Thursday 2 July
ALDE Party Bureau meeting
15:00-17:00 | 25H Hotel - Room: Freiraum III | ALDE Party Bureau members only
Non-EU ALDE Party members meeting
14:00-17:00 | Hofburg, Vorsaal room
The Alliance Of Her x Rainbow Platform pre-Congress celebration
18:00-23:00 | 25Hrs Hotel | Limited tickets - Registration is mandatory
Speaker(s): Brigitte Van Den Berg MEP - D66, the Netherlands | Emma Wiesner MEP - Centerpartiet, Sweden
Friday 3 July
Registration opening
9:00 Congress App is required at registration
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International officers meeting
9:00 - 10:00 | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Welcome coffee
9:45 - 10:15 | Seitengalerie
Council meeting
10:00 - 11:30 | Willy De Clercq | Only Council Delegates
Liberal mayors summit: Strengthening cities through European digital solutions
11:00 - 13:00 | Hans van Baalen | By Invitation Only
Speakers: Bettina Emmerling - Deputy Mayor of Vienna | Helmut Brandstätter MEP
Opening of the 50-year exhibition & Liberal village
11:30 - 12:30 | Gaston Thorn (Liberal Village)
Official opening by former ALDE Party Presidents: Dr. Werner Hoyer | Minister of State Annemie Neyts-Uyttenbroeck | Sir Graham Watson | Minister Timmy Dooley | Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP
Documentary screening – Stories of resilience in Ukraine
12:30 - 13:30 | Gaston Thorn (Liberal Village)
To the Sound of Sirens | Fight and Dance
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30 | Gaston Thorn
50th Anniversary Congress opening ceremony
14:00 - 15:00 | Simone Veil
Speaker(s): Svenja Hahn MEP - ALDE Party President | Micheál Martin - Taoiseach (video message) | Valérie Hayer MEP - Renew Europe Group President | Beate Meinl-Reisinger - Minister of Foreign Affairs & NEOS Party Leader
This session contains flashing and dynamic lighting that may affect photosensitive individuals.
Bureau candidates' debate
15:00 - 16:00 | Simone Veil | View Bureau candidates page
Presidency candidate: Svenja Hahn (FDP, Germany)
Vice-Presidency candidates: Yoko Alender (Eesti Reformierakond, Estonia) | Fatimazhra Belhirch (D66, Netherlands) | Rik Daems (MR & Anders, Belgium) | Yevheniia Kravchuck (Servant of the People, Ukraine) | Jouni Ovaska (Keskusta, Finland) | Lucia Plaváková (Progresívne Slovensko, Slovakia) | Julie Smith (Liberal Democrats, UK) | Giorgi Vashadze (Strategy Aghmashenebeli, Georgia)
Future-proofing the EU Economy book launch 
15:30 - 16:30 | Gaston Thorn (Liberal Village) | Hosted by ELF
Speaker(s): View speakers here
Delegation meetings
16:00 - 16:45
Coffee break
16:00-16:30 | Gaston Thorn (Liberal Village)
Breakout sessions I
16:45 - 17:45 | View Rooms and Sessions here
Congress reception
19:00 - 00:00 | Meinls RÖSTHALLE | MORE INFO HERE
Speaker(s): Valérie Hayer MEP - Renew Europe Group President | Christoph Wiederkehr - Minister of Education of Austria, NEOS | Svenja Hahn MEP - ALDE Party President
Co-hosted by the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament
Saturday 4 July
Registration open
9:00 Badge required at the entrance & App is required for voting
Welcome coffee
9:00 - 9:30 | Gaston Thorn (Liberal Village)
Our leaders on the latest global developments
09:30 - 10:30 | Willy De Clercq
Speakers: Kristen Michal - Prime Minister of Estonia | Oana Țoiu - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania| Thomas Byrne - Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Fianna Fáil, Ireland | Oleksandr Korniyenko MP - Deputy Chair of Parliament, Servant of the People Party Leader, Ukraine | Moderator: Anna Stürgkh MEP - NEOS, AT
Breakout sessions II
10:30 - 11:30 | View Rooms and Sessions here
Press conference
10:45 - 11:30 | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Speaker(s): Svenja Hahn MEP - ALDE Party President | Kristen Michal - Prime Minister of Estonia | Beate Meinl-Reisinger - Minister of Foreign Affairs & NEOS Party Leader
Integration, education and local action: Councillors’ exchange
11:00 - 12:30 | Colette Flesch
Speaker(s): Karīna Miķelsone - First Vice-President of Renew Europe CoR, Municipal Councillor in Ādaži | Dolores Bakos - Member of the Vienna City Council and State Parliament, Spokesperson for Education, Integration and Women | Mirja Vehkaperä - Third Vice-President of Renew Europe CoR, Chair of the Regional Welfare Services North Ostrobothnia | Moderator: Selma Arapović - Parliamentary Group Chair, Vienna City Council and State Parliament
Freedom talks - The future of democracy in the age of algorithms
11:30 - 12:30 | Simone Veil
Speaker(s): Anders Adlercreutz - Minister of Education of Finland, SFP Party Leader | Anett Numa - Cybersecurity expert & Chief of International Affairs at NEVERHACK | Josephine Ballon - CEO of HateAid | Garry Kasparov - Writer and Member of the PACE Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces introduced by Iulian Bulai MP - President of ALDE PACE
Designing Europe's biotech ecosystem: Innovation & sustainable health systems
11:30 - 12:30 | Gaston Thorn (Liberal Village) | Interactive Lunch Discussion
Facilitator: Clare Colleran Molloy - Local Councillor & Member European Committee of the Regions
Lunch break
12:30-13:30 | Gaston Thorn
Who governs technology? Responsibility, rules and the role of business in a global tech race
13:00 - 14:00 | Hans van Baalen | Hosted by ELF | View details here
Speaker(s): Jan-Christoph Oetjen MEP - President European Liberal Forum | Christoph Wiederkehr - Minister of Education of Austria, NEOS | Alva Finn - Executive Director, European Liberal Forum | Brigitte van den Berg MEP - Board Member European Liberal Forum
Keynote speech - Rob Jetten
13:30 - 13:45 | Simone Veil
Video message: Rob Jetten - Prime Minister of the Netherlands, D66 Party Leader
Congress session
13:45 - 16:30 | Simone Veil | View Details
Chaired by Ines Holzegger MP - NEOS, Austria
Vote on Statutory changes | Debate and vote on resolutions
Liberal Awards ceremony
16:30 - 16:50 | Simone Veil
Lifetime achievement Award presented by Jan-Christoph Oetjen MEP - ELF President
Rising star Award presented by Yannick Shetty MP - NEOS Parliamentary Group Leader
Liberal of the year Award presented by Svenja Hahn MEP - ALDE Party President
Closing ceremony
16:50 - 17:00 | Simone Veil
Announcement of the Bureau election results by Didrik de Schaetzen - ALDE Party Secretary General
Closing remarks by ALDE Party President
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