Conference Agenda
9:00–9:15am: Welcoming Remarks
Speakers: Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
9:15–9:30am: Introductory Remarks
Speakers: Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
9:30am–10:45am: The Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Reaffirming the Fundamental Principles of Freedom and Human Rights
Speakers: Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies
Igor Blaževič, Founder, One World Film Festival
Fred Hiatt, Editorial Page Editor, Washington Post
Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Moderator: Barbara Haig, Deputy to the President for Policy and Strategy, National Endowment for Democracy
11:00am–12:15pm: Defending the Liberal World Order
Speakers: Leon Wieseltier, Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, Brookings Institution
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Stanford University’s Hoover Institute
Jackson Diehl, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Washington Post
Moderator: Marc F. Plattner, Editor, Journal of Democracy
12:30pm–2pm: Havel in the 21st Century: Reviving Democratic Conviction
Speaker: Michael Zantovsky, Director, Vaclav Havel Library
Moderator: Christopher Walker, Vice President, Studies and Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy
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