A sustainable future for European industry
9:30 – 9:35 - Beginning of the day
- Jennifer Baker, master of ceremonies
9:35 - 9:45 - Welcome Address
- Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
9:45 - 10:10 - Keynote speeches:Strengthening Europe's open strategic autonomy
- Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market (video message)
- Thomas Courbe, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Enterprise, French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery
Q&A
10:10 - 11:15 - Panel debate: Reconciling strategic autonomy with sustainability in Europe's industrial policy
- Sandra Parthie, rapporteur for the EESC's opinion on Updating the new industrial strategy, EESC
- Prof. Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University
- Baiba Miltoviča, president of the section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society, EESC
- Eddy van Hijum, rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions on the SME Strategy
- Carlo Calenda, MEP and rapporteur on A new long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future, European Parliament
Q&A
11:15 - 11:30 - Break
11:30 - 12:35 - Panel debate: Unleashing an industrial policy for Europe's green and digital transition: what role for civil society?
- Daniel Montalvo, Head of Group – Sustainable resource use and industry, European Environment Agency
- Stefano Palmieri, president of the section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion, EESC
- Véronique Willems, Secretary General, SMEunited
- Luc Triangle, General Secretary, IndustriAll Europe
- Mari-Ann Fonseca, Co-Founder & COO, Gelatex (Green Alley Awards winner 2019)
Q&A
12:35 - 13:00 - Conclusions
- Alain Coheur, president of the section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, EESC
What lessons can we learn from our work this year?
- Pietro De Lotto, president of the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change, EESC
The importance of sectorial focus to shape EU industrial policy
- Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
The sustainable future of European industry
Q&A
Participants will be able to speak and listen in English and French.