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The College Forum

The College of Europe welcomes high level speakers to both of its campuses, many of whom use the occasion to further the European debate. Conferences and seminars are organised throughout the year where practitioners and students enter into critical dialogue and engage in direct exchanges of views over issues affecting European integration and international relations.

Selected speakers of the academic year 2008-2009 in alphabetical order:

  • Rudolf Adlung, Counsellor at the WTO in Geneva
  • Guillermo Ardizone, Counsellor for Foreign Affairs at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU
  • Maria Asenius, Swedish State Secretary for EU Affairs
  • Bruce Bach, Country Officer for Georgia at the Defense Policy and Planning Division of NATO
  • Leszek Balcerowicz, Former Chairman of the National Bank of Poland
  • Thierry Chopin, Director of Studies at the Robert Schuman Foundation
  • Michèle Coninsx, Vice-President of Eurojust
  • Poul Skytte Christoffersen, Head of Cabinet of European Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel
  • Pavol Demeš, Director for Central and Eastern Europe of the German Marshall Fund of the United States & Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic
  • Giuseppe De Palma, Vice-President of EU Affairs at ExxonMobil
  • Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman
  • Cristina Gallach, Spokesperson of the Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for the CFSP Javier Solana
  • Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux, Member of the French Council of State
  • Michael H. Gerdts, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Poland
  • Valeriu Gheorghiu, Minister-Counsellor at the Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the EU
  • David Iverson, Public Broadcasting Service Producer
  • Gordan Jandrokovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia
  • Guillaume Klossa, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for European Affairs and Founder-President of EuropaNova
  • Irena Krasnická, Director of the Czech Diplomatic Academy
  • Yuri Lavrov, Head of the Representative Office on Corporate Affairs at Lukoil Belgium
  • Graham Leese, Special Advisor to the Executive Director of Frontex
  • Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of Belgium
  • Cecilia Malmström, Minister for EU Affairs of Sweden
  • Robert Manchin, Managing Director at Gallup Europe
  • Petr Mareš, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Netherlands
  • Vladimir Müller, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Belgium
  • Sean O’Curneen, Secretary-General of ALDE - EU Committee of the Regions
  • Nobutake Odano, Head of the Mission of Japan to the EU
  • Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament
  • Jaroslaw Pietras, Director-General for Environment at the Council of the EU
  • Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Head of the Mission of Russia to the EU
  • Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament
  • György Schöpfl in, Member of the European Parliament
  • Kristen Silverberg, Head of the Mission of the US to the EU
  • Ivan Soltanovsky, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO
  • Zhe Song, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the EU
  • Paul Profili, Government Relations Director Europe at Alcoa
  • Stan Vanderleeuw, Chemical Regional Director for Europe, Middle-East and Africa at ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical in Belgium

Selected speakers of the academic year 2007-2008 in alphabetical order.