Conference Program
Opening Adress by Dr. Albert Spiegel,  Head of the Cultural Directorate-General of the Federal Foreign Office
Thursday, November 18, 1999
p.m.
5 to 7		 Arrival and Registration at the Hotel Inter-Continental
505 North Michigan Ave
Chicago, Il 60611-3807
7 to 9.30 Informal buffet dinner at the Hotel Inter-Continental (Boulevard Room)
Friday, November 19, 1999
Loyola University Chicago,
Water Tower Campus
820 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Il 60611
a.m.
8.00 		Registration and Breakfast
(Rubloff Reception Room, 25 East Pearson)
(Conference Desk in the Lobby area between Rubloff Reception Room and Rubloff Auditorium)

9.00 Welcome Plenary Session (Rubloff Auditorium, 25 East Pearson)
Larry A. Braskamp, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Loyola University Chicago
Kurt-Jürgen Maass, Secretary General, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart
Albert Spiegel, Head of Cultural Directorate-General, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
9.30 Keynote Adress: Robert B. Zoellick, Harvard University
"The Future of  Transatlantic Relations"
10.30 Coffee Break and Late Registration
11.00 Work Groups I, II, III: Session 1
p.m.
12.30 		Lunch at the University (Georgetown Room at Marquette Center)
2.00 Work Groups I, II, III: Session 2
3.30 Coffee Break
4.00 Work Groups I, II, III: Session 3
6.00 Plenary Session (Rubloff Auditorium, 25 East Pearson)
Panel Discussion:The Future Agenda of Transatlantic Relations. Visions and Reality
Chair:
John E. Rielly, President, The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations;
Panel:
Kenneth W. Dam, University of Chicago, School of Law,
Chairman, German-American Academic Council Foundation (GAAC)
Karsten Voigt, Coordinator for German-American Cooperation,
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

7.30 Dinner at the Hotel Inter-Continental (King Arthur Court)
Saturday, November 20, 1999

Loyola University Chicago, Water Tower Campus

a.m.
8.00 		Breakfast (Georgetown Room, Marquette Center)

8.30 Work Groups I, II, III: Session 4
10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 Plenary Session I (Rubloff Auditorium, 25 East Pearson)
Presentation of the results from the work groups and discussion

12.00 Lunch at the University (Georgetown Room, Marquette Center)
p.m.
1.30 		Plenary Session II
(Rubloff Auditorium, 25 East Pearson)

Keynote Lecture by Christian Hacke, Director, Institute for International Politics, University of the Armed Forces, Hamburg:
"Transatlantic Relations on the Threshold of a New Century"

Resolutions and Closing Remarks of the Conference by Jackson Janes , Executive Director of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington:

3.00 End of Conference

Optional: Magnificent Mile Lights Festival on Michigan Avenue

Sunday, November 21, 1999

Hotel Inter-Continental, Burnham Room

(for invited observers and representatives of participating organizations only)

a.m.
9 to 12 		"Vision Breakfast":
Consequences of the conference for future mutual cooperation and programs

Chaired by: Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Kurt-Jürgen Maass, Secretary General, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart
Peter Theiner, Director of International Relations, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart

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