The College of Europe welcomes high level speakers to both of its campuses, many of whom take this opportunity to further the European debate. Conferences and seminars are organised throughout the year, allowing practitioners and students to part take into critical dialogue and engage in direct exchanges of views over issues affecting European integration and international relations.

Selected speakers of the academic year 2009-2010 included in alphabetical order:

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA, Vice-President of the European Commission and Competition Commissioner H.E. Mr Egemen BAGIS, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator H.E. Ambassador Urs BUCHER, Head of the Swiss European Integration Office Mr Jerzy BUZEK, President of the European Parliament Mr Jack CHRISTOFIDES, Team Leader for Sudan, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Mr Karel DE GUCHT, European Commissioner designate for Trade Mr J.L. DEHAENE, Former Belgian Prime Minister Mr Giuseppe DE PALMA, Vice-President, European Union Affairs Mr Mikolaj DOWGIELEWICZ (Walter Hallstein Promotion), Secretary of the Committee for European Integration, Secretary of State Mr Geoffrey HARRIS, Head of Human Rights Unit, European Parliament Mr Toomas Hendrik ILVES, President of the Republic of Estonia Mr Bruce JENKS, UN Assistant Secretary-General Professor Jean-Victor LOUIS, Honorary Professor, Brussels University (ULB), Honorary General Counsel of the National Bank of Belgium M. Laurent MERER, le Vice-Amiral d’Escadre Mrs Elise MUIR (Bertha von Suttner Promotion), Lecturer, European and International Law, Maastricht University S.E. M. l’Ambassadeur Ricardo NEIVA TAVARES, Mission du Brésil auprès de l’Union européenne Mr Emil PAULIS, Director, Directorate G, Financial Services Policy and Financial Markets, European Commission Mme Odile QUINTIN, Directeur Général, DG Education et Culture, Commission européenne Mr Rodolfo C. SEVERINO, Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre, Singapore, Former Secretary-General of ASEAN Judge Sang-Hyun SONG, President of the International Criminial Court, The Hague Mr Yoshinori TANAKA, First Secretary, Mission of Japan to the EU H.E. Ambassador Takako UETA, Mission of Japan to the EU Mr S.J. VANDERLEEUW, Chemical Regional Director for Europe, Middle-East and Africa, ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical, Machelen Mr Michiel VAN HULTEN, Managing Director, Burson Marsteller Brussels M. Herman VAN ROMPUY, Président du Conseil européen Mr Antonio VIGILANTE, Director of the United Nations Office in Brussels Mr Hans VRIENS, Managing Partner, Vriens & Partners, Singapore Mr Xining WANG, Counselor, Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the EU Mrs Susanne WEBER-MOSDORF, Assistant Director-General, World Health Organisation, Office at the European Union Mr Martin WESTLAKE, Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee