International Conference: The Bucharest Summit. Paving the way for NATO’s 60º Anniversary

May 29th, 2008

PROGRAM

9:30 – 10:00 Conference inauguration and key remarks
– José Lladó, President of INCIPE
– Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, President of Elcano Royal Institute
– Manuel López Blázquez, Director of Institutional Relations, Spanish Ministry of Defence

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee-Break

10:30 – 12:15 Panel I: “NATO’s role in extending Security and Stability in the Euro-Atlantic Area. NATO’s Open Door Policy. Global Partnership?”
Chairman: Vicente Garrido, Director of INCIPE
– Matthew Rodes, Professor of National Security Studies, College of International and Security Studies,
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
– Karl Heinz-Kamp, Director of the Research Division, NATO Defence College, Rome
– Julian Lindley-French, Professor of Military Art and Science, Royal Military Academy, Breda (The
Netherlands). Senior Associate Fellow, Defence Academy, London

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee-Break

12:30 – 14:15 Panel II: “NATO’s Engagement in Afghanistan and Kosovo Operations: NATO’s still Main Feature?”
Chairman: Félix Arteaga, Senior Analyst, Security and Defence Area, Elcano Royal Institute
– Michel Soula, Head Crisis Management Political Section, Operations Division, NATO HQ
– MGen Benito Raggio, General Director for Defence Policy, Spanish Ministry of Defence
– Alain Délétroz, Vice-President (Europe), International Crisis Group, Brussels Office
– Dana Allin, Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Affairs and Editor of Survival, The International Institute for
Strategic Studies (IISS), London

16:30 – 18:00 Panel III: “International Security and Public Opinion”
Chairman: Rafael Calduch, Professor of International Relations (UCM). President of International Strategic Analysis (AEI). Member of the INCIPE’s Board
– José María López Navarro, Information Officer-Spain, NATO Countries Section. Public Diplomacy
Division, NATO HQ
– Juan Díez Nicolás, Professor of Sociology (UCM). President of ASEP (Social, Economic and Political Analysis)
– Javier Noya, Senior Analyst, Spain’s International Image & Public Opinion, Elcano Royal Institute

18:00 – 18:30 Final remarks
– ViceAdm Fernando del Pozo, Elcano Royal Institute
– Vicente Garrido, Director of INCIPE

Program
Photo Gallery
Working Paper
Bucharest Summit Declaration