09:00 – 09:10
Welcome Address

• Thomas Paulsen, Member of the Executive Board, Körber-Stiftung

Conférencière: Leslie Schübel, Programme Director International Affairs, Körber- Stiftung

09:10 – 10:00
Opening Panel

• Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
• Liana Fix, Fellow for Europe, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Washington DC
• Lykke Friis, Director, Think Tank EUROPA, Copenhagen

Moderator: Anna Engelke, Editor-in-Chief Radio, ARD Capital Studio, Berlin

10:00 – 11:00
Bursting the Bubble: Alliances in a Changing World Order

• Dubai Abulhoul Alfalasi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fiker Institute, Dubai
• Hina Rabbani Khar, fmr. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Chairperson, Foreign Relations Committee, National Assembly of Pakistan, Islamabad
• Andreas Rödder, Founder and Chairman, Republik21; Chair for Modern and Contemporary History, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Moderator: Almut Wieland-Karimi, Senior Policy Advisor, Advisory Board, Stiftung Mercator, Berlin

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00
Spotlight Interview

In Cooperation with DER SPIEGEL

• Bijan Djir-Sarai, General Secretary, Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP), Berlin

Moderator: Britta Sandberg, Paris Bureau Chief, DER SPIEGEL

12:00 – 12:45
Körber Global Leaders Dialogue

• Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva

Moderator: Nora Müller, Executive Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung

12:45 – 14:00
Lunch Break

13:00 – 13:50
Lunch Session 1 – Next Slide Please! Adapting to the Transformation of Democracy

In Cooperation with Robert Bosch Academy

• Kwasi Prempeh, Executive Director, Ghana Center for Democratic Development; Richard-von-Weizsäcker Fellow, Bosch Academy, Accra

Moderator: Pradnya Bivalkar, Senior Project Manager, Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin

13:00 – 13:50
Lunch Session 2 – Managing expectations: China’s approach towards wars and crises

Including The Berlin Pulse survey results

• Jacob Poushter, Associate Director Global Attitudes Program, Pew Research Center, Washington, DC
• XIAO Qian, Deputy Director, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University

Moderator: Jonathan Lehrer, Programme Manager, Körber-Stiftung

13:00 – 13:50
Lunch Session 3 – Losing the Grip? On Europe’s Relations with the Middle East

• Volker Perthes, Senior Distinguished Fellow, Executive Board, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
• Maha Yahya, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut

Moderator: Rym Momtaz, Editor in Chief, Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe, Brussels; Munich Young Leader 2018

14:00 – 15:00
After the Ballot: What’s Next for the Transatlantic Partnership?

• Nils Schmid, MP, Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, SPD Parliamentary Group, Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin
• Amanda Sloat, fmr. Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council, The White House, Washington, DC; Munich Young Leader 2010
• Ken Weinstein, Japan Chair and fmr. President and CEO, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC

Moderator: Julia Ganter, Programme Director and Editor of The Berlin Pulse, Körber-Stiftung

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:30
Rising to the Challenge? European Coherence on the Defensive

• Yuriko Backes, Minister for Defence, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Władysław Bartoszewski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
• Hélène Conway-Mouret, MP, Vice President, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces, Sénat (Parliament of the French Republic), Paris
• Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart, Commander, NATO Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), Szczecin

Moderator: Alisa Vogt, Programme Director International Affairs, Körber-Stiftung

16:30 – 17:15
What Else is New this Week? On Elections and Coalition Break-Ups

• Stefan Kornelius, Head of Politics, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

• Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, The New York Times, Berlin

17:15 – 17:20
Closing Remarks