5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Is Capitalism Compatible with Democracy?
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Is Capitalism Compatible with Democracy?
  • Wolfgang Merkel – Visiting Researcher, Research Unit Democracy and Democratization, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); Director of the Research Unit Democracy and Democratization, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2016-2017, CES, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 1988-1989, CES, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar 1988-1989, CES, Harvard University
  • Commentary by Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
From Ottoman Empire to Italian Colonialism: The Jews of Rhodes 1900-1944
  • Aron Rodrigue – Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Stanford University

Friday, September 18, 2015

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Dining Room, Busch Hall
Friday Lunch

Monday, September 21, 2015

Soccer's Unique Global Cultural Appeal and the Sport's Structure Give FIFA Its Power
2:15pm - 4:00pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Soccer's Unique Global Cultural Appeal and the Sport's Structure Give FIFA Its Power
  • Andrei Markovits – Arthur F. Thurnau Professor & Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan
  • Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (2012-2023), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The State of the Euro
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The State of the Euro
  • Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
  • Jeffry Frieden – Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University, Harvard University
  • Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
  • Lorenzo Bini Smaghi – Chairman, Société Générale; Member of the Executive Board (2005-2011), European Central Bank
  • Jeffrey A. Frenkel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
2015 Summit on the Future of Europe
Day 1
Opening Address: Greece & Europe: Beyond the Financial Crisis
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Loeb House, Harvard University
Summit on the Future of Europe 2015 — Opening Address: Greece & Europe: Beyond the Financial Crisis
  • Gikas Hardouvelis – Chief Economist and Director of Research, Eurobank Group; Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Piraeus; Minister of Finance (2014-2015), Greece
  • Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (2012-2023), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Vuk Jeremić – President, Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD); President, 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, (2012-2013); Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, (2007-2012)

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

2015 Summit on the Future of Europe
Day 2
Migration Panel
9:00am - 10:30am
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Summit on the Future of Europe 2015 — Migration Panel
  • Patrice Higonnet – Robert Walton Goelet Research Professor of French History, Emeritus & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jytte Klausen – Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation, Brandeis University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Michèle Lamont – Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African-American Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Jacqueline Bhabha – Director of Research & Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, FXB Center of for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Bart Bonikowski – Past Resident Faculty
Regional Panel
10:45am - 12:00pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
Summit on the Future of Europe 2015 — Regional Panel
  • Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah – Chairman of the Board, Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Foundation; Deputy Prime Minister (2006-2011) and Foreign Minister (2003-2011) of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Foundation
  • Miguel Moratinos – European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process (1996-2003); Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, (2004-2010)
  • Luís Amado – Chairman, BANIF Grupo Financeiro; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal (2006-2011); Minister of Defense of Portugal (2005-2006)
  • Hedi Larbi – Visiting Scholar, The Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholars Program, Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Minister of Economic Infrastructure and Sustainable Development and Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Tunisia (2014-2015)
  • Chair Melani Cammett – Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University; Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Economic Panel
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Harvard Faculty Club, Library
Summit on the Future of Europe 2015 — Economic Panel
  • Ricardo Hausmann – Professor of the Practice of Economic Development & Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University
  • Charles Wyplosz – Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
  • Markos Kyprianou – Deputy President, Democratic Party of Cyprus; EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection (2004-2007), (2004); EU Commissioner for Health (2007-2008); EU Commissionary for Budgetary Affairs; Minister of Finance (2003-2004) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008-2011) of Cyprus
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Closing Remarks
4:45pm - 6:00pm
Harvard Faculty Club, Library
Summit on the Future of Europe 2015 — Closing Remarks
  • Niall Ferguson – Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University; Senior Research Fellow, Jesus College, University of Oxford
  • Vuk Jeremić – President, Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD); President, 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, (2012-2013); Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, (2007-2012)
  • Chair Grzegorz Ekiert – Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (2012-2023), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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