The Baltic Sea Region in the European Union
26 August – 7 September 2002
Monday, August 26:
09:00 – 12:30
Welcome and Introduction
From Confederation to Federation? –The Finality of the EU and the Current Constitutional Debate Dr. Eckard Bolsinger,Club of Rome/HAUS RISSEN HAMBURG
14:00 – 17:00
Working Groups on Constitutional Debate
Tuesday, August 27:
09:00 – 12:30
The Post-Nice Process – Preparing the EU for Enlargement Prof. Dr. Thomas Bruha, Dr. Carsten Nowak, Europa Kolleg, Hamburg
14:00 – 17:00
Environmental Policies and Environmental Information in the Baltic Sea Region Prof. Dr. Walter Leal, Filho, BEIDS Coordinator, Hamburg
Wednesday, August 28:
09:00 – 12:30
Do we need a European Constitution? or Why do the Germans favour the Idea of a European Constitution? Prof. Dr. Uwe Thaysen, University of Lueneburg
14:00 – 17:00
The Transatlantic Relationship after September 11 Dr. Friedrich Mielke, former Director of the Academy of Journalism, Hamburg
Thursday, August 29:
09:00 – 12:30
The Future of the European Welfare State – Collapse or Radical Reform? Uwe Möller, Secretary, General of the Club of Rome, Hamburg
14:00 – 17:00
Working Groups on the Future of the European Welfare State
Friday, August 30:
09:00 – 12:30
European Tax Systems – The EU approach Dr. Karl Wolfgang Menck, Hamburg Institute for Economic Research
14:00 – 15:30
Visit to: Hamburg Chamber of Commerce – Economic Cooperation in the BSR Cornelia Kahl
Saturday, August 31:
09:00 – 12:30
Globalisation – opportunity or road to serfdom? Oliver Knipping, Ph.D.,
Sascha Tamm, M.A. (Institute for Free Enterprise)
Monday, September 2:
09:00 – 11:30
Eastern Enlargement from the viewpoint of Economic Geography Dr. Konrad Lammers, Head of Research Department ‘European Integration’, Hamburg Institute
for Economic Research
14:00 – 16:00
Hamburg Senate – Hamburg and the BSR Reinhard Stuth (Staatsrat)
19:30 – 21:00
How does the EU really work? A View from Within Cordula Wandel,Otto Versand, Project Manager Trade Finance, formerly European Commission
Tuesday, September 3:
09:00 – 17:00
The EU enlargement and the Challenges to the Baltic Sea Region I+II Elzbieta Goncz, Higher School of Humanities, Dept. Of Management/
Economics, Gdansk University
Wednesday, September 4:
09:00 – 12:30
Problem-Solving within the European Union: The Case of European Environmental Policy Michael Gwosdz, M.A. HAUS RISSEN HAMBURG
14:00 – 16:00
EU Enlargement: What are the Prospects for East-West Migration Dr. Christina Boswell, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, Hamburg
19:15 – 20:45
The NATO before the Prague Summit Dr. Klaus Wittmann, Brigadegeneral, Director of the Faculty, Federal Armed Forces Command
and Staff College, Hamburg
Thursday, September 5:
09:00 – 12:00
Country reports or presentation of own research projects by participants
14:00 – 17:00
Continuation
Friday, September 6:
09:00 – 11:30
Country reports or research projects by participants