The Future of Europe Post-Brexit: Launch of the BRIDGE Project
On 30th – 31st October 2019 the Brexit Institute will host a kick off conference for the BRIDGE Project, in collaboration with the BRIDGE partner institutions- the University of Bolzano/Bozen, the University of Copenhagen and Central European University Budapest.
The BRIDGE Conference will begin on Wednesday 30 October with an opening ceremony featuring a keynote speech from Ed Sibley, Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, Central Bank of Ireland.
This will be followed on Wednesday 30 October by seminar 1, chaired by Gerry Kiely (Head of the European Commission Representation in Ireland), featuring Prof. Federico Fabbrini (DCU), Prof. Stefania Baroncelli (Bozano), Prof. Helle Krunke (Copenhagen) and Prof. Renata Uitz (CEU); and by seminar 2, chaired by Prof. Maura Conway (DCU), featuring Dr. Ian Cooper (DCU), Dr. Orsolya Farkas (Bolzano) and Dr. Sune Klinge (Copenhagen).
The Conference will then continue on Thursday 31 October with seminar 3, dedicated to PhD students, which will be chaired by Dr. Ian Cooper and feature Simon Droguda (Copenhagen), Anna Krisztian (European University Institute), Sose Mayilyan (DCU) and Magdalena Smieszek (CEU). Seminar 4, instead, will be chaired by Prof. Iain McMenamin (DCU) and feature Prof. Bruno de Witte (EUI), Prof. John Erik Fossum (Oslo), Prof. Susan Rottman (Ozyegin) and Prof. Piero Tortola (Groningen).
The two-day event will conclude with a high-level policy dialogue featuring Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Professor of Law and former Netherland Justice Minister) and Julie Smith, Baroness Smith of Newnham (Professor of Political Science and Member of the UK House of Lords.