Programme

10th EESC Liberal Professions Day

Conference - Preparedness in the EU: the role of the Liberal Professions

10.30 – 11.00 - Opening session

Welcome address, Martin Böhme, Member of the EESC and Spokesperson for the Liberal Professions Category

Keynote speech: Liberal Professions as pillars of a resilient Europe

• Dr. Karin Hahne, Vice-President of the German Federal Association of Liberal Professions and founding partner of HFBP Lawyers and Notaries

11.00 - 12.00 - Panel 1: Preparedness in EU policy - priorities, coordination, and regulation

Moderator: Maurizio Mensi, Member of the EESC

• MEP
• Representative EU COM

Adopting a structural response to EU preparedness

• Alison Hunter, Director, EPPC and Senior Adviser, European Policy Centre  

12.00 - 13.00 - Panel 2: Preparedness in practice - prevention, continuity, public health 

Moderator: Danko Relić, Member of the EESC 

Resilient infrastructure

• Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Bökamp, President of the German Federal Chamber of Engineers

Preparedness by design

• Daniel Fügenschuh, President of the Architects’ Council of Europe 

Public health systems

• Prof. Mary Codd, University College Dublin 

13.00 - 14.30 - Lunch break

14.30 - 15.45 - Panel 3: Digital preparedness - cyber, AI, and new ways of working

Moderator: Rudolf Kolbe, Member of the EESC 

Cyber readiness as a basic duty

• Elsa Veloso, CEO at DPO Consulting, Board Member, Portugal National Association of Liberal Professions 

AI tools in professional services: human oversight, transparency and accountability

• Dr. Anna Maria Bardone, Vice-President of the Permanent Unified Committee of Professional Orders and Colleges

Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Publishing: Opportunities, Risks, and Ethical Challenges

• Dr. Helena Donato, Director of the Scientific Documentation and Information Service at ULS Coimbra 

15.45 - 16.15 - Closing session

Summary of discussions and final remarks, Martin Böhme, Member of the EESC and Spokesperson for the Liberal Professions Category