🇪🇺 Momentum 2 – Conclave 2025 – January 17
🎤 CONCLAVE 2025 BRUSSELS: Intercontinental Conference
For its second edition, Conclave, operated by EuropaNova, hosted an Intercontinental Conference on January 18, featuring an exceptional keynote by Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium. The event was moderated by Peter Grk with insights from expert Oliver Coste, and included distinguished speakers from American, Chinese, Indian, and Moroccan think tanks.
🌍 The theme of the conference: « What relations should we envisage with Europe by 2040? »
💡 Panel 1: « EU: A Respected Geopolitical Power? »
Moderated by Erika Staël von Holstein, CEO of Re-Imagine Europe, with speakers:
– Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder & President, Center for China Globalization
– Martin Quencez, Managing Director, German Marshall Fund
– Nicholas Vinocur, Editor-at-Large, POLITICO
– Wake-up Call by a Business Representative: Presented by Professor Stjepan Oreskovic, Majority Shareholder of Bosqar Invest, and Jorn Fleck, Senior Director from Atlantic Council.
💡 Panel 2: « EU: Competitor or Trusted Partner? »
Moderated by Mariya Gabriel, former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria, with speakers:
– Dr. Gautam Chikermane, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation
– Abdelmalek Alaoui, President, Institut Marocain d’Intelligence Stratégique
– Wake-up Call by a Business Representative: Presented by Antoine Bordes, Vice-President Artificial Intelligence, Helsing.
📑 Closing Session: « Outlook 2040 »
This session, moderated by Peter Grk and featuring Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, took place just before Donald Trump’s inauguration. In a time of rising geopolitical tensions, particularly between China and the United States, the discussion brought together global perspectives to examine Europe’s future role in a shifting world order.
