Opening

Hans-Gert Poettering MEP, Chairman of the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats (EPP-ED) in the European Parliament (EP)

Addresses:

Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy

Pier Ferdinando Casini, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Debate

Rev. Father Bernard Ardura, O. Praem, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture

Giulio Andreotti, Honorary Senator of the Republic of Italy, former Prime Minister, President of the "Alcide De Gasperi" Foundation

José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain

Rocco Buttiglione, Minister for Culture of Italy

Vytautas Landsbergis MEP, Former President of Lithuania, Head of the Lithuanian Delegation of the EPP-ED Group in the EP

Wilfried Martens, EPP President and former Prime Minister of Belgium

Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP, Former Minister of European Affairs of Poland, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Head of the Polish Delegation in the EPP-ED Group in the EP

Debate

Conclusions
Mario Mauro MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Marianne Thyssen MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP

Giulio Tremonti, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economy and Finance of Italy

Letizia Moratti, Minister for Education, University and Research of Italy

Renato Brunetta MEP, Economic Advisor to the Italian Prime Minister, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the EP

Gabriele Albertini MEP, Mayor of Milan

Patrick Messerlin, Professor of Economics, Institut d'Etudes politiques (Sciences-Po), Paris

Hanns Glatz, Delegate of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler, Rapporteur of the European Ideas Network (EIN) Working Group 6 (Globalisation)

Debate

Mihael Brejc MEP, Rapporteur on the social dimension of globalisation and Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the EP

Malcolm Harbour MEP, EPP-ED Coordinator in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Doris Pack MEP, EPP-ED Coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education of the EP

Georgios Papastamkos MEP, Rapporteur on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, Member of the Committee on International Trade of the EP

Alexander Radwan MEP, EPP-ED Coordinator on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the EP

Paul Rübig MEP, EPP-ED Coordinator on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the EP

Robert Sturdy MEP, Coordinator on the Committee on International Trade and Member of the EP Delegation to the WTO

Debate

Conclusions
Othmar Karas MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP

Theme III - Demographic Change in Europe

Mario Baccini, Minister for Public Administration of Italy

Maurizio Sacconi, Under Secretary of State for Employment and Social Affairs

Werner Sesselmeier, Professor of Economics, University of Koblenz-Landau

Debate

Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP, Rapporteur on demographic challenges and solidarity between the generations, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the EP

Ewa Klamt MEP, Rapporteur on an EU approach to managing economic migration, EPP-ED Coordinator in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the EP

Mario Mantovani MEP, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the EP

Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP, EPP-ED Coordinator on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the EP

Amalia Sartori MEP, EPP-ED Coordinator on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality in the EP

Debate

Conclusions
Struan Stevenson MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP