[ALBSA-Info] Conference in Washington

[aalibali at law.harvard.edu]

SETTING the BALKAN AGENDA

Thursday, May 31, 2001
9:15 A.M.- 4:30 P.M. 
CSIS 1800 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.

Fourth Floor Conference Room:
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Media Availability

Janusz Bugajski, director, CSIS Eastern Europe Project 
Bruce Hitchner, chairman, Dayton Peace Accords Project 

B-1 Conference Level:
10:00 AM -12:00 Noon 
Session I: Post-Dayton 
Achievements and Shortcomings 

Chair - Bruce Hitchner 
Jane Sharp, senior research fellow, King's College, London
Jim O'Brien, former U.S. special envoy to the Balkans
Jan Eliasson, ambassador, Embassy of Sweden
Igor Davidovic, ambassador, Embassy of Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Ivan Grdesic, ambassador, Embassy of Croatia
Milan Protic, ambassador, Embassy of Yugoslavia 
Miodrag Vlahovic, Center for Regional Studies, Montenegro 

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 
Lunchtime Keynote Address 

Chair - Robin Niblett, CSIS senior vice president 
Keynote Speaker -Greg Schulte, senior director, European and Eurasian Affairs, 
National Security Council

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 
Session II: Outstanding Problems 

Chair - Janusz Bugajski 
Roy Gutman, diplomatic correspondent, Newsweek
Minna Jarvenpaa, senior adviser to President Ahtisaari of Finland 
Daniel Serwer, United States Institute of Peace
Pieter Stek, World Bank 

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Session III: Policy Recommendations 

Chair - Janusz Bugajski and Bruce Hitchner 
Alex Reyn, ambassador, Embassy of Belgium 
Robert M. Beecroft, senior coordinator for Bosnia implementation, State 
Department 
Robert L. Barry, ambassador, former head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Paul McCarthy, National Endowment for Democracy