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2013 Theme: Unlocking Industrial Opportunities - An EU Strategy for Competitiveness

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2013 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Check all speakers confirmed

László Andor

Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

European Commission

Gérard Worms

Chairman

International Chamber of Commerce

Bernadette Ségol

General Secretary

European Trade Union Confederation

Vincent Van Dessel

Ceo and Chairman

Euronext Brussels

Schauff Frank

Chief Executive Officer

Association of European Businesses In The Russian Federation

Alexey Prazdnichnykh

Managing Director

Eurasia Competitiveness Institute

Eric Cornut

Chief Commercial Officer

Novartis

Markus J. Beyrer

Director-General

BUSINESSEUROPE

Jonathan Faull

Director-General for Internal Market and Services

European Commission

Sandro Bonomi

President

Orgalime, Enolgas Bonomi spa

Aongus Hegarty

President EMEA

Dell

Stephen Fidler

Brussels Bureau Chief

Wall Street Journal

Vladimir Gruzdev

Governor of Tulia region

Jean Félix

Vice-President

European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations

Fredrik Erixon

Director

European Centre for International Political Economy

Danny McCoy

CEO

Irish Business and Employers and Confederation

Jan Peter Balkenende

Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands & Chair

Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition

Phedon A. Nicolaides

Director of European Economic Studies

College of Europe

Peter Köhler

CEO Weidmüller

Chair of Industrial Affairs Committee BUSINESSEUROPE

Geert Bruyneel

Managing Director

Volvo Cars Ghent

Richard Pelly

Chief Executive

European Investment Fund

Tim Bennett

Director-General

The Transatlantic Business Council

Karsten Langer

Partner

The Riverside Company

Margot Fröhlinger

Principal Director Patent Law and Multilateral Affairs

European Patent Office

Gerhard Schneider

Director General Technics and Logistics

Audi Brussels

Wilhelm Molterer

Vice-President

European Investment Bank

José Zurstrassen

Founder

Skynet & Keytrade Bank

Philippe Lambrecht

Secretary General

Federation of Enterprises in Belgium

Reinhard Bütikofer

MEP

European Parliament

Jean Schmitt

Managing Partner

Jolt Capital

Nikolaas Baeckelmans

Director, European Union Affairs

ExxonMobil

Rudy Mareel

Entrepreneur

Jörg Sievert

Managing Partner

SAP Ventures

Fernand Dimidschstein

Managing Director, Management Consulting France & Benelux

Accenture

Karel De Gucht

Commissioner for Trade

European Commission

Diana Saraceni

General Partner

360° Capital Partners
International Venture Club

Geert De Cock

Policy Officer

Food & Water Europe

Paula Pinho

Member of Cabinet

Günther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Energy

Richard Weber

Vice-President, Executive Associate

EUROCHAMBRES, Karlsberg Brauerei

Paulo Andrez

President

European Business Angel and Early Stage Investors Network

Koenraad Debackere

General Manager, Founder and Chairman

KU Leuven, Leuven Inc.

Christian Morales

Vice President and General Manager

Intel

Willem Stevens

CEO

Europe Unlimited

A.S. Lakshminarayanan

President

Tata Consultancy Services

Lisbeth Kirk

Editer-in-Chief

EU observer

Leif Johansson

Chairman

European Round Table of Industrialists, Ericsson

Tom Crotty

Director

INEOS Group

Valery Shantsev

Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region

Connie Hedegaard

Commissioner for Climate Action

European Commission

Peter Praet

Member of Executive Board

European Central Bank

Harry Sachinis

Chairman and CEO

DEPA

Paul Adamson

Senior European Policy Advisor

Covington & Burling

Giorgio Squinzi

CEO, President

Mapei, Confindustria

Oliver Bell

Executive Vice-President

Norsk Hydro

Joana Drake

Director, SMEs and Entrepreneurship

DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

James Kanter

Paris & Brussels Correspondent

International Herald Tribune

Pierre Alain De Smedt

President

Federation of Enterprises in Belgium

Jean-Michel Glachant

Director

Florence School of Regulation

Antonio Tajani

Vice-President & Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship

European Commission

Alvaro Santos Pereira

Minister of the Economy and Employment, Government of Portugal

Bruno Berthon

Global Managing Director, Strategy & Sustainability

Accenture

Ruth Paserman

Head of Unit

DG Entreprise and Industry, European Commission,

Herman Van Rompuy

President

European Council

Gabriel Masfurroll Lacambra

Founding Partner and Chairman

Wing 4 Business

Pascal Lamy

Director-General

World Trade Organisation

Alexander Italianer

Director-General for Competition

European Commission

Jürgen R. Thumann

President

BUSINESSEUROPE

Alia Papageorgiou

Managing Editor

New Europe

Jacques Pelkmans

Senior Fellow

CEPS

José Manuel Barroso

President

European Commission

Adrian Van den Hoven

Deputy Director General

BUSINESSEUROPE

Afke Schaart

Senior Director, EU Institutional Relations

Microsoft

José Furtado

Board Member

Caixa Capital

Philippe Haspeslagh

Dean

Vlerick Business School

Neelie Kroes

Vice-President & Commissioner for Digital Agenda

European Commission

Alexander von Gabain

Chairman

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Céline Fremault

Brussels Minister of the Economy and Employment

Philip Lowe

Director-General

Energy European Comission

Helge Lund

CEO

Statoil

Michael Duncan

CEO

Telefónica Digital Europe

Egbert Lox

Senior Vice-President Government

Umicore

Mark Spelman

Global Managing Director

Accenture

Reinhard Quick

Chairman, Managing Director

BUSINESSEUROPE FTA and WTO Working Groups, Brussels Office, VCI

Marion Dewar

Member of Cabinet of Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

European Commission

Björnsdóttir Svana Helen

President

Federation of Icelandic Industries

Michel Tombroff

CEO

Softkinetic

Ann Cahill

Europe Correspondent, President

Irish Examiner, International Press Association

Sven Lingiaerde

Managing Partner, Endeavour Vision/ Founder

European Tech Tour

Ruksana Mirza

Senior Vice President, Sustainable Development

Holcim Group

Måns Hultman

Partner at Zobito and Former CEO and Chairman

QlikTech

Henryka Bochniarz

President

Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan

Marc Van Gastel

Head of Department Invest

Flanders Investment & Trade

Pieter Timmermans

CEO

Federation of Enterprises in Belgium

Richard Straub

Director, President

EFMD, Peter Drucker Society Europe

Alexander Idrisov

Managing Partner

Strategy Partners Group

William Kennard

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Jean-Michel Glachant

Director

Florence School of Regulation

Didier Reynders

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Andrea Renda

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for European Policy Studies

Ian Hudson

President EMEA

Dupont

Mikael Hagström

Executive Vice President EMEA and Asia Pacific

SAS

David Thomlinson

Member of the Global Management Committee and Chief Geographic Strategy & Operations Officer

Accenture

André Sapir

Senior Fellow

Bruegel Think Tank

Peter Löscher

President & CEO

Siemens

Karl-Ulrich Köhler

CEO, Managing Director

Tata Steel Europe Limited