{"id":28245,"date":"2014-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspeninstitutece.softmedia.cz\/news-article\/aspen-annual-conference-2014-2\/"},"modified":"2014-06-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T22:00:00","slug":"aspen-annual-conference-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"news-article","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/news-article\/aspen-annual-conference-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Annual Conference 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE ASPEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE:\u00a0<em>The Big Bang. 25 Years Since Annus Mirabilis.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The upcoming annual conference will commemorate the momentous events that took place across Central and Eastern Europe 25 years ago. Respected panelists will focus on geopolitical changes that followed the fall of Communism and will evaluate their political, cultural, and economic impacts and legacy for the present and future.<\/p>\n<p>An opening debate between former U.S. Secretary Madeleine K. Albright and by\u00a0Michael Zantovsky, the President of the Aspen Institute in Prague, will open the conference, followed by a panel focusing on the significance of the year 1989. Its panelists will include the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former Slovak Minister of Finance Ivan Miklo\u0161 and former EU Commissioner Danuta H\u00fcbner. The second panel will focus on analyzing the goals and expectations of the fall of the Wall. It will be attended by \u0160imon P\u00e1nek, Martin B\u00fatora, Zbyn\u011bk Frol\u00edk and Martin Jahn.<\/p>\n<p>The second day of the annual conference will commence with a keynote speech delivered by former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman. The morning panel,\u00a0<strong>\u201cBreaking the Ties of Totality\u201d<\/strong>, will look at the heritage of totality and discuss the current status of social and political challenges in the region with former Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radi\u010dov\u00e1 among others. The fourth and final panel of the conference,\u00a0<strong>\u201cCentral Europe \u2013 New Reality, New Energy?\u201d<\/strong>, will bring together successful young leaders of the past decade, including Ta\u0165\u00e1na le Moigne; Adam Somlai-Fischer, Michal Hvoreck\u00fd and Jan Ham\u00e1\u010dek.<\/p>\n<p>The full\u00a0<strong>draft agenda\u00a0<\/strong>of the Aspen Annual Conference 2014 can be found\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.cz\/images_upload\/files\/thebigbang_aspen_program_28.5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>To register for the conference, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/aspeninstitute.cz\/forms\/d\/1uoPJPDvbA1NJDxwcTDKjkUHPEnf2H9M92l1oQmXjCiQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on this link<\/a>. Registration will close by June 4, 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For conference updates, please follow our profiles on<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AspenInstitutePrague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aspen_Prague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0(#aspen_mirabilis)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is organized under the auspices of Milan \u0160t\u011bch, President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senat.cz\/index-eng.php?ke_dni=27.05.2014&amp;O=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 250px; height: 167px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.cz\/images_upload\/images\/Senate_logo_rgb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming annual conference will commemorate the momentous events that took place across Central and Eastern Europe 25 years ago. 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