08:30

Registration & Welcome coffee

09:00

Opening

Massimo D’ALEMA, President of FEPS and former Prime Minister of Italy

Gianni PITTELLA,  President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats to the European Parliament

10:00 – 13:00

Session 1

POLITICS & RELIGION 

Academics

• Cosimo ZENE, Reader in the Study of Religions, SOAS, University of London
• Hartmut ELSENHANS, Professor Emeritus at Leipzig University
• Elie BARNAVI, historian and diplomat, former Israel Ambassador to France
• Joel KOTEK, historian, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, ULB 

 Policy Makers

• Marju LAURISTIN, Member of the European Parliament 
• Julie WARD, Member of the European Parliament 
• Kader SEVINC, Representative to the European Union, CHP Republican People's Party Turkey
• Hurşit GUNES, Member of the Progressive Thought Institute, former Member of the Turkish Parliament

Civil Society

• Haizam AMIRAH-FERNANDEZ, Senior Analyst for the Mediterranean and the Arab World, the Elcano Royal Institute
• Amanda FIGUERAS, journalist, multimedia reporter, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations fellow 
• Ulf CARMESUND, Secretary General of Religious Social Democrats of Sweden
• Hamid BENICHOU, Policeman, intitator of “Initiatives citoyennes pour un islam de Belgique”

Representatives of the Religious Communities in Europe

• Philippe MARKIEWICZ, President of the Israeli Central Consistory of Belgium 
• Hocine BEN ADBERRAHMANE, historian and Imam at the Brussels El Azhar Mosque 
• Henri BARTHOLOMEEUSEN, President of the Central Secular Council, Belgium (CCL)  
• Tarafa BAGHAJATI, Cultural Officer of the Islamic Community in Vienna, Chair of AMI ‘Austrian Muslim Initiative’, Member of ENAR’ Advisory Council     
• Alain LEBEAUPIN, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union
• Albert GUIGUI, Chief Rabbi of Brussels                

Moderator:
Bruno LIEBHABERG, Chair of the Scientific Council of FEPS

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Session 2

DYNAMICS OF RADICALISATION

Academics

• Johan LEMAN, Emeritus Professor in social and cultural anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at K.U. Leuven, Belgium
• Christian DEUBNER, FEPS Scientific Council
• Hassan HAKIMIAN, Director of the London Middle East Institute at SOAS, University of London
• Ismail Mesut SEZGIN, Executive Director, Centre for Hizmet Studies, London   

Policy Makers

• Tanja FAJON, Member of the European Parliament
• Afzal KHAN, MEP and Vice Chair of EP Security and Defense
• Ana GOMES, Member of the European Parliament
• Kati PIRI, Member of the European Parliament               

• Fatima ELATIK, former Chairwoman of Amsterdam-East district, Dutch politician

Civil Society

• Jean-François DAGUZAN, Senior Research Fellow, University of Paris, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)
• Edwy PLENEL, French Political Journalist
• Carlos CARNERO, Director General, Fundacion Alternativas
• Lena SLACHMUIJLDER, Vice President­ Programmes, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) 

Representatives of the Religious Communities in Europe

• Philippe MARKIEWICZ, President of the Israeli Central Consistory of Belgium 
• Hocine BEN ADBERRAHMANE, historian and Imam at the Brussels El Azhar Mosque 
• Tarafa BAGHAJATI, Cultural Officer of the Islamic Community in Vienna, Chair of AMI ‘Austrian Muslim Initiative’, Member of ENAR’ Advisory Council 
• Noureddine SMAILI, President of the Executive Muslims of Belgium (EMB) 
• Salah ECHALLAOUI, President of the ASBL " College of Muslim Executive of Belgium
• Albert GUIGUI, Chief Rabbi of Brussels     

Moderator:
Victoria MARTIN DE LA TORRE, President of FORO ABRAHAM   

16:30 - 17:00

Final Remarks

Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission