9.30         Inauguration of the Workshop

                       Mr. Seyfi Taşhan, Director, Foreign Policy Institute
Amb. Heidemaria Gürer, Austrian Ambassador in Ankara

 

                  Keynote Speakers

                        H.E. Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
H.E. Ursula Plassnik, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria

 

10.30         Coffee Break

11:00         Panel I -  The Balkans

                        Mr. Oktay Aksoy, Ambassador (Rtd.), FPI (Moderator)
Mr. Thomas Schnöll, Head of Western Balkans Unit, AFM
Mr. Gerald Knaus, President, European Stability Initiative
Prof. Mustafa Türkeş,METU
Ms. Nur Batur, Journalist, daily Sabah

 

 13.00                 Luncheon

(Buffet-reception offered by the Austrian Ambassador
in honour of the Austrian Foreign Minister)
(transport will be available)

 

14:30          Panel II- Middle East

Mr. Reşat Arım, Ambassador (Rtd.), FPI (Moderator)
Amb. Ralph Scheide, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs,                              Director of the Middle East and Gulf Region Department, AFM
Dr. Gudrun Harrer, Senior Editor, Der Standard
Prof. Meliha Altunışık, METU
Assoc. Prof. Tarık Oğuzlu, Bilkent University
Mr. Semih İdiz, Columnist, daily Milliyet

                       

 16:00         Panel III - Caucasus, Central Asia and Black Sea region

                        Amb. Rudolf Lennkh, Director General for European Integration and
Economic Affairs, AFM (Moderator)
Amb. Ursula Fahringer, Austrian Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Mr. Walter Siegl, Ambassador (Rtd.), former Political Director
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Bilkent University
Mr. Ömer Lütem, Ambassador (Rtd.), FPI
Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar, Bilkent University

 

17.30         Round-up Session

Assessment of Discussions

    Amb. Ralph Scheide, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs
Mr. Seyfi Taşhan, Director, Foreign Policy Institute

 

18.00       End of the Workshop