Programme

 

13.00 - 13.30 Registration of participants and coffee

13.30 - 13.40 Opening address

  • Ariane Rodert, President of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

13.40 - 13.45 Prospects and challenges for European producers: what is at stake?

  • Mihai Ivaşcu, Member, EESC

13.45 - 14.00 Keynote speech - Transforming societal challenges into drivers of prosperity

  • Tomas Hedenborg, President, Orgalim

14.00 - 15.10 Panel discussion: Innovative business practices for a future-oriented industrial policy

  • Moderator: Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala, Member, EESC
  • Panel:
  • Peer Haataja, Director, Tampere Chamber of Commerce
  • Seppo Orsila, Executive Chairman, Modulight Oy
  • Harri Kulmala, CEO, Dimecc
  • Juho Mäkinen, President, Tampere Entrepreneurship Society
  • Timo Eklund, Specialist Researcher, Finnish Industrial Union
  • Questions & Answers

15.10 - 15.25 Coffee break

15.25 - 15.35 Keynote speech - Tampere's Policy Priorities for Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness

  • Anna-Kaisa Heinämäki, Competitiveness Director, City of Tampere

15.35 - 16.45 Panel discussion: What policy priorities should-orient European production?

  • Moderator: Violeta Jelić, Member, EESC
  • Panel:
  • Antti Peltomäki, Head of the European Commission Representation in Finland
  • Kari Kankaala, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sustainable Tampere 2030 programme, City of Tampere
  • Aleksi Arpiainen, CEO, TT Gaskets Oy
  • Juha Beurling-Pomoell, Secretary General, Kuluttajaliitto, The Consumers’ Union of Finland
  • Lauri Muranen, Head of Industrial Affairs, SAK, the Confederation of Finnish Trade Unions
  • Questions & Answers

16.45 - 17.00 Closing remarks

  • Dimitris Dimitriadis, Member, EESC