INVITATION EVENT
The Brexit Endgame: Key Challenges Ahead – Perspectives from Germany, Ireland and Scotland
Keynote Introductory Speeches
Michael Russell MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations · Scottish Government
Senator Neale Richmond
Chair of the Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU · Seanad Éireann
Dr Tobias Lock | Chair
Senior Lecturer in European Union Law · University of Edinburgh
Brexit: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Lucinda Creighton
CEO · Vulcan Consulting | Former Irish Minister of State for Europe
Dr Kirsty Hughes
Director · Scottish Centre for European Relations
Sebastian Gehrold
Senior Adviser to the Brexit Working Group, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group · German Bundestag
Dáithí O’Ceallaigh | Chair
Chair · IIEA UK Group | Former Irish Ambassador to the UK
Brexit, Borders and Barriers
Dr Katy Hayward
Reader in Sociology · Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Paul Gillespie
Member · IIEA UK Group | Columnist · Irish Times
Dr Eve Hepburn
Director · PolicyScribe, Edinburgh
Dr Nicolai von Ondarza
Head of EU/Europe Division · German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Iain Macwhirter | Chair
Political Commentator · The Herald and Herald on Sunday
Business and Economic Challenges
John McGrane
Director General · British-Irish Chamber of Commerce
Liz McAreavey
Chief Executive · Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
Jürgen Matthes
Head of International Economics and Economic Outlook Research Unit · German Economic Institute
Dr Frances Ruane MRIA | Chair
Member · IIEA Board | Former Director · Economic and Social Research Institute
Co-organised with the Institute of International and European Affairs and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
The Scottish Centre on European Relations is an independent EU think tank based in Edinburgh