European Consumer Day 2022
Empowering consumers for a more sustainable world
Moderator of the day: Ileana Izverniceanu de la Iglesia, EESC member
9.00 - 9.30 a.m | Welcome and coffee
9.30 - 10.10 a.m. | Opening
- Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice
- Biljana Borzan, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur of the ongoing opinion on 'Empowering consumers for the green transition'
- Jan Strakoš, Director of Trade licensing and Consumer Legislation Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
10.10 - 10.30 a.m. | Keynote speech
- Philippe Moati, Professor of economics at University Paris Cité, co-founder of l'ObSoCo (Society and Consumption Observatory)
- Questions and answers
Round tables 1 and 2: Empowering the consumer
10.30 - 11.30 a.m. | Round table 1 – 'Tech for good'
Rapporteur: Christophe Lefèvre, EESC member
- Katarina Wangler Björk, Applied Impact Partnership Manager, Doconomy, Sweden
- Monique Goyens, Director-General of BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation)
- Debate with participants
11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m | Round table 2 – The right to reparability
Rapporteur: Dragica Martinović Džamonja, EESC member
- Simon Frémineur, Project Manager Interreg Sharepair, Repair Together
- Anthony Rosborough, Researcher at the European University Institute, Florence
- Debate with participants
Round tables 3 and 4: From consumer to consum'actor
2.30 - 3.30 p.m. | Round table 3 – The functional economy
Rapporteur: Thierry Libaert, EESC member
- Marc Diefenbach, Co-founder of Rhinopaq, Germany
- Coralie Muylaert, ICHEC Research Fellow, Brussels Management School
- Debate with participants
3.30 - 4.30 p.m. | Round table 4 – Consumption and health
Rapporteur: Wauthier Robyns, EESC member
- Guillaume Culot, Project manager, Refresh Brussels
- Francelyne Marano, Professor Emeritus of cellular biology and toxicology, University Paris Cité
- Debate with participants
4.30 - 4.50 p.m. | Summary of the round table discussions, given by the four rapporteurs
4.50 - 5.05 p.m | Response from the institutions
- Natasa Ristic Davidson, State Secretary, Sweden
- Nils Behrndt, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers (DG JUST), European Commission
- Alain Coheur, President of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, EESC
Participants could speak in English, French and Spanish and listen to English and French.