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IACES Biennial Conference 2019

Updated: Nov 25, 2019

Attendance free and open to all - Please register here


IRELAND’S EUROPEAN FUTURE:

CRISIS, RENEWAL AND CHANGE

Friday 29 November 2019

Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2


The past two years have witnessed ongoing processes of profound political change in Europe. This year, IACES’ biennial conference will ask what these changes mean for Ireland, its relationships with its European neighbours and its global partners, and its future role in a transformed European Union. Bringing together a diverse range of practitioners and academic experts, the conference will examine how the EU has been reshaped in the wake of the global financial crisis; interrogate the risks posed to the rule of law by the rise of populism; and seek answers to the profound questions posed by Brexit for Ireland, the UK, the EU, and relationship between them. All are welcome to join us as we explore Ireland’s European future, and what further challenges and opportunities it may bring.


9h30-10h00 OPENING ADDRESS

Senator Neale Richmond, Fine Gael Spokesperson on European Affairs in the Seanad and Chair of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU


10h00-11h15 FUTURE OF EUROPE

Moderator: Karen Coleman, Editor EuroParlRadio

Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe

Professor Ben Rosamond, University of Copenhagen

Bill Emmott, former editor The Economist


11h15-11h45 Coffee Break


11h45-13h00 RULE OF LAW

Moderator: Professor Dagmar Schiek, Queen's University Belfast

Professor Georgi Dimitrov, University of Sofia

Professor John O’Brennan, Maynooth University

Professor Federico Fabbrini, Dublin City University


13h00-14h00 Buffet Lunch


14h00-15h15 BREXIT AND BEYOND

Moderator: Dr Jonathan Evershed, University College Cork

David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham

Dr Piaras MacEinri, University College Cork

Dr Nadine El-Enany, Birkbeck College, University of London


15h15-15h30 Break


15h30-16h30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS followed by Q&A

‘Transatlantic relations: Rinse and repeat or reboot?’

David O’Sullivan, former EU Ambassador to the USA


16h30 CLOSING REMARKS

Dr Mary C. Murphy and Professor John O’Brennan, IACES

Supported by Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Programme


Attendance free and open to all - Please register here

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