Program
Friday, June 26, 2009 (Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Žofín Palace)
Program_friday.pdf (34,2 kB)
15:00 Opening of the Exhibition “Memories Returned” (Museum of Decorative Arts)
By special invitations only.
17:00 Press Conference (Žofín Palace, Small Hall) - video http://holocausteraassets.eu/en/video-gallery/opening-ceremony/
18:00 Opening Ceremony (Žofín Palace, Large Hall) - video http://holocausteraassets.eu/en/video-gallery/press-conference/
Welcoming Remarks
Musical Performance - Zofin.pdf (34,8 kB)
19:00 Reception
21:00 Adjourn
Saturday, June 27, 2009 (Prague Congress Centre)
Program_saturday.pdf (49,5 kB)
Informal Expert Discussions
Working Group (WG) Looted Art
WG Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research
19:30 – 21:00 Reception
Hosted by the Embassies of Austria, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden,
the United Kingdom and the United States (U.S. Ambassador´s Residence)
Sunday, June 28, 2009 (Prague Congress Centre, Wallenstein Garden)
9:00 – 9:45 Opening Plenary Session (PCC, South Hall) - video http://holocausteraassets.eu/en/video-gallery/opening-plenary-session/
10:00 – 11:30 Concurrent Expert Sessions I
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:15 Concurrent Expert Sessions II
13:15 – 14:30 Buffet Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Concurrent Expert Sessions III
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:45 Concurrent Expert Sessions IV
19:00 Reception (Wallenstein Garden) - video http://holocausteraassets.eu/en/video-gallery/reception--wallenstein-garden-/
Remarks:
Přemysl Sobotka, President of the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic
Madeleine K. Albright, Former Secretary of State, USA
Monday, June 29, 2009 (Prague Congress Centre, National Theatre)
9:00 – 12:30 Plenary Session (PCC)
Reports by Special Session and 4 Working Groups
Statements by Heads of Delegations
• Stuart Eizenstat, Former Deputy Treasury Secretary and Under Secretary of State, USA Download
• Yuli Edelstein, Minister of Information and Diaspora Liaison, Israel Download
• Władyslaw Bartoszewski, State Secretary, Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for International Dialogue, Poland Download
• Michael Jansen, Former State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Germany Download
• François Zimeray, Ambassador for Human Rights, France
• Pieter-Jan Wolthers, Director of Legal Affairs Department, MFA, Netherlands Download
• Susan Hyland, Head of Human Rights, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom Download
• Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation, Russia
• Dušan Čaplovič, Deputy Prime Minister, Slovakia
• Daniel Valtchev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science, Bulgaria
• Claudia Schmied, Federal Minister for Education and Arts, Austria Download
12:30 - 13:30 Buffet Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Plenary Session (cont.)
Statements by Representatives of NGOs
• Julius Berman, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, USA Download
• Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committtee, USA
• Ellen M. Heller, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, USA Download
• Anne-Marie Revcolevschi, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, France
• Martin Salm, Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft, Germany Download
• Noach Flug, International Auschwitz Committee, Israel
• Dan Mariaschin, B‘nai B‘rith International, USA
• Jonathan Joseph, European Council of Jewish Communities, UK
• Emil Kalo, World ORT, Bulgaria
• Lord Janner, Holocaust Educational Trust, UK Download
• Čeněk Růžička, Committee for Compensation of the Romany Holocaust, Czech Republic Download
Statements by Heads of Delegations
• Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Canada Download
• Raoul Delcorde, Adjunct Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium Download
• Andris Teikmanis, State Secretary, Latvia
• Deividas Matulionis, Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs, MFA, Lithuania Download
• Moland Pedersen, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Norway Download
• Bogdan Aurescu, Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs, MFA, Romania
• Aino Lepik von Wirén, Undersecretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
• Alexandar Heina, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Croatia Download
• Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska, Minister of Culture, FYROM Download
• Vicente Espeche Gil, Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Argentina Download
• Jakob Finci, Ambassador to the Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina Download
• Arnold De Fine Skibsted, Ambassador, Denmark Download
• Alexander Philon, Ambassador, Greece Download
• András Lakatos, Ambassador to UNESCO, Hungary
• Volodymyr Vassylenko, Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Ukraine
• Birnur Fertekligil, Ambassador, Turkey Download
Statements by Other Delegations
Albania
Ireland
Italy
16:30 Concluding Remarks:
Yehuda Bauer, Historian, Israel
17:00 Press Conference (PCC, Small Theatre)
19:00 Special Performance (National Theatre)
“Golem 13”
World Premiere of Kabbalistic drama by George Whyte set to music by Noam Sheriff
Reception
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (Terezín Memorial)
7:30 - 8:00 Departure of conference buses from the conference hotels to Terezin.
9:30 Concluding Ceremony (Terezín Memorial, Former Riding Hall)
Terezín Declaration
10:30 Concert
“Defiant Requiem” by Murry Sidlin
12:30 Closing Lunch (Terezín Memorial, Magdeburg Barracks)
Hosted by the European Commission
13:00 Departure of conference buses to Prague (airport and hotels)
13:00 - 15:00 Guided tours of Terezín Memorial (optional)
Please confirm your wish to participate at the guided walking tours in Terezin by email to boris.kalisky(at) forum2000.cz.
15:00 Departure of conference buses to Prague (airport and hotels)
