9.00 – 9.20 - Welcome address:
- Jyri HÄKÄMIES, Director General, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
- Jacek KRAWCZYK, President, EESC Employers' Group
9.20 – 10.00 - Keynote speeches:
- Jari LUOTO, Ambassador, State Under-Secretary for European Affairs, Prime Minister's Office
- Leena MÖRTTINEN, Director General of the Financial Markets Department, Ministry of Finance
- Antti VASARA, CEO of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, President of European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO), Chairman of Service Sector Employers' PALTA
Q&A
10.00 – 10.15 - Coffee Break
10.15 - 11.30 - Panel 1 – Open economy – back to basics
Panellists:
- Jason TOLLAND, Ambassador of Canada to Finland
- Nina VASKUNLAHTI, Under-Secretary of State, External Economic relations
- Minna AILA, Executive Vice President, Konecranes Marketing & Corporate Affairs and Chairwoman of EU and Trade Policy Committee of the Condeferation of Finnish Industries
- Timo VUORI, Secretary General of ICC Finland, Executive Vice President of Finland Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Employers' Group
Moderator: Jacek KRAWCZYK, President of the Employers' Group
11.30 – 12.45 - Panel 2 - Open society - values in practice
Panellists:
- Carola LEMNE, Former Director General of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
- Teija TIILIKAINEN, Director of Finnish Institute of International Affairs; appointed Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)
- Jarkko ELORANTA, President, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK)
- Jukka AHTELA, Member of the Employers' Group, Vice-President of the EESC SOC section
Moderator: Annu MARJANEN, News Editor, Finnish News Agency
Q&A
12.45 – 13.00 - Concluding remarks:
- Tellervo KYLÄ-HARAKKA-RUONALA, Vice-President of the Employers' Group