INVITATION to the XX. Winter University of EDS in Brussels , February 23-28, 2010

European Democrat Students (EDS), the student organisation of the EPP hereby invites you cordially to its upcoming

XX. Winter University February 23-28, 2010 in Brussels

“Europe today, 20 years after – priorities for the youth”

Our key speakers will be:

-          Jerzy Buzek (President of the European Parliament)

-          José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission)

-          Hans-Gert Pöttering (President of the European Parliament ret. and Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation)

-          Wilfried Martens (President of the European People’s Party)

-          Antonio Lopez-Isturiz (Secretary General of the European People’s Party)

-          Othmar Karas (Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group)

-          Frank Engel (Member of the European Parliament, former EDS Vice-Chairman)

-          Steven van Ackere (Foreign Minister of Belgium)

-          Luc van den Brande (Outgoing President of the Committee of Regions)

-          Tomi Huhtanen (Director of the Centre for European Studies, former EDS Vice-Chairman)

-          Jan Erik Surotchak (Director of the International Republican Institute)

The sessions will take place in the European Parliament, in the European Commission, in the Committee of Regions, in the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in the Headquarters of the European People’s Party, in the Headqaurters of the CD&V and in the Headquarters of the CDH. If you would like to participate at the public sessions (lectures and workshops), please do not hesitate to contact EDS Secretary General Maria Keris via +32 485 914354. The programme can be followed via www.winteru.eu

Brussels, February 20, 2010

EDS Chairman Bence Bauer