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The speakers

Every year, the Académie Notre Europe welcomes high-level speakers – members of the European institutions and national governments – experts (including researchers from the Jacques Delors Institute) and representatives of organised civil society.

    Decision-makers

    • Thierry Breton Former European Commissioner for the Single Market
    • Elisa Ferreira Former European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
    • Mariya Gabriel Former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and former European Commissioner
    • Arancha Gonzalez Dean of PSIA at Sciences Po and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain
    • Fabienne Keller Member of the European Parliament
    • Pascal Lamy Coordinator of the Jacques Delors network of think tanks (Paris, Berlin, Brussels)
    • Enrico Letta President of the Jacques Delors Institute and founder of the Académie Notre Europe
    • Roberta Metsola President of the European Parliament
    • Federica Mogherini Rector of the College of Europe and former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs
    • Thomas Pellerin Carlin Member of the European Parliament
    • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa President of the Republic of Portugal
    • Teresa Ribera Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
    • Nicolas Schmit Former European Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights
    • Maroš Šefčovič Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
    • Frans Timmermans Former Vice-President of the European Commission
    • François Villeroy de Galhau Governor of the Bank of France

    Experts

    • Andreas Eisl Senior researcher in European economic policy at the Jacques Delors Institute
    • Elvire Fabry Senior researcher in the geopolitics of trade at the Jacques Delors Institute
    • Sofia Fernandes Deputy Director of the Jacques Delors Institute and Director of the Académie Notre Europe
    • Lukáš Macek Head of the Grande Europe Centre of the Jacques Delors Institute and researcher, Central and Eastern Europe
    • Sylvie Matelly Director of the Jacques Delors Institute
    • Laurence Nardon Head of the United States programme at the IFRI
    • Nicole Gnesotto Vice-President of the Jacques Delors Institute
    • Phuc-Vinh Nguyen Head of the Jacques Delors Energy Centre of the Jacques Delors Institute
    • Geneviève Pons Director General of Europe Jacques Delors
    • Eulalia Rubio Senior researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute on economic and budgetary issues
    • François Thomas President of SOS Méditerranée
    • Christine Verger Vice-President of the Jacques Delors Institute

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