| Date/Place | Guest Speaker(s) | Event/Topic |
2010-06-23 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Yuri Markovich Schmidt, Russian human rights lawyer
| Round Table |
2010-06-16 co hosted by H.E. Renee Jones-Bos, Dinner at the Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the USA | Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State on Holocaust-Era Issues | Dinner in aid of the Defiant Requiem project for Terezin |
2010-05-31 Romanian Foundation for Democracy | President Emil Constantinescu (1996-2000); President Ion Iliescu (1989-1996) | Public Policy Lunch |
2010-05-28 Senate of the Parliament of Romania, Bucharest | Senator Teodor Melescanu (Foreign Minister 1992-1996; Defence Minister 2007-2008) | Public Policy Dinner |
2010-04-12 Lobkowicz Residence, co-hosted by Elisabeth Princess Lobkowicz | Senator Jiří Dienstbier,
Former Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic,
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate of the Czech Republic
| Public Policy Dinner on the Current Foreign Policy in the Czech Republic |
2010-01-28 Embassy of Romania, co-hosted by H.E. Daniela Gitman | His Excellency Juraj Chmiel, Minister for European Affairs | Round Table, New Year Cheer |
2009-11-26 Embassy of Israel, co-hosted by H.E. Yaakov Levy | Zdeněk Tůma, Governor of the Czech National Bank | Public Policy Dinner on the Current Economic Situation in the Czech Republic |
2009-10-13 Embassy of Mexico, co-hosted by H.E. Jose Luis Bernal Rodriguez | Hon. Trudy Stevenson
Former Opposition Leader, Zimbabwe
The Right Honorable Sir John Mancham
President, Republic of Seychelles (1976-1977)
The Right Honorable Festus Mogae
President, Botswana (1998-2008)
| Public Policy Dinner on Africa's Emerging Importance (in cooperation with Forum 2000) |
2009-10-12 Luna di Notte Restaurant | Honorary Chairman of the Prague Society F.W. de Klerk, Statesman & Nobel Laureate and his wife Elita de Klerk | Reception in honour of the Nobel Laureate and Statesman F.W. de Klerk |
2009-07-16 Co-hosted by Petr Pithart, Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Republic and the Embassy of Romania, H.E. Daniela Gitman | His Excellency the President of Romania Trajan Basescu | Round Table |
2009-06-25 Crowne Plaza Prague Castle Hotel | Hon Stuart Eizenstat, Special Represantive of the President and Secretary of State on Holocaust-Era Issues | Reception in honor of the Hon Stuart Eizenstat |
2009-06-12 Embassy of Romania, Prague | Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania (1996-2000) | Round Table |
2009-05-23 Residence of the Ambassador of Cyprus, HE Achilleas Antoniades | Minister Stefan Fule, Minister of European Affairs in Prime Minister Jan Fischer’s government | Public Policy Dinner |
2009-02-14 Prague | General Wesley Clark,
former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO
| Address by General Wesley Clark at the Conference of the Czech Social Democrat Party |
2009-02-13 Residence of the Canadian Ambassador, Prague | General Wesley Clark,
former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO
| Round Table & Public Policy Dinner |
2008-12-21 Palace of the Knights of Malta | Deputy Vice Prime Minister Marek Mora | Holiday Cheer 2008 |
2008-10-30 Furstenberg Palace, Prague (Embassy of Poland) | His Excellency Jan Pastwa, Ambassador of Poland, His Excellency Alan Cook, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic based in Berlin, and Vera Egermayer, Hon Consul of New Zealand in Prague. | New Zealand String Quartet |
2008-10-26 Residence of His Excellency Charles Fries, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic | Deputy Prime Minister Cyril Svoboda | Public Policy Dinner on the Czech Presidency of the European Union |
2008-09-23 Residence of His Excellency Jean-François Kammer, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Czech Republic | Zdeněk Tůma,
Governor of the Czech National Bank,
Alexandr Vondra,
Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
| Public Policy Dinner on the Czech Presidency of the European Union |
2008-06-27 Palace of the Knights of Malta, Prague | Mr. Michael Diedring, Executive Director of the CEELI Institute | Bon Voyage for Mr. Michael Diedring |
2008-05-28 Residence of the Ambassador of Sweden to the Czech Republic | Hon Cyril Svoboda, Minister for Legislative Affairs of the Government of the Czech Republic. | Bon Voyage to HE István Szabó and Mrs Emilia Szabó |
2008-04-15 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Warsaw, Poland | Participants included: Hon. Ksawery Burski, former Polish Ambassador in China, Indonesia and Singapore; Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki, Director of Asia-Pacific Department of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Lukasz Kulesa, Research & Analysis Bureau, Polish Institute of International Affairs; Ms Agniezska Lobacz, former Consul General in Hong Kong; Ms Usrzula Raznowiecka, First Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hon. Ryszard Schnepf, Deputy Foreign Minister for Poland; Representatives of the Diplomatic Corps in Warsaw: John Gorkowski, US Embassy; Shik Kim, Embassy of South Korea; Global Panel and Prague Society: Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society; Chairman, Global Panel; General Abdeljebbar Azzaoui, Conseil Supérieur de la Défense Nationale, Morocco; Yossef Bodansky, Senior Advisor, U.S Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004); Hon. Jens Hald Madsen, Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Vice Chair, Defense Committee (2001-2007); Member of Parliament, Denmark (1992-2007); General Dieter Stöckmann (ret.); Head of Bilateral German-Chinese Security Talks; Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE. | 7th session of the North Korea Initiative |
2008-04-14 Warsaw, Poland | His Excellency Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland.
| Public Policy Dinner held on the occasion of the 7th session of the North Korea Initiative, with the theme "Europe" |
2008-04-10 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic | His Excellency Mr. Michael Calcott
The Hon. John Manley
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chairman Cabinet Committee on Public Security and Anti-Terrorism
| Public Policy Dinner on Afghanistan |
2008-04-10 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic | His Excellency Michael Calcott | Security Debate on Afghanistan at the Residence of Canadian Ambassador Michael Calcott |
2008-04-09 Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Czech Republic | His Excellency Jan Lucas van Hoorn
Rt. Hon. Cyril Svoboda, Minister of Legislative Affairs
| Public Policy Dinner with Czech Minister for Legislative Affairs Cyril Svoboda |
2008-03-31 Residence of HE Catherine von Heidenstam, Swedish Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Prague | Guest of Honour: HE Vassilios Ikossipentarchos, departing Ambassador of Greece to Czech Republic.
| Bon Voyage to HE Vassilios Ikossipentarchos |
2008-03-18 British Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia | HE Denis Keefe, HM Ambassador
Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society; Chairman, Global Panel
Ambassador Abouyoub, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to King Mohammad VI, Morocco
Yossef Bodansky, Senior Advisor, U.S. Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004), USA
General Dieter Stockmann (ret.), former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE
Ambassador Gheorghe Tinca, former Defence Minister of Romania
Mr. Jan Carnogursky, former Prime Minister of Slovakia
Kai Metzner, Executive Director of Global Panel
Ms. Barbara Day, MBE, PhD, Treasurer and Senior Fellow, Prague Society for International Cooperation
Mr. Lubos Vesely, Senior Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs
David Darchiashvili, Open Society Georgia Foundation (Black Sea)
Kakha Gogolashvili, Georgian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (GEPLAC) (Black Sea and Energy)
Dato Aprasidze, Director of Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) (Black Sea)
Liana Jervalidze, Energy expert
Archil Gegeshidze, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS) (Black sea)
Rt. Hon. Teimur Iakobashvili, Minister for Reintegration, Georgia
| Roundtable discussion with Think-Tanks |
2008-03-18 Tbilisi, Georgia | His Excellency Temur Iakobashvili, Georgian Minister for Reintegration.
| Public Policy Dinner at the Residence of HE Denis Keefe, British Ambassador to Georgia |
2008-01-28 The Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic, co-hosted by His Excellency Michael Calcott | The Rt. Hon. Jiří Paroubek
Chairman of Czech Social Democratic Party. Prime Minister 2005-2006
| Public Policy Dinner "The power of the president" |
2007-12-17 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic | With the ambassadors of Canada, Cyprus, Great Britain, Morocco, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland and Sweden; Deputy Minister of Justice Martin Moulis; Senator Eduard Outrata; Benke Aikell of Prague Leaders’ Magazine; Bryn Bailey of Czech Business Weekly; Arthur Braun; Gerald Cary-Elwes; Iva Drápalová of the Los Angeles Times; Gordon Dreger of Colliers International; Bela Gran Jensen; Robert Hessenberger of Discovery Group; Alan Krautstengl, Rector of Anglo-American College; Dagmar Pikhartová of The Prague Post;. Marian Švejda of News International;
and many more. | Holiday Cheer |
2007-11-29 Australia House, London | His Excellency The Honourable Richard Alston, High Commisioner for Australia (Australian Federal Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 1996-2003) | Public Policy Lunch |
2007-10-29 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic | The Rt. Hon. Karel Schwarzenberg
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
and
H.E. Michael Calcott
of Canada
| Public Policy Dinner with discussion about the Foreign Policy Priorities of the Czech Republic |
2007-10-26
| H.E. Mr. Alan Howard Cook
Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic | Prague Society Chat with the New Zealand Ambassador |
2007-10-09 Fürstenberg Palace, Embassy of the Republic of Poland | Hon. Hassan Abouyoub
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to King Mohamed VI of Morocco;
former Minister for Economics and Foreign Investments
General Abdeljabbar Azzaoui
National Security Advisor to the Government of Morocco
Yossef Bodansky
Senior Advisor, US Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and
Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004)
Marc S. Ellenbogen
Chairman, Global Panel; President, Prague Society;
Member, National Advisory Board, US Democratic Party
Lieutenant General František Hrabal
Deputy Chief of Staff, Army of the Czech Republic;
Czech Military Representative to NATO and the EU (2002-2006)
Hon. Karel Kovanda (Moderator)
Deputy Director General of External Relations, European Commission;
Czech Deputy Foreign Minister 1997-1998; Ambassador to NATO 1998-2005
Hon. Robert McRae
Canadian Ambassador to NATO;
Director General for International Security, Department of Foreign
Affairs (2006-2007)
Hon. Richard Schnepf
Special Representative for Global Threats, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Poland;
Secretary of State, Chancellary of the Prime Minister (2005-2006)
General Dieter Stöckmann (ret.)
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE, NATO (2001-2002), Germany
Hon. Harri Tiido
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
Ambassador to NATO (2003-2007)
Hon. Michal Žantovský
Czech Ambassador to Israel
Czech Ambassador to the USA (1992-1996); Senator of the Czech Republic
(1996-2002) | Security Debate |
2007-10-08 Goethe Insitute, Žofín Palace | Guests include previous Award recipients Madeleine Albright, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Vaclav Havel. Forum 2000 participants | Celebratory Lunch for winners of the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award |
2007-08-09 Bellevue Restaurant, Prague | H.E. Mr. Jorma Inki
Ambassador of Finland | A Farewell Lunch in honor of H.E. Mr. Jorma Inki and Mrs. Ritva Inki |
2007-07-12 Paris, France | Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State and Ambassador; former Senior Vice President, Boeing, USA
| Public Policy Dinner: Iran, Iraq, and the Arab Israeli Conundrum with Thomas Pickering |
2007-06-12 Embassy of Germany | Roland Mahler, Managing Director, T-Mobile CZ; Markus Hermann, Chairman, BAWAG Bank CZ/SK; Dr. Stephan Nobbe, Director, Goethe Institute CZ; Willy Ribbe, Managing Director, Mariott Group CZ; H.E. Ambassador Juan Fleming, Argentina; Dr. Gernot von Grawert-May, Vice Chair, Global Panel/Former Group Board Rep. Deutsche Bank; among others | Lunch with H.E. Ambassador Elfenkaemper |
2007-05-12 Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest | His Majesty King Michael I of Romania
Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy | Celebratory Dinner for Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award |
2007-05-11 Czech Centre, Czech Embassy in Bucharest & Residence of the Czech Ambassador to Romania | | Launch of the Black Sea Initiative |
2007-05-10 Elisabeth Palace, Bucharest (the Official Residence of the Royal Family of Romania) | His Majesty King Michael I,
Petrisor Ostafie | Presentation of the 6th Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award to His Majesty King Michael I of Romania |
2007-05-10 May 10, 2007, Elisabeta Palace | | His Majesty King Michael I of Romania’s Statement upon being granted the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award |
2007-05-03 Hotel Le Palais | His Excellency Federico Salas | Farewll Dinner for Ambassador Salas |
2007-04-04 The Reform Club, London | The Hon. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Democratic Representative for the State of New York, U.S. House of Representatives | Chairman’s Reception |
2007-03-20 A series of briefings and brain-storming sessions were held under the auspices of THE ROYAL STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE (IRES), Morocco | The Delegation included:
YOSSEF BODANSKY
Senior Advisor, U.S. Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director, 1988-204) (USA)
MARC S ELLENBOGEN
Chairman, The Global Panel Foundation; Venture Capitalist (USA)
JAN SYKORA
Member of the Supervisory Board, Moravia Steel Group (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Hon. JENS-HALD MADSEN, MP
Vice Chairman, Defense Committee; Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Danish Parliament (DENMARK)
KAI METZNER
Executive Director, Global Panel Foundation, Berlin (GERMANY)
The Right Hon. Lord PEARSON OF RANNOCH
Conservative Peer, House of Lords (UK)
ASH RAJAN
Director and Chief Investment Officer, Merryl Lynch, New York (USA)
Gen (ret.) DIETER STOCKMANN
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2001-2004) (GERMANY)
Hon. GHEORGHE TINCA
Ambassador at Large, first Civilian Defense Minister (ROMANIA)
MARTIN WALKER
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, United Press International, UPI (UNITED KINGDOM)
| GLOBAL PANEL/PRAGUE SOCIETY DELEGATION VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO |
2007-03-06 Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Canada
Caroline Chrétien
Director Japan and Korea, East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Czech Republic
Hon. Pavel Bratinka
Senior Cabinet Minister (1996-1997); Vice-President, The Prague Society
Denmark
Hon. Jens Hald Madsen
MP, Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Vice Chairman, Defense Committee
Germany
H.E. K. Peter Gottwald
Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations
Dr. Gernot von Grawert-May
Vice-Chairman, Global Panel; Former Representative of the Group Board, Deutsche Bank, AG; Former President and CEO, Deutsche Bank Canada
Hungary
Miklós Lengyel
Deputy Director General of the Asia-Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan
Hiroyuki Imahashi
Counsellor, Embassy of Japan to Slovak Republic (observer)
Yasuyuki Soma
First Secretary, Embassy of Japan to Slovak Republic (observer)
Morocco
Ambassador Hassan Abouyoub
Ambassador-at-Large, Special Advisor to H.M. King Mohammed VI
NATO
Gen. Dieter Stöckmann (ret.)
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2001-2005);
German Head of Bilateral German-Chinese Security Talks
Poland
Ambassador Ryszard Schnepf
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Global Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Korea
Dr. Paik Haksoon
Special Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Korean Peninsula Issues; Senior Fellow, The Sejong Institute
Romania
Rt. Hon. Gheorghe Tinca
Minister of Defense (1994-1996); Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Slovakia
Rt. Hon. Ján Čarnogurský
Prime Minister (1991-1992), Minister of Justice (1998-2002)
Rt. Hon. Eduard Kukan
MP; Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998-2006)
Rt. Hon. Pavol Paška
MP, Chairman, National Council of the Slovak Republic (TBC)
Diana Štrofová
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Marián Tomášik
Director of Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sweden
Ambassador Paul Beijer
Special Adviser to the Government on Korean Peninsula Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2001-2005)
USA
Yossef Bodansky
Senior Advisor, Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004)
Marc Ellenbogen
Chairman, Global Panel Foundation
President, Prague Society for International Cooperation
H.E. Rodolphe "Skip" Vallee
Ambassador of the United States to the Slovak Republic
| North Korea Initiative |
2007-02-23 American Information Center, Tržiště 13, Praha 1 | The Hon. Eduard Kukan, M.P.
Slovak Foreign Minister (1998-2006)
Board Member, Global Panel Foundation
The Hon. Cyril Svoboda, M.P.
Minister without Portfolio
Czech Foreign Minister (2002-2006) | Post-election development in the Czech Republic |
2007-01-25 Hotel Le Palais, Prague, Czech Republic | Zdeněk Tůma, Governor of the Czech National Bank. | Public Policy Dinner "Czech Business and the Euro“ |
2006-12-20 Palace of the Knights of Malta, Lázeňská 4 | | Holiday Cheer |
2006-12-08 Palace of the Knights of Malta | His Excellency Richard Graber | Lunch with H.E. Richard Graber, Ambassador of the United States |
2006-11-14 CERGE-EI | H.E. Mr. Michael Calcott
Ambassador of Canada,
H.E. Mr. P.S. Raghavan
Ambassador of India,
Mr. Karel Kühnl
Former Minister of Defense, Czech Republic
| Student Forum on Nuclear Proliferation |
2006-10-03 Morzin Palace, Prague | former President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel | the Opening of the Exhibition of State Decorations awarded to former President Václav Havel |
2006-09-20 held in Berlin on 20-22 September 2006 at Jakob-Kaiser-Haus of the German Bundestag | | North Korea Initiative |
2006-08-09 Brussels | with The Hon. Stuart Eizenstat, Head, Trade and Finance Practice, Covington and Burling; former US Deputy Treasury Secretary and Under Secretary of State; Member, Board of Advisors, Global Panel | Public Policy Dinner |
2006-06-14 Brussels | with H.E. Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State, US State Department and US Chief Negotiator to the Six-Party Talks.
Venue: Restaurant La Maison du Cygne, Grand Place, 9, 1000 Brussels | Public Policy Dinner - The Role of American Foreign Policy in the Far East |
2006-05-25 Prague | HH Mansour bin Khalid bin Abdullah al-Farhan al-Saud, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Czech Republic | Public Policy Dinner - Reforms in the Middle East with Special Emphasis on Saudi Arabia |
2006-05-23 London | F.W. de Klerk, Nobel Laureate, former President of South Africa, and Honorary Chair of the Prague Society | Public Policy Lunch |
2006-05-18 Prague | HE Arie Arazi, the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Czech Republic | Public Policy Dinner - “Middle East update and the transformation of Israel from the agriculture society to the High-Tech superpower” |
2006-03-06 Romanian Embassy | Nordic Ambassadors HE Harald Falth (Sweden), HE Peter Raeder (Norway), HE Jorma Inki (Finland), and HE Jorgen Bojer (Denmark) | "Is diplomacy capable of handling the crisis between secular and religious societies?" |
2006-02-15 Residence of US Deputy Chief of Mission Kenneth Hillas | With guest speaker The Rt. Hon. Professor Adam Rotfeld,
former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Public Policy Dinner |
2005-11-11 Sydney, Australia | | Transatlantic Drift Debate Part VII |
2005-11-11 Sydney, Australia | | Global Panel - Australia |
2005-10-28 Royal Automobile Club, London, England | Australian Attorney General The Hon. Philip Ruddock | Public Policy Lunch with Australian Attorney General The Hon. Philip Ruddock |
2005-10-27 Restaurant Bellevue | Joan Dine,
| Leave-taking of the retiring President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mr. Thomas Dine |
2005-10-26 October 26, 2005 Mannheim/Germany | Majority Leader of Baden-Wurttemberg's State Legislature Stefan Mappus | Public Policy Dinner with the Majority Leader of Baden-Wurttemberg |
2005-10-20 Prague - Bellevue Restaurant | Lunch with The Hon. Jiří Paroubek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, and The Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, frm. NATO Secretary General, in connection with the announcement of the 5th Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizen¬ship Award. | Lunch with PM Jiří Paroubek and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen |
2005-10-20 October 20, 2005 Prague | The Hon. Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek and former NATO Secretary General The Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | Public Policy Lunch with The Hon. Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek and The Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen |
2005-10-07 October 13, 2005 Warsaw | The Hon. Professor Adam Rotfeld (currently Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland) | Public Policy Dinner with The Hon. Professor Adam Rotfeld |
2005-10-07 October Prague | | Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award |
2005-10-07 October 10, 2005 Prague | The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell (Secretary General of the Club of Madrid and former Prime Minister of Canada) | Public Policy Dinner with The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell |
2005-10-07 September 30, 2005 Prague | Dr. Ezekiel Solomon of Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney/Australia | Public Policy Chat with Dr. Ezekiel Solomon |
2005-10-07 October 10, 2005 Prague | James Woolsey (former Head of the CIA) | Public Policy Lunch with James Woolsey |
2005-10-04 October 4, 2005 Frankfurt/Germany | | Global Panel Forum on Security in Aviation |
2005-10-04 October 4, 2005 Frankfurt/Germany | | Global Panel Forum on Security in Aviation |
2005-09-27 September 22, 2005 Munich | Nobel Laureate and former South African President F.W. de Klerk | Public Policy Lunch with President F.W. de Klerk |
2005-09-14 InterContinental Hotel, Prague | The Rt. Hon. Alexander Downer, Foreign Minister of Australia | Reception, Lecture and Supper on “International Challenges and Opportunities - An Australian Perspective” |
2005-06-09 U Zlate Studne restaurant | Martin Jahn, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs | Public Policy Chat |
2005-06-09 Kampa Park restaurace | Ken Hillas, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the United States of America and Mrs. Hillas | Farewell Dinner |
2005-05-11
| H.E. Mr. Noel Noa Lehoko | Farewell dinner |
2005-05-06 Hotel Le Palais | His Majesty King Michael I | Special evening with the Royal Family of Romania |
2005-04-20 La Maison Du Cygne, Brussels | His Excellency Vladimir Špidla | Public Policy Dinner |
2005-04-19 Bratislava, Slovakia | | Transatlantic Drift Debate VI |
2005-03-22 Le Palais Hotel | His Excellency Petr Necas | Public Policy Dinner |
2005-01-13 Le Palais Hotel | His Excellency Mohamed Moustafa Kamal | Public Policy discussion dinner |
2004-12-10 House of Lords, London | | Transatlantic Drift Discussion V |
2004-12-08 Official Residence of the Lord Mayor of Prague | Lord Robertson | 2003 HRE Award |
2004-11-04 Le Palais Hotel | His Excellency Jorgen Bojer | Public Policy Dinner on the Commonalities between Denmark and the Czech Republic |
2004-09-07 Radisson SAS, | His Excellency William Cabaniss | Public Policy Dinner on the Impact of the Business Environment on the Economic Future of the Czech Republic |
2004-08-12 Room 6, CERGE-EI , Politických vřznč 7 | | Prague Society Chat with Professor Aharon Klieman |
2004-07-14 Washington, DC | | Transatlantic Drift Debate IV |
2004-06-28 Bellevue Restaurant | Minister Martinus van Schalkwyk
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
| Developments in South Africa Since the End of Appartheid |
2004-06-22 Goethe Institute | | The Economic Aspects of Australian Security Issues. |
2004-05-26 Embassy of the Czech Republic in Austria, Penzingerstrasse 11-13, Wien 1140 | Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky
United States Executive Secretary and Assistant Secretary of State (ret.): a member of the International Narcotics Control Board and the Global Panel Advisory Board
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held under the auspices of
H.E. JUDr. Rudolf Jindrák: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic in Austria
| Transnational Crime, International Security and Institution Building in Emerging Democracies |
2004-04-22 22nd: Holiday Inn; Brno, 23rd:Cernin Palace, Prague | | Transatlantic Drift Debates Part III |
2004-04-06 Radisson SAS, Alcron | | Prague Society Supper with Monsieur Ion Iliescu, President of Romania |
2004-02-28 Sydney, Australia | | Do States have a Role to INfluence Multi and Bi-Lateral Processes in a Political and Economic Environment? |
2004-01-23 Goethe Institute | Guest Honour: Dr. Iris Magdowski | Theme: “A Sense of Humor: Do the Germans Have One?” |
2004-01-07 Bellevue Restaurant | PRAGUE SOCIETY SUPPER with Guest of Honor
The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic,
PhDr. Vladimír Špidla
| Theme: The Czech Republic’s Accession to the EU |
2003-12-03 V Zátiší Restaurant | Lord Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém | Pubic Policy Dinner with Lord Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém |
2003-11-11 The Permanent Delegation of Baden-Württemberg in Berlin | | Transatlantic Drift Part II |
2003-10-29 Hotel Olympik | Martyn Bond; Director of the Federal Trust for Education and Research, UK;
Gabriele Erpenbeck; Commissioner for Migrants and Integration, Ministry of the Interior, Lower Saxony, GFR;
Milada Horáková; Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs, ČR;
Lucie Sládková; Director, International Organisation for Migration, ČR;
Denise de Souza Costa; Counselling Centre for Refugees, ČR; and
Pavla Burdová-Hradečná; Legal Adviser, Czech Helsinki | The Migration of Labour and its Consequences for the Labour Market |
2003-10-22 Congress Center of the Czech National Bank | Vaclav Havel
F.W. de Klerk
|Madeleine Albright
Adam Michnik
Andrej Dynko | HRE Award of Citizenship to Vaclav Havel |
2003-10-20 CERGE-EI | New Zealand Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard
New Zealand Ambassador to Germany, Peter Hamilton
| Chat with Minister Trevor Mallard |
2003-09-26 Vinárna Zátiští | Lord Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém | Prague Society Supper with Lord Mayor Pavel Bém |
2003-07-16 Washington DC, U.S. House of Representatives | | Transatlantic Drift Debate |
2003-06-14 Senate of the Czech Republic | | Education Forum |
2003-05-06 Hotel Hoffmeister | Confirmed:
H.E. Mrs. Eve-Kulli Kala: Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia
H.E. Mr. Frederico Salas: Ambassador to the United Mexican States
Mr. Laurens Westhoff: Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission to the Kingdon of the Netherlands
Mr. Richard Alan Coleman: First Secretary/ Management/ Head of Consular Section to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
To be Confirmed:
Mr. Pavel Telicka: Deputy Minister of EU Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CR
Prof. MUDr. Josef Stingl, CSc.: Pro-Rector of Charles University
..... amongst others | New Zealand Trade Minister |
2003-03-12 Raddisson SAS Alcron Restaurant | H.E. Craig Stapleton: US Ambassador to the Czech Republic | Public Policy Supper |
2003-03-03 British Council | Panel:
Ing. Pavel Bratinka: Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister (ret.)
The Hon. JUDr. Vojtěch Cepl: Justice of the Constitutional Court
Mr. Desmond Mullan: Managing Director of Volvo Auto Czech
H.E. Mrs. Anne Pringle: UK Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Moderator:
Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen: Chairman; Global Panel Foundation, President; The Prague Society for International Cooperation, Managing Partner; MSE Group | Student Panel Discussion: The Czech Republic and its Role in Europe and the World |
2002-11-25 Furstenberg Palace, Prague | Oldřich Černý, former National Security Advisor and Chief of Staff to President Havel, Executive Director of Forum 2000;
Chris Donnelly, Special Advisor to NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson for Central & Eastern Europe;
Gareth Evans, Former Foreign Minister, Australia, President of the International Crisis Group;
Mr. Amitav Banerji; Director and Head of the Office of the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth;
General Dieter Clauss (ret.): former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), SHAPE;
Ambassador Karel Kovanda, NATO Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic.
| Inaugural Security Debate |
2002-11-23 Radio Free Europe, Prague | Secretary Madeleine Albright; Petra Procházková; Cyril Svoboda, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Martin Palouš, Czech Ambassador to the US.
| Madeleine Albright receives HRE Award |
2002-10-13 Malá Aula, Karolinum, Praha | | Multicultural Symposium |
2002-10-09 Rudolfinum, Prague | Vladimir and Dimitri Ashkenazy | Rudolfinum Benefit Concert for the Prague Floods |
2002-09-27 Czech Embassy London | Baroness Cox of Queensbury
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and Philanthropist,
Lord Howe of Aberavon
Former Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer
| Prague Society in London |
2002-08-21 Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, Prague | H.E. Ambassador Robert van Houtum of the Netherlands
| Multiculturalism chat |
2002-08-13 Holiday Inn Hotel, Bratislava | Ing. Vladimír Soták: Chairman of the Klub 500, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Manager of Železiarne Podbrezová, a.s.
Ing. Ivan Šesták: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Doprastav, a.s., President of DDM group, Bratislava
Ing. Karol Pavlů: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of PPA Controll, a.s. Bratislava
Ing. Peter Hrinko: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Chemko, a.s. Strážske
Ing. Milan Špak: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energy SK, a.s. Holíč
Ing. Mgr. Tibor Gregor: Secretary General of Klub 500
| Slovakia |
2002-08-08 Bellevue Restaraunt | The Hon. Philip Ruddock: Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous affairs for Australia.
Mrs. Heather Ruddock: Business Development Executive CCH Australia Limited
H.E. Mrs. Margaret Adamson: Ambassador to Australia, Austria
Mrs. Linda Urquhart: Immigration Counsellor to Australia, Austria
The Hon. JUDr. Vojtěch Cepl, CSc: Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic
Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen, LL.D.:President, The Prague Society for International Cooperation; Managing Partner, MSE Group
Dr. Barbara Day: Executive Director. The Prague Society for International Cooperation
Ms. Vera Egermayer: Honorary Consul of New Zealand
Mrs. Margaret Adamson: | Dinner with Hon. Philip Ruddock, MInister of Immigration Multiculturalism and Indigenous Affairs for Australia |
2002-08-01 CERGE-EI | o Jan Jařab (Commissioner for Human Rights, Czech government)
o JUDr. Andrea Baršová (Jan Jařab’s Deputy, expert on citizenship law and immigration issues)
o Ing. Petr Pajas (executive manager of První poradenská o.p.s., which advises not-for-profit organisations)
o Jana Ryšlinková (Executive Director, US Business School in Prague; former parliamentary deputy and founder of the New School Foundation concerned with Roma issues)
o Jana Chržová (Director of the Helsinki Committee in the Czech Rep.)
o William French (Phronesis Foundation, Canadian lawyer)
o Kateřina Březinová (Multicultural Centre)
o Lucie Sládková (International Organisation for Immigration)
o PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek (Head of Ethnography at the Acad. of Sci.)
o Marta Miklusáková (UNHCR Czech Republic)
| Meeting with Laurie Ferguson, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Australia |
2002-06-10 Lidice, Czech Republic | | Prague Society marks destruction of Lidice |
2002-05-09 Prague | Hon. Phil Goff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand.
| New Zealand-Czech Relations, and our Cooperation on the International Scene. |
2002-03-25 Prague | Roger Errera, Conseiller d’Etat (France)
| Memory, History and Justice. |
2002-01-30 Restaurace V Zátiší, Prague | Dr. Vladimír Špidla, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs in the Czech Government | The Social Responsibility of Business in Society. |
2002-01-15 British Council | Guests:
H.E. Ms. Margaret Huber: Ambassador of Canada, CR
Mgr. Jan Jůn: Senior Editor and Commentator of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Mr. Jiři Schneider: Director of the Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Zdeněk Vilímek: Region Communications and Public Affairs Director, Coca-Cola Carpathian Region
Moderator:
Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen: Chairman; Global Panel, President; The Prague Society for International Cooperation, Managing Director; MSE Associates GmbH. | Panel Discussion for the International Seminar of Syracuse University: Identity and Ideology |
2001-10-17 Circle Line restaurant, Prague | His Excellency Michael Libal of Germany and Ms Hazel Henderson, futurologist. | Prague Society Supper with His Excellency Michael Libal of Germany and Ms Hazel Henderson, futurologist. |
2001-10-15 Restaurace U Zlaté studně, Prague | F.W. de Klerk
Nobel Laureate and former President
M. Jacques Rupnik, political scientist; author of The Other Europe | Prague Society Supper with Mr. F.W. de Klerk and Guest of Honour M. Jacques Rupnik, political scientist |
2001-08-21 Prague | Margaret Clark, Professor of Political Sceince of the Victoria University, New Zealand. | Prague Society Chat with Margaret Clark, Professor of Political Sceince of the Victoria University, New Zealand. |
2001-05-28 Foreign Ministry of Czech Republic, Prague Castle | 22 Foreign Ministers from 1991 | Conference of Foreign Ministers 1991-2001 |
2001-02-20 The British Council, Prague | Peter Brod, Senior Editor of the BBC in Prague; Buff Greebe, Country Manager of Coca-Cola; Ambassador Hagen Graf Lambsdorff of Germany; Dr. Hana Ripková, Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic; | The Role of the Czech Republic in Europe and Internationally. |
2000-11-23 Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, Prague | His Excellency Winston Cochrane, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic. | Prague Society Chat with His Excellency Winston Cochrane, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic. |
2000-11-16 Rudolfinum, Prague | Lukáš Vondráček and Vladimir Ashkenazy of the Czech Philharmonic. | Presentation of financial part of Hanno R. Ellenbogen Award to Lukáš Vondráček by Vladimir Ashkenazy of the Czech Philharmonic. |
2000-11-09 Géraldine Mucha's House and The American Residency in Prague | Mrs. Ellen Hume Shattuck, political reporter and analyst. | Prague Society Chat with Mrs. Ellen Hume Shattuck, political reporter and analyst. |
2000-10-16 Inter-Continental Hotel, Prague | Conducting Corps of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. | F.W. de Klerk announces first recipient of the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, Mr. Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Conducting Corps of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. |
2000-07-04 Circle Line restaurant, Prague | Jan Kavan, Foreign Minister Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Prague Society Supper with Jan Kavan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister. |
2000-03-07 Bellevue Restaurant, Prague | Dr. & Mrs. Karel Kuhnl
Former Ambassador to Great Britain, former Minister of Trade and Industry,
Member of Parliament and Chair of the Union of Freedom Party.
| Prague Society Supper with Karel Kühnl, celebrating occasion of F.W. de Klerk becoming Honorary Chair of the Prague Society. |