10:45 onwards

Arrival and Registration, with Publishers' Exhibition
 

12:00-13:30

Lunch
 

13:30-13:45

Welcome
 

• Prof Geoff Petts, Pro-Vice Chancellor, The University of Birmingham
• Prof Jo Shaw, UACES Chair, University of Manchester

13:45-15:15

Plenary 1 – Wider Europe: The EU and Its New Eastern Neighbours
 

• Chair: Sir David Logan, The University of Birmingham

• Dr Philip Robins, St Antony's College, University of Oxford

• Dr Irina Kobrinskaya, Executive Director of the Foundation for Prospective Studies and Initiatives, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for World Economy and International Relations

• Mr Hiski Haukkala, Finnish Institute of International Affairs

15:15-15:45

Coffee/Tea and Publishers' Exhibition, sponsored by E!Sharp
 

15:45-17:15

Research Panels (Session 1)
 

17:30-18:00

UACES Annual General Meeting and Publishers' Exhibition
 

18:15

Wine Reception - Hosted by the European Research Institute, The University of Birmingham
Including a UACES Student Forum Reception for students
 

20:00

Dinner at Chamberlain Hall
 

09:00-10:30

Plenary 2 – What Kind of Borders in the Post-enlargement EU?
 

• Chair: Prof William Paterson, The University of Birmingham

• Prof Judy Batt, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris & The University of Birmingham

• Ms Ann Kennard, University of the West of England, Bristol

• Prof Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield

10:30-11:00

Coffee/Tea and Publishers' Exhibition, sponsored by European Voice
 

11:00-12:30

Research Panels (Session 2) 
 

12:30-14:00

Lunch and Publishers' Exhibition
 

14:00-15:30

Research Panels (Session 3) 
 

15:30-16:00

Coffee/Tea and Publishers' Exhibition sponsored by Perspectives on European Politics and Society
 

16:00-17:30

Research Panels (Session 4) 
 

19:30 onwards

Reception - Conference Dinner at The Botanical Gardens, Birmingham

Sponsored by the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) and Blackwell Publishing
 

• After-Dinner Speaker: Sir David Edward, former judge at the Court of Justice

09:00-10:30

Research Panels (Session 5) 
 

10:30-11:00

Coffee/Tea and Publishers' Exhibition sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at The University of Birmingham
 

11:00-12:30

Plenary 3 - EU and Security: A European 'Strategic Doctrine'?
 

• Chair: Dr Anne Deighton, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland, and
  University of Oxford

• Ms Alyson Bailes, Director, Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Major General Graham Messervy-Whiting CBE, Centre for Studies in Security & Diplomacy, The University of Birmingham, former first chief of EU military staff

• Dr Fraser Cameron, The European Policy Centre

• Forum Meeting for Heads of Jean Monnet Centres (and others interested in Jean Monnet project)

13:30-15:00

Plenary 4 -  The New EU Political Order
 

• Chair: Prof Anand Menon, The University of Birmingham

• Mr Quentin Peel, Financial Times

• Ms Mary Dejevsky, Independent

• Mr Jean-Pierre Langellier, Le Monde

• Mr Joachim Fritz-Vannahme, Die Zeit

15:00

End of Conference