Vivien Schmidt at 2015 European Conference at Harvard: Europe in the World
On February 27-28, the members of the European Clubs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and Harvard Business School and the European Affairs Society at Tufts Fletcher School organized the first transatlantic edition of their European Conference: Europe in the World. Vivien Schmidt moderated the first plenary session: Towards a New Europe in the World. Speakers were Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission for Budget and Human Resources; Charles Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University; and Pierre Vimont, Secretary General of the European External Action Service. Schmidt’s questions centered around current economic issues and their effect on the EU as global actor.