Panel 1: NATO and EU Enlargement
Discussant: Jeff Pennington, EUCE at UC Berkeley

Panel Location: Humanities 202

• NATO Expansion during the Cold War and After

            Evan Jaroff, Claremont McKenna College

• Enlargement of the EU and Perspective for Western Balkans

            Ivana Drakic, University of Mississippi

• NATO Involvement in the Balkans: Was it Effective?

            Ryan Jawetz, Pomona College

• Kindred Spirit or Opportunistic Ally?  Polish Atlanticism in the 21st Century

            Elizabeth Schmitz-Robinson, Claremont McKenna College

Panel 2: High Politics in the EU
Discussant: Jennifer Taw, Claremont McKenna College

Panel Location: Vita Nova 100  

• Military Power and the Future of America in Europe

            Jordan Liew, Pomona College

• The European Union's Effect on State Sovereignty in Western Europe 

            Alex Blair, Baylor University

• Goodbye, Gaullism? The Implications of French Re-Entry into NATO

            Kayla McCulley, Pomona College

• The "Franco-German Couple": Finally Splitting Up After All These Years?

            Sarah Mullen, University of Pennsylvania

• NATO's Role in the Global War on Terror: Is the Alliance Obsolete?

            Benjamin Forster, Claremont McKenna College

Panel 3: The Immigration Confusion: Finding One's Place
Discussant: Valentina Padula, UC Santa Barbara
                                   
Panel Location: Hampton Room, Malott Commons

• The European Perspective: The EU Identity. Being a European Citizen

            Kremina Kirilova, Colgate University

• Entombed in Institutions: The Path Dependence of Swedish Identity and the Future of EU Integration

            Leilani Livingston, Brigham Young University

• Refugee Life in Poland

            Tigran Muradyan, University of Colorado, Denver

• Global Climate Change and the Eco-Migrant: Toward a European Union Immigration Policy

            Andra Belknap, Pitzer College

• National Identity Crisis: The Intersection of Gender Equality and Ethnic Minorities in Denmark

            Kristiana Brix, University of Washington

Panel 4: EU Accession Criteria
Discussant: Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College

Panel Location: Vita Nova 100

• The EU and the Challenges of Better Government in Central and Eastern Europe

            Emma Nagy, UC Los Angeles

• EU's Flexibility with its Accession Criteria: The Case of Bulgaria and Romania

            Jana Bauerova, Colgate University

• The Necessary Criterion for Serbia's European Union Integration

            Arielle Badger, Brigham Young University

• European Union New Member Case Study: Hungary

            Chiara Ujlaki, UC Berkeley

Panel 5: Creating Citizenship & Identity
Discussant: Daniel Segal, Pitzer College

Panel Location: Vita Nova 100

• Union Citizenship: The Long Path of a Concept

            Marta Ballester Santiago, UC Berkeley

• Club Med: The European Neighborhood Policy and the Prospects for North African Development

            Jessi Bauer, Colgate University

• The Islamic Stigma

            Veena Pathiparampil, UC Berkeley

• Robert Schuman - Father of Europe, Man of God

            Alexander Haines, Claremont McKenna College

• The European Union and LGBT Rights

            Jonathan Lau, UC Berkeley

Panel 6: Finding an EU Foreign Policy
Discussant: Brian Rathbun, University of Southern California

Panel Location: Hampton Room, Malott Commons

• The Treaty of Lisbon: One Voice for European Foreign Policy?

            Alexander Etzkowitz, Pomona College

• Common European Foreign Policy? An Examination of the EU's Response to Conflict in Kosovo

            Lauren Holmes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Divided Responsibility: NATO, the European Union, and European Defense after the Cold War

            Samuel Jubelirer, Pitzer College

• Taking the Fight to Them: An Analysis of the Split of Counterterrorism Policies in the Western World

            Maurice Urbain, UC Davis

Lunch (buffet in Hampton Living Room)

Keynote Address by Nicholas Hanley, Head of Governance & Communications in the European Commission Environment (begins at 12:45 in Hampton Room)

Panel 7: Responses to the Economic Recession
Discussant: Slavi Slavov, Pomona College

Panel Location: Vita Nova 100

• Implications of the Current Financial Crisis on the New EU Member States, Bulgaria and Romania

            Teodora Petrova, Illinois Wesleyan University

• Fighting for Sovereignty in Fiscal Policy: The Implications of the Financial Crises for Eurozone Members

            Jenepher Schulte, University of Washington

• Post-Trade Clearing and Settlement Services in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: An Opportunity for the EU Single Market That Will Clearly Be Missed

            Lexington Griffith, University of Washington

• Romania: The Politics of Implementing the Economic Stimulus

            Timea Soos, UC Berkeley

Panel 8: Diplomacy in the EU: Influence and Cooperation
Discussant: Christopher Jones, Brigham Young University

Panel Location: Hampton Room, Malott Commons

• The Importance of the European Union in the 21st Century

            Emily Ward, Baylor University

• Whither NATO and the UN in the 21st Century

            Nicholas Hurwitz, Pomona College

• The Soft Power Dilemma: Can the EU Sacrifice the Carrot and the Stick, and Command With Soft Power Alone?

            Helen Pollock, Claremont McKenna College

• EU-Russian Diplomacy: The Need for an Efficacious Neo-Detente Approach

            David Midkiff, Eastern Washington University

• NATO, the Baltics and the Bear: NATO's Response in the Instance of a Russian Invasion

            Katelyn Walker, Claremont McKenna College

Panel 9: Socio-Economic Reforms
Discussant: Patricia Dillon, Scripps College

Panel Location: Humanities 119

• The European Commission and the Bologna Process: Finding a Common Language

            Fran Kauzlaric, UC Berkeley

• Labor Market Reforms and the Gendered Poverty Risk in Germany

            Lena Becker, University of Koblenz Landau, Germany

• The German "Agenda 2010" Discourse and the Emergence of the Linkspartei: An Analysis of the 2003 Parliamentary Debate

            Michaela Frank, University of Koblenz Landau, Germany

• No European Babies: An Analysis of Low Fertility in Europe

            Mo Wong, UC Santa Barbara

Panel 10: Energy & Environment
Discussant: Nicholas Hanley, European Commission

Panel Location: Hampton Room, Malott Commons

• Hegemonic Stability Theory and the Absence of an External Energy Policy in the EU

            Maria Florencia Goren, Florida International University

• The EU Emission Trading Scheme

            Marco Piovan, UC Santa Barbara

• Environmental Politics: A Thermometer for European Unity

            Meagan Cooney, UC Berkeley

• Sugar Policy and Ethanol: The Challenge of Implementing Renewable Energy

            Spencer Pearce, Brigham Young University

Panel 11: Preserving Democracy & Sovereignty Within the Union
Discussant: Joseph Jupille, University of Colorado
                                   
Panel Location: Vita Nova 100

• European Integration & Democratic Deficit: Reflections About the EU After the Lisbon Treaty

            Jacopo Garrone, University of Trento, Italy

• The Democratic Deficit in the European Union

            Megan Campbell, UC Santa Barbara

• The European Court of Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court: Products of Process

            Timothy Brownrigg, Brigham Young University

• Looking for the Needle in the Haystack: Countering Growing Democratic Deficit in the EU

            Samantha Romney, Colgate University

Panel 12: Market and Economic Reforms of the EU
Discussant: Nigel Boyle, University of Koblenz Landau, Germany

Panel Location: Humanities 119

• The European Union and the Global Financial System

            Nikolai Smith and Hugh Roland, Northwestern University

• Convergence in the European Union

            Alexander Lundberg, Christopher Newport University

• The European Union Trading Bloc - Trade Effects of the Eastern Enlargement

            Mihaela David, Skidmore College

• "They Won't Work!" - Efficacy of an Active Labor Market Policy from the Perspective of Psychology

            Marco Meissner, University of Koblenz Landau, Germany

• The Macro and Micro Level Effects of Greece's Membership in the European Union

            Aspasia Bartell, University of Washington