FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2007

Welcome reception, speeches and dinner
Pera House (British Consulate)

1900   Reception

1945   Speeches by:

            Carl Bildt - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
            Olli Rehn - European Union Commissioner for             Enlargement
            Mehmet Şimşek - Minister of State (responsible for             economy) of the Republic of Turkey

2030   Dinner


SATURDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2007

           Seminar and discussions
           Feriye Restaurant
           Çırağan Cad. No: 40 Ortaköy, İstanbul

0900   Welcoming remarks

           Charles Grant – Director, Centre for European Reform            (CER)
           Can Paker – Chairman, Turkish Economic and Social            Studies Foundation (TESEV)
           Neil Kinnock - Chair, British Council/Former Vice            President of the European Commission

0915   Key note speech by Ali Babacan - Minister of            Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

0930   Session 1: A joint vision for Europe?

           Chair: Can Paker, TESEV

           Is Turkey changing its EU accession strategy?
           Do current EU-Turkey relations indicate a joint European            vision?
           What would a Union look like that is capable and comfortable            to include Turkey?
           What kind of EU does Turkey want to join?

           Frits Bolkestein - President, Telders Foundation / Former EU            Commissioner for Internal Market, Taxation and the Customs            Union
           Oğuz Demiralp - Ambassador, Secretary General,            Secreteriat General for EU Affairs
           Marc Pierini - Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the            European Commission to Turkey


1045   Coffee break

1115   Session 2: The EU, Turkey and the Middle East

           Chair: Nick Baird, British Embassy

           How can the EU and Turkey work together to improve stability            in the Middle East?
           How do political developments in Turkey impact on regional            security and vice versa?

           Meliha Altunışık - Professor, Head of International Relations            Department, Middle East Technical University
           Elisabeth Guigou - MP, French Parliament / Former Minister            of Justice of France
           Hugh Pope - Senior Analyst / International Crisis Group

1245   Lunch


1345   Session 3: Economic integration and energy

           Chair: Katinka Barysch, CER

           How important is progress in the accession negotiations for            trade and investment?
           Can economic integration proceed even if negotiations go            slow?
           How can Turkey help the EU to alleviate concerns over energy            security?

           Key note speech by Hilmi Güler - Minister of Energy            and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey

           Vladimir Drobnjak - Ambassador, Chief Negotiator of Croatia            for the Accession Negotiations with the EU
           David Tonge - Managing Director, IBS Research &            Consultancy

1530  Coffee break   

1600  Closing Session: Outlook for EU-Turkey relations

          Chair: Charles Grant, CER

          Mehmet Ali Birand, Editor-in-Chief, Kanal D
          Stephen Wall - Vice Chair, Business for New Europe /                    Former EU Adviser to Tony Blair

1930  Boat trip across the Bosphorus for dinner venue

2000  Informal dinner