EPP-ED Group:

Conferences for EP Observers
in the EPP-ED Group

3rd - 6th July 2003
BERLIN

PROGRAMME

Symposium of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation "Europe and the USA - partners in one world"
Organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Place: Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Accommodation: Courtyard Marriott, Grünauer Straße 1, Berlin - Köpenick, D - 1255 7 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 654790 Fax: +49 30 65479 555

Thursday July 3rd

16.30 - 17.30	"Talks among neighbours" Friends of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation talk to the new EP observers and citizens of the new Member States Opening A representative of the Observers in the EPP-ED Group N.N Moderator : Wim G. van Velzen, MEP
18.00	Summer Party Opening Dr Bernhard Vogel, President of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Angela Merkel, President of the CDU

Friday July 4th

09.00 - 09.30	Opening of the Seminar for the Observers Prof. Dr Günter Rinsche, former MEP and former President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
09.30	Perspectives of a common European Policy Angela Merkel, President of the CDU Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Wim van Velzen, Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group and the EPP Party
11.00 - 12.30	How does the Convention change Europe ? Elmar Brok MEP, Chairman of the EPP-Group in the Convention Lojze Peterle, Member of the Presidency of the Convention (inq.) Josef Szajer, Member of the Convention (inq.)
14.30 - 15.45	Election Programme 2004 Othmar Karas MEP, Treasurer of the EPP-ED Group
15.45 - 17.30	How to run successfully the 2004 European Campaign Publicis (Public Relations Agency) Peter Radunski, PR consultant, former Senator (Minister), former General Manager of the CDU, Germany

Saturday July 5th

09.00 - 10.30	Priorities 2004 - 2009 James Elles, Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group
11.00 - 13.00	Discussion