European economic security challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region
Wed 05 Nov
|Royal Military Academy
2nd EUVIP Dissemination Workshop
Time & Location
05 Nov 2025, 13:30 – 19:00
Royal Military Academy, Rue Hobbema 8, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
About the event
The EUVIP project team warmly invites you to the 2nd dissemination workshop, organized in collaboration with the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID) in Brussels, Belgium.
Programme
13h30-14h - Welcome coffee
14-16h - Panel
Keynote speaker:
Maria Castillo Fernandez, EEAS: The EU offer of partnership in the Indo-Pacific
Panelists
Pr. Tanguy Struye de Swielande, UCLouvain: Geoeconomic competition and interdependence between Europe, the United States and China
Pr. Alfred Gerstl, Palacký University Olomouc: The EU and ASEAN: Crucial partners in securing a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific
Navy Captain Gilles Colmant, Belgian Defence: European Indo-Pacific Maritime approach: a reality check
Dr. Weinian Hu, CEPS: EU-China trade relations: status quo, opportunities and challenges
Bernard Siman, Egmont Institute: Japan and the EU: Towards a Collaborative Digital Future
16-17h - Break and welcome coffee for the evening conference
17-18h30 - Evening conference with Lin Goethals (EIAS)
18h30- 19h - Closing Drink
Registration to the Evening conference: https://www.defence-institute.be/en/events/conference-2025-11-05/