Program Overview

 

Thursday, May 14

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15:30 - 16:45  Registration

17:00 - 18:15  Opening Plenary panel (with TANDEM)

18:30 - 20:00  Welcome cocktail reception 

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​Friday, May 15

 

08:00 - 08:30  Registration & Breakfast

08:30 - 10:00  Panel Session #1

10:00 - 10:30  Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00  Keynote Panel #1 (Jean Monnet Chairs):

 

Virginie Guiraudon, Sciences Po Paris – migration in the EU

Heather MacRae, York University – Gender politics

Oliver Schmidtke, University of Osnabruck/University of Victoria – populism in the EU

Maria Popova, McGill University – Ukraine’s accession

 Joan DeBardeleben, Carleton University – Russia EU relations

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12:00 - 13:00   Lunch

13:00 - 14:30   Panel Session #2

14:30 - 14:45   Panel Transition

14:45 - 16:15   Panel Session #3

16:15 - 16:45   Coffee Break

16:45 - 18:15   Panel Session #4

18:15 - 20:30   Conference Dinner 

19:45 - 20:30   Keynote #2 (Hussein Kassim):

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We are honored to announce Hussein Kassim as our confirmed keynote speaker. A professor at the University of Warwick, Professor Kassim is one of the leading experts on the European Commission.

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Professor Hussein Kassim will deliver his keynote lecture in the evening of May 15, 2026, at the University of Victoria, during the conference dinner, offering delegates the opportunity to network. The title of his talk is ‘The Presidentialisation of Commission Leadership: Personalising Power and its Consequences for the EU’

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​Saturday, May 16

 

08:00 - 08:30   Breakfast

08:30 - 10:00   Panel Session #5

10:00 - 10:30  Coffee Break

10:30 -12:00   Panel Session #6

12:00 - 13:30   Lunch

12:00 - 13:30   Keynote/plenary #3 (Journal of European Integration)

13:30 - 15:00   Panel Session #7

15:00 - 15:15   Coffee Break

15:15 - 16:30   ECSA-C Annual General Meeting

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End of conference

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Last updated 8 January 2026

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