Financial Times

            Dear [Salutation],

To mark the launch of the Centre for European Reform's new office in Brussels, we are holding a conference on 'The future of the EU' on Monday 20 November. Michel Barnier, the EU's Brexit negotiator, will deliver a keynote speech and we will hold sessions on the euro, Brexit, migration and security.

09:00-09:30 Registration and coffee
09:30-09:45 Welcome and summary of new CER report, 'Relaunching the EU', by Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
09:45-11:15 Session 1: Who should govern the euro?
  Johannes Becker, Director, Institute of Public Economics, University of Münster
Luis Garicano, Professor of Economics & Strategy, London School of Economics & Political Science/IE Business School
Hélène Rey, Professor of Economics, London Business School
Martin Sandbu, Economics Commentator, Financial Times
11:15-11:30 Coffee break 
11:30-12:00 Keynote on Brexit by Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator, Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom, European Commission
12:00-13:30  Session 2: Can the Brexit circle be squared?
  John Bruton, former Prime Minister of Ireland
Monique Ebell, Associate Research Director for International Trade, Productivity & Investment, National Institute of Economic & Social Research
Peter Mandelson, Global Counsel & former European Commissioner for Trade
Jean-Claude Piris, former Director-General, Legal Service, Council of the European Union
13:30-14:15 Lunch break
14:15-15:45  Session 3: The EU in the age of mass migration
  Sophie Magennis, Head of the Policy & Legal Support Unit, UNHCR Bureau for Europe
Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics & Public Policy, King's College London
Monika Sie Dhian Ho, General Director, Clingendael
Raoul Ueberecken, Director for Home Affairs, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union
15:45-16:00 Coffee break 
16:00-17:30  Session 4: EU security in the age of Trump and Putin
  Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Director Paris Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
François Heisbourg, Special Advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Antonio Missiroli, Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies
George Robertson, former Secretary-General, NATO
17:30 Conference ends
(Timings subject to change)
Please note that places are limited. We hope that you'll be able to join us.