Preliminary Draft programme, subject to change.

Thursday, 2 June
Friday, 3 June
Saturday, 4 June

Thursday, 2 June

09:00 - 10:15
Policy Advisory Group China (upon invitation only)
Liffey Meeting room 1
12:00 - 13:00
AOH Alumnae Advisory Board meeting (upon invitation only) 
Wicklow Hall 1
12:30 – 14:30
Bureau meeting (upon invitation only)
Wicklow meeting room 1
12:30 – 19:00
Registration Open
Ground floor Foyer
12:30 - 19:00
Exhibition Open
Liffey B
13:00 - 14:30

Workshop: Best of Political Data Projects

  • Max Sundermann, Head of the Research and Empowerment Unit, ALDE Party Secretariat
  • Ethan Arsht, Data & Strategy Adviser, ALDE Party Secretariat
  • Raluca Cirju, ALDE Party Consultant
  • Matej Hruška, Data Analyst, ALDE Party Secretariat
  • Noreen Wirth, Junior Data Analyst, ALDE Party Secretariat
Liffey Hall 1
14:30 – 16:45
ALDE Party Council
Auditorium
16:30 - 18:00

The International Impact of the War: Migration in Eastern and Southern Europe - hosted by FNF

  • Karolina Zdrodowska, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw, Poland
  • Dr. Mamadou Lamine Ba, Former Minister of International Cooperation, REMWI, Senegal
  • Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Member of the European Parliament, FDP, Germany
  • Sara Giménez, Member of the Spanish Parliament, Ciudadanos, Spain

Moderator: Dr. Milosz Hodun, International Officer of Project: Polska Association and International advisor at Nowoczesna

Wicklow meeting room 1
17:00 – 19:00
Working groups - chaired by Katalin Cseh MEP
Auditorium
17:00 - 19:00
Liberal Mayors Summit (upon Invitation only)
Liffey Meeting room 1
17:00 - 19:00
AIMs Annual general meeting (upon Invitation only)
Liffey Meeting room 2b
17:00 - 19:00
Corporate Roundtable:
Full Circular: How we innovate supply chains
for a greener Europe (upon invitation only)
Liffey Meeting room 2a
19:15 - 21:30
Welcome Reception
- Hosted by the Renew Europe Group
Level 3 Foyer
08:30 – 19:00
Registration Open
Ground Floor Foyer
08:30 – 19:00
Exhibition Open
Liffey B
08:30 – 10:00
Working Groups chaired by Katalin Cseh MEP 
Auditorium
08:30 - 09:30

The Rising cost of Living crisis - hosted by FNF (upon invitation only) 

- Nicola Beer MEP, Renew Europe, Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Sir Graham Watson, former MEP, Liberal Democrats (United Kingdom)
- Members of the Brighton Circle of the Liberal Democrats (United Kingdom)

Liffey Meeting room 1
10:30 – 11:30
Bureau candidates’ debate
Auditorium
11:00 - 12:00
Policy advisory group on Jobs, Growth and Innovation 
Wicklow Meeting room 1
11:30 - 13:30
Electronic Voting Booths Open
Ecocem room
11:30 – 12:30
ELF Liberal Awards 2022 & Hans van Baalen Schoalrship
Auditorium
12:00 - 13:00

Modern Liberalism: Liberal dreams and deliberations - Book presentation 

  • Henrik Bach Mortensen, ALDE Party Vice-President
  • Adrián Vázquez Lázara MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs
Liffey Meeting room 1
12:00 - 13:00

Debate on Transatlantic relations: Values, Business and Security  – the future of the Transatlantic Relationship

  • Brigham McCown, Founder of the Alliance for Innovation & Infrastructure (AII)
  • Jan Surotchak, Senior Director for Transatlantic Strategy, International Republican Institute
  • Katalin Cseh MEP, Member of the European Parliament's EU-US delegation 
  • Andrii Osadchuk, Member of the Parliament, Golos Party, Ukraine

Moderated by John Gibson, Partner at FLS Connect

Liffey Meeting room 2a
13:00 - 14:30

13:00 - 13:30 Official Congress Opening  

  • Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP & Senator Timmy Dooley, ALDE Party acting co-Presidents
  • Stéphane Séjourné MEP, President of the Renew Europe Group
  • Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium (video statement) 

         -----------------------------------------

13:30 - 14:30 Congress Opening Leaders' Spotlight

  • Micheál Martin, Taoiseach of Ireland
  • Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission
  • Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
  • Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market.
  • Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy
  • Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Auditorium
14:30 - 15:30

Powering Europe into the future: towards a sustainable, secure, and independent system

  • Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy
  • Michael McGrath, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform of Ireland
  • George-Louis Bouchez, Senator and MR Party Leader
  • Emma Wiesner MEP

Moderated by ALDE Party acting co-President Timmy Dooley

Auditorium
14:30 - 15:30

Workshop: Political Talent Management 

  • Alessandra Russo, HR Manager, ALDE Party Secretariat
  • Robert van der Linden, Talent Manager Advisor for VVD
  • Mircea Serdin, CRM & Community Manager, ALDE Party Secretariat
Liffey Hall 2
14:30 - 15:30 

War in Europe? From Impossible War to Improbable Peace - book presentation 

  • Thibault Muzergues, Resident Program Director, International Republican institute
  • Sir Graham Watson, former president of the ALDE Party
Liffey Meeting room 1
14:30 - 18:30
Electronic Voting Booths Open
Ecocem room
15:30 - 16:30

Renew Europe SME Task Force Panel Debate

  • Martina Dlabajova MEP
  • João Cotrim Figueiredo MP, Iniciativa Liberal Party Leader
  • Clotilde Armand, Mayor of Bucharest's Sector 1
  • Senator Erin McGreehan for Louth and East Meath, Ireland
Liffey Meeting Room 2a
15:45 – 16:45

War in Ukraine - European security and migration challenges

  • Olga Stefanishina, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
  • Kalle Laanet, Minister of Defence of Estonia
  • Michal Kobosko, first Vice-President of Polska2050, Poland
  • Guri Melby, Venstre Party Leader, Member of Parliament, Norway
  • Benedetto Della VedovaUndersecretary of State of Italy
  • Frédéric Bernard, Head of Cabinet of European Council President Charles Michel

    Intervention by 
  • Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the European Parliament

Moderated by Ramona Strugariu MEP

Auditorium
15:45 - 17:00

Workshop: Ignite the Fire - How to (re)engage Volunteers

  • Anikó Paróczai, Municipal Representative, Budapest 19th District,Momentum Mozgalom
  • Max Sundermann, Head of the Research and Empowerment Unit, ALDE Party Secretariat
  • Kiki Thiessen-Bakker, Kiki Bakker - Campagnestrategie
Liffey Hall 2
16:00 - 17:00 

The Rainbow Platform - Political Action Network Launch event (upon invitation only) 

Liffey Meeting room 1 
16:45 - 18:00
ALDE Party Leaders Meeting (upon invitation only)
Liffey Hall 1
17:15 – 18:30

Politically engaged liberal women – the biggest fear of autocratic regimes

  • Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission & European Commissioner for Competition
  • Lucia Plaváková, Deputy Party Leader of Progressive Slovakia
  • Yevheniya Kravchuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, ALDE Group Vice-President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 
  • Anna Júlia Donáth MEP 
  • Anastasia Burakova, Alliance Of Her Alumna, Russian democracy and human rights activist

Moderated by Eva De Bleeker, Secretary of State for Budget and Consumer Protection (OpenVLD, Belgium)

Auditorium
17:30 - 18:30
LYMEC Anniversary  
Liffey Meeting room 1
19:30 – 23:00
Congress Dinner Reception
Guinness Store House
Busses leaving from 19:00 in front of the CCD
08:30 – 12:00
Registration open
Ground floor foyer
08:30 – 12:00
Exhibition open
The Liffey 
08:30 – 10:30
Electronic Voting Booths Open
Ecocem room
08:30 – 09:30
Policy Advisory Group Democracy & Security  (upon invitation only)
Liffey Meeting room 1
09:00 - 10:00
Corporate roundtable: Fostering Europe's Digital Innovation: the road from here (upon invitation only)
Liffey Meeting room 2b
09:00 – 10:30

ALDE Party Survey Presentation

  • Max Sundermann, Head of Research & Empowerment Unit, ALDE Party
  • Matej Hruška, Data Analyst, ALDE Party Secretariat
  • Ian Marquardt, ALDE Party Campaign Consultant
Wicklow Hall 1
09:00 - 10:30

The CEE countries – we are mature in EU! A socio-political look into the future - hosted by ALDE Individual Members Steering Committee

Panellists:

  • Daniel Berg, Vice President of the ALDE Party, Momentum Hungary
  • Michał Kobosko, first vice-president of Polska2050, Poland

Introduction and discussion moderator Karolina Deryńska , Member of the ALDE AIMs Steering Committee

Liffey Hall 2
09:30 - 10:30

Staged Integration for EU Enlargement - hosted by ELF

  • Daniel Kaddik, Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum
  • Antonios Nestoras, Policy and Research Coordinator 
Liffey Hall 1
10:45 – 11:45
Voting for Resolutions
Auditorium
11:00 - 12:30

Liberal Order Under stress - hosted by FNF

  • Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
  • Svenja Hahn MEP, Renew Europe Group; Free Democratic Party (Germany)
  • Guri Melby MP, Party Leader, Venstre (Norway)
  • Helmut Brandstätter MP, Spokesperson Foreign Policy, NEOS (Austria)
  • Sven Hilgers, Manager Globalization, Free Trade and Market Economy, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Liffey Meeting room 2a
11:45 – 12:00
Coffee Break
Level 3 Foyer
12:00 – 13:00

Congress Closing Ceremony

  • Hans van Baalen medal award ceremony
  • Announcement of Bureau Election results
  • Closing speeches and family picture
Auditorium

 

Cookies on ALDE

ALDE uses functional and performance cookies that are necessary for the websites to function as well as possible. These cookies do not use any personal data and no permission is required for this. We also use marketing cookies to tailor the website to your preferences. You can give permission for this below. You can always change your settings on the Privacy Statement page in the cookies section.

Adjust preference
Accept all cookies