
• H. E. Deputy Director General Ignacio Mezquita Pérez-Andujar (Deputy Director General for Foreign Investments Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Madrid)*
• H. E. Deputy Director General Denis Redonnet (Deputy Director General and Chief Trade Enforcement officer, DG Trade, European Commission)
• 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: The Honourable Dr Kim Holmes (Vice Chair of the Board, Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington DC/Warsaw) and 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

Chair: Professor Jill Goldenziel (U.S. National Defense University, Washington DC)

Speakers:

• Joffrey Celestin-Urbain (Head of Economic Strategic Intelligence and Security Department of the Directorate General for Enterprise, Paris)*
• Horst Meyer (Vice President and Corporate Legal Counsel, Infineon AG, Neubiberg)*
• Deputy Director Andrew Preston (Head, Investment Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Government, London)
• Jaap van Etten (CEO, Datenna, Eindhoven)

15:30 - 16:00 CET

Networking and Refreshment Break - Registration for 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’

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 Martin Bresson (Public Affairs Director, 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:

• Dr Petr Lang (Member of the Department fo Trade Policy and International Economic Organizations, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Prague)
• Pierre-Marie Voegeli (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)
• Bernardo Argiolas ((Director of the Office for the
  Coordination of Foreign Direct Investment Screening,
  Department for Administrative Coordination, Italian
  Government; Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome)
• 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

(Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV)

20:00 CET

CFIS Reception & Banquet

(Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV)

*Confirmation pending

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Dress Code: Business Attire

09:00 - 10:30 CET

Session: Outward Investment Screening:

(public session)

Between Risk Diversification, Technology Denial, and the Return of Capital Controls 

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

Speaker:

• Jill McClune (General Counsel, US, Avon Protection Systems, Washington DC)
• H.E. Deputy Minister Jiří Kozák (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague)
• H.E. Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian Reissaus (Deputy Assistant Secretary Investment Security Operations, U.S.
• Department of the Treasury, Washington DC)*
• Professor Ashley Lenihan (Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington DC)
• 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:

Experience and Lessons Learned from Training and Capacity Building in the Area of Investment Screening and Economic Security

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)
• Professor Steffen Hindelang (Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Professor of Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala)
• 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)
• 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

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

End of CFIS 23

*Confirmation pending