east forum Berlin
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Berlin, Germany
Inaugurated2013 by Achim Oelgarth and Rainer Lindner and since 2015 with Ivonne Bollow
Most recentApril 2015
Participants250 to 350 from 30 countries
Organised byUniCredit, METRO GROUP, Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Federal State of Berlin
Websitewww.eastforum-berlin.de

Every year, the east forum Berlin brings together opinion leaders from the political and business worlds in the East and the West to discuss challenges and opportunities faced by the economic area from Lisbon to Vladivostok and beyond. It was founded in 2013.[1][2]

The overall aim of the east forum Berlin is to facilitate dialogue in order to overcome barriers for prosperity, to exchange know-how and intensify networks. In addition, this international event is an opportunity to present Berlin as a vibrant location of political and economic debate.[3]

east forum Berlin 2015

The third east forum Berlin was devoted to the opportunities and challenges for a common economic space from Lisbon to Vladivostok. The central issues of the forum were economic reforms aimed at external stabilization and a progress assessment.[4]

east forum Berlin 2016

It is the 4th forum that took place during Germany's OSCE Chairmanship[5] in the middle of new deadlocks and new dynamics that characterise the transforming economic and political realities between Europe and the East. Generally, the event focused on Europe’s economic future. One of the main topics was the trade relations between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union, and China’s Silk Road Initiative.[6]

The two opposing trends are embedded in new division lines, leading to an unfamiliar status quo of alienation. Secondly, they are surrounded by recently formed alliances consisting of as yet poorly known stakeholders, which create new spheres of influence. These dynamics offer potential for growth but also involve geopolitical and geo-economic challenges for all stakeholders in the region.

east forum, Berlin 2017

The title of the forum was: "The future of European and Eurasian partnership: Rebuilding trust. Defining drivers. Overcoming barriers".[7]

List of speakers since 2013

Name Name Name Name Name Name
Mikhail Alekseev Dr Gernot Erler Andrzej Kopyrski Ara Nranyan Bakytzhan Sagintayev Dr Volker Treier
Chris Antonopoulos Joschka Fischer Prof Hans-Helmut Kotz Günther Oettinger Dr Harald Schwager Jérôme Vacher
Dr Anders Åslund Mark Frese Alena Kupchyna Dr Heinz Olbers Giuseppe Scognamiglio Prof Günter Verheugen
Dr Péter Balás Dr Ricardo Giucci Giorgi Kvirikashvili Marcus Osegowitsch Željko Sertić Dr Giuseppe Vita
Gianfranco Bisagni Alexey Grigoriev Iurie Leancă Djoomart Otorbaev Pavlo Sheremeta Carlo Vivaldi
Dr Wolf-Ruthart Born Alexei Gromyko Rasim Ljajić Gianni Franco Papa Igor Shuvalov Hristiyana Vucheva
Dr Karl Brauner Dr Azra Hadziahmetovic Kristjan Maruste Bill Pavleski Dmytro Shymkiv Dr Theo Waigel
Vasile Bumacov Dr Johannes Hahn Dr Hans-Jürgen Meyer Daniels Pavluts Andrei Slepnev Niko Warbanoff
Dr Erhard Busek James Hansen Frauke Mispage Gerhard Pfeifer Stephan Steinlein Siegfried Wolf
Fikret Čaušević Fadil Ismajli Lubomir Mitov Alain Pilloux Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier Klaus Wowereit
Sir Suma Chakrabarti Florin Nicolae Jianu Jan Mládek Dmitri Polyanskiy Ludwig Soukup Cornelia Yzer
Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser Guido Kerkhoff Dr Peter Mooslechner Friedrich A. Rather Dmytro Tabachnyk Dr Guido Westerwelle
Dr Eckhard Cordes Viktor Khristenko Michael Müller Dr Albert Rau Dr Johannes Teyssen Wolfgang Büchele
Lutz Diederichs Dr Thomas Kirchberg Dr Christian Nagel Johannes Regenbrecht Hashim Thaçi Witold Waszczykowski
Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis Olaf Koch Erik Nielsen Janusz Reiter Emmanuel Thomassin Ulrich Grillo
Mircea Ciopraga Dr Michael Diederich Niko Warbanoff Wang Dezhan Prof Dr Rainer Lindner Volker Treier
Vache Gabrielyan Elena Burmistrova Klaus Schäfer Zhecho Stankov Pieter Boone Philipp Rösler

Organization

The east forum Berlin has been founded by Achim Oelgarth, Rainer Lindner as well as Ivonne Bollow and is organized by UniCredit, Metro Group, and the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft) in cooperation with the Federal State of Berlin.[8] Since 2016 BDI and DIHK have joined as well. Media partners are eastonline and Ost-Ausschuss Informationen. Participation is by invitations only, which are extended to representatives from politics and business.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "east forum Berlin schafft neue Plattform für europäische Wirtschaftsdebatten". www.berlin.de. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Beratergruppe Ukraine | Präsentation beim 2. east forum Berlin "Eastern Partnership countries between East and West: Perspectives and challenges"". www.beratergruppe-ukraine.de. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Georgia participates in 3rd East Forum Berlin 2015". agenda.ge. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "German Advisory Group | Presentation at the 3rd east forum Berlin". Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "OSCE Chairpersonship".
  6. ↑ "Berlin Economics | 4th east forum Berlin". Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Export.by - East Forum Berlin 2017". export.by. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Auftaktveranstaltung zum east forum Berlin am 17. und 18. April 2013". Magazin Am-Finanzplatz.de (in German). 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "General Information: east forum Berlin". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
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