70 YEARS POTSDAM AGREEMENT: AT A NEW CROSSROADS?
Thursday, 17 September 2015, Potsdam
Orangery Sanssouci Castle, Potsdam
09:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION
10:00 – 10:10 M100 YOUNG EUROPEAN JOURNALISTS
WORKSHOP
Presentation of the results
10:10 – 10:30 OPENING SPEECH
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Deputy Federal Chancellor ret., Bonn
10:30 – 12:15 SESSION I:
The post-war order in Europe: is it
drifting apart? Can it survive?
Over recent years political, economic and
social conflicts in Europe and its neigh-
bouring states have increased alarmingly.
How is the EU meeting these challenges?
How should it be meeting them? What
are the implications of current events for
Europe’s role in the world?
Input: Dr. Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant
Secretary General for Emerging Security
Challenges, NATO, Brussels
Moderation: Ali Aslan, TV-Host and Journalist, Berlin
12:15 – 13:15 LUNCH
13:15 – 14:45 SESSION II
Democracy as the foundation of the
State: The key to world order?
Twenty-five years after the restoration of
full sovereignty to Germany, how have our
democracies changed? What is the signifi-
cance – in actual and normative terms -
for the concept of sovereignty of today’s
“post-national constellation” (Jürgen
Habermas) and the surrender of many,
previously nationally-held powers as a
result of the policy to save the euro? What
are the challenges of digitalisation?
Input: Dr. Ulrike Guérot, Founder and Director,
„European Democracy Lab“, Berlin
Moderation: Christopher Walker, Executive Director,
International Forum for Democratic Studies
- National Endowment for Democracy,
Washington
14:45 – 15:15 COFFEE BREAK
15:15 – 16:30 SESSION III
The impact of news management on
public opinion about world affairs:
Role and responsibilities of the media
Today, independent journalism which
adheres to a code of professional practice
is arguably more necessary than it has ever
been; our expectations of it have certainly
never been higher. But how can we defend
the media’s role in building democracy in a
changing world?
Input: Nenad Pejic, Editor-in-Chief, Radio Free
Europe / Radio Liberty, Prague
Moderation: Ali Aslan, TV-Host and Journalist, Berlin
16:30 – 16:45 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rödder, Professor of
Contemporary History, Johannes Gutenberg
University of Mainz
16:45 – 18:00 BREAK
17:00 – 17:30 Press conference
(for reporting journalists only)
Raphael Hall
M100 MEDIA AWARD
18:00 – 18:05 WELCOME SPEECH
Jann Jakobs
Lord Mayor City of Potsdam
18:05 – 18:30 MAIN SPEECH
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Federal Foreign Minister, Berlin
18:30 – 18:50 LAUDATIO
Ferdinand von Schirach
Writer and Defence Lawyer, Berlin
18:50 – 19:10 ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Gérard Biard
Editor-in-Chief Charlie Hebdo, Paris
19:30 – 23:00 GALA DINNER
In cooperation with the
Alfred Herrhausen Society
New Chambers