Putting Europe back on Track
Important note: We are currently in the process of confirming the speakers invited. Therefore not all speakers listed are confirmed yet; thus this programme should be considered as preliminary!
Wednesday 30 June 10
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I SMEs: Engines for Recovery?
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 09:30 am to 10:45 am
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Christophe Leclercq, Founder & Publisher, EurActiv.com
Speakers : Christian Mandl, Founder, SkyEurope - Françoise Le Bail , Deputy Director General & SME Envoy, DG Enterprise, European Commisson - Hugh Morgan-Williams, Chair, BUSINESSEUROPE SME committee - Richard Pelly, Chief Executive, European Investment Fund - Tuomo Tuikka, Senior Research Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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II Driving global Recovery : what can Europe learn from Asia?
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 09:30 am to 10:45 am
Type : Interactive sessions
Speakers : Balasubramanian Muthuraman, CEO, Tata Steel - CEO European Company - Hiroyuki Ishige, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, METI, Japan
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Coffee Break
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 10:45 am to 11:15 am
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Opening Plenary: Post-crisis Europe: can we emerge stronger?
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 11:15 am to 12:30 pm
Type : Plenary sessions
Moderator : John Defterios , Host, CNN's Marketplace Middle East, President, FBC Media
Speakers : José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain - Philippe de Buck, Director General, BUSINESSEUROPE - Rudi Thomaes, CEO, Federation of Enterprises in Belgium
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Networking Lunch
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm
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III What kind of Future for Finance?
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Gillian Tett, Assistant Editor - Financial Times
Speakers : Jean-Claude Trichet, President - ECB - Jean-Laurent Bonnafé , CEO, BNP Paribas Fortis - Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services - Richard Gnodde, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs - Uli W. Fricke, Chairperson elect, EVCA
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IV Trading for new Growth
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Adrian van den Hoven, Director International Relations, BUSINESSEUROPE
Speakers : Chen Deming, Commerce Minister, China - Daniel Brutto, President International, UPS - H.E. Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative - Karel de Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade - Pascal Lamy, Director-General, WTO
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Coffee Break
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 03:15 pm to 03:45 pm
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V New Skills for new Jobs
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 03:45 pm to 05:00 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director, INSEAD (e-Lab)
Speakers : Carlos Brito, CEO, ABInBev - Jozef Niemiec, Confederal Secretary, ETUC - László Andor , European Commissioner for Employment - Robert-Jan van de Kraats, CFO and Vice-President, Randstad
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VI Restoring Consumers' Confidence in the Single Market
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 03:45 pm to 05:00 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Loik Armand , Chairman of the Committee on Consumtion, MEDEF
Speakers : John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy - Lisa Rickard, President, US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform - Malcolm Harbour, MEP - Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC
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Presidents' Debate: Putting Europe back on track
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 05:15 pm to 06:30 pm
Type : Plenary sessions
Speakers : Herman Van Rompuy, President, European Council - Jerzy Buzek, President, European Parliament - José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission - Jürgen R. Thumann, President, BUSINESSEUROPE - Thomas Leysen, President, Federation of Enterprises in Belgium / Member, ERT
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Networking Cocktail
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
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Gala Dinner
Wednesday 30 June 10 - 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Thursday 1 July 10
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VII Energy Supply: fueling Growth
Thursday 1 July 10 - 09:30 am to 10:45 am
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Simon Taylor, News Editor, European Voice
Speakers : Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom - Günter Oettinger, European Commissioner for Energy - Peter Voser, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell - Vagit Alekperov, President, Lukoil
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VIII Digital agenda: connecting Europe
Thursday 1 July 10 - 09:30 am to 10:45 am
Type : Interactive sessions
Speakers : Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International - Jim O'Hara, Vice President, Intel - Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda - Paul Doany, CEO, Türk Telekom - Philipp Schindler, Vice President, Northern and Central Europe , Google
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Coffee Break
Thursday 1 July 10 - 10:45 am to 11:15 am
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IX Transatlantic: did Obama bring a New Deal?
Thursday 1 July 10 - 11:15 am to 12:30 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Alison Smale , Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune
Speakers : CEO US Company - Daniel Hamilton, Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
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X Green innovation: towards a clean-tech Europe?
Thursday 1 July 10 - 11:15 am to 12:30 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Speakers : Dr. Martin Schuurmans, Chairman of the Governing Board, EIT - Janez Potočnik , European Commissioner for Environment - Tony Long, Director, WWF European Policy Office
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Networking Lunch
Thursday 1 July 10 - 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm
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XI Innovating Industry: towards a knowledge-based economy
Thursday 1 July 10 - 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Speakers : Christian Jourquin, CEO, Solvay - Jean-Claude Marcourt, President of the EU Industry Council - Mark Spelman, Chair, Executive Council AmCham EU
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XII After Copenhagen: a new Climate for Business?
Thursday 1 July 10 - 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm
Type : Interactive sessions
Moderator : Frédéric Simon, Editor, EurActiv.com
Speakers : Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action - James Leape, Director General - WWF International - Mauro Moretti, CEO, Ferrovie dello Stato
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Closing Plenary: Europe in the world: ready to lead?
Thursday 1 July 10 - 03:30 pm to 04:45 pm
Type : Plenary sessions
Moderator : Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD
Speakers : Jo Deblaere, Chief Operating Officer, Accenture - Sir Stephen Gomersall, CEO, Hitachi Europe
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Closing Drink
Thursday 1 July 10 - 04:45 pm to 06:00 pm