Was it or was it not?

“WAS IT OR WAS IT NOT?”
Symposium organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute Vienna

Partners: The Ministry of European and International Affairs of Austria, Romanian Academic Society, Austrian-Romanian Society, Institute for the Danube and Central Europe, Diplomatic Academy Vienna.
Sponsors: Realitatea Media (Bucharest), Tarus&Partners (Vienna).

Moderation: Roland Adrowitzer, journalist Foreign Policy Department ORF TV, former foreign press correspondent in Brussels.

Location: International Conference Center Hofburg, Ceremonial Hall
Date: March 27th 2009; 9.00 – 14.00


FORMAT

9.30 Welcome speeches:
• Mrs. Silvia Davidoiu, Ambassador of Romania
• Mrs. Carmen Bendovski, director of the Romanian Cultural Institute
• Ambassador Dr. Emil Brix, Coordinator of the Cultural-Political Department at the Ministry of European and International Affairs of Austria

10.00 – 11.30 Dissertations
• Alina Mungiu Pippidi, President of the Romanian Academic Society - Bucharest, Professor at Hertie School of Governance – Berlin
• Smaranda Vultur, Timisoara University
• Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor for Political Science, Maryland University, USA
• Otmar Lahodynsky (Journalist Profil, Vienna)

11.30 – 12.15 Coffee Break

12.15 – 14.00 Discussions
• The moment ’89 and the 90s – memories of important eye-witnesses: Mircea Dinescu (poet and journalist, dissident), Radu Filipescu (founder of the Group for Social Dialogue, dissident)
• Discussions with the audience

More information:
http://www.romania-20yearsafter.blogspot.com