2023 TAPS Schedule

Time	Agenda	Venue	Panelists and Speakers
9:30 – 9:35	Opening remarks	*Copley Formal Lounge* Georgetown University	Dr. Jeffrey J Anderson, Professor and Director of MAGES, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Professor, Department of Government, Georgetow n University Ms. Andrea Pozderac, Executive Co-Chair, Transatlantic Policy Symposium; Arrupe Scholar, Georgetown University
9:35 – 10:30	Keynote	*Copley Formal Lounge* Georgetown University	H.E. Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission Moderator: Ms. Andrea Pozderac, Executive Co-Chair, Transatlantic Policy Symposium; Arrupe Scholar, Georgetown University
10:40 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:15	First student panel: Digitalization & Industrial Resilience	*Copley Formal Lounge* Georgetown University	Timoteo Cozzio, Sciences Po “Old Dog, New Tricks: Enhancing the Strategic Relevance of FTAs in EU Critical Raw Materials Sourcing” Viktoria Loidl, University of Illinois “Transatlantic Cooperation and the Digital Economy: Benefits and Opportunities” Christian Neubacher, University of Michigan “Assessing the Brussels Effect: The European Union’s Ability to Export Green and Digital Regulations Abroad” Anushka Shah, Fletcher School, Tufts University “How Can the European Union (EU) Leverage The European Chips Act to Regain Its Tech Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy?”
12:15 – 13:30	Lunch and undergraduate presentation	*Copley Formal Lounge* Georgetown University
13:30 – 14:30	Expert panel: Climate & Digitalization: Transatlantic Business & Policy Solutions	*Copley Formal Lounge* Georgetown University	Introduction: Dr. Pauliina Patana, Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Mr. Erik Brattberg, Senior Vice President, Europe practice, Albright Stonebridge Group Ms. Olga Khakova, Deputy Director, European Energy Security, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council Ambassador Catherine A. Novelli, Former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Ms. Ria Strasser-Galvis, Manager, International Government Affairs, Google Moderator: Mr. Drew Fenner, Executive Co-Chair, Transatlantic Policy Symposium; Wallenberg International Fellow, Georgetown University
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee break
15:00 – 16:15	Second Student Panel: Climate Tech & Innovation	*Copley Formal Lounge* Georgetown University	Eleftherios Karchimakis and Odysseas Konstantinakos, European University Institute “In Search of an ‘Eco-Friendly’ Monetary Policy: The ECB Between a Rock and a Hard Place” Ana Lejava, Georgetown University “Green Hydrogen Bridge Between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries (EaP): The Case of Georgia” Francesco Scotti, Politecnico di Milano “Demand Pull and Technology Push Environmental Innovation: A Policy Mix Analysis on EU ETS and EU Cohesion Policy”
16:15 – 17:45	Break
18:00 – 21:00	Alumni Panel and Closing Reception	*Mortara Center for International Studies,* Georgetown University	Alumni Panel Mr. Pete Giannino, Senior Government Affairs Analyst, TotalEnergies Mr. Michael McKeon, Senior Manager, Government Affairs, ASML Ms. Carisa Nietsche, Associate Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program at Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Closing Remarks