Debate - What is transforming and shaping Europe?
2 November 2026 - 11.30-13.00 / Hemicycle of the Council of Europe
INTERPRETATION: FR/EN
Objective of the session: to address the main transformations currently faced by democratic societies, using strategic foresight to strengthen democratic resilience and collective preparedness for disrupted times.

Liz ALDERMAN
Journalist, Former New York Times European Business Correspondent

Prof. Olivier DE SCHUTTER
Catholic University of Leuven, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Aoife NOLAN
President of the Council of Europe European Committee of Social Rights

Mark PEARSON
Acting OECD Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs

Prof. Mary KALDOR
Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science

Janis STARTS
Director at NATO Strategic Communications Center of Exellence

Teija TIILIKAINEN
Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

Motohiro TSUCHIYA
Vice President and Professor at Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Japan