The inauguration of the Chair in European Values: discourses and prospects took place on Wednesday, 4 May 2016, at the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR), in the presence of Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission.
Programme:
17h45 Welcome
18h00 Opening of the conference : Professor Johan Meeusen, Vice-Rector of the Universiteit Antwerpen ; Professor Jacques Grégoire, Vice-Rector of the Université catholique de Louvain; Congratulations to Baron Velge
18h15 Presentation of the Chair : Professor Noel Clycq, Universiteit Antwerpen ; Professor Luuk van Middelaar, Université catholique de Louvain
18h35 On-stage conversation with Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission, moderated by Béatrice Delvaux, Le Soir
19h20 "Europese waarden vandaag – Les valeurs européennes aujourd’hui" Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council
