2014: From G8 to G7?
The Future of the Gx System and Global Governance

June 2, 2014, Egmont Palace, Brussels
Organized by the Egmont Institute, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies,
the Ghent Institute for International Studies and the G8 Research Group

On 4-5 June 2014 the leaders of the G7 (the European Union, United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy) will meet in Brussels. This event is extraordinary, as the G8 format including Russia has been suspended due to the dispute over Ukraine. The Egmont Institute, Ghent Institute for International Studies, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and the G8 Research Group at University of Toronto invite you to a Pre-summit Conference on Monday 2 June in Brussels. The conference will take stock of the ongoing G7/G8 agenda. Since several of these processes are linked, the conference also addresses part of the G20 agenda.

Please register here by May 28

09:30-10:30 The Future of Gx Governance

Welcome by Dries Lesage, Ghent University
G8 sherpa team (t.b.c.)
John Kirton, University of Toronto
Victoria Panova, MGIMO, Moscow

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:30 G7/G8 and Security

NATO's Role in Global Security
Yves Brodeur, Canada's representative to NATO, former G8 political director
EU Foreign Security Policy from Libya to Ukraine in the G7/G8 context
Thomas Renard / Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute
Socialization, Sanctions, Force: G7/8 Security Governance Success
Julia Kulik, University of Toronto

12:30-13:45 Break

13:45-15:15 Sustainable Development

G7/G8/G20 energy governance
Thijs Van de Graaf, Ghent University
G7/G8/G20 climate governance
Ella Kokotsis, University of Toronto
G8 and G20 development governance
Zhenbo Hou, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Global Health Governance: G8 and G20 contributions – MDG/SDG
Joy Fitzgibbon, University of Toronto

15:15-15:45 Break

15:45-17:15 Economics, Finance and Taxation

The G20 Agenda for Growth and Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities
Gabriela Ramos, OECD sherpa for G20
Governing the Global Economy: G7 and G20 contributions
Bob Fauver, former G7 sherpa for US President Bill Clinton
A European perspective on the G20's role in managing macroeconomic policy
Francesco Contesso, European Commission

17:15-18:00 The Way Forward

Marina Larionova, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics
G8 sherpa team (t.b.c.)
Jan Wouters, University of Leuven

During the conference the Chatham House Rule will apply.

Registration (online) in advance is mandatory (deadline: 28 May).
To register for this conference, click here.

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