Conference Programme

Conference Programme

Please note that the Conference was held on September 26-27, 2011.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS

Monday, September 26, 2011

09:00 to 10:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

10:00 to 11:45 OPENING SESSION

11:45 to 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 to 13:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS

• Globalisation and the Future of the State
   
• Legal and Historical Aspects of European Integration
   
• University - Business Cooperation: Infrastructure and Environment
   
• EU Internal Market and Social Dimension

• Macro Regions, Territorial and Spatial Developmen

 13:30 to 14:30  Lunch Break

14:30 to 16:00 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AND INAUGURATION OF THE JEAN MONNET CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE: European Union External Relations with Focus on the Eastern Partnership and Russia

16:00 to 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 to18:30 THE LATVIA-CANADA PANEL DISCUSSION: Latvia & Canada: Socio-Economic Dimensions within the European Context

19:00 Reception hosted by University of Latvia and the Embassy of Canada to Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia (Invitations only)

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

09:00 - 09:30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

09:30 to 11:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS

• Legal and Historical Aspects of European Integration (2 Groups)
   
• EU Internal Market Development and Trends

• Culture, Arts and Education
   
• Research, Innovation and Competitiveness
   
• University - Business Cooperation: Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

11:00 to 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 to 13:00 ROUNDTABLE DEBATE: University - Business partnership through the *triple helix* approach

13:00 CLOSING SESSION: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

13:30 Farewell Reception
 

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