Programme

Draft programme 

9.30 a.m.   Registration & Welcome coffee 

10.00 a.m. Welcome & introduction from the European Investment Bank (EIB) 

• Mr Wilhelm Molterer, Managing Director, European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), EIB
• Mr Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group of the European Economic and Social Committee  

11.00 a.m.  The InvestEU Programme

• Ms Eva Rømer, Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) team 
• Q & As  

11.45 a.m. External aspects of EIB Activities, including in Africa 

• Mr Yohann Chaigneau, Expert
• Q & As 

12.30 a.m.   Sandwich lunch offered by the EIB 

2.00 p.m.  Welcome from Eurostat 

• Mr Eduardo Barredo Capelot, Director of Directorate B 'Methodology, Dissemination and Cooperation in the European Statistical System' 
• Mr Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group of the European Economic and Social Committee 

2.10 p.m. A General Overview of Eurostat 

• Mr Tim Allen, Unit B4 'Dissemination and User Support'
•  Q & As 

2.40 p.m.  Big Data Challenges and Opportunities 

• Mr Michail Skaliotis,Task Force 'Big Data' 
• Q & As 

3.20 p.m.  Quality of Life 

• Ms Georgiana Ivan, Unit F1 'Social indicators: methodology and development' 
• Q & As 

4.00 p.m. Wrap up 

• Mr Eduardo Barredo Capelot, Director of Directorate B 'Methodology, Dissemination and Cooperation in the European Statistical System' 
• Mr Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group of the European Economic and Social Committee