Brussels Study Tour: Schedule

8:40 AM Depart to the European Union External Action Services (EEAS) 
Meet at the Pestana Hotel lobby

9:00 AM European Union External Action Services (EEAS)
Rond-Point Schuman 9A
Schedule: 
9:00 AM - Arrival and Check-In
9:30 AM - Role & Political Priorities of the EU Strategy, the EU's Diplomatic Services Speaker: Dr. Annika Weidemann, Policy Adviser, Policy Planning and Strategic Foresight Division
10:30 AM - EU-US Relations 
Speaker: Mr. Vaclav Navratil, Policy Officer, United States and Canada Division             
11:30 AM - EU Security and Defense  
Speaker Mr. Ireneusz Fidos, Policy Officer for Ukraine, Strategy, Coordination Defense Policy Division                             

12:30 PM Lunch

1:15 PM European Parliament 
Paul Henri Spaak Building/
Rue Wiertz 60
1:30 PM - Presentation: Speaker: TBD
2:30 PM - Gallery 
4:00 PM - Free Evening/Dinner on your own

8:45 AM - Depart for European Union Council
Meet at the Pestana Hotel lobby

9:00 AM European Union Council
Justus Lipsius Building
Rue de la Loi 175
9:30 AM - Information Session
Speaker: Mr. Petar Natsev, Outreach and Engagement, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 
10:30 AM - Red Carpert at Europa Building 

10:50 AM - Lunch on your own

12:50 PM - House of European History
Rue Belliard 135
1:00 PM - Self Guided Tour of the Permanent Exhibit
2:30 PM - Depart for Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union (Meet at the European History lobby to leave promptly at 2:30 PM)

3:00 PM - Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union
Avenue de Cortenbergh 100

4:15 PM - Free evening and dinner on own 
    

9:30 AM - Depart for European Committee of Regions
Meet in Pestana Brussels hotel lobby

9:45 AM - European Committee of Regions
Rue Montoyerstraat 92-102
10:00 AM - Presentation
Speaker: Mr. Toni Pozar, Human Resources

11:30 AM - Lunch on your own

1:30 PM - Parlamentarium
Place du Luxembourg 100
Self-guided tour

2:30 PM - Depart for Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

3:00 PM - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Place du Congrès 
Presentation

4:30 PM - Free evening and dinner on your own 

9:00 AM - Lesson Plan Development & Group Processing

12:00 PM - Free Afternoon

9:20 AM - Depart for Bruegel (Think Tank)
Meet in Pestana Hotel lobby 

10:00 AM - Bruegel (Think Tank)
Rue de la Charité 33 
Speakers: 
Annabelle Weisser, Energy and Climate Programme Officer
Madalena Barata da Rocha, Research Analyst, International Trade and Tarriffs

12:00 PM - Lunch on your own

1:45 PM - Meet at the European Commission
Building Charlemagne
Rue de la Loi 170 
Schedule:
2:00 PM - Arrival and check-in
2:15 PM - Presentation: Shaping Europe's Future- The European Commission at Work (Speaker: Mr. Casper De Boer, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers)
3:15 PM - Break
3:30 PM - The European Union's Migration Policy 
Speaker: Ms. Isabela Atanasiu, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
4:15 PM - Deepening the EU's Single Market: From Foundatins to New Priorities Speaker: Mr. Aleksei Trofimov,  Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

7:00 PM - Group Dinner
Berlaymont Brasserie
Rue Archimede 8