#  2018 Summit on the Future of Europe at Harvard – Back to Square One 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 5, 2018** 

 08:45AM - 05:45PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

 Once more, the RCC and the RCC Director´s Jean Monnet ad personam Chair in European Law and Government at Harvard University are proud to sponsor The Summit on the Future of Europe. The *Summit*  is an initiative of the [Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/) (CES) at Harvard University. Since 2014, this annual conference convenes scholars and public leaders to debate critical challenges facing Europe. The fifth annual Summit is a partnership of CES, the Harvard Kennedy School’s [Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship](https://www.belfercenter.org/transatlantic), [diaNEOsis Research and Policy Institute](https://www.dianeosis.org/en/), [European Stability Initiative](https://www.esiweb.org/) (ESI) and [Central European University](https://www.ceu.edu/) (CEU).

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 ****The Summit is open to the public excluding the luncheon keynote address which will be viewable via livestream. Seating for all other panels is on a first-come, first-served basis with the following exception: Harvard students only may request a reserved seat** [here](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FMK2TKL). **For full information on this event please click** [here](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2018/11/european-summit-2018)**.****

 **Speakers:**

- [Grzegorz Ekiert](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000511-grzegorz-ekiert) – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government; CES Director, Harvard University
- [Nicholas Burns](http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/1802/r_nicholas_burns.html) – Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations and Faculty Chair of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School
- [Karen Donfried](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/karen-donfried) – President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States; Senior Fellow, CES, Harvard University
- [Daniela Schwarzer](https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/experts/423) – Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- [Mary Elise Sarotte](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/002345-mary-elise-sarotte) – Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Research Associate, CES, Harvard University
- [Michael Ignatieff](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/001575-michael-ignatieff) – President & Rector, Central European University; Senior Fellow, CES, Harvard University
- [Monica Macovei](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96824/MONICA_MACOVEI_cv.html) – Member of the European Parliament, European Conservatives and Reformists, Romania
- [Ayşe Kadıoğlu](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/ayse-kadioglu) – Professor of Political Science, Sabancı University; Acting President, Sabancı University (Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2017); Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabancı University (Sept. 2013 - Oct. 2017); Visiting Scholar, CES, Harvard University
- [Sigmar Gabriel](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/002137-sigmar-gabriel) – Member of the Bundestag; Vice Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2013-2018), Federal Republic of Germany; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2018, CES, Harvard University
- [John Dalhuisen](https://www.esiweb.org/index.php?lang=en&id=279&person_ID=108) – Senior Fellow, European Stability Initiative (ESI)
- [Kyriakos Pierrakakis](http://www.dianeosis.org/en/) – Director of Research, diaNEOsis Research and Policy Institute
- [Vivien A. Schmidt](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000225-vivien-a-schmidt) – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University; Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, CES, Harvard University; Co-Chair, European Union, CES, Harvard University
- [Steven Erlanger](https://www.nytimes.com/by/steven-erlanger) – Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Europe, The New York Times
- [Stefan Kornelius](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/thema/Stefan_Kornelius) – Foreign Policy Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung
- [Eleni Varvitsiotis](https://muckrack.com/eleni-varvitsiotis) – EU Correspondent, Kathimerini
- [James Geary](https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2012/12/journalist-james-geary-named-deputy-curator-at-nieman-foundation/) – Deputy Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University

 **Sponsors:** Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies; RCC; Jean Monnet ad personam Chair in European Union Law and Government; Harvard University Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School; diaNEOsis Research and Policy Institute; Central European University; European Stability Innitiative. This event is made possible by the John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellowship.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ European Union Law and Government ](/researchtaxonomy/european-union-law-and-government)
- [ Jean Monnet ad Personam Chair ](/research-taxonomy/jean-monnet-ad-personam-chair)
 
 

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