Keynote, welcome and icebreakers

9:30am-11am, 25th May 2023

The YSC Fellowship 2023 will start with a keynote speech from Corinne Pereira da Silva, the Consul General of France in Munich. We receive welcoming remarks from Prof. Stephan Stetter and Prof. Frederic Charillion as well as our Co-Founders, Amélie Jacques-Apke and Moritz Flössler. Following the keynote speech and welcoming remarks, we will engage in an icebreaker activity to help foster connections and create a supportive network among the fellows. Building meaningful relationships is an integral part of the fellowship experience, and this icebreaker will provide an opportunity for each of you to get to know one another better.

Speakers

  • Corinne Pereira da Silva

    Consul General of France in Munich.

    Corinne Pereira da Silva is the Consul General of France in Munich, a role in which she actively promotes cross-cultural understanding and collaboration between France and Germany. With extensive experience in international relations, she has played a vital role in strengthening bilateral relationships, particularly in trade, innovation, and cultural exchange.

  • Amélie Jaques-Apke (Moderator)

    Director General & Co-Founder of the Young Security Conference

    Amélie co-founded and organized the first edition of the YSC back in 2020. She is a Franco-German political analyst and researcher with experience in European Affairs and diplomacy across Europe and the Americas.

  • Moritz Flössler

    Deputy Director & Co-Founder of the Young Security Conference

    Moritz is a public sector consultant and passionate about the European project. He studied Political Science and International Relations in Munich and Paris during which he co-founded the Young Security Security Conference.

  • Prof. Stephan Stetter

    Professor of International Politics and Conflict Studies at the Bundeswehr University Munich

    Stephan is Professor of International Politics and Conflict Studies at the Bundeswehr University Munich. His research priorities are theories of international politics in global modernity, primarily from a historical-sociological and socio-theoretical perspective; empires and (post)colonialism in international politics; politics, conflicts and society in the Middle East, specializing in particular on Israel and Palestine; and EU foreign relations, specializing in particular on the European Neighborhood Policy. His research work appears in leading journals and with leading book publishers.

  • Prof. Frederic Charillion

    Professor in International relations

    Frederic is a professor in International Relations (UCA Clermont, Sciences Po Paris, ENA, ESSEC Business School). He was the director of the Centre for Social Studies in defense (Ministry of Defense), then director of the Institute for Strategic Research ((Ministry of Defense), then coordinator for International studies (National School of Administration, ENA, Strasbourg). He is the author of several reference books and articles, including North Africa and Middle-East yearbook (from 2004 to 2017), and Understanding International Diplomacy.