Preliminary agenda (subject to change) Tuesday, 18 February 19:00 Pre-conference dinner for speakers and moderators, Embassy of Sweden

Taiwan islands on 6 August 2022, in Nanjing, China.
Preliminary agenda
(subject to change)
Tuesday, 18 February
19:00 Pre-conference dinner for speakers and moderators, Embassy of Sweden
Wednesday, 19 February
09:00-09:30 Registration and coffee
09:30-09:45 Introduction and welcome
Indrek Kannik, Director, ICDS (successor will be known on 13 December)
Ave Schank-Lukas, Acting Head, European Commission Representation in Estonia
Charlotte Wrangberg, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden in Tallinn
09:45-11:00 Panel I: Keeping momentum
Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Marta Kos, Commissioner for Enlargement (TBC)
10:30-10:45 Intermezzo: Year 4 of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Olesya Mamchych, Ukrainian Poet
10:45-11:00 Reactions
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Panel II: Principled pragmatism?
Merits-based approach – ‘Ukraine will accede in 2 years’ time’ – Economic concerns of member states demand gradual integration and transitional measures – ‘For the EU, other interests trump democracy promotion and rule of law’ – Estonia’s experience and expectations.
Valentina Superti, DG NEAR, European Commission
Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Negotiator of Ukraine
Karolina Ostrzyniewska, Chargé d’Affairs, Embassy of Poland to Sweden
Luka Glusac, Deputy Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade
Alar Streimann, former Chief Negotiator of Estonia
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:15 Panel III: Convincing citizens
Will accession of vulnerable candidates really enhance our security? Is the EU’s next enlargement wave really in our economic interest? How to address enlargement ‘fatigue’ in EU member states and candidate countries?
Engjellushe Morina, Senior Research Fellow, ECFR
Damir Kapidžic, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Sarajevo
Ave Schank-Lukas, Acting Head, European Commission Representation in Estonia
Moderator: Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor of Comparative Governance, Leiden University
15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:45 Panel IV: Black Sea Security
Maritime battlefield – Big power dynamics – Freedom of navigation & economic zones – Towards a new EU strategy
Kornely Kakachia, Professor of Political Science, Tbilisi State University
Tacan Ildem, Chairman of EDAM, former Assistant Secretary General of NATO
Edward Iosiper, Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Moderator: Erika Ellamaa-Ots, Director General for Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
16:45-17:00 Closing remarks
Janne Jõesaar-Ruusalu, Director for Southeastern Europe and the European Union, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Artur Orzechowski, Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn
17:00-18:00 Reception offered by the Embassy of Poland in Estonia