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

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), Berlin)
• 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. Ambassador Tomáš Pojar (National Security Advisor, Czech National Security Council, Prague)*

*Confirmation pending

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