The event was opened by Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Dara MURPHY, and the President of Alliance Française de Cork, Nora CALLAGHAN. Minister of State for European Affairs, Dick Roche, delivered the keynote address.
Ten UCC students delivered roundtables on essential contemporary European issues. They had represented Ireland at the 27 nation pan-European conference at the Robert Schuman Centre, Scy-Schazelles, Lorraine, France earlier. They were drawn from the School of History¿s MA programmes in International Relations and Politics.
The symposium also heard from Dr Anne-Marie AUTISSIER ( University Paris VIII), Tony BROWN of the Institute for European and International Affairs (Dublin), Hélène DUQUIN (Alliance Française), Dr Mervyn O¿DRISCOLL (UCC), Quentin PERRET (Atelier Europe, France), Michael STANGE (Centre Européen Robert Schuman, France), and Dr. Jérôme aan de WIEL (UCC).