Past Events Archive

Date/Place	Guest Speaker(s)	Event/Topic
2008-10-30 Furstenberg Palace, Prague (Embassy of Poland)		New Zealand String Quartet
2008-09-23 Residence of His Excellency Jean-François Kammer, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Czech Republic	Zdeněk Tůma Governor of the Czech National Bank Alexandr Vondra Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic H.E Catherine von Heidenstam Ambassador of Sweden H.E. Jan Lucas van Hoorn Ambassador of the Netherlands H.E. Ole Moesby Ambassador of Denmark Omar Abukhlall BNP Paribas Suisse SA, Private Banker Senior Officer Robert Hessenberger Director, Capital Markets Discovery Group Petr Polievka Corporate Governance Director Zentiva a.s. Michael Short Chief Exeuctive Officer Plzensky Prazdroj Alan Svoboda Business Director, ČEZ David Šita Executive Director Telefonica 02 Burkhard Dallosch Banker, NRW Bank, Dusseldorf Marian Švejda Representative for Czech & Slovak Republics News Corporation	Public Policy Dinner with Zdeněk Tůma & Alexandr Vondra
2008-06-27 Palace of the Knights of Malta, Prague	Mr. Jiří Brodský, Presidential Advisor, Office of the President of the Czech Republic; Dr. Erwin Hanslik, Partner, ENWC Law Firm; H. E. Ms. Catherine von Heidenstam, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Czech Republic; Mr. Zouhair Jibraili, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco to the Czech Republic; H. E. Mr. Yaakov Levy, Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Czech Republic; Mr. Jan Marian, Director, Civic Belarus; Mr. Jan Matejcek, Partner, White and Case Law Firm; Prof. Jiří Musil, Board Member, CEELI Institute and Former Director, Central European University; Dr. Jiřina Nováková, Board Member, CEELI Institute; Ms. Beth Potter, Managing Editor, The Prague Post; Mr. Michael Short, Managing Director, Pilsner Urquell.	Bon Voyage for Mr. Michael Diedring, Executive Director of the CEELI Institute
2008-05-28 Residence of the Ambassador of Sweden to the Czech Republic	Hon Cyril Svoboda, Minister for Legislative Affairs of the Government of the Czech Republic.	Bon Voyage to HE István Szabó and Mrs Emilia Szabó
2008-04-15 Warsaw, Poland	Participants included: Hon. Ksawery Burski, former Polish Ambassador in China, Indonesia and Singapore; Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki, Director of Asia-Pacific Department of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Lukasz Kulesa, Research & Analysis Bureau, Polish Institute of International Affairs; Ms Agniezska Lobacz, former Consul General in Hong Kong; Ms Usrzula Raznowiecka, First Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hon. Ryszard Schnepf, Deputy Foreign Minister for Poland; Representatives of the Diplomatic Corps in Warsaw: John Gorkowski, US Embassy; Shik Kim, Embassy of South Korea; Global Panel and Prague Society: Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society; Chairman, Global Panel; General Abdeljebbar Azzaoui, Conseil Supérieur de la Défense Nationale, Morocco; Yossef Bodansky, Senior Advisor, U.S Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004); Hon. Jens Hald Madsen, Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Vice Chair, Defense Committee (2001-2007); Member of Parliament, Denmark (1992-2007); General Dieter Stöckmann (ret.); Head of Bilateral German-Chinese Security Talks; Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE.	7th session of the North Korea Initiative, held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
2008-04-14 Warsaw, Poland	Guest of Honour: HE Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland. Other guests included: Hon. Ksawery Burski, former Polish Ambassador in China, Indonesia and Singapore; Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki, Director of Asia-Pacific Department of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Rt. Hon., Adam D. Rotfeld, Deputy Foreign Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland (2003-2005); Hon. Ryszard Schnepf, Deputy Foreign Minister for Poland; General Abdeljebbar Azzaoui, Conseil Supérieur de la Défense Nationale, Morocco; Yossef Bodansky, Senior Advisor, U.S Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004); Hon. Jens Hald Madsen, Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Vice Chair, Defense Committee (2001-2007); Member of Parliament, Denmark (1992-2007); General Dieter Stöckmann (ret.); Head of Bilateral German- Chinese Security Talks; Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE	Public Policy Dinner held on the occasion of the 7th session of the North Korea Initiative, with the theme "Europe's Interests in Asia"
2008-04-10 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic	His Excellency Mr. Michael Calcott The Hon. John Manley Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chairman Cabinet Committee on Public Security and Anti-Terrorism	Public Policy Dinner on Afghanistan with the Hon. John Manley of Canada
2008-04-10 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic	His Excellency Michael Calcott	Security Debate on Afghanistan at the Residence of Canadian Ambassador Michael Calcott
2008-04-09 Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Czech Republic	His Excellency Jan Lucas van Hoorn Rt. Hon. Cyril Svoboda, Minister of Legislative Affairs	Public Policy Dinner with Czech Minister for Legislative Affairs Cyril Svoboda
2008-03-31 Prague	Guest of Honour: HE Vassilios Ikossipentarchos, departing Ambassador of Greece to Czech Republic. Other Guests included: H.E. Achilleas Antoniades and Mrs. Jenny Antoniades, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus; the Hon. Pavel Bratinka; Ambassador Marie Chatardova, Head of Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech and Mr. Benoit Chatard; Dr. Barbara Day; Marc S. Ellenbogen; H.E. Juan Fleming, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic; Mr. Spiridon Germenis and Countess Jana Germenis, owners of Castle Blatna; H.E. Peter Raeder, Ambassador of Norway and Mrs. Inger M. Melhuus Raeder	Bon Voyage to HE Vassilios Ikossipentarchos at the Residence of HE Catherine von Heidenstam, Swedish Ambassador to the Czech Republic
2008-03-18 British Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia	HE Denis Keefe, HM Ambassador Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society; Chairman, Global Panel Ambassador Abouyoub, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to King Mohammad VI, Morocco Yossef Bodansky, Senior Advisor, U.S. Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004), USA General Dieter Stockmann (ret.), former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE Ambassador Gheorghe Tinca, former Defence Minister of Romania Mr. Jan Carnogursky, former Prime Minister of Slovakia Kai Metzner, Executive Director of Global Panel Ms. Barbara Day, MBE, PhD, Treasurer and Senior Fellow, Prague Society for International Cooperation Mr. Lubos Vesely, Senior Research Fellow, Association for International Affairs David Darchiashvili, Open Society Georgia Foundation (Black Sea) Kakha Gogolashvili, Georgian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (GEPLAC) (Black Sea and Energy) Dato Aprasidze, Director of Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) (Black Sea) Liana Jervalidze, Energy expert Archil Gegeshidze, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS) (Black sea)	Roundtable discussion with Think-Tanks
2008-03-18 Tbilisi, Georgia	Guest of Honour: HE Temur Iakobashvili, Georgian Minister for Reintegration. Other guests included: Hon. Hassan Abouyoub; Yossef Bodansky; former Slovak Prime Minister Ján Čarnogurský; former Romanian Defense Minister Gheorghe Tinca; H.E. Namig Aliev, Ambassador of Azerbaijan; Hon. Giorgi Bokeria, MP; Dr. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of Germany; Hugh McDowell, BP; David Lee, MAGTI; Karen Moran, DHM, British Embassy; Andrej Smaga, Deputy Head of Missiion of the Russian Embassy; Alex Rondeli, GFSIS; H.E. Vladimir Spys, Ambassador of Ukraine; H.E. Ertan Tezgor, Ambassador of Turkey; and Prof. Giga Zedania, Dean, Arts and Sciences, Ilia Chavchavadze University.	Public Policy Dinner at the Residence of HE Denis Keefe, British Ambassador to Georgia
2008-01-30 The Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic	The Rt. Hon. Jiří Paroubek Chairman of Czech Social Democratic Party; fmr. Prime Minister & His Excellency Michael Calcott Ambassador, Embassy of Canada	Public Policy Dinner- "The power of the president"
2008-01-28 The Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic	The Rt. Hon. Jiří Paroubek Chairman of Czech Social Democratic Party; fmr. Prime Minister & His Excellency Michael Calcott Ambassador, Embassy of Canada	Public Policy Dinner with the Rt. Hon. Jiří Paroubek
2007-12-17 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic	With the ambassadors of Canada, Cyprus, Great Britain, Morocco, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland and Sweden; Deputy Minister of Justice Martin Moulis; Senator Eduard Outrata; Benke Aikell of Prague Leaders’ Magazine; Bryn Bailey of Czech Business Weekly; Arthur Braun; Gerald Cary-Elwes; Iva Drápalová of the Los Angeles Times; Gordon Dreger of Colliers International; Bela Gran Jensen; Robert Hessenberger of Discovery Group; Alan Krautstengl, Rector of Anglo-American College; Dagmar Pikhartová of The Prague Post;. Marian Švejda of News International; and many more.	Holiday Cheer
2007-11-29 Australia House, London	His Excellency The Honourable Richard Alston, High Commisioner for Australia (Australian Federal Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 1996-2003)	Public Policy Lunch
2007-10-29 Residence of the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic	The Rt. Hon. Karel Schwarzenberg Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and H.E. Michael Calcott of Canada	Public Policy Dinner with discussion about the Foreign Policy Priorities of the Czech Republic
2007-10-26	H.E. Mr. Alan Howard Cook Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic	Prague Society Chat with the New Zealand Ambassador
2007-10-09 Fürstenberg Palace, Embassy of the Republic of Poland	Hon. Hassan Abouyoub Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to King Mohamed VI of Morocco; former Minister for Economics and Foreign Investments General Abdeljabbar Azzaoui National Security Advisor to the Government of Morocco Yossef Bodansky Senior Advisor, US Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004) Marc S. Ellenbogen Chairman, Global Panel; President, Prague Society; Member, National Advisory Board, US Democratic Party Lieutenant General František Hrabal Deputy Chief of Staff, Army of the Czech Republic; Czech Military Representative to NATO and the EU (2002-2006) Hon. Karel Kovanda (Moderator) Deputy Director General of External Relations, European Commission; Czech Deputy Foreign Minister 1997-1998; Ambassador to NATO 1998-2005 Hon. Robert McRae Canadian Ambassador to NATO; Director General for International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007) Hon. Richard Schnepf Special Representative for Global Threats, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland; Secretary of State, Chancellary of the Prime Minister (2005-2006) General Dieter Stöckmann (ret.) Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE, NATO (2001-2002), Germany Hon. Harri Tiido Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia Ambassador to NATO (2003-2007) Hon. Michal Žantovský Czech Ambassador to Israel Czech Ambassador to the USA (1992-1996); Senator of the Czech Republic (1996-2002)	Security Debate
2007-10-08 Goethe Insitute, Žofín Palace	Guests include previous Award recipients Madeleine Albright, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Vaclav Havel. Forum 2000 participants	Celebratory Lunch for winners of the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
2007-08-09 Bellevue Restaurant, Prague	H.E. Mr. Jorma Inki Ambassador of Finland	A Farewell Lunch in honor of H.E. Mr. Jorma Inki and Mrs. Ritva Inki
2007-07-12 Paris, France	with Guest Speaker: Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State and Ambassador; former Senior Vice President, Boeing, USA Other guests: Amb. Hassan Abouyoub, Senior Policy Advisor of His Majesty King Mohammad of Morocco Major General Abdeljebbar Azzaoui Director of Counter-intelligence and Counter-terrorism, Kingdom of Morocco Rene Biagi former head of AFP Eastern Europe Yossef Bodansky former Senior Advisor, Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconvential Warfare Vladimir Lomeiko President of Baden Baden Foundation and former Press Secretary of Mikhail Gorbachev Craig Stapleton Ambassador of United States of America to France	Public Policy Dinner: Iran, Iraq, and the Arab Israeli Conundrum with Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State and Ambassador
2007-06-12 Embassy of Germany	Roland Mahler, Managing Director, T-Mobile CZ; Markus Hermann, Chairman, BAWAG Bank CZ/SK; Dr. Stephan Nobbe, Director, Goethe Institute CZ; Willy Ribbe, Managing Director, Mariott Group CZ; H.E. Ambassador Juan Fleming, Argentina; Dr. Gernot von Grawert-May, Vice Chair, Global Panel/Former Group Board Rep. Deutsche Bank; among others	Lunch with H.E. Ambassador Elfenkaemper
2007-05-12 Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest	His Majesty King Michael I of Romania Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy	Celebratory Dinner for Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
2007-05-11 Czech Centre, Czech Embassy in Bucharest & Residence of the Czech Ambassador to Romania		Launch of the Black Sea Initiative
2007-05-10 Elisabeth Palace, Bucharest (the Official Residence of the Royal Family of Romania)	His Majesty King Michael I, Petrisor Ostafie	Presentation of the 6th Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award to His Majesty King Michael I of Romania
2007-05-10 May 10, 2007, Elisabeta Palace		His Majesty King Michael I of Romania’s Statement upon being granted the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
2007-05-03 Hotel Le Palais	Mr. Benke Aikell Publisher, Prague Leaders Magazine H.E. Mrs. Catherine Von Heidenstam Ambassador of Sweden Mr. Jakub Hladík Executive Assistant to Václav Havel H.E. Mr. Jorma Inki Ambassador of Finland H.E. Mr. Mohamed Kamal and Mrs. Heba Kamal Ambassador of Egypt Hon. Jan Kasl Director, Institute of Informatics H.E. Mrs. Ellen Margrethe Loj Ambassador of Denmark Hon. Edvard Outrata and Mrs. Jana Outratová fmr. Deputy Chairman of the Senate H.E. Mr. Peter Raeder Ambassador of Norway H.E. Mr. P.S. Raghavan and Mrs. Barbara Raghavan Ambassador of India Mr. Josef Rychtar Director, Department of Middle East, MFA Mr. Jiří Schneider Coordinator, Prague Security Studies Institute Mr. Radek Špicar Department of Political Science, Charles University Mr. Jack and Patricia Stack CEO, Česká Spořitelna a.s. Mr. Marian Švejda Representative, News International plc, London Hon. Cyril Svoboda Cabinet Minister for Legislative Affairs Prague Society/Global Panel: Hon. Vojtěch Cepl Professor of Law, Charles University Dr. Barbara Day Treasurer and Senior Fellow, Prague Society Mr. Marc S. Ellenbogen Chairman, Global Panel Foundation Ms. Michaela Jacová Executive Director, Prague Society	Farewll Dinner for Ambassador Salas
2007-04-04 The Reform Club, London	The Hon. Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic Representative for the State of New York, U.S. House of Representatives	Chairman’s Reception
2007-03-20 A series of briefings and brain-storming sessions were held under the auspices of THE ROYAL STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE (IRES), Morocco	The Delegation included: YOSSEF BODANSKY Senior Advisor, U.S. Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director, 1988-204) (USA) MARC S ELLENBOGEN Chairman, The Global Panel Foundation; Venture Capitalist (USA) JAN SYKORA Member of the Supervisory Board, Moravia Steel Group (CZECH REPUBLIC) Hon. JENS-HALD MADSEN, MP Vice Chairman, Defense Committee; Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Danish Parliament (DENMARK) KAI METZNER Executive Director, Global Panel Foundation, Berlin (GERMANY) The Right Hon. Lord PEARSON OF RANNOCH Conservative Peer, House of Lords (UK) ASH RAJAN Director and Chief Investment Officer, Merryl Lynch, New York (USA) Gen (ret.) DIETER STOCKMANN Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2001-2004) (GERMANY) Hon. GHEORGHE TINCA Ambassador at Large, first Civilian Defense Minister (ROMANIA) MARTIN WALKER Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, United Press International, UPI (UNITED KINGDOM)	GLOBAL PANEL/PRAGUE SOCIETY DELEGATION VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
2007-03-06 Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Canada Caroline Chrétien Director Japan and Korea, East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Czech Republic Hon. Pavel Bratinka Senior Cabinet Minister (1996-1997); Vice-President, The Prague Society Denmark Hon. Jens Hald Madsen MP, Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Vice Chairman, Defense Committee Germany H.E. K. Peter Gottwald Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations Dr. Gernot von Grawert-May Vice-Chairman, Global Panel; Former Representative of the Group Board, Deutsche Bank, AG; Former President and CEO, Deutsche Bank Canada Hungary Miklós Lengyel Deputy Director General of the Asia-Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan Hiroyuki Imahashi Counsellor, Embassy of Japan to Slovak Republic (observer) Yasuyuki Soma First Secretary, Embassy of Japan to Slovak Republic (observer) Morocco Ambassador Hassan Abouyoub Ambassador-at-Large, Special Advisor to H.M. King Mohammed VI NATO Gen. Dieter Stöckmann (ret.) Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2001-2005); German Head of Bilateral German-Chinese Security Talks Poland Ambassador Ryszard Schnepf Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Global Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea Dr. Paik Haksoon Special Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Korean Peninsula Issues; Senior Fellow, The Sejong Institute Romania Rt. Hon. Gheorghe Tinca Minister of Defense (1994-1996); Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Slovakia Rt. Hon. Ján Čarnogurský Prime Minister (1991-1992), Minister of Justice (1998-2002) Rt. Hon. Eduard Kukan MP; Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998-2006) Rt. Hon. Pavol Paška MP, Chairman, National Council of the Slovak Republic (TBC) Diana Štrofová State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marián Tomášik Director of Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sweden Ambassador Paul Beijer Special Adviser to the Government on Korean Peninsula Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2001-2005) USA Yossef Bodansky Senior Advisor, Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004) Marc Ellenbogen Chairman, Global Panel Foundation President, Prague Society for International Cooperation H.E. Rodolphe "Skip" Vallee Ambassador of the United States to the Slovak Republic	North Korea Initiative
2007-02-23 American Information Center, Tržiště 13, Praha 1	The Hon. Eduard Kukan, M.P. Slovak Foreign Minister (1998-2006) Board Member, Global Panel Foundation The Hon. Cyril Svoboda, M.P. Minister without Portfolio Czech Foreign Minister (2002-2006)	Post-election development in the Czech Republic
2007-01-25 Hotel Le Palais	On 25 January the Global Panel Foundation and the Prague Society for International Cooperation had the pleasure of hosting a Public Policy Dinner with Zdeněk Tůma, Governor of the Czech National Bank. The event was held at the Hotel Le Palais in Prague and the topic was „Czech Business and the Euro“. Joining Governor Tůma for this discussion were Mr. Josef Beck, First Counsellor, Embassy of Germany; Mr. Arthur Braun, Partner, bpv Braun Haškovcová; Ms. Lada Haisová, Managing Director, Positive; Ms. Daniela Hinojosa, Regional HR Manager, Rockwell Automation; Mr. Roman Mentlík, International Business Director, Global Payments; H.E. Peter Raeder, Ambassador, Embassy of Norway; Mr. John Stack CEO, Chairman of the Board, Česká Spořitelna; H.E. István Szabó, Ambassador, Embassy of Hungary; Mr. Oldřich Šubrt CEO, AGEL, Mr. Marian Švejda Representative, News International plc., H.E. Raf van Hellemont, Ambassador, Embassy of Belgium, H.E. Jan Lucas van Hoorn, Ambassador, Embassy of the Netherlands, H.E. Catherine von Heidenstam, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden, The Hon. Pavel Bratinka, Vice-President, Prague Society; Ms. Barbara Day, Treasurer and Senior Fellow, Prague Society; Mr. Marc S. Ellenbogen, Chairman, Global Panel Foundation.	Public Policy Dinner with Zdeněk Tůma, Governor of the Czech National Bank
2006-12-20 Palace of the Knights of Malta, Lázeňská 4		Holiday Cheer
2006-12-08 Knights of Malta	Joining Ambassador Graber for Lunch in the Palace of the Knights of Malta were Mr. Pavel Bratinka, former dissident, former Cabinet Minister, Managing Director of Euroffice, Vice-President of the Prague Society; Prof. Vojtěch Cepl, Justice, formerly of the Constitutional Court and author of the Constitution of the Czech Republic; Mr. Oldřich Černý, former National Security Adviser to President Vaclav Havel, former Director General of Czech Foreign Intelligence, currently Executive Director of Forum 2000 and Executive Director of the Prague Security Studies Institute; Ms. Barbara Day, former Executive Director of the Jan Hus Educational Foundation (UK), translator, Treasurer & Senior Fellow of the Prague Society; Mr. Marc S. Ellenbogen, President of the Prague Society and Chairman of Global Panel; Mr. Michael Hahn, Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy; Mr. David Hrcky, General Manager of Einab Trade and Investments, Israel; Dr. Tomáš Chrenek, President of the Supervisory Board of Třinecké železárny	Lunch with H.E. Richard Graber, Ambassador of the United States
2006-11-14 CERGE-EI	H.E. Mr. Michael Calcott Ambassador of Canada, H.E. Mr. P.S. Raghavan Ambassador of India, Mr. Karel Kühnl Former Minister of Defense, Czech Republic	Student Forum on Nuclear Proliferation
2006-10-03 Morzin Palace, Prague	former President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel	the Opening of the Exhibition of State Decorations awarded to former President Václav Havel
2006-09-20 held in Berlin on 20-22 September 2006 at Jakob-Kaiser-Haus of the German Bundestag		North Korea Initiative
2006-08-09 Brussels	with The Hon. Stuart Eizenstat, Head, Trade and Finance Practice, Covington and Burling; former US Deputy Treasury Secretary and Under Secretary of State; Member, Board of Advisors, Global Panel	Public Policy Dinner
2006-06-14 Brussels	with H.E. Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State, US State Department and US Chief Negotiator to the Six-Party Talks. Venue: Restaurant La Maison du Cygne, Grand Place, 9, 1000 Brussels	Public Policy Dinner - The Role of American Foreign Policy in the Far East
2006-05-25 Prague	HH Mansour bin Khalid bin Abdullah al-Farhan al-Saud, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Czech Republic	Public Policy Dinner - Reforms in the Middle East with Special Emphasis on Saudi Arabia
2006-05-23 London	F.W. de Klerk, Nobel Laureate, former President of South Africa, and Honorary Chair of the Prague Society	Public Policy Lunch
2006-05-18 Prague	HE Arie Arazi, the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Czech Republic	Public Policy Dinner - “Middle East update and the transformation of Israel from the agriculture society to the High-Tech superpower”
2006-03-06 Romanian Embassy	Nordic Ambassadors HE Harald Falth (Sweden), HE Peter Raeder (Norway), HE Jorma Inki (Finland), and HE Jorgen Bojer (Denmark)	"Is diplomacy capable of handling the crisis between secular and religious societies?"
2006-02-15 Residence of US Deputy Chief of Mission Kenneth Hillas	With guest speaker The Rt. Hon. Professor Adam Rotfeld, former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs	Public Policy Dinner
2005-11-11 Sydney, Australia		Transatlantic Drift Debate Part VII
2005-11-11 Sydney, Australia		Global Panel - Australia
2005-10-28 Royal Automobile Club, London, England	Australian Attorney General The Hon. Philip Ruddock	Public Policy Lunch with Australian Attorney General The Hon. Philip Ruddock
2005-10-27 Restaurant Bellevue, Thursday 27 October	Joan Dine, Marc Ellenbogen, Barbara Day, Ivan Bohácek, Oldrich Cerný, Margaret Rauch, Jana Šilhanová, HE Federico Salas	Leave-taking of the retiring President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mr. Thomas Dine
2005-10-26 October 26, 2005 Mannheim/Germany	Majority Leader of Baden-Wurttemberg's State Legislature Stefan Mappus	Public Policy Dinner with the Majority Leader of Baden-Wurttemberg
2005-10-20 Prague - Bellevue Restaurant	Lunch with The Hon. Jiří Paroubek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, and The Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, frm. NATO Secretary General, in connection with the announcement of the 5th Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizen¬ship Award.	Lunch with PM Jiří Paroubek and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
2005-10-20 October 20, 2005 Prague	The Hon. Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek and former NATO Secretary General The Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen	Public Policy Lunch with The Hon. Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek and The Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
2005-10-07 October 13, 2005 Warsaw	The Hon. Professor Adam Rotfeld (currently Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland)	Public Policy Dinner with The Hon. Professor Adam Rotfeld
2005-10-07 October Prague		Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
2005-10-07 October 10, 2005 Prague	The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell (Secretary General of the Club of Madrid and former Prime Minister of Canada)	Public Policy Dinner with The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell
2005-10-07 September 30, 2005 Prague	Dr. Ezekiel Solomon of Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney/Australia	Public Policy Chat with Dr. Ezekiel Solomon
2005-10-07 October 10, 2005 Prague	James Woolsey (former Head of the CIA)	Public Policy Lunch with James Woolsey
2005-10-04 October 4, 2005 Frankfurt/Germany		Global Panel Forum on Security in Aviation
2005-10-04 October 4, 2005 Frankfurt/Germany		Global Panel Forum on Security in Aviation
2005-09-27 September 22, 2005 Munich	Nobel Laureate and former South African President F.W. de Klerk	Public Policy Lunch with President F.W. de Klerk
2005-09-25 InterContinental Hotel, Prague	A Reception, Lecture and Supper with The Hon. Alexander Downer, Foreign Minister of Australia on “International Challenges and Opportunities - An Australian Perspective” was hosted by the Prague Society at the InterConti Hotel in Prague.	A Reception, Lecture and Supper with The Hon. Alexander Downer
2005-09-14 5:30pm -- Hotel InterContinental, Klementinum Room, 9th floor, nam Curieových, Prague 1	The Rt. Hon. Alexander Downer, Foreign Minister, Australia	International Challenges and Opportunities: An Australian Perspective
2005-06-09 U Zlate Studne restaurant		Public Policy Chat with Deputy Prime Minister Martin Jahn
2005-06-09 Kampa Park restaurace		Farewell Dinner for the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the United States of America Ken Hillas and Mrs. Hillas
2005-05-11		Farewell dinner for Ambassador Lehoko
2005-05-06 Hotel Le Palais		The Prague Society Welcomes His Majesty King Michael I
2005-04-20 La Maison Du Cygne, Brussels		Dinner with Commissioner Vladimir Špidla
2005-04-19 Bratislava, Slovakia		Transatlantic Drift Debate VI
2005-03-22 Le Palais Hotel		Public Policy Dinner with Vice-Chairman of ODS, Petr Necas
2005-01-13 Le Palais Hotel		Public Policy discussion dinner with H.E. Mr. Mohamed Moustafa Kamal
2004-12-10 House of Lords, London		Transatlantic Drift Discussion V
2004-12-08 Official Residence of the Lord Mayor of Prague		2003 HRE Award to Lord Robertson
2004-11-04 Le Palais Hotel		Public Policy Dinner with H.E. Mr. Jorgen Bojer
2004-09-07 Radisson SAS,		Public Policy Dinner with H.E. Mr. William Cabaniss
2004-08-12 Room 6, CERGE-EI , Politických vřznč 7		Prague Society Chat with Professor Aharon Klieman
2004-07-14 Washington, DC		Transatlantic Drift Debate IV
2004-06-28 Bellevue Restaurant	Minister Martinus van Schalkwyk Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	Developments in South Africa Since the End of Appartheid
2004-06-22 Goethe Institute		The Economic Aspects of Australian Security Issues.
2004-05-26 Embassy of the Czech Republic in Austria, Penzingerstrasse 11-13, Wien 1140	Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky United States Executive Secretary and Assistant Secretary of State (ret.): a member of the International Narcotics Control Board and the Global Panel Advisory Board *** held under the auspices of H.E. JUDr. Rudolf Jindrák: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic in Austria	Transnational Crime, International Security and Institution Building in Emerging Democracies
2004-04-22 22nd: Holiday Inn; Brno, 23rd:Cernin Palace, Prague		Transatlantic Drift Debates Part III
2004-04-06 Radisson SAS, Alcron		Prague Society Supper with Monsieur Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
2004-02-28 Sydney, Australia		Do States have a Role to INfluence Multi and Bi-Lateral Processes in a Political and Economic Environment?
2004-01-23 Goethe Institute	Guest Honour: Dr. Iris Magdowski	Theme: “A Sense of Humor: Do the Germans Have One?”
2004-01-07 Bellevue Restaurant	PRAGUE SOCIETY SUPPER with Guest of Honor The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, PhDr. Vladimír Špidla	Theme: The Czech Republic’s Accession to the EU
2003-12-03 V Zátiší Restaurant	Lord Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém	Pubic Policy Dinner with Lord Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém
2003-11-11 The Permanent Delegation of Baden-Württemberg in Berlin		Transatlantic Drift Part II
2003-10-29 Hotel Olympik	Martyn Bond; Director of the Federal Trust for Education and Research, UK; Gabriele Erpenbeck; Commissioner for Migrants and Integration, Ministry of the Interior, Lower Saxony, GFR; Milada Horáková; Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs, ČR; Lucie Sládková; Director, International Organisation for Migration, ČR; Denise de Souza Costa; Counselling Centre for Refugees, ČR; and Pavla Burdová-Hradečná; Legal Adviser, Czech Helsinki	The Migration of Labour and its Consequences for the Labour Market
2003-10-22 Congress Center of the Czech National Bank	Vaclav Havel F.W. de Klerk |Madeleine Albright Adam Michnik Andrej Dynko	HRE Award of Citizenship to Vaclav Havel
2003-10-20 CERGE-EI	New Zealand Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard New Zealand Ambassador to Germany, Peter Hamilton	Chat with Minister Trevor Mallard
2003-09-26 Vinárna Zátiští	Lord Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém	Prague Society Supper with Lord Mayor Pavel Bém
2003-07-16 Washington DC, U.S. House of Representatives		Transatlantic Drift Debate
2003-06-14 Senate of the Czech Republic		Education Forum
2003-05-06 Hotel Hoffmeister	Confirmed: H.E. Mrs. Eve-Kulli Kala: Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia H.E. Mr. Frederico Salas: Ambassador to the United Mexican States Mr. Laurens Westhoff: Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission to the Kingdon of the Netherlands Mr. Richard Alan Coleman: First Secretary/ Management/ Head of Consular Section to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland To be Confirmed: Mr. Pavel Telicka: Deputy Minister of EU Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CR Prof. MUDr. Josef Stingl, CSc.: Pro-Rector of Charles University ..... amongst others	New Zealand Trade Minister
2003-03-12 Raddisson SAS Alcron Restaurant	H.E. Craig Stapleton: US Ambassador to the Czech Republic	Public Policy Supper
2003-03-03 British Council	Panel: Ing. Pavel Bratinka: Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister (ret.) The Hon. JUDr. Vojtěch Cepl: Justice of the Constitutional Court Mr. Desmond Mullan: Managing Director of Volvo Auto Czech H.E. Mrs. Anne Pringle: UK Ambassador to the Czech Republic Moderator: Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen: Chairman; Global Panel Foundation, President; The Prague Society for International Cooperation, Managing Partner; MSE Group	Student Panel Discussion: The Czech Republic and its Role in Europe and the World
2002-11-25 Furstenberg Palace, Prague	Oldřich Černý, former National Security Advisor and Chief of Staff to President Havel, Executive Director of Forum 2000; Chris Donnelly, Special Advisor to NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson for Central & Eastern Europe; Gareth Evans, Former Foreign Minister, Australia, President of the International Crisis Group; Mr. Amitav Banerji; Director and Head of the Office of the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; General Dieter Clauss (ret.): former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), SHAPE; Ambassador Karel Kovanda, NATO Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic.	Inaugural Security Debate
2002-11-23 Radio Free Europe, Prague	Secretary Madeleine Albright; Petra Procházková; Cyril Svoboda, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Martin Palouš, Czech Ambassador to the US.	Madeleine Albright receives HRE Award
2002-10-13 Malá Aula, Karolinum, Praha		Multicultural Symposium
2002-10-09 Rudolfinum, Prague	Vladimir and Dimitri Ashkenazy	Rudolfinum Benefit Concert for the Prague Floods
2002-09-27 Czech Embassy London	Baroness Cox of Queensbury Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and Philanthropist, Lord Howe of Aberavon Former Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer	Prague Society in London
2002-08-21 Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, Prague	H.E. Ambassador Robert van Houtum of the Netherlands	Multiculturalism chat
2002-08-13 Holiday Inn Hotel, Bratislava	Ing. Vladimír Soták: Chairman of the Klub 500, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Manager of Železiarne Podbrezová, a.s. Ing. Ivan Šesták: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Doprastav, a.s., President of DDM group, Bratislava Ing. Karol Pavlů: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of PPA Controll, a.s. Bratislava Ing. Peter Hrinko: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Chemko, a.s. Strážske Ing. Milan Špak: Vice-Chairman of the Klub 500, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energy SK, a.s. Holíč Ing. Mgr. Tibor Gregor: Secretary General of Klub 500	Slovakia
2002-08-08 Bellevue Restaraunt	The Hon. Philip Ruddock: Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous affairs for Australia. Mrs. Heather Ruddock: Business Development Executive CCH Australia Limited H.E. Mrs. Margaret Adamson: Ambassador to Australia, Austria Mrs. Linda Urquhart: Immigration Counsellor to Australia, Austria The Hon. JUDr. Vojtěch Cepl, CSc: Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen, LL.D.:President, The Prague Society for International Cooperation; Managing Partner, MSE Group Dr. Barbara Day: Executive Director. The Prague Society for International Cooperation Ms. Vera Egermayer: Honorary Consul of New Zealand Mrs. Margaret Adamson:	Dinner with Hon. Philip Ruddock, MInister of Immigration Multiculturalism and Indigenous Affairs for Australia
2002-08-01 CERGE-EI	o Jan Jařab (Commissioner for Human Rights, Czech government) o JUDr. Andrea Baršová (Jan Jařab’s Deputy, expert on citizenship law and immigration issues) o Ing. Petr Pajas (executive manager of První poradenská o.p.s., which advises not-for-profit organisations) o Jana Ryšlinková (Executive Director, US Business School in Prague; former parliamentary deputy and founder of the New School Foundation concerned with Roma issues) o Jana Chržová (Director of the Helsinki Committee in the Czech Rep.) o William French (Phronesis Foundation, Canadian lawyer) o Kateřina Březinová (Multicultural Centre) o Lucie Sládková (International Organisation for Immigration) o PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek (Head of Ethnography at the Acad. of Sci.) o Marta Miklusáková (UNHCR Czech Republic)	Meeting with Laurie Ferguson, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Australia
2002-06-10 Lidice, Czech Republic		Prague Society marks destruction of Lidice
2002-05-09 Prague	Hon. Phil Goff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand.	New Zealand-Czech Relations, and our Cooperation on the International Scene.
2002-03-25 Prague	Roger Errera, Conseiller d’Etat (France)	Memory, History and Justice.
2002-01-30 Restaurace V Zátiší, Prague	Dr. Vladimír Špidla, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs in the Czech Government	The Social Responsibility of Business in Society.
2002-01-15 British Council	Guests: H.E. Ms. Margaret Huber: Ambassador of Canada, CR Mgr. Jan Jůn: Senior Editor and Commentator of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Mr. Jiři Schneider: Director of the Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Zdeněk Vilímek: Region Communications and Public Affairs Director, Coca-Cola Carpathian Region Moderator: Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen: Chairman; Global Panel, President; The Prague Society for International Cooperation, Managing Director; MSE Associates GmbH.	Panel Discussion for the International Seminar of Syracuse University: Identity and Ideology
2001-10-17 Circle Line restaurant, Prague	His Excellency Michael Libal of Germany and Ms Hazel Henderson, futurologist.	Prague Society Supper with His Excellency Michael Libal of Germany and Ms Hazel Henderson, futurologist.
2001-10-15 Restaurace U Zlaté studně, Prague	F.W. de Klerk Nobel Laureate and former President M. Jacques Rupnik, political scientist; author of The Other Europe	Prague Society Supper with Mr. F.W. de Klerk and Guest of Honour M. Jacques Rupnik, political scientist
2001-08-21 Prague	Margaret Clark, Professor of Political Sceince of the Victoria University, New Zealand.	Prague Society Chat with Margaret Clark, Professor of Political Sceince of the Victoria University, New Zealand.
2001-05-28 Foreign Ministry of Czech Republic, Prague Castle	22 Foreign Ministers from 1991	Conference of Foreign Ministers 1991-2001
2001-02-20 The British Council, Prague	Peter Brod, Senior Editor of the BBC in Prague; Buff Greebe, Country Manager of Coca-Cola; Ambassador Hagen Graf Lambsdorff of Germany; Dr. Hana Ripková, Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic;	The Role of the Czech Republic in Europe and Internationally.
2000-11-23 Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, Prague	His Excellency Winston Cochrane, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic.	Prague Society Chat with His Excellency Winston Cochrane, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Czech Republic.
2000-11-16 Rudolfinum, Prague	Lukáš Vondráček and Vladimir Ashkenazy of the Czech Philharmonic.	Presentation of financial part of Hanno R. Ellenbogen Award to Lukáš Vondráček by Vladimir Ashkenazy of the Czech Philharmonic.
2000-11-09 Géraldine Mucha's House and The American Residency in Prague	Mrs. Ellen Hume Shattuck, political reporter and analyst.	Prague Society Chat with Mrs. Ellen Hume Shattuck, political reporter and analyst.
2000-10-16 Inter-Continental Hotel, Prague	Conducting Corps of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.	F.W. de Klerk announces first recipient of the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, Mr. Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Conducting Corps of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
2000-07-04 Circle Line restaurant, Prague	Jan Kavan, Foreign Minister Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Prague Society Supper with Jan Kavan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister.
2000-03-07 Bellevue Restaurant, Prague	Dr. & Mrs. Karel Kuhnl Former Ambassador to Great Britain, former Minister of Trade and Industry, Member of Parliament and Chair of the Union of Freedom Party.	Prague Society Supper with Karel Kühnl, celebrating occasion of F.W. de Klerk becoming Honorary Chair of the Prague Society.