Leader or Dreamer?
Europe’s Role in a Fragmented World Order
January 31 - February 1, 2025
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The 2025 edition marks the 11th consecutive year of the conference. Throughout these years, we are proud to have hosted distinguished global leaders, including Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, and others. The 2024 edition notably featured Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, and Commissioner Elisa Ferreira, as well as former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta.
Under the theme Leader or Dreamer? Europe’s Role in a Fragmented World Order, the 2025 edition will bring together over 750 academics, students, and future leaders from around the world. Across 10 panels, 4 keynote speeches and several working groups, the European Conference will address pivotal topics shaping Europe's future, such as defense, energy security, economic resilience, and transatlantic relations.
Welcome to the 2025 European Conference!
A welcome message from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk
Speakers
Flagship Session Speakers
Prime Minister of Belgium
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Minister Delegate of France for Europe
Former Prime Minister of Poland, President of the European Conservative and Reformist Party
Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University
Panelists and Workshop Speakers
- Alberto Alemanno, Professor, HEC Paris
- Helge Berger, Deputy Director, IMF European Department
- Leonie Beyrle Barker, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Preceptor in Tech Science and Law, Harvard College
- Diego Garcia Blum, Program Director for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program at the Carr Center
- Rémy Bonny, Executive Director, Forbidden Colors
- Madeleine de Cock Buning, Vice President for Public Policy EMEA at Netflix
- Tommaso Calarco, Leading Quantum Physicist and Professor, University of Cologne and University of Bologna
- Alberto Candellero, President and CEO, Dolce & Gabbana for the Americas and South Africa
- Mohammed Chahim, Member of the European Parliament for GroenLinks-PvdA
- Jean Michel Dalle, Professor, Sorbonne University, and Managing Director, Agoranov
- Carolyn Fischer, Research Manager, Sustainability and Infrastructure Team, Development Research Group, World Bank
- Ellie Geranmayeh, Deputy Director of MENA Program, European Council on Foreign Relations
- Francesco Maria Graziani, Counsellor, Energy and Climate, Delegation of the European Union to the USA
- Kristina Hammer, President, Salzburg Festival
- David M. Herszenhorn, Journalist at The Washington Post
- Florian Idenburg, Award-winning Architect and Founder, SO-IL
- Carrie Jenks, Executive Director of the Environmental & Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School
- Ylva Johansson, Former European Commissioner for Home Affairs
- Věra Jourová, Former Vice President for Values and Transparency, European Commission
- Michele Klein, Former Regional Director for Central and North America and the Caribbean, IOM
- Ewa Krukowska, Senior Energy Correspondent, Bloomberg
- Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights and President of Third Section
- Adrian Vazquez Lazara, Spanish Member of the European Parliament
- Helena Malikova, EU Civil Servant with Directorate General for Competition
- Octavia Marginean-Tahiroglu, General Manager of The St. Regis New York
- Ryan Meilak, Counsellor, Head of Outreach and Congressional Liaison, European Parliament Liaison Office, Washington D.C.
- Yascha Mounk, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University
- Timčo Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, North Macedonia
- Audra Plepytė, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America
- Vincent Pons, Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
- Dafna Rand, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, United States
- Mathias Risse, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- John Shattuck, Former US Ambassador to Czech Republic and US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
- Albana Shehaj, Program Manager at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
- Manfred Schuckert, Vice President, Head of Regulatory & International Hydrogen Strategy, Daimler Truck AG
- Chad Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Todd Stern, Former Special Envoy for Climate Change at the Department of State
- Ruth Streeter, Former "60 Minutes" and Documentary Producer, Documentary Producer
- Alexandre Stutzmann, EU Representative to West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA
- Ilva Tare, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center
- Nathalie Tocci, Political Scientist and Director, Instituto Affari Internazionali
- Demetri Tsolakis, CEO, Xenia Greek Hospitality
- Amaryllis Verhoeven, European Commission / KU Leuven
- Margrethe Vestager, Former EU Executive Vice President and Commissioner
- Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium
- Pavlina Yanakieva, CEO & Co-Founder, Future Unicorns Accelerator and Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc.
- Estelle Youssouffa, Member of Parliament of the French National Assembly