WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28

                        10:30 – 4:15 State Department Tours

                        1:00 – 5:30 Workshops for Council Leaders and Staff 

6:30 - Opening Reception Honoring 50th Anniversary of Great Decisions.
Hosts: FPA President Noel Lateef and WACA Chairman Amb. James R. Jones
 

                                             THURSDAY, JANUARY 29

                        9:15 – 10:30 Plenary
                        What Americans Need to Know about the Europe and the EU
                        Speaker: Ambassador Robert Hunter of RAND 

                        10:45 – 12:00 Plenary
                        Why Our Military and Security Perspectives So Different. 
                        Speaker: Dr. Theo Sommer of Die Zeit 

                        12:30 – 2:30 Leadership Luncheons
Invited Embassies: EU (c), France (c), UK (c), Italy (c), Netherlands (c), Greece
(c), Spain (c), Austria (c), Ireland (c), Portugal (c), Poland (c), Denmark (c), Czech
Republic (c), Norway (c), Lithuania (c), Estonia (c), Finland (c), Bulgaria (c),
Romania (c), Serbia and Montenegro (c), Bosnia and Herzegovina (c),
Luxembourg (c), Liechtenstein (c), Belgium (c), Slovakia (c). 

                        3:00 – 4:30 Discussion Groups and Workshops
                        Workshop A - French Views of America – Pierre-Yves Dugua 
                        Workshop B - Muslims in Europe – Shireen Hunter 
                        Workshop C - European Public Opinion – Andy Kohut 
Workshop D - US-UK: Special Relationship Damaged? – Sir Eldon Griffiths 
Workshop E - Will Europe Become a Rival Superpower? – Dan Hamilton 
                        Workshop F - Future of NATO – Anthony Cordesman 
                        Workshop G - Turkey and the European Union – Jerry Leach Workshop H - US, Europe, and Iraq – John Donvan 
                        Workshop I - Putin’s Russia – Angela Stent 
                        Workshop J - Economist Magazine – Humphry Rolleston 

                        4:30 Plenary
                        Economic Ties: Weaker or Stronger? 
                        Speaker: Lionel Barber, US Managing Editor, Financial Times 

6:30 – State Department Reception in Diplomatic Reception Rooms on the Eighth
                        Floor
                        Host: Under Secretary Marc Grossman 
 

                                               FRIDAY, JANUARY 30

                        9:00 – 10:00 Plenary
                        The Media, Foreign Policy, and the Transatlantic Rift
                        Speaker: Andrea Mitchell, Chief NBC News Correspondent . 

                        10:30 – 11:45 Plenary
                        US and France
                        Speaker: Amb. Jean-David Levitte 

                        12:30 – 2:30 Luncheon
                        Domination or Leadership? America and its European Allies. 
                        Speaker: Zbigniew Brzezinski: 

                        3:00 – 4:15 Discussion Groups and Workshops. 

                        Group A: US and Germany – Amb. J.D. Bindenagel 
                        Group B: Anti-Americanism in Europe – Esther Brimmer 
                        Group C: End of the American Era – Charles Kupchan 
                        Group D: New Poland – Radek Sikorski 
                        Group E: Europe and Immigration – Bob Guttman 
                        Group F: Peace in the Balkans? Gen. Bill Nash (c) 
                        Group G: Healthcare: Better in Europe? – Dr. Richard Southby 
                        Group H: EU Enlargement – Michael Gremminger 
                        Group I: Europe, US, Middle East, and Oil – Dan Yergin 
                        Group J: Overview of National Geographic Society – Mary Lee Elden

                        7:30 All-Europe Banquet with a presentation by Sen. Tim Wirth.
                        Distinguished International Journalist Award
                        Capitol Steps Performance 
 

                                             SATURDAY, JANUARY 31

                        9:00 Summation of Conference and National Membership Meeting. 

                        10:30 Formal End of Conference

                        10:30 Workshops for Council Leaders and Staff 

                        11:00 Spy Tour of Washington and Holocaust Museum